Our first GITS contributor!
During 2009, a number of GITS readers emailed me links to stories of potential interest. Most of those folks would send me something every now and then. But there is one person who clearly has the same demented genetic make-up that I do, one that takes us deep down the Web’s rabbit hole into some pretty obscure and even weird places involving screenwriting and movies. His name? Robert (Rob) Fuller. Observant GITS followers will note that in the last few months, I flung so many H/T’s his way, I’ve just about run out of hats!
So I contacted Rob and asked him if he’d like to be a GITS contributor. Of course, Rob immediately went to cover his wallet, but I assured him I didn’t want him to contribute money, but rather a weekly summary of the weird, wild, and woolly stuff he finds in his pursuit of all things screenwriting and cinematic. To his great misfortune, Rob agreed — and for hereafter he’ll be shackled (metaphorically) to GITS until he gets sick of dealing with me and runs off to start his own mega-successful blog.
Therefore I hereupon pronounce that Fridays at 2PM EST / 11AM PST (United States) shall be the time for Rob’s weekly posts. After a few weeks, perhaps the more creative of you, having gotten some sense of Rob’s off-beat sensibilities, will generate some possible names for his weekly GITS contribution.
And now, week 1 of Rob’s web discoveries!
Francis Ford Coppola interview
George Lucas interview
William Shatner scene for Star Trek
Most fans can remember that one of the biggest debates around JJ Abrams Star Trek movie was about if it would (or should) include William Shatner. The film makers spoke of how they tried to find a way, but in the end felt it wouldn’t work. However, JJ Abrams revealed that Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman did write a scene for Shatner, and today we have that scene for you to read.
TrekMovie received the scene below from one of our trusted sources and it has been verified to be the scene written for Shatner (but never shown to Shatner). The “Alternate Scene B” actually creates alternative versions two scenes from the end of the movie: the moment between Spock Prime (Nimoy) and Spock (Quinto) in the hangar, plus the award ceremony with Kirk (Pine), Pike (Greenwood) and the Commandant (Tyler Perry).
Shatner would have played Kirk, but would have appeared as a recording. The timing of the recording is not stated, but would have have been before Star Trek Generations and therefore not violate the canon that Kirk was killed in Generations. JJ Abrams has often noted that dealing with Kirk’s death was one of the hindrances of including him in the new Star Trek.
Hit the link to read the scene.
And last but not least, Quentin Tarantino in Japanese commercial with a talking dog
Now admit it. You learned a little something about the craft. You garnered some great trivia about Star Trek. And you can gain enormous respect from your movie buds by forwarding them the link to the Tarantino commercial. All due to Rob’s web mania.
Thanks, Mr. Fuller!
Please direct your thanks to Rob in comments.
And let me say this: I am open to others of you if you think you have something to contribute to the site on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. This is a community, so let’s commune! If you have some ideas about something you think would benefit GITS readers and followers, drop me a line:
scottdistillery@gmail.com
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got to watch that Tarantino ad again!
UPDATE: I seriously did have some sort of gremlin mess with this post because it ‘eated’ the link to the Star Trek article w/ script. I’ve asked Mr. Fuller to return from deep in the Web and he’ll send me the link, which I’ll fix ASAP.
UPDATE #2: The link to the Star Trek article is fixed. No more computer gremlins today, I mean it!
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