[KevinDavis]

A big thanks goes to Visualops for the Banner!!

[wally_bert]

I had no idea she died.

[circlecity]

She was the last good female role in the Trek movies that I can think of. Was that the “Veega” one? Lame movie but she was good in it. RIP.

[skr]

May God bless those who loved her with comfort and peace.

[Perdogg]

[rabidralph]

I thought she died of cancer.

[potlatch]

Trekkie time

[Tanniker Smith]

I remember she did a Sylvester Stallone movie sometime after Star Trek, and then I never saw her again.

[yarddog]

I was surprised to learn she was from India. I had always thought she was Iranian, I guess because Persis sounds like Persian.

[Sybeck1]

Is “Bald” Brit Beaming Up To The Final Frontier? Hollywood CA, 2/21/2007 Giving all the talk in the news today about the wayward ways of Britney Spears in the news today, consider the latest rumour, Britney is possible starring as the love interest in the possible upcoming relaunch of the dying film and televison series, "Star Trek". This rumour revolves around J.J. Abrams, the director of this possible film, who was spotted having lunch with a publicist of Britney Spears in Hollywood this week. That film has internet "buzz" as being a total makeover of the Trek franchise, with new people in roles made famous by the like of William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy over forty years ago. The question is would Spears be cast as a Deltan, which were bald and were heavily sexual. This race of aliens were highlighted in 1979's "Star Trek: The Motion Picture", in which the late Persis Khambatta played the role of Lt. Ilia. Many see Spears as a natural in the sexpot role. Having a pop icon such as Britney Spears headline this movie, many insiders say it would be huge success, mainly for the simply curious, as Britney has shown no concern for science fiction in the past. Giving all that is happening in Spears life, with divorce and rehab, it is impossible to easily accept this rumour. She has not acted since 2002, in which she recieved mixed reviews in "Crossroads". But Hollywood is a town in which anything can happen, and one of those things could easily be Britney Spears saying "Beam me up, Scotty".

[jaz.357]

Ilia’s theme from the movie.(speakers on)Very nice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOhvhb95MBM&feature=PlayList&p=A9F9927D38B0A853&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=49

[Sloth]

What a horrible movie.

[big'ol_freeper]

There’s no babe like a space babe.

[isom35]

You should also check her out in 1983’s Warrior of the Lost World co-starring Paper Chase Guy and Megaweapon. An MST3K classic.

[Vaquero]

and while we are at it, prayers up for Walter Keonigs son who is missing in Vancouver.....

[BillyBoy]

Persis Khambatta passed away over a decade ago, but I do agree she was one of the hottest alien babes ever to appear on Star Trek.

I'd certainly rank Khambatta's Lt. Ilia above Jolene Blalock as the Vulcan on Star Trek: Enterprise. Blalock is cute offscreen, but on screen they gave poor Jolene a boy's bowl haircut (which is even more jarring than a totally bald chick) and made her character a third-rate clone of Jeri Ryan's Borg babe on Star Trek: Voyager. Hard to find her Vulcan character sexy when they'd dress her up in ugly consumes and make her character entirely wooden, cold, snooty, and unlikeable -- then came up with lame "body decontamination" scenes to give her character an excuse to strip on screen. If you want to see a real sexy Vulcan, check out Lt. Saavik in Star Trek II and III (either of 'em)

Persis Khambatta gave a warm element to the otherwise sterile and boring Star Trek: The Motion Picture, unfortunately her character was wiped out by V'Ger before she could show any depth, and we never once saw Deltans again on Star Trek. I kind of wish they had gone with the original plan of developing her characther in a new TV series for several years.

Shaved Britney Spears would physically look the part of a cute Delta chick perfectly, but once she opened her mouth the audience would leave the theater in droves.

But until then, the award for WORST Star Trek alien babe goes to Star Trek V's Cynthia Gouw, who was supposed to be playing a "Romulan" (for you non-Trekkies, they look physically identical to Vulcans but have emotions). But not only was the actress unable to act her way out of a paper bag, she didn't look anything remotely like a "Romulan" in that movie. I don't know what they were thinking:

One of my favorite alien babes in recent Star Trek is Rachel Nichols, who played Lt. Uhura's Orion roommate at the academy (those are the "green skinned girls" for you non-trekkies), in last year's Star Trek XI. Unfortunately, there's no good photos of her in makeup online, but she gave a terrific bubbly performance and unfortunately some of her best scenes (helped Kirk cheat on the Kobashi Maru... not a big spoiler if you've seen Wrath of Khan!) ended up on the cutting room floor. I hope she returns again for Star Trek XII:

As a general rule of thumb, I agree the "even numbered" films are better than the "odd numbered" Trek films, though many want to toss that theory out the window now that Star Trek XI was much more successful and favorably reviewed than Star Trek X. I will simply say there are exceptions to the rule, but I hope the next Trek film (which will be even numbered) ends up the greatest one of all.