NASA astronaut Michael Barratt didn’t have to stand in line to see the new Star Trek movie when it premiered but he also didn’t get to snack on delicious movie popcorn either since he and his two cremates watched the movie while on board the International Space Station floating high above the earth.

Paramount Pictures transferred Star Trek to NASA’s Mission Control in Houston, which then uplinked the film to the space station on Thursday, May 14. Barratt planed to watch the film on a laptop computer inside the Unity module.

“I remember watching the original ‘Star Trek’ series and, like many of my NASA coworkers, was inspired by the idea of people from all nations coming together to explore space,” said Barratt. “‘Star Trek’ blended adventure, discovery, intelligence and story telling that assumes a positive future for humanity. The International Space Station is a real step in that direction, with many nations sharing in an adventure the world can be proud of.”

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The Late Show Top 10 Lines Never Before Said in a ‘Star Trek’ Film

[As presented by actor Leonard Nimoy on the Thursday, May 7 broadcast of the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN, seen weeknights on CBS.]

10. Warp factor 8! Arby’s closes in 10 minutes.

9. We’re entering a breach in the space-time continuum or a wormhole or some crazy crap like that.

8. Set phasers to fabulous!

7. Welcome aboard the Starship Enterprise - today’s in-flight movie is “Big Momma’s House 2.”

6. We’ve been hijacked by Somali pirates.

5. Sir, I’m going to need Saturday off to attend my nephew’s Bar Mitzvah.

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Today’s the release day for that new set of Star Trek DVDs in both standard and Blu-Ray and both Best Buy and Hollywood Video are offering exclusives.

The items should be good on the purchase of any of the following; Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection, Star Trek: Motion Picture Trilogy, The Best of Star Trek: The Original Series or The Best of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Hollywood Video / Movie Gallery is giving away a free poster featuring the original crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise!

Best Buy is offering an exclusive Klingon Bird-of-Prey Token for Star Trek Scene It? DVD Game!

Had enough Trek yet? Me neither.

Today, it’s a Chris Pine interview over at Parade.com. Here he is talking bromance and bad boy.

Kirk and Spock — the bromance
“It’s a relationship between two men that spend a lot of time together in space. It’s sort of like Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany in Master and Commander. It is very much a story about two men learning really to love one another, and in the end, they become fast friends. But, along the way they butt heads because they’re alpha males. They strongly believe in themselves.”

On making Kirk a bad boy…
“I definitely err towards thoughtfulness more than I do impulsiveness. So it was fun to play the young Kirk as a guy who is a bit more dangerous than I am in terms of being a smart mouth and not being afraid to use his fists. But I think his great journey is that he starts at a place of self-destructiveness and then kind of finds his way to a level of maturity that he needs to command the Enterprise.”

Will he deliver for the Trekkers? What’s the toughest part? What turns Pine on? Click here for the full interview.

Could Harry Potter beat Neo at a fight?
Is Tatooine a harsher place to live than Middle Earth?
Captain Kirk vs Captain Jack Sparrow — you decide.

It’s these kinds of questions that keep Heroes’ star Milo Ventimiglia (seen here with a furry friend at the Fanboys premire) up at night and now he’s found an outlet! Milo and his team at DiVide Pictures are teaming up with Agility Studios to produce Ultradome, a tongue-in-cheek, short-format digital video series that taps into the comic book, video game, action-adventure, fantasy and science-fiction culture.

Each episode begins with two characters involved in a heated pop-culture debate (shades of The Big Bang Theory) when suddenly they’re transported to the Ultradome to battle it out with weapons and magics taken from the worlds they’ve been arguing about.

Lightsabers against Harry Potter’s wand? A phaser up against Wonder Woman’s golden lasso? Nothing is off limits inside the Ultradome - and creative and casting possibilities are endless, as Ventimiglia and Agility plan to use connections to sci-fi enthusiast actors, writers and directors to build a bevy of high-profile cameos and cinematic visual effects.

“My whole life has been spent engaged with friends in intellectual debate . like whether Kirk is tougher than Spock or if Middle Earth is a more difficult place to live than Tatooine. With Ultradome, we can bring these debates to the public and settle them in the most logical way possible: through armed combat,” said Ventimiglia. “We’re very excited to be working with Agility on this series and to tap into their expertise in digital programming.”

The Ultradome pilot episode, “Star Wars vs. Lord of the Rings,” is currently in post-production, and additional episodes are slated to follow.

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Just released, four great behind the scenes stills from the new Star Trek movie.  Check out JJ Abrams at work! In addition, there’s also a bunch of new content on the official site including a preview of the new movie soundtrack which will be available in stores today. If you live in the Los Angeles area, composer Michael Giacchino will be at the West Hollywood Best Buy signing copies of the new cd.

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While walking the red carpet for the recent Star Trek premiere in Los Angeles, several of the guests couldn’t resist flashing the universal symbol for ‘I’m a geek!’. Live long and prosper fellow Trekkies, I’d make the sign with you but that makes it too hard to type.

Here’s Heroes’ star Hayden Panettiere falshing the V along with Trek star Karl Urban.

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First we saw the Star Trek old guard on the red carpet for the LA premiere of the new Star Trek movie. Now it’s time to look at the new wave. Here are the folks that are taking their seats inside the new (old) Enterprise.

Here’s Kirk and Spock, aka Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto

Uhura and Chekov, aka Zoe Saldana and Anton Yelchin

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Last night, you didn’t need a telescope to look at the stars. All you needed was a walk down Hollywood Blvd. It was the Los Angeles premiere of the new Star Trek movie at Grauman’s Chinese and the red carpet was full of sci fi luminaries. Original Trek stars, new Trek stars and plenty of your favorites from other sci fi shows were on hand for the celebration. There were so many great people there that we have to show you them in stages – kinda like the old-fashioned rockets we used to take to the moon.

Let’s begin the voyage with a look at the old guard, stars of Star Trek’s past beginning with Spock himself, Mr. Leonard Nimoy.

Next we have Mr. George Takei from the original series and the lovely Marina Sirtis and Jonathan Frakes from Star Trek: The Next Generation.

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As my husband watches the original Star Trek movie in the background, I bring you this cool image from high about Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Los Angeles. It’s the LA premiere of the NEW Star Trek movie and I’ll have more red carpet pics for you a little later on.

In the meantime, how cool is this?