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Watch: behind-the-scenes look at the voice recording sessions for ‘star trek: the video game’ [updated].

Star Trek: The Video Game is set to hit store shelves next week. With a third “Making of” video, Namco Bandai Games takes fans behind-the-scenes with a look at the voice recording sessions with the STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS actors.

Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, John Cho, Simon Pegg, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban and Anton Yelchin all lent their voices to the game, which will be available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC next Friday, April 26th.

Check out the video below.

UPDATE: Watch part four below.

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The first installment of the behind-the-scenes look at the new game is available here . The second part, which looks at the reimagining of the Gorn, is available here .

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Do you know the origin of the word 'sabotage'?

Discussion in ' Star Trek Movies I-X ' started by Shat Happens , Sep 3, 2014 .

Shat Happens Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

Silly question, of course we all do. I mean, BEFORE watching STVI.  

BeatleJWOL Commodore Commodore

For the uninitiated or the forgetful: UHURA: We're to report back at once. CHEKOV: We cannot abandon Captain Kirk and Doctor McCoy. UHURA: Of course not. VALERIS: Four hundred years ago on the planet Earth, workers who felt their livelihood threatened by automation, flung their wooden shoes, called 'sabots' into the machines to stop them. ...Hence the word 'sabotage'. UHURA: We are experiencing technical malfunction. All backup systems inoperative. Click to expand...

bbjeg Admiral Admiral

Are you sure the Beastie Boys didn't create it?  

Melakon Admiral In Memoriam

I'd read Valeris' explanation before, and by the time of the film, even that origin of the word was in dispute.  

ChristopherPike Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

Could somebody explain the Shatner connection to this word for me? It was doing the rounds back in 2009 when the first JJ-Trek came out. Does he have a unique way of pronouncing it or something? Because I can't say I've ever noticed. Unlike my fingernails across a blackboard reaction to Orion in the Animated Series...  

Nerys Myk A Spock and a smile Premium Member

[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlOTRxt-dIw[/yt]  

P Tom Commander Red Shirt

During the actors voice recording session for the PC game "Star Trek: Judgment Rites", one of Shatner's line is, "Spock, sabotage the system." But of course Shatner pronounces it his way with "sabataage", and berates the recording assistant for trying to correct him. Hear it at http://www.celebrityrants.com/premium/celeb_shatner2.html  

Green Shirt Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

^ The folks at celebrity rants certainly overstated Shatner's so-called "brow beating" of the lowly sound guy. Maybe he can get some advice from Shatner's former supporting players on how to turn the "berating" into a 40+ year whine fest.  

OpenMaw Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

Green Shirt said: ↑ ^ The folks at celebrity rants certainly overstated Shatner's so-called "brow beating" of the lowly sound guy. Maybe he can get some advice from Shatner's former supporting players on how to turn the "berating" into a 40+ year whine fest. Click to expand...

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Fans on mission. To seek out autographs from Star Trek icon William Shatner

LAKE TWP. − For many, it was a final frontier.

To boldly go where they had never gone before — into the presence of Star Trek actor William Shatner .

Several hundred people flocked Saturday to Hartville MarketPlace & Flea Market to get autographs and pictures with the 93-year-old man known for his role as Captain James T. Kirk in the original 1960s television series Star Trek. Those 79 episodes spawned a decades-long influential cultural franchise and phenomenon.

The crowd loudly cheered when Shatner appeared at 10:50 a.m. in an area by the food court cordoned off for his appearance that was arranged by Prime Time Sports and Framing of Kent. Fans, several arriving in wheelchairs, brought Star Trek uniforms, promotional pictures from the TV series and Star Trek films, a model of the U.S.S. Enterprise and sketches to be marked with his coveted signature.

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The cost of each autograph or picture with him was $149. If you wanted both, the cost was $275. For him to write three words or less with the autograph cost $79 more. Several also paid $100 for a VIP pass to skip the line.

Shatner could be seen for the next 74 minutes signing autographs, smiling and engaging in light banter with fans. After everyone who had paid for an autograph had been served, he got onto a scooter with balloons tied to it and going nowhere close to as fast as warp speed went to All Star Sports Gallery.

Someone wearing an elaborate costume as Bumblebee the Transformer led the procession. Then, Shatner switched from the scooter to sitting on a stool to take pictures with people, with the line of those waiting for pictures stretching back to the food court area.

