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Titolo: [NEWS][SPOILER] Trek X Character Arcs Revealed

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http://www.trektoday.com/news/160701_05.shtml
When screenwriter John Logan said that 'Star Trek II: The Wrath of 
Khan' was one of his main inspirations for Trek X, fans thought they 
were in for another charismatic villain. But while that may be true, 
fans could never have suspected that 'Nemesis' would also recall 
memories of the second Trek movie's tragic ending.
Last week, movie rumour site Ain't It Cool News (
http://www.aint-it-
cool-news.com/
) posted a detailed review 'Star Trek X: Nemesis' 
(
http://www.trektoday.com/news/090701_03.shtml
). Today, our established 
source 'Faith', who three months ago also already provided us with 
information (
http://www.trektoday.com/news/260401_04.shtml
) on the tenth 
Star Trek film, sent in more details on the story arcs of three of the 
main characters. Read on for a spoiler-packed description of what 
happens to the villain Shinzon, the child-like android B-9, and 
established TNG character Data:
Shinzon
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Commander Shinzon, the main villain in the film, is human - but not just 
any human. He is a clone of Jean-Luc Picard, created 25 years ago by a 
Romulan general to replace Picard. Out of fear for the Federation, the 
Romulan Senate decided against the plan, and gave orders to kill 
Shinzon. But because of who Shinzon was and what he could become, the 
general saved his life and sent him at the age of three to Romulus' 
sister planet Remus, where he was forced to work in a dilithium mining 
camp.
Shinzon's appearance is described as "a dynamic young man in his 
twenties... very handsome with pale, almost white skin and shining, 
golden hair." The resemblance to Picard as a youth, seen when Picard 
browses an old family photo album, is striking. Both Shinzon and Picard 
refer to mirrors, but while Shinzon looks at himself as what he is and 
what he's become (the past), Picard looks at himself as what he can be 
(the future). 
The cloning process wasn't perfect, though. Shinzon was designed with 
"temporal RNA sequencing" so that he could age fast enough to reach 
Picard's age. However, the sequencing was never activated, and as a 
result Shinzon is dying. The only thing that can save him is a 
"myelodysplastic infusion" from the only person in the universe with the 
same DNA - Picard. But Picard would never do this voluntarily, as it 
would kill him.
Shinzon's physical condition hasn't stopped him from trying to realise 
his dreams - to reunify Romulus and Reman, to go to war with the 
Federation and to reclaim the Neutral Zone. He and his Reman troops 
burst onto the floor of the Romulan Senate, and his troops assassinate a 
female member of the Romulan Senate named Tal'aura. Using a previously 
unseen Reman Warbird, the Scimitar, he intends to go to Earth and use 
the ship's superweapon to strike the Federation at its very core. ("Kill 
that heart and the Federation will die.")
B-9
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B-9 is a prototype brother of Soong's androids, looking exactly like 
Data and Lore. However, his neural pathways are not as advanced as his 
successors, so his mentality is that of a slow child. He is also one of 
the pawns in Shinzon's game of intrigue. He learned of B-9's existence 
through a Cardassian cybernetics historian, and then had archeological 
teams search "every millimeter of Omicron Theta" to look for him.
Once found, B-9 was modified with an extra memory port, disassembled and 
placed in six pieces on a planet on the Federation side of the Neutral 
Zone. Shinzon hoped that the Enterprise would detect B-9's positronic 
signature and transport him to their ship. Once there, B-9 would be able 
to access the ship's computers and look for "basic stellar cartography: 
star charts; some uplinks from colony tracking stations and [Earth's] 
Orbital [Defense] Grid."
B-9 is indeed found by the Enterprise, and they attempt to find out more 
about him. Remember in The Next Generation's infancy, how the crew 
reacted to Data whenever he would spout off details? This leads to an 
amusing time-lapse scene on the Enterprise where B-9 tells Riker, Data, 
Crusher, and La Forge where he's been since he was initially built and 
what alien species he's since encountered. Crusher and Riker get bored 
rather thoroughly and walk out with separate excuses, but La Forge 
eventually even falls asleep. Meanwhile Data remains completely 
engrossed with B-9's details.
In an attempt to help B-9 become less like a child and more like 
himself, Data asks La Forge to help him place his own memory engrams 
into B-9's neural net. Unfortunately, the attempt appears to be 
unsuccessful, and La Forge suggests that it could take a while for B-9's 
positronic matrix to adapt. 
Data
- ------------------------------------------------------
In a climactic moment towards the end of the film, Data sacrifices 
himself to destroy the Scimitar and save the Enterprise.
There is a subsequent gathering at the new Ten Forward, with Picard, 
Riker, Worf, La Forge, Troi, and Crusher affixing black bars to the 
collars of their uniforms, to indicate they are in mourning. Picard 
pours six glasses of his precious 23rd century Irish whiskey, and makes 
a toast "To absent friends... to family."
After the ceremony, Picard goes to B-9 and tells him about Data's 
sacrifice. But then B-9 sings part of an Irving Berlin song that Data 
had sung at the start of the film, during Riker's and Troi's wedding 
ceremony. Could the transfer of Data's memory engrams have been at least 
partially successful...? 
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'Star Trek: Nemesis,' as the film is currently known, is scheduled to 
start shooting later this year, with an intended release date of 2002. 
Thanks go out to 'Faith' for this! As usual, please be aware that 
Paramount has released no information on the film's plot yet, and until 
that happens, all information from unofficial sources should be treated 
as you would any rumour.
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 established TNG character Data:
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una sola constatazione: CHE CLAMOROSA MINCHIATA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
spero siano tutte fandonie e che Braga e co. non si siano bevuti il cervello
fino a questo punto..... non lo sopporterei un film così: cloni di picard
(coi capelli dorati...), il fratello scemo di data, scene strappalacrime
tipo funerale di apollo in rocky IV.
vi prego ditemi che quaòcuno ha mangiato male e ha avuto gli incubi e poi si
è inventato questo spoiler la mattina dopo.
ciao
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 start shooting later this year, with an intended release date of
2002.
Mi sa che prima che passi in Italia uscira' in VHS negli USA...
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 Sono curiosa di vedere come ringiovaniranno Spinner...
Su quel "looking exactly" ci si puo` costruire un romanzo. Un attore con
la pelle color oro, gli occhi dorati e con i capelli simili a quelli di
una persona che si e` fatta leccare da un elefante, ricade sempre sotto
una definizione, generica, come "sembrare esattamente come Data e Lore".
Bye,
 Emmanuele.
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In fondo l'hanno gia' fatto con De Lancie figlio
Se e' per questo, anche con Stewart figlio (Inner light - Una vita per
ricordare).
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 ricordare).
Non lo sapevo... e che parte recitava?
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 Non lo sapevo... e che parte recitava?
Quella di suo figlio!
Ciao
luigi
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 Quella di suo figlio!
Un episodio realista :)
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Laz
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 Quella di suo figlio!
Da adulto, suppongo... :)
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 Sono curiosa di vedere come ringiovaniranno Spinner...
ma Data mica e' invecchiato! lo sanno tutti che gli androidi restano
sempre uguali! ;-)
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Vampi

 non mi sembra molto rassomigliante al Picard di 'Rascals' ;-PP
Hai ragione... era bruno e non mi pareva così palliduccio, ma del resto
se in Generazioni hanno dimenticato lo Scotty di Relics cosa vuoi che
importi di una manciata di peli sulla crapa del picardone! ^___^
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