Star Trek XI - spoilers!

Rico · August 10, 2008, 04:38:01 AM

Woo-hoo! Nice!

Bryancd · August 10, 2008, 05:25:48 AM

Is it just me or does anybody else not know who is who in that poster? :blink

Rico · August 10, 2008, 05:39:30 AM

Top row, Sulu - Scotty.
Bottom Row, McCoy - Chekov.

Trekkygeek · August 11, 2008, 01:41:28 PM

Quote from: Rico on July 23, 2008, 10:36:29 AM
Not sure we will see Klingon's or not. But if we do based on things shown on "Enterprise" they could look the old school way or the TNG way. Just depends on which type you run into.

We may see he Klingons right at the end of the movie as a teaser, just like the Joker teaser at the end of "Batman Begins".

Darth Gaos · August 11, 2008, 03:37:13 PM

More and more excited every day....and we still have nine months....NOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Darth Gaos · August 12, 2008, 12:26:45 PM

Did you guys and gals notice that the uniform (you can really see it on Sulu's) has the Trek symbol woven into it? Looks really cool. Maybe I am late to the party on this one but I thought it pretty sweet.

wraith1701 · August 23, 2008, 10:39:26 AM

Director Kevin Smith (sort of) Reviews initial cut of the New Trek Film!!! ;D

source- Trekmovie dot com

Host: So thumbs up on The Watchmen, what else you got?

Smith: I saw a movie last night that I cannot talk about.

Host: Was it good?

Smith: It was phenomenal.

Host: Any stars, any break out stars, and do they trek?

Smith: The stars absolutely trek in this film. It is fantastic. Anybody who was worried doesn't need to be worried–about this film I cannot talk about...It was in very capable hands. The director did a phenomenal job–the director and his crew. Top notch cast and the guy that plays the lead is an instant star. That dude is going to be so famous. He is so wonderful. He picked up a role that I would say is pretty challenging for someone to step into the shoes of, because it is a role that has been played before many times by the same guy.

Host: How do you out Shatner, Shatner?

Smith: I don't know what you are talking about.

Host: I was just saying that as an expression.

Smith: Yes, absolutely, in a world of expressions, I would agree with that...I am so not good with this game, you are going to bury me man.

Host: We had you on before The Dark Knight and I remember asking you if you could direct a movie like Dark Knight and you said 'hell no' it was so far out of your sphere...but I bring that up to preface this. Let's say a franchise like Star Trek, not that you have seen the movie or we are talking about the movie, but we are talking about it for example. That is something that is so dangerous to attempt. Is that the kind of project you would like to do? Would you like to be the guy who gets to do a movie like that?

Smith: I would not like to be the guy. In the case of something like Star Trek, it would take a really insanely talented filmmaker–storyteller. Like in the case of Star Trek, JJ Abrams. So leave it to the people who are best equipped for it. I am just the guy who should be watching those movies.

Smith seems to have a true genre-fan's taste when it comes to sci-fi and fantasy movies, so this really has me pumped up!! ;D

Rico · August 23, 2008, 11:39:21 AM

The news just keeps getting better and better! I really can't wait for this to be a great hit movie and tell everyone who has been saying Trek is dead. I just can't wait to say ---- "See, Trek still rocks!"

Ktrek · August 23, 2008, 04:30:57 PM

I'm as eager as you are Rico to see the new movie be a huge hit and I really hope it is but we do have to remember that the PR machine is up and running. I mean after all have you ever heard a studio admit they have made a stinker? Not once that I can recall. They want to fill seats in the box office and they will say and do whatever they have to, lie, cheat and steal if need be, to get people out to the theater. So, I am still a little reserved and unsure about the future of Star Trek. It might be like all the hype prior to Superman Returns and to me that film is a bomb.

Kevin

billybob476 · August 23, 2008, 09:06:36 PM

I trust Kevin Smith. He wouldn't say it was good if it wasn't.

Bryancd · August 27, 2008, 05:04:39 AM

Yeah, Kevin Smith doesn't have a dog in this fight and he is a well known fanboy, so I see no reason for him to even mention it. Clearly he is tip toeing around a nondisclosure agreement by even bringing it up to praise it.

Rico · August 27, 2008, 05:33:14 AM

Well - the reason he mentioned it was because the interviewer asked him about it and was trying to pump him for some info.

Rico · August 27, 2008, 05:37:02 AM

Quote from: Ktrek on August 23, 2008, 04:30:57 PM
I'm as eager as you are Rico to see the new movie be a huge hit and I really hope it is but we do have to remember that the PR machine is up and running. I mean after all have you ever heard a studio admit they have made a stinker? Not once that I can recall. They want to fill seats in the box office and they will say and do whatever they have to, lie, cheat and steal if need be, to get people out to the theater. So, I am still a little reserved and unsure about the future of Star Trek. It might be like all the hype prior to Superman Returns and to me that film is a bomb.

Kevin

I really don't agree. Kevin Smith doesn't do PR for others and he certainly doesn't hold back when he thinks something is good or bad. This isn't a Paramount exec. or employee or member of the film talking. Now, of course we can all decide next May on whether the movie is something we like or not but I have no reason to doubt what is being said by Smith. Plus, I'm generally the glass is half-full kind of guy. ;)

Bryancd · August 27, 2008, 05:51:45 AM

Quote from: Rico on August 27, 2008, 05:33:14 AM
Well - the reason he mentioned it was because the interviewer asked him about it and was trying to pump him for some info.

The interviewer asked him if he had seen any other movies recently and Kevin Smith brought up Star Trek. Sounds like they set it up. I'm agreeing with you that he clearly was busting a gut to mention it as he clearly enjoyed the movie and I don't see Kevin Smith as part of the Paramount PR machine.

Geekyfanboy · September 09, 2008, 10:42:43 AM

Why Shatner's Not In Star Trek
By Stuart Wood: 2008-09-09 10:41:23

In an interview with AMC, where, typically, Abrams talks much and reveals little, the only thing he did let slip was his position on the whole contentious issue of Shatner's absence in proceedings. He reveals that initially they tried to be accommodating, writing in a flashback scene but on reflection "it didn't quite feel right."

The more pressing issue, according to the very diplomatic Abrams, was that Shatner was wanting an "all or nothing deal." "He was very vocal that he didn't want to do a cameo. We tried desperately to put him in the movie, but he was making it very clear that he wanted the movie to focus on him significantly, which, frankly, he deserves."

To put the whole issue to bed, Abrams refers bluntly and logically to the issue of canon, which many Trekkers have been banging on about since day one, "The truth is, the story that we were telling required a certain adherence to the Trek canon and consistency of storytelling. It's funny -- a lot of the people who were proclaiming that he must be in this movie were the same people saying it must adhere to canon. Well, his character died on screen [in Generations in 1994]. Maybe a smarter group of filmmakers could have figured out how to resolve that. "

So there you have it, Shatner isn't in it because old Kirk died 14 years ago. Can everyone please now get over it and can Paramount please start acting like they want people to come see this movie.