Dave Bell, 74, of Lake Township, who watches the classic Star Trek episodes every night, said he wasn't willing to pay $149 for an autograph. But he came to Hartville Marketplace to get a glimpse and picture of Shatner.

"I'm a Trekkie. But this is ridiculous," Bell said about the crowd. "I'm not surprised. He's a very popular guy."

Jann Henthorn drove an hour from Orrville to see the man who played the beloved Star Trek captain.

"Is William Shatner here?" she said as she tried to spot him through the autograph seekers blocking her view. "I see him! ... All of us baby boomers are all excited!"

Henthorn recalled watching Star Trek when it first aired in the 1960s long before it achieved massive cult status in syndication.

"He looks good," she said about Shatner.

Cassedy Brennan, 28, of Wadsworth stood by one of the barricades snapping pictures of Shatner. Her father, a big Star Trek fan, was in line waiting for an autograph on a poster.

"He is like a kid in a candy store today. He is so excited. It's like Star Wars, Star Trek paraphernalia in the basement. ... Unopen toys. This is his jam," she said. "I think it's cool. Not exactly my thing. But here to support my dad. It's cool to see, too."

Brennan was one of the few people in their 20s in the crowd.

"I probably wouldn't know William Shatner out of context if it weren't for my dad," she said, adding that she saw classic Star Trek episodes with her father. "There's probably some millennials that are fans. But I'm not a sci-fi kind of girl."

Michael Rothman, 38, of Lake Township said Shatner autographed his set of Star Trek DVDs.

He said the actor said to him, "'Thank you very much.' That's all he said."

His wife Shandi Rothman clarified that, "He (also) said, 'Pleasure to see you.'"

Stacy Klotz of Massillon got Shatner to autograph her Captain James T. Kirk poster. She considered the $149 cost a "once in a lifetime type of thing." A sci-fi fan, she first started seeing Star Trek in syndication in the late 1970s.

Matt Merew, 56, of Zanesville got Shatner to sign his model of the Enterprise and his picture depicting the scene where Captain Kirk fights an alien captain known as a Gorn. The picture already had the autograph of the actor who played the Gorn that Merew got at a past Star Trek convention.

Cameron Blakey, 46, of Mogadore, who watched Star Trek in the 1980s with his uncle and mother, got Shatner to autograph his sketch of Captain Kirk that Blakey drew.

"He asked me how I was. And he asked me if I drew this. I told him I did. And I told him that we basically thank you for everything and he made my day," he said. "He made my life. Awesome, awesome experience!"

Karen Isaiah of Mogadore said she watched the original Star Trek in 1967.

"I'm ecstatic. I didn't want to miss him for anything," she said. "I met (singer) Johnny Mathis. I talked to William Shatner. My life is complete."

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Donald Trump's supporters aren't flocking to his hush money trial. He's still campaigning from the courthouse

WASHINGTON − Donald Trump's supporters aren't exactly flocking to New York City to protest his hush money trial, but that hasn't stopped the former president from pursuing an unprecedented presidential campaign from the depths of a criminal trial .

In improvised campaign events, statements to reporters, television and radio interviews, and social media posts, Trump is almost as busy promoting his campaign as he is condemning the judge, the prosecutors, and the trial itself, as well as President Joe Biden and other critics.

Speaking with reporters before Tuesday's session, Trump asked supporters in Pennsylvania - at least the ones watching online or on cable television - to vote in the state's primary to send a message ahead of the general election in the fall: "Let them know that we're coming on Nov. 5 ... we're coming big."

While standing trial on charges of hiding hush money payments designed to improperly influence the 2016 campaign, Trump's political appeals are aimed largely at a key group: Independents and moderate Republicans who say they may turn away from him if he is convicted.

"We're going to end up doing so well," Trump said during a staged campaign-like stop last week at a Harlem bodega.

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Same tactics, different election

Long-time Trump watchers told USA TODAY the former president is using the same kinds of tactics he did after he was charged in four separate indictments last year, starting with the hush money charges in late March.

Trump has conducted quasi-campaign events to complain about the legal moves against him — and promote his presidential candidacy in spite of them — just as he did after four sets of indictments last year .

