Abrams Introduces 'Star Trek XI'

[TrekToday]

Director J.J. Abrams introduced several scenes from Star Trek XI and others in attendance shared details, ranging from art concepts of items used in the movie, to descriptions of action in various scenes of the movie.

As reported by visimag.com, Abrams began by saying "I've seen all the parodies, but the key to doing this and making it feel real was a great cast. The cast is amazing.

Abrams went on to introduce the first clip, where "we meet Kirk as a young man [and see] how he ends up joining Starfleet." Kirk gets into trouble in a bar and has to be rescued by Pike. Things revealed about Kirk's youth and the bar scene: Pike is the father figure in the movie, with gray sideburns that are not pointed. James T. Kirk's father George saved eight hundred people.

"So Kirk joins Starfleet and immediately gets in trouble," says Abrams, explaining the second scene. "They all get assigned to ships, but Kirk does not because he's in trouble." This is the scene where McCoy uses a ruse to get Kirk aboard the Enterprise. When trouble occurs on Vulcan, courtesy of the Romulans, Starfleet puts together a hasty rescue mission. Various departments of the Enterprise is shown and we get a sense of its large size.

In the third scene, the "frozen planet" one, Abrams introduces it by saying, "So, Kirk pisses off Spock and gets marooned. He lands on a planet and ends up meeting the older Spock. The two of them then meet another character, played by Simon Pegg." Scotty has been exiled after his attempts to experiment with transporter technology resulted in the loss of Admiral Archer's dog. Scotty's expertise will be needed to transport Kirk onto the Enterprise as it moves at warp speed, and this will be done courtesy of information provided by his future self.

In the final clip, "The drill that comes from Nero's space ship drills into the planet, and this is a sequence where the good guys are space-jumping onto it," explains Abrams. Transporters are jammed, so Kirk, Sulu and "redshirt" Olsen must freefall onto the platform to knock out the drill. One of them will not make it back from the mission. Spock is promoted to Captain of the Enterprise and McCoy is promoted to Chief Medic, after his predecessor has been killed in the attack that has devastated part of the ship. Sulu saves Kirk's life with his swordsmanship. It's up to Chekov, back on the Enterprise to rescue Kirk and Sulu when things go awry with the freefall.

Other details emerged from the German Treknews and from TrekMovie, both of which offered additional bits and pieces, from the concept art to comments on several scenes. The ones from the Enterprise include:

• A shuttle hangar reminiscent of one from Battlestar Galactica

• A medical shuttle.

• TOS-like transporter room.

Details of other ships or scenery include:

• A very dark, cold and sharp Romulan Bridge.

• A large Starfleet auditorium.

• Interior of a space station, with zero gravity. A man in a space suit is in it.

• Drawings from Vulcan with small ships fleeing from an ocean of lava.

• Nero has a huge ship, like a "cross between a Christmas tree and a Shadow ship from Babylon 5.

Miscellaneous details include:

• Silver phaser pistol that looks like a fusion of the TOS model and the Star Trek V assault phaser.

• Blue Kelvin uniforms.

• Concept art of Kirk's motorbike, which was originally green, with a huge BMW logo on it. In the movie, the bike is now black and the logo has been removed, but it is still obviously a BMW bike.

• A red “Starfleet orbital Drop Suit”

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[Samuel T. Cogley]

TrekToday wrote:

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Scotty has been exiled after his attempts to experiment with transporter technology resulted in the loss of Admiral Archer's dog.

Oh God. Kill me now.

[Augustus]

I think that is kinda funny actually.

[mythme]

It has to be another Archer and/or beagle. There is no way Jonathan or Porthos could be alive in this time period. Humans, even in this century, don't live to be over 150 years old and beagles most certainly don't.

[edotkyl]

am i the only one who is starting to think that this movie is really going to suck and kill any prospects of future trek projects in the near future?

[Lindley]

edotkyl wrote:

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am i the only one who is starting to think that this movie is really going to suck and kill any prospects of future trek projects in the near future?

There are no prospects to kill at this time, so that seems unlikely.

I'm taking a wait-and-see approach here.

[SLWatson]

Samuel T. Cogley wrote:

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Oh God. Kill me now.

Word.

[ShamelessMcBundy]

Well at least BMW is alive and well in the future.

[Procutus]

Lindley wrote:

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There are no prospects to kill at this time, so that seems unlikely.

I'm taking a wait-and-see approach here.

Same here, although I am beginning to have some serious doubts it.

[ancient]

ShamelessMcBundy wrote:

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Well at least BMW is alive and well in the future.

And they have money, if the bar scene is any indication.

Gene's communist future is being pissed on by these capitalist pigs!

[gh4chiefs]

In the third scene, the "frozen planet" one, Abrams introduces it by saying, "So, Kirk pisses off Spock and gets marooned. He lands on a planet and ends up meeting the older Spock. The two of them then meet another character, played by Simon Pegg." Scotty has been exiled after his attempts to experiment with transporter technology resulted in the loss of Admiral Archer's dog. Scotty's expertise will be needed to transport Kirk onto the Enterprise as it moves at warp speed, and this will be done courtesy of information provided by his future self.

Oh dear God.

[gh4chiefs]

Procutus wrote:

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Same here, although I am beginning to have some serious doubts it.

Likewise.

[Admiral James Kirk]

I'm excited. Personally I think it's funny taking a little swipe at Enterprise. I'm certainly not going to piss on this movie before I've even seen it.

[T'Bonz]

Let's see:

-BMW Bike, Corvette. Tom Paris anyone? Or the dune buggy of "Nemesis?"

-Sending future technology back to be used by Scotty? "ST:The Voyage Home?"

*sigh*

It appears that "Star Trek," like most of Hollywood's offerings anymore, will be a warmed over rehash.

[Hoser]

Samuel T. Cogley wrote:

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Oh God. Kill me now.

Maybe this is the reason for the nacelle's shape.
It's a monument.

[Tyson]

Regardless of the continuity or whatever, this movie just sounds like it's stupid.

[ArthurKing]

T'Bonz wrote:

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Let's see:

-BMW Bike, Corvette. Tom Paris anyone? Or the dune buggy of "Nemesis?"

-Sending future technology back to be used by Scotty? "ST:The Voyage Home?"

*sigh*

It appears that "Star Trek," like most of Hollywood's offerings anymore, will be a warmed over rehash.

Agree, particularly your last line. Have been bitching about this with people for the last week. Everyone seems to be coming into line that the movie is looking bad, and that the original teaser they showed is looking more and more like a bait and switch ('get the fans all riled up, but make the actual movie for the summer crowd).

Then again, I never had high hopes (nor did I ever understand why fans did) for a guy whose greatest accomplishments are producing cult tv series (alias, lost) and Blair Witch meets Godzillla. It could have been worse (M. Bay) but it could have been a lot better. In fantasy land, imagine what we could have gotten if someone else had helmed the project. E.g. Danny Boyle (Slumdog, Sunshine, 28 Days Later, Trainspotting) or Alfonso Cuarón (Children of Men - excellent piece of near-future sci fi / post apoc) or Terry Gilliam or ... if we're going to have a real fantasy, Ridley Scott [imagine a Star Trek movie made by Ridley Scott].

Whatever. I'll check out the trailer and hope for the best. But things are not sounding good at all.

[Pioneer]

“I've[sic] was never really a huge fan of Star Trek,” he admits.

That about sums it up. Didn't Abrams previously claim to be a Star Trek fan? I think he did.
Can we now believe anything he says?

As Han Solo would say: "I've got a bad feeling about this."

[gh4chiefs]

TrekToday wrote:

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"So, Kirk pