Star Trek XI - spoilers!

[moyer777]

I really like the bridge pic.  It looks very sleek and starship like.  I can't wait!!!!!

[SebastianProoth]

The images from the new Star Trek movie look pretty cool to me. I am of course not a "Trek" purist and even rock the political boat in that regard on Star Trek: TCM but I really like the look of the photos except for the bridge.

The bridge looks like something from Galaxy Quest...so far. Now, we don't know what we are looking at. That could be a shot from some "ultra-lighted" scene or something...a dream or some other weird character's perception.

The uniforms looks awesome, they just work. Looking forward to seeing the new phasers and stuff like that.

Of course I will go pick up NewsWeek tomorrow...

-Sebastian

[Meds]

I've just vomited and passed out, followed by a triple heart attack and then lost all control of my nervous system. Thats how i feel about these photo's. They are  AWESOME......... How fracking cool are these, i mean it looks sleek, colourfull very 60's retro but with a modern touch. Oh man this is EXCITING....

[billybob476]

*mead explodes*

These looks AMAZING! Love it. At the very least they got this stuff right.

[Feathers]

Hmmm, as with some others I'm not yet sold on the ship interior...but I'm sure I'll love it when I see it on the big screen.

I'm one of those for whom it will have to be really, REALLY poor before I get too upset about it. (This is both a good and a bad thing of course)

[Rico]

Just out of curiosity - for those not happy with the bridge look - what would you have made it look like to fit in the era they are in?

[X]

I like the new bridge and think that it's a fantastic progression from enterprise. I think that you could splice this movie in after enterprise and if you mentally use the images for TOS, it makes the transition to the later series easier.

[Bryancd]

Just out of curiosity - for those not happy with the bridge look - what would you have made it look like to fit in the era they are in?

It's just so bright and glitzy. The TOS bridge was a simple affair, and I don't expect that kind of look. The movie era bridge was very cool, more like a military ship. TNG's bridge was brighter but simple and elegant. Voyager was a nice combo of futruristc but still shadowed. Enterprise had a nice combo of old tech/new tech.
This picture is VERY busy and VERY bright. I would have perferred a more Enterprise style, less gadgets evrywhere, darker, more like the general feel I got from the new ship in the dockyards seen in the teaser trailer. I imagined a much more serious look to the bridge. A lot of what I see doesn't seem very functional, it's a lot of eye candy.
Het, I just noticed under the Communications stations, hard wood floors! LOL!

[Bryancd]

I like the new bridge and think that it's a fantastic progression from enterprise. I think that you could splice this movie in after enterprise and if you mentally use the images for TOS, it makes the transition to the later series easier.

See, now that I don't think I agree with. I don't think we are meant to make any connection/transition to any previous Star Trek series with this movie. With the excpetion of the inclusion of Nimoy, I think this is clearly an entirely new Star Trek.

[X]

I like the new bridge and think that it's a fantastic progression from enterprise. I think that you could splice this movie in after enterprise and if you mentally use the images for TOS, it makes the transition to the later series easier.

See, now that I don't think I agree with. I don't think we are meant to make any connection/transition to any previous Star Trek series with this movie. With the excpetion of the inclusion of Nimoy, I think this is clearly an entirely new Star Trek.

I don't think that they purposely made any connection, but visually that bridge seems to transition better from Enterprise to the TOS era. Maybe it's because the original TOS bridges used switches and analog displays.

[billybob476]

I like the new bridge and think that it's a fantastic progression from enterprise. I think that you could splice this movie in after enterprise and if you mentally use the images for TOS, it makes the transition to the later series easier.

See, now that I don't think I agree with. I don't think we are meant to make any connection/transition to any previous Star Trek series with this movie. With the excpetion of the inclusion of Nimoy, I think this is clearly an entirely new Star Trek.

I'd say this trek is to original trek what new BSG is to original BSG. Same basis, same characters, same basic look but updated. Aside from that I doubt it'll be very much the same.

[Bryancd]

I don't see any physical switches in the pic. I liked the more tactile feel of the bridge from Enterprise and the famous rocker switched and gummy gels of TOS. This pic looks like it's all glass touch controls, like TNG. So it seems they actually skip an era.

[billybob476]

I don't see any physical switches in the pic. I liked the more tactile feel of the bridge from Enterprise and the famous rocker switched and gummy gels of TOS. This pic looks like it's all glass touch controls, like TNG. So it seems they actually skip an era.

Well it's been made clear this is a reboot. So I'm thinking continuity won't be kept to 100%.

[Bryancd]

Right, which is why I said above I don't think any connection to previous ST can or should be drawn. My feelings about the look of the bridge aren't entirely based on previous Trek, I just like a different look in general for my serious sci-fi.

I think the "Galaxy Quest" or the remake of "Lost in Space" comparison is valid, that's what it looks like.

[Rico]

I don't see any physical switches in the pic. I liked the more tactile feel of the bridge from Enterprise and the famous rocker switched and gummy gels of TOS. This pic looks like it's all glass touch controls, like TNG. So it seems they actually skip an era.

Bryan - I have seen a few other images that showed what looked like raised switches to me.  I think they might even be back in this thread somewhere.  And I even see little things that look like that in the bridge pic here.  So don't give up on buttons and do-dads!  ;)