Those indictments , which also involve Trump's efforts to overturn his election loss to Biden in 2020 and his handling of classified documents, appeared to help Trump gain momentum in the Republican primary. But that phenomenon was mostly contained to conservative GOP voters.

Moderate Republicans and independent took the indictments seriously and expressed concern about his behavior — and they're not likely to be swayed by Trump's protests on the quasi-campaign trail.

"What was effective in the primary could hurt him in the general election," said Democratic political strategist Doug Sosnik, who was a senior adviser for former President Bill Clinton.

"What Trump is doing will hurt him with swing voters," her warned.

According to a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll, some 13% of the people who have said they would vote for Trump would not do so if he is a convicted felon.

The poll also said that 24% of all Republicans surveyed wouldn’t vote for Trump if he is convicted, more than enough to make the difference in a general election.

"If Trump loses a quarter of his Republican base, that's huge," said Chris Jackson, a senior vice president with Ipsos Public Affairs. "Even if he just loses just 10% of his base, that's huge."

But Jackson added that Trump and Biden campaigns are punching in the dark about the trial's impact on voters. No former president and no major party candidate has ever stood trial during an election year.

"This is all new territory for the country," he said. "So no one knows how it will pan out."

Trump's hush money trial in New York could take another six-to-seven weeks before a verdict is reached, marathon proceedings that could move the needle for some voters as November's general election draws closer. It's unclear if Trump will also go on trial in 2024 in any of the other three criminal cases where he's pleaded not guilty.

So far, the Trump-Biden political race is a dead heat. The Real Clear Politics average of polls gives Trump a lead of 0.2 percentage points, well within the margins of error in these surveys.

Campaign within a trial

While it's not clear if Trump's approach will resonate with voters, he did spend the first week of jury selection offering previews of his "campaign-within-a-trial."

After the court session last Tuesday, Trump's motorcade ferried him to the bodega in Harlem , where he spoke to reporters about Biden, crime, House Speaker Mike Johnson's spending plans and made frequent complaints about the trial.

As he has since the first indictment, Trump without evidence blamed Biden and Democrats for his criminal charges and suggested his concern about the political impact by saying, "They want to keep me off the campaign trail."

Trump also attacked the judge and prosecutors in the hush money case, to the point where Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is seeking sanctions against the ex-president for violating gag orders.

The former president has staged several campaign-within-a-trial events. Last week, for example, he met with Poland President Andrzej Duda. "We're behind Poland all the way," Trump told reporters as he greeted Duda's arrival at Trump Tower.

Trump held another foreign policy huddle on Tuesday night at his Manhattan sky scraper with Taro Aso, the vice president of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan and the country's former prime minister.

Some plans fell through

Not everything has gone to plan.

Small groups of demonstrators have occasionally gathered outside the Manhattan courthouse where Trump is on trial. Even they were overshadowed by a horrific event last Friday, when a man fatally set fire to himself in full view of news cameras stationed outside the proceedings.

Trump also planned a traditional airport rally Saturday in Wilmington, N.C. - a key swing state - but had to cancel it amid bad weather.

The event will likely be re-scheduled.

Looking ahead, the Trump campaign has already scheduled a May 11 rally in Wildwood, N.J., which is not terribly far from the trial site in New York.

During various chats with reporters, Trump has complained that he should be out campaigning in places like New Hampshire, Georgia, and North Carolina, but instead he has to sit in a courtroom. 

The Trump campaign maintained that same tone last Friday with a fundraising solicitation complaining he's being "DRAGGED to court so often that I'm being taken off the campaign trail." The blast sent out via text message urging supporters to give as much as $3,300 each.

'Rally behind MAGA'

Trump is also encouraging people to come out in person on his behalf. So far, that isn't working.

On his Truth Social account before opening arguments on Monday, Trump combined criticism of the Israel-Hamas protesters with a plea to his own followers to "GO OUT AND PEACEFULLY PROTEST" and "RALLY BEHIND MAGA."

During Tuesday's brief statement before trial testimony resumed, Trump lamented the relative lack of supporters at the courthouse. He appeared to blame it on a massive police presence, even as anti-Israel protesters flocked to the nearby campuses of Columbia and New York universities .

Video outside the courthouse showed a low-key police presence at best, with nothing to stop people from coming to the area.

Political critics are mocking Trump over the no-shows.

