No, the machine planet that V'Ger encountered was the Borg homeworld. This wasn't exactly a new idea. Before he died, Gene Roddenberry himself suggested that this might be the case.
Captain Kirk "Fired" from Star Trek Good ol Cap'ns been officially "Relieved of Command" as some would say link: http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/26/people.williamshatner.ap/index.html
Wifey and I told you about the Sacramento Incident when we had dinner. And I wasn't rude to him on TBBS. I just asked him a question.
I'm amazed to see that clip on YouTube. NBC and/or Lorne Michaels police the shit out of online SNL video.
I see a lot of snarky comments about Mr. Shatner's supposed salary demands, but who knows what his deal would be? And I guess Mr. Nimoy is just doing the picture so he can raid the craft services table?
Doesn't have to. Data is an android that shouldn't change at all. Spock is a Vulcan who just ages slower than a human. There's no reason why Nimoy shouldn't play, say, 250-year-old Spock being lauded with honours as he retires. I'm still highly dubious of the concept of the film, but no doubt I'll be there on opening night...
That wasn't really Shatner posting on TBBS, but probably somebody who works for him. 'Shatner' only posted once in that thread IIRC, his opening post which didn't read like someone who was posting on a message board. It looked more like a general message a celeb might leave on their personal website or something. I would like to see him have a cameo role in the next movie though. If Nimoy can reprise his role then I don't see why Shatner can't play the good old captain one last time. As for V'ger being related to the Borg...that's the first time I've heard of such a thing, and my sentiment can be summed up by the following smilies:
I think the Shat should be in the movie. They could do one where the Enterprise goes back in time to, say, the early 21st century and has to enlist the aid of a retired LAPD officer to save the world.
I might be more interested in seeing it if he and Leonard Nimoy were together in it. Does anyone know what Nimoy is being paid? I would imagine he is being paid rather well for him to come out of retirement.
I thought Shitner and Nimoy had contracts that said each got what the other got. Wasn't that how he got to do the abortion known as The Final Frontier?
Back when the TOS movies were being made, Shatner and Nimoy had "favored nation" clauses in their contracts, meaning whatever one got - in the neighborhood of x-million plus points - the other got as well. Shatner would set the pace, and Nimoy followed. My educated guess is that this time Nimoy may have initially been brought in as a consultant, then wangled a script change to include the elder Spock, on condition he work for considerably less than he had in the past, quite possibly even for scale. It's not like he needs the money. And he's still very possessive of the character. I'm guessing that among the reasons Shatner may have been left out in the cold this time - aside from the obvious one that his character's dead - was that the budget's been allocated and they're afraid if he gets his toe in the door he'll start agitating for bigger bucks, more lines than Nimoy, etc. Harve Bennett used to call him The Quarterback. During TSFS, Bennett set up a story consult with Shatner - informally, at Shatner's house, on a Sunday morning. Bennett showed up alone. Shatner was waiting in the living room with his lawyer and a bodyguard. He likes to be in charge.
I obviously don't have the inside angle on this that G has, but I remember when it was announced that the Shat would be directing V. That's when he made the quip that MD is remembering. And I buy it. See, the thing is, the franchise has worked very well with Nimoy--to the profit of Paramount. They let him wrap up the 'Trek "trilogy", with TVH being one of the most successful 'Trek films in history. And he played a key role in the plot and production of ST VI as well--to say nothing of his involvement with the TNG TV series. So Nimoy has done very well for Paramount. Shatner, not so much. Shatner strikes me as a pain in the ass they were stuck dealing with. And the mess he made of TFF was all the excuse they needed to say "thanks but no thanks" to him on this movie.
I would disagree that Shatner hasn't done well for Paramount as you seem to believe. Without Shatner, Kirk wouldn't have been in the TOS movies. Without Kirk, there would not have been TOS movies and Paramount would not have made the oodles and oodles of money they did over the course of those movies.
They were prepared to go ahead with STTMP without Nimoy. They'd have done the same with Shatner if he got more difficult than usual. They also paid him *not* to direct after the fiasco that was STV.
Ah, but what value has he added? Yes, the Trek films wouldn't have been the same without the Shat, playing Kirk. But don't you think he was probably compensated reasonably well to play Kirk? And really, all he was was an actor. He did a good job as an actor, but actors come and actors go. A production is more at the mercy of the actors than indebted to them. The best you can hope for from an actor is that they aren't a pain in the ass. Nimoy, on the other hand, has helped with the story. He's helped with production. Nimoy has demonstrated an ability to handle other actors (and FX people, and cameramen). Yes, I'm sure he's been compensated for that too. But Nimoy has done far more for Paramount than to speak his lines clearly and avoid bumping into the furniture.
OMG! He could play a double role--a retired LAPD officer and an eccentric Boston Attorney! "Star Trek XI/TJ Hooker I/Denny Crane: TMP" GENIUS!
