As we learned from The Dark Knight, the water cooler talk on the Monday morning after opening weekend turns to the obligatory sequel. Movieline offers a look at 5 Actors Worth Considering as Star Trek’s Next Villain. Maybe Matthew McConaughey doesn’t strike you as the most obvious replacement for Ricardo Montalban as Khan, but hear them out: “Perhaps only one man in Hollywood can match those physical attributes and be the type of unexpected revelation viewers found in Montalban. So what if McConaughey’s slogan 'Just keep livin’ flies in the face of his bloodlust for Kirk, and who cares if he seems a little too chillax when opening fire on the Enterprise? The flip-flop just might fit, and anyway, anything that keeps him out of another romantic comedy is a casting decision I can live with.”

Premium Hollywood looks at 5 non-“Khan” alternative for the “Star Trek” sequel (and 5 to avoid). Who’s up for some Harcourt Fenton Mudd? “He’s one of the galaxy’s most notorious con men and, over the years, has remained one of the most popular characters in the Trek universe, having popped up in two episodes of the original series, an animated-series episode (Mudd’s Passion), a novel (Mudd in Your Eye), and countless Trek comic books. (Best title: The Sky Above…The Mudd Below.) Indeed, his reputation is such that, in Nintendo’s Starfleet Academy video game, he’s considered to be required study for the cadets.” No higher praise.

We’ve had a little fun at William Shatner’s expense, but io9 breaks the news on the Shatner Scene You Never Saw. “In our exclusive interview with Star Trek writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, we managed to pick their brain as to what landed on the cutting-room floor during rewrites. The most shocking was the actual Shatner scene.” It’s a little spoiler-iffic if you haven’t seen the movie yet, but if you have…well, I don’t think we missed out on a magical moment.

Here at the Screengrab, we have a very simple but potent sequel idea. One word: Tribbles. Think about it.