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough said Trump is "just going crazy," adding that: "His supporters are outnumbered by people that are holding up signs talking about porn stars and time in prison."

Biden: Trump is 'busy' right now

Biden and his aides aren't ignoring Trump's trial. But they're not saying much about it either, following the political dictum that you don't interfere with an opponent who's producing his own trouble.

They are instead making joking references about Trump's tribulations.

In a speech to steel workers in Pittsburgh last week, Biden said at one point : "Under my predecessor, who is busy right now ..."

The headline of a Biden campaign memo mocked Trump for "Stormy Abortion Ban Coverage," a reference to a key witness in the trial: Former adult film star Stormy Daniels , who received hush money to buy her silence about her relationship with Trump just before the 2016 election.

On Tuesday, upon exiting the Manhattan courthouse after a day of witness testimony , Trump complained about the room temperature while also getting in a dig about how his time is no longer his alone: "They're keeping me in a courtroom that's freezing by the way.”

Trump and Biden are expected to continue campaigning around the former president's trial: He's facing three other criminal cases.

Those include cases in both Washington, D.C., and Georgia alleging a Trump-led conspiracy to steal the 2020 election from Biden. The fourth case, in Florida, involves Trump's handling of classified documents after he left office.

But even if Biden continues to hit Trump over his criminal charges – and Trump continues to protest them — it may not make much difference among voters, looking to the leaders for answers on the challenges facing Americans instead.

Jackson said Trump may have to battle another kind of reaction by voters, one that may explain why so few protesters have shown up for him: Fatigue.

"The data suggests that Americans are kind of worn out," Jackson said. "I think everybody is a little bit worn out."

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Kishida cracks jokes and invokes ‘Star Trek’ as he and Biden toast US-Japan alliance at state dinner

President Joe Biden listens as Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks ahead of a toast during a State Dinner at the White House, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Joe Biden makes a toast with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a State Dinner at the White House, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Joe Biden, center right, and first lady Jill Biden, right, welcome Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, center left, and his wife Yuko Kishida for a State Dinner at the White House, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Kristi Yamaguchi, right, and Yukiko Saegusa arrive at the Booksellers area of the White House for the State Dinner hosted by President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden for Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and wife Kishida Yuko, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, arrive at the Booksellers area of the White House for the State Dinner hosted by President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden for Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and wife Kishida Yuko, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden pose for a photo with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his wife Yuko Kishida by the Grand Staircase in the Cross Hall of the White House during a State Dinner at the White House, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Evan Ryan, Assistant to the President and Cabinet Secretary, arrive at the Booksellers area of the White House for the State Dinner hosted by President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden for Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and wife Kishida Yuko, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Robert De Niro and Tiffany Chen arrive at the Booksellers area of the White House for the State Dinner hosted by President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden for Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and wife Kishida Yuko, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Tables are decorated during a press preview at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, for the State Dinner for Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

FILE - This April 2, 2012 file photo shows singer Paul Simon performing at Avery Fisher Hall in New York, April 2, 2012. Simon will sing for guests at Wednesday’s White House state dinner for Japan. The White House says he’s one of first lady Jill Biden’s favorite musicians. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)

Former President Bill Clinton listens to toast by President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a State Dinner at the White House, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida exchanged warm toasts to each other and the close alliance between their nations as top figures from business, sports and politics looked on during Wednesday night’s state dinner.

Top figures from business, sports and politics turned up for a lavish state dinner honoring Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The White House on Wednesday served up a maximum dose of pomp to honor the close U.S. ally.

After a day of wide-ranging talks and a joint news conference, President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden welcomed Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and wife Yuko Kishida back to the White House Wednesday evening for a lavish state dinner.

US President Joe Biden and visiting Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida enjoyed a dinner out in Washington DC on Tuesday evening.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida cracked jokes and invoked a touchstone of American culture as he quoted from “Star Trek” at Wednesday’s state dinner , telling guests at the White House that he hoped the “unshakable relationship” between his country and the U.S. would “boldly go where no one had gone before.”

“I would like to propose a toast to our voyage to the frontier of the Japan-U.S. relationship with this word: boldly go,” Kishida said, quoting the iconic opening monologue of the original “Star Trek” series.

