That's a classy thing for Abrams to do.The short version is that this guy's body has been ravaged by cancers, and he is in his final weeks of life. His friends have made a desperate plea to get his dying wish to the ears of Paramount and JJ Abrams: he wants to see the new STAR TREK movie before he goes.
To see them get a Reddit post propagated across much of the geek sphere so quickly is wonderful. Now we've heard that JJ Abrams himself got on the phone with this guy's wife yesterday, and plans are in motion to show him whatever they can.
A very special advance screening...
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That is awesome.
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Hope for humanity, +2.
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Is this for real, I heard the very same thing about Up, the cartoon film?
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Seems to be for real. It was reported on trekmovie.com as well
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I hope it is for real.
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A report on the screening is on this link. Apparently he enjoyed the movie very much... though I guess he would hardly say it sucked balls after Abrams was nice enough to let him see it in advance!
Also, some lovely high res images on that link. I especially note that either they're running around with non-Starfleet weaponry, or they have gone with a new and very different design for the phasers this time :
It looks positively Blade Runner-esque to me.
Also, some lovely high res images on that link. I especially note that either they're running around with non-Starfleet weaponry, or they have gone with a new and very different design for the phasers this time :
It looks positively Blade Runner-esque to me.
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