First Cut of 'Star Trek XI' Finished

TrekToday · August 4 2008, 11:32 PM

The first cut of Star Trek XI was recently screened for Paramount Studio Boss Brad Grey and other Paramount bigwigs who were impressed with the quality of the film.

As reported by TrekMovie.com, the first cut was completed four months after principal photography wrapped on Star Trek XI by J.J. Abrams and editors Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey.

The screening, held last week, was a big success. Various comments coming from different sources who were privileged to watch the initial effort ranged from "a hit," and "very impressive," to "far beyond expectations." Expectations for Star Trek XI have been high and were a factor in the movie being moved from its original December 2008 release date to May 2009.

There is still much work to be done, including the special effects and the music, which will be done by Michael Giacchino. Fans are waiting for the release of the theatrical trailer, which is edited, but is not yet finalized. The trailer is expected out sometime this year.

To read more, head to the article located here.

Augustus · August 5 2008, 01:57 AM

well, it would be interesting to see an unfinished movie, without music, and much of the special effects and extra sound...

... and still call it a hit.

Procutus · August 5 2008, 02:26 AM

Let's hope the suits are on target with their assessment. I like the part about it 'exceeding expectations'.

Let's hope.

DorkBoy [TM] · August 5 2008, 02:27 AM

"We are all very pleased."

Augustus · August 5 2008, 02:31 AM

I love how everyone keeps bringing up "We are all very pleased."
haha

number6 · August 5 2008, 02:36 AM

Augustus wrote:

I love how everyone keeps bringing up "We are all very pleased."
haha

I don't.
It's petty and juvenile.

cardinal biggles · August 5 2008, 06:14 AM

Yes, it's petty and juvenile to joke about the man who helped take Star Trek from "sittin' on top of the world" to "full of fail" in the span of a decade.

This early positive reaction to the screening is good. Special effects and music can only add so much, and shouldn't be expected to carry a film. So if this reaction is strictly off the story and performances (and whatever ILM has completed to date), then I think it's a good sign.

number6 · August 5 2008, 06:58 AM

cardinal biggles wrote:

Yes, it's petty and juvenile to joke about the man who helped take Star Trek from "sittin' on top of the world" to "full of fail" in the span of a decade.

I'm glad we agree.

Pioneer · August 5 2008, 08:29 AM

cardinal biggles wrote:

Yes, it's petty and juvenile to joke about the man who helped take Star Trek from "sittin' on top of the world" to "full of fail" in the span of a decade.

This early positive reaction to the screening is good. Special effects and music can only add so much, and shouldn't be expected to carry a film. So if this reaction is strictly off the story and performances (and whatever ILM has completed to date), then I think it's a good sign.

Excuse my ignorance (again!) but I don't get the whole "We are all very pleased." thing. Seems to be a bone of contention of some kind. Could someone please explain? Thanks.

number6 · August 5 2008, 09:01 AM

Pioneer wrote:

cardinal biggles wrote:

Yes, it's petty and juvenile to joke about the man who helped take Star Trek from "sittin' on top of the world" to "full of fail" in the span of a decade.

This early positive reaction to the screening is good. Special effects and music can only add so much, and shouldn't be expected to carry a film. So if this reaction is strictly off the story and performances (and whatever ILM has completed to date), then I think it's a good sign.

Excuse my ignorance (again!) but I don't get the whole "We are all very pleased." thing. Seems to be a bone of contention of some kind. Could someone please explain? Thanks.

Every time Rick Berman gave an interview about something he would say he was very pleased with what was coming up, even though some detracters would always be disappointed no matter what because they thing Berman is the Anti-christ who destroyed Star Trek. It seemed like the only thing he ever said in interviews is "We are all very pleased," and then it would be crap. It got to the point where everytime he gave an interview someone would chime in with that and it was always in some petty, childish, antagonistic way.. Because everything Berman touched turned to shit.
It was stupid and ridiculous then and it's even moreso now, since Berman is no longer involved with Star Trek.

cardinal biggles · August 5 2008, 02:05 PM

number6 wrote:

cardinal biggles wrote:

Yes, it's petty and juvenile to joke about the man who helped take Star Trek from "sittin' on top of the world" to "full of fail" in the span of a decade.

I'm glad we agree.

It would seem we also agree that you need to have your sarcasm detector upgraded.

apostle83 · August 5 2008, 02:36 PM

I'm excited that someone besides the beebs are pleased.

ncc74302 · August 5 2008, 04:33 PM

DorkBoy [TM] wrote:

"We are all very pleased."

Darnit. You beat me to it. I was gonna throw that in too.

Augustus · August 5 2008, 05:28 PM

well, most people here seem to have utter disdain for "we are all very pleased".

I guess I just don't take the comment that seriously...

Dennis · August 5 2008, 08:17 PM

cardinal biggles wrote:

Yes, it's petty and juvenile to joke about the man who helped take Star Trek from "sittin' on top of the world" to "full of fail" in the span of a decade.

All these years later? It's that and a few more things besides.

But hell, there are old fans who froth and foam over Fred Freiberger, so I guess that's just fandom.

Admiral Bear · August 5 2008, 08:58 PM

Besides the "we are very pleased" thing, which still has it's humorous uses, and will continue to do so if Abrams screws this up, the suits at Paramount aren't going to tell someone of his stature that his film sucks, regardless of where they feel it sits on the Suck-0-Meter. It may be good, it may even be very good, thus scoring a 0 (not sucky at all), but it may also score a big fat 10.

Can you imagine what would happen if the film stinks, the suits thought it was awful, they told Abrams as much, and that all leaked out prior to the film's release?

Going on the past experience of Insurrection, Nemesis and Enterprise, perhaps that infamous line should be changed to We are very easily pleased.

dougkeenan · August 5 2008, 09:15 PM

Pakled prescreeners - "We look for things to make us pleased."

TJinPgh · August 5 2008, 10:46 PM

Admiral Bear wrote:

Besides the "we are very pleased" thing, which still has it's humorous uses, and will continue to do so if Abrams screws this up, the suits at Paramount aren't going to tell someone of his stature that his film sucks, regardless of where they feel it sits on the Suck-0-Meter. It may be good, it may even be very good, thus scoring a 0 (not sucky at all), but it may also score a big fat 10.

Can you imagine what would happen if the film stinks, the suits thought it was awful, they told Abrams as much, and that all leaked out prior to the film's release?

Going on the past experience of Insurrection, Nemesis and Enterprise, perhaps that infamous line should be changed to We are very easily pleased.

Agreed. I think it should go without saying that EVERY movie that's been released has met with the approval of studio executives somewhere along the way.

For every Dark Knight that gets released, there are probably a hundred Daredevils, Elektras and Shadows.

Given that the gross majority of movies fail to meet those expectations, it's hardly something that one would want to hang their hopes on.

The movie is essentiallly made. Most of the money has been spent. There's no point in NOT releasing the movie at this stage of the game, whether it sucks or not.

Again, I'm not saying the movie will or won't be good. I'm simply saying that, sadly, this is yet another non-story thrown at us to make us think there's something more positive than there really is.

Broccoli · August 6 2008, 01:06 AM

Augustus wrote:

well, it would be interesting to see an unfinished movie, without music, and much of the special effects and extra sound...

... and still call it a hit.

They probably used temp music/sound effects from previous Trek movies or other ones from the Paramount library.

Admiral Bear · August 6 2008, 12:58 PM

dougkeenan wrote:

Pakled prescreeners - "We look for things to make us pleased."

Nice one!