Empire Online (http://www.empireonline.co.uk) spoke with “Mission: Impossible 3″ director JJ Abrams about the recent reports that he will be directing “Star Trek XI” and says that it’s a lot of hoopla over nothing.

“The whole thing was reported entirely without our cooperation,” Abrams said. “People learned that I was producing a ‘Star Trek’ film, that I had an option to direct it, they hear rumors of what the thing was going to be and ran with a story that is not entirely accurate.”

As for the proposed story, the “Lost” creator continues: “We’ve made a pact not to discuss any specifics.”

He did hint, however, that he would like to bring back Spock, Kirk and other original characters from the series. “Those characters are so spectacular. I just think that… you know, they could live again.”

Previously, Variety hinted that “Star Trek XI” would focus on the early days of the Enterprise.

The message is simple. We do not want a prequel in any form for the next Star Trek movie, ST.11. For example we do not want a movie about Kirk and Spock’s teen years at the Academy similar to the ‘Wesley Crusher’ storyline.

By the Lords of Kobol … The SCI FI Channel has stunned fans today with the announcement of Caprica, a spin-off series from its top-rated Battlestar Galatica. SCI FI calls the potential new show “television’s first science fiction family saga,” centering on the history of the Adama family and the birth of the Cylons.

Set more than 50 years before the events of Battlestar Galactica, Caprica takes place on the capital world of the Twelve Colonies. There humankind thrives, living in a peaceful society with the benefits of high technology. But the development of an advanced, robotic, artificial life form is about to change everything.

Tvshowsondvd.com reports that Magilla Gorilla and Hong Kong Phooey are the next DVDs from the Hanna-Barbara [sic!] library to be released on August 15. […]Hong Kong Phooey is a two-disc set containing all 31 toons about a superhero who works as a janitor for the police. The toon features the voices of Scatman Crothers as Hong Kong Phooey and Joe E. Ross (Car 54 Where are you?) as Sgt. Flint.

in fact it was produced by william hanna & joseph barbera

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Over a two-decade span of success, Hanna-Barbera introduced many successful cartoon series, including The Flintstones, The Jetsons, The Huckleberry Hound Show, The Yogi Bear Show, Jonny Quest, and Scooby-Doo, all of which would go on to become icons of American pop culture. wikipedia

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Synthehol is a science-fictional substitute for alcohol that appears on the Star Trek:The Next Generation television series. It allows drinkers to experience all of the enjoyable, intoxicating effects of alcohol without unpleasant side-effects like hangovers.

Professor David Nutt, a psychopharmacologist at the University of Bristol in the UK, believes that there is no scientific reason why it cannot be created now.

memorable quote from house of the dead:

And Capt. Victor Kirk jabs a knife between the guy’s fingers as they rest on the railing and says “I don’t like no Captain Kirk jokes.”

bruce campbell once made a woman climax simply by saying “Groovy”. Her husband climaxed too.

or have a very happy passover!

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Avery Brooks (Captain Sisko) will reportedly appear in the new Rambo film - the fourth in the series starring Sylvester Stallone, with this installment also to be directed by the action movie star.

Former “Dallas” star Ken Kercheval, Randee Heller (“The Karate Kid”), Tony Burton (“Rocky Balboa”), “Larry Wilcox” (CHIPS), and Avery Brooks (“Star Trek : Deep Space Nine”) have also signed on. (Interesting to note that Kercheval was up for the role of Colonel Keating, a part that ultimately went to James Brolin.)