Kishida, who spoke in English, and President Joe Biden exchanged warm toasts to each other and the decades-long, alliance between their nations as top figures from business, sports and politics — including an ex-president — looked on. The two leaders, who expressed a genuine friendship, pledged to continue to knit together their countries’ interests in the face of global challenges.

Biden , 81, said he and Kishida, 66, came of age as their countries forged a strong bond in the decades after they were pitted against each other in World War II.

“We both remember the choices that were made to forge a friendship,” Biden said. “We both remember the hard work, what it has done to find healing.”

“Tonight,” Biden continued, “We pledge to keep going.”

As the White House served up a maximum dose of pomp to honor its close U.S. ally, notable guests included Bill and Hillary Clinton, who were on familiar turf for the event. The former president declared it “feels great” to be back before casting an appreciative eye at a portrait of his wife from her first lady days that was on display nearby.

Guests in bright spring colors and lots of shimmery gowns chatted politics and talked shop as they strolled in — that meant eclipse chatter from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson (“fabulous” view in Ohio!) and an assessment of Biden’s electoral prospects in Wisconsin from Gov. Tony Evers (looking good!).

But on a day when the inflation news from Washington was less than encouraging, Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell shot past reporters without stopping to chat. Olympic figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi, in a purple gown, said she didn’t expect to be out campaigning for Biden but nonetheless seemed bullish on his reelection. Actor Robert De Niro supplied the night’s Hollywood quotient and seemed to channel one of his tough-talking characters when he was asked for his thoughts about the 2024 election.

“What do you think?” he retorted.

On a warm spring evening, the Bidens came stepped onto the North Portico to welcome Kishida and his wife, Yuko, who stood out in a flowing royal blue gown on the red carpet.

Inside, Jill Biden , wearing a beaded sapphire gown, had transformed the State Floor of the White House into what she called a “vibrant spring garden” for the evening. The floor of the famous Cross Hall was decorated with images giving the nearly 230 guests the feel of walking over a koi pond, a nod to fish that symbolize “friendship, peace, luck and perseverance,” the first lady said at a media preview Tuesday.

Guests at the head table with the Bidens and Kishidas included the Clintons, De Niro and Japanese pop duo Yoasobi.

Kishida, in his toast at the dinner, enthused over the splendor.

“First and foremost, to be honest my breath is taken and I’m speechless in front of such a huge number of prominent American and Japanese guests,” he said.

A state dinner is a tool of U.S. diplomacy, an honor doled out sparingly and only to America’s closest allies. In the case of Japan, the president has granted that honor for just the fifth time to an ally that he sees as a cornerstone of his policy toward the Indo-Pacific region.

Kishida is on an official visit to the United States this week. The state dinner is Biden’s first this year.

The guests included plenty of Biden family members, including granddaughter Naomi and her husband, Peter Neal. Business moguls also were in force, including JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Labor luminaries United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain and United Steelworkers President David McCall were also in attenddance. Both unions have endorsed Biden for reelection.

Dry-aged rib eye steak, cherry blossoms and the music of Paul Simon were also part of the evening. Simon opened his after-dinner performance by playing guitar and singing two of his major hits, “Graceland” and “Slip Slidin’ Away.”

Guests dined on a meal that was designed to highlight the “bounty of spring” in Japan and the United States: a first course of house-cured salmon that was inspired by a California roll and an entree of rib eye with shishito pepper butter, fava beans, mushrooms and onions. Dessert was salted caramel pistachio cake with a matcha ganache and cherry ice cream.

Some of Jill Biden’s favorite flowers, including sweet peas, roses and peonies, were arranged alongside imported cherry blossoms to decorate a mix of round and rectangular dinner tables in the East Room in shades of pink. A few floral centerpieces topped out at 6 feet (1.8 meters) tall.

Tables were set with a mix of place settings representing the administrations of Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and George W. Bush. Glass and silk butterflies danced over the tables.

Simon is one of Jill Biden’s favorite artists, the White House said, adding that she chose him as a special tribute to Kishida because the prime minister also admires his music.

Simon’s career spans six decades, including performing as part of a duo with his childhood friend Art Garfunkel. The 82-year-old New Jersey native has earned numerous accolades, including multiple Grammys and a place in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Kishida is the fifth world leader Biden has honored with a state dinner following counterparts from France , South Korea , India and Australia .