TREK XI - Images, Footage, Trailers, Enterprise, Discussion, etc. Thread (WARNING: SPOILERS)

[intrepid90]

I loved it.
and I also love the theme.
good music=good movie.

[mckinneyc]

I loved it.
and I also love the theme.
good music=good movie.

Exactly intrepid! Music is so intregral to a great movie, one of the reasons I loved Transformers so much.

[intrepid90]

isnt that bombastic???

[Mark]

now thats one hell of an epic trailer, but I still wish they hadnt messed with the art so much

[martyr]

this film is going to be so awesome.

i've warmed up to the new design of the enterprise too!

[JimmyB76]

i still think it is absolutely terrible and appalling what they are doing...   :arms:
talk about bastardizing something...

[blaXXer]

i still think it is absolutely terrible and appalling what they are doing...   :arms:
talk about bastardizing something...

don't be so grumpy. You'll love it

[JimmyB76]

i'm grumpy because i am so sick of Hollywood trying to "remake" classics and when they do they always sell it out and stupidfy it lol

and the fact that a new Trek movie be so different from established TOS and different actors, sets, etc etc etc etc etc  is just stupid...

they could have picked "The Lost Era" (Ent-B or Ent-C era) with all new characters, etc; but they're banking on the Kirk/Spock familiarity while changing everything about it and making it so foreign...


*sigh*
the things people do to make a buck...  stupid damn Hollywood ruining classic things...

[Wolf]

I don't like it.  Feels terribly out of place, particularly given what Enterprise's set was like on the bridge, that seemed to fall into place quite well.  I would have expected a more Enterprise A style bridge, not a blindingly white and seizure inducing flashy display party house for a bridge.

[Nebula]

I still don't see why you all hate it.....

[intrepid90]

trek will never be what it was once ...
the problem is the whole mimimi on the community.
everything they do seems to be wrong.

I think the trailer is epic and I look forward to see this movie

[Starforce2]

who the heck is nero?

[Vortex]

who the heck is nero?

You know, that apparently awesome bad guy that we've never heard of and apparently has a grudge against Kirk for some unknown reason, despite being roughly a century younger... That is ST:XI (And Nero) summed up for you.

[Nebula]

a Romulan pirate

[Phaser]

Hey there.  Been a while.

Thought I'd stop by and see what the old gang thinks of this development, and give my thoughts, of course. 

I've been taking a break from Star Trek in general ever since I released TCMP back in May (hence my complete and utter absence.  I know you've been longing for my return.  Admit it.  ADMIT IT!).  Now that I've stepped away from it, I feel I can see with a little more clarity.

The introduction sequence gave me pretty much what I expected: Crap.  Kirk as a kid being chased by cops who look like they came out of the Terminator movies, and giving the cliche 'F the police' bit?  Whoopie.  This going to be almost as fun as going down a slide after a 70-year old with explosive diarrhea.

As expected, they remade the ship (d*mnit.  I loved the original design.  Why can't they leave a good thing alone?!  It was a beauty!).  The new one's got a nice side profile, but looking at it from the front, the angle of the nacelle pylons is terrible.

I must say, I do like the revamped uniforms.  They maintain the look of the original series, while giving a subtle grittiness that grounds it in reality.  Unfortunately, that seems to be the only thing that's subtle OR grounded in reality.  The bridge has already been called out for the seizure-inducing white mess that it is, the shuttles look like square pop cans that have been kicked around for a while and had nacelles plastered on the side, and this 'Nero' character looks like the bastard child of Mad Max and Shinzon from "Star Trek" X (yes, that does belong in quotes.  If you don't know why, don't ask, you n00b.  ).

The overall feel of the trailer is another run-of-the-mill, forgotten-in-a-year action/adventure movie.  Nothing special, and certainly nothing like the 'Star Trek' series we've all come to know and love (and later pity).

Hey, J.J. Abrams?  F*ck you.

To summarize, I haven't been expecting much, and this looks like it's going to deliver about what I expected.


Mods, if this post is too raw for you, I apologize.  Please edit as needed, though I ask that you do so sparingly.  Thanks.

[Kirk]

I don't see the upset, really, I don't. I've been a trekky most of my life, I grew up in the TNG era of television and saw the rise and fall of UPN. I didn't watch much of Enterprise, but I loved it's premise. This movie holds great potential and I really am not willing to judge a feature film by one minute of footage. I will admit that I felt let down when the new Enterprise did not resemble Gabe's as closely as we hoped, and when I saw the new bridge was a huge departure from the original 1960's bridge. But that bridge was made in the sixties and while it reached out to young people and captured their imagination then, it will not do so now in a world of CGI animation in every movie and million dollar sets. This movie will not be made or broken by the sets or the ships, but by the acting and portrayal of characters that the world has grown to know and love for three generations. One cannot judge that by a teaser trailer.

[Aeries]

who the heck is nero?

Some kind of evil burning software bent on destroying humanity. :3

One cannot judge that by a teaser trailer.

Yes they can. It's just their own opinion and if they don't wanna give something the chance then that's up to them. I've been a star trek fan my entire life and have always been devoted to trek. I'll give it a chance, whilst still let let down by the sets and such I've seen so far... time will tell. Even if it doesn't work out to be a great movie, I'm sure it'll at least spawn more gossip and breathe new life into trek one way or another.

[lint]

I cant agree anymore with Phaser,
Abrams hopes to attract more fans to Trek with this movie, As he has mentioned many times before,
I have a question?, Why does he give a shit about "attracting new fans"?,
He has admitted he has never been a fan of Trek!, He is a self professed Star Wars fan.
He even said he wants to bring more Star Wars into Star Trek, All this will be is a watered down scifi action movie.

It feels like Nemesis all over again to me..
After all, we already have a Romulan who looks like a Reman who carries something that looks like Staff that Shinzon's viceroy carried who flies around in a big giant powerful ship that has the ability to deploy a weapon to destroy a planet and the enterprise is sent to save the day...again.

[Shadowknight1]

Jimmy, I know I'm probably going to get flamed for this, but grow up.  It's a MOVIE.  And by all rights, it looks to be a darn good one too.  Honestly, every single person who criticizes what they're doing is forgetting the heart of Star Trek.  It's not the Enterprise.  It's not the bridge.  It's not the actors.  And it damn sure isn't the "canon" timeline.  It's the characters and the story.  Star Trek's spirit resides in how the characters interact with each other and the "strange new worlds" they encounter, not in getting the design of the Enterprise to look 110% like it did in the old days.  The Enterprise is a vehicle, nothing more.  The timeline is fluid.  That's why time travel is a key part in the plot.  Get over it people.  I've been a Star Trek fan for 20 something years.  I've shown this to people who have been fans since the premier of the Original Series, and they love it.  I'm personally very excited for this movie in a way I haven't been since First Contact.  My only worries are how exactly the characters will interact...and whether or not Playmates will screw up the Enterprise toy like they did the First Contact Enterprise-E.

[lint]

C'mon Shadow,

There is no need to get personal and tell jimmy to grow up, we can still all have a good debate without resorting to that ;).
But yes, i do agree with you its about the Characters and how they interact with each other, but the problem is the crew in Trex XI dont remind me of the crew he have grown to love,
I dont ever remember Spock openly attacking Kirk on the Bridge in TOS?