BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 » Any Star Trek fans?

Ceto · February 15, 2012 6:52 am

I recently heard that Benedict Cumberbatch is going to play the villain in the new star trek movie. And god i was exited! The auctor of my favorite series, playing in my second favorite series, Star Trek!

Are any of you exited about Benedict playing in Star Trek? Do we have any othe Star Trek fans here?

And if anyone is interested, here is the link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/jan/05/benedict-cumberbatch-star-trek-villian

drummerchickSH · February 15, 2012 11:54 am

Ahhhh he will be a very good villian

Sherlock Holmes · February 17, 2012 12:20 am

I really loved the original series and also the one with Picard but not the most modern ones. LOVED the film and looking forward to the next one immensely.

angelwings9 · February 17, 2012 2:00 am

i loved TOS & TNG when i was young (still have a speacial place in my heart tho) couldn't get into DS9 and my first propper crush on a guy was Tom Paris in Voyager.... ahhhh... young love. of couse i now have Benedict .. YUMMY!!! i could eat him up with cohocolate sauce
not watched trek for ages...

can't wait to see the new film xx

Ceto · February 19, 2012 7:06 am

I am really looking forward to the film to it will probably be great! TOS was best in my opinion, but i loved both DS9 and TNG to!

drummerchickSH · February 19, 2012 7:56 am

But we have to wait a long time ..,.
Bah!

Sherlock Holmes · February 19, 2012 11:05 am

Longer than we'll have to wait for Series 3?

Ceto · February 19, 2012 4:14 pm

Hmm, i dont know. I think series 3 will come out after The Star Trek movie. But i am not really sure. But personally i hope Series 3 come out first. Nothing beats the Baker Street boys!

Milkomeda · April 11, 2012 2:23 am

I watched TNG, TNG movies and some of the original movies, so I'm kind of a Star trek fan. I didn't like the new one, but I'll watch the sequel only for Cumberbatch .

Wholocked · April 11, 2012 3:17 am

I watched only really Voyager and some films, some DS9

Love my Trek but not a die hard fan.

Looking forward to Ben as a sci fi villain though. New genre for him I'm pretty sure.

Anthea_MI6 · April 22, 2012 6:08 pm

Love Star Trek..and I used to be a hard core trekkie as a teen (hangs head in shame)
TOS, TNG, Voy were the best.. DS9 imho was rubbish..

Davina · April 22, 2012 6:42 pm

Was an enormous fan of the original Star Trek when I was at school. I was totally smitten by Captain James T. Kirk a.k.a. William Shatner (Canadians be proud!) and Mr. Spock. We used to go around practising the Vulcan neck pinch thing on each other, especially to relieve the boredom of the dinner queue!

Young Sherlock Holmes · April 23, 2012 7:41 am

I'm a kind of fan. I've seen the new film and I'm desperate to see the originals! I'm just so happy that Benedict's in it, because he's me favorite actor!!! =) =) =)
My parents love it. My dad has a star trek dressing gown. He loves it! He was even going to dress up as captain kirk for Halloween! =)

42_and_221B · April 24, 2012 1:29 pm

I've seen the original movies and watched a lot of TNG, Voyager, and Enterprise, and I can definitely say that I am a fan. Maybe not quite as radical a fan as I am about other things, but definitely a fan. ;D Me and my brother used to watch it when we were younger, and we loved doing that Vulcan "live long and prosper" thing, haha.
I was so excited to hear that Benedict will be playing in the next ST movie! I think he'll do an amazing job, and though ST 2009 wasn't exactly my 'favorite' movie, I'll definitely go see this next one just to see him in it. :D

@YSH : The originals are much better than the new film, in my opinion anyways. ;) I think you'll like them, if you don't mind the not-as-good-but-not-bad quality of the special effects. ;P

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jenosborn · April 26, 2012 5:38 am

(btw, great tagline, 42_and_221B!) Apologies if this link was posted previously, but it's so enjoyable to compare
the 2 franchises. I love the concept that "these two worlds have rebooted so cleanly into this century" -

http://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/2012/02/02/the-starship-and-the-upstairs-flat/

42_and_221B · April 26, 2012 7:08 pm

@jenosborn : Haha, thanks! Great article, I really enjoyed reading it. I always thought it was cool how Star Trek referenced Sherlock Holmes -- the episode with Moriarty was one of my favorites because it sort of combined the two worlds. :D

jenosborn · April 27, 2012 12:37 am

I loved those holodeck Sherlock Holmes simulations too! I think Moriarty comes back in a 2nd TNG episode, again as Data's
adversary.. The 'is this real or is this Holodeck?' mind games were very clever, with Moriarty temporarily outwitting
Picard who gives him computer command code access to the Enterprise controls, by mistake... all sounding wonderfully familiar.

42_and_221B · April 27, 2012 1:00 am

Ah, yes, the second episode must've been the one I saw. ;) I didn't see the one with Picard giving him the code... familiar indeed! :D I'll have to go back and watch that now. I did always love the "real or holodeck" thing too -- how it kinda blurred the line between what's real and what's not.

sherlockskitty · May 22, 2012 10:20 pm

yeah!!! I watched some of TOS, most of TNG, Voyager, DS9, and then Enterprise. I even got some autographs frm some of the stars in TNG. Got one from Scott Bakula (Enterprise captain archer) when he was doing Quantum Leap. Yep I still have them.

Yep, Benedict IS in the Newest ST film. Know who he plays? KAHN!! Yep--- him with orange-ish hair.....I wonder if he plays the actual KAHN or is it the SON of Kahn? we'll hafta find out when the film comes out.

Davina · May 23, 2012 11:27 am

Just watching the original series digitally remastered. Brings back memories.