George Lucas on Star Trek - and More!

I'm sure you know by now that J.J. Abram's Star Trek reboot triumphed at the box office its opening weekend. And more than a few critics have compared it to Star Wars - well, pointed-out the many similarities - and not necessarily disparagingly. So what do you figure Star Wars mastermind, George Lucas himself, would have to say about the new Star Trek? Well, wonder no more, as The Vulture caught-up with him and asked:

I liked Star Trek growing up and I've seen the new one. It's good. I liked it.

I dunno if that's a raving endorsement, but... you know, there it is.

As an official Star Trek blog, I really hate that I missed being here for opening weekend! When I finally got back online, my mailbox was overflowing with announcements. I cover the more computer-centric stuff over to The Cyberculturalist tomorrow, but I did want to mention the official site has all the clips and videos they offered us webmasters up for general perusal now. You know, by you peons dedicated fans.

George Lucas aside, the film has received almost all positive reviews. They did a lot to promote it too, which goes to show how much a part of the whole movie business PR really is. Aside from getting us webmasters and bloggers involved (I'm proud to say we were invited directly, as [I assume] were the others), almost the entire cast, as well as J.J. Abrams himself, appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

In fact, Kimmel asked Abrams directly about the William Shatner debacle. Abrams responded that Shatner was invited to cameo, but refused; he wanted a film based around him as Captain Kirk. Abrams said he wanted to maintain the continuity of the series and Kirk died in an earlier film, so how could he come back to life, etc.? Besides, Shatner's too damn old to be a young Capt. Kirk - and even he should know that!

I sincerely think Shatner's just plain lost his mind. It's that damn mad cow disease (Denny Crane.). And Jimmy Kimmel kept referring to fans as "Trekkers," instead of Trekkies. I mean, how disconnected from the last 40 years of pop-culture is this guy?

I will warn you: if you're on dial-up (like me), be prepared to wait!

© C Harris Lynn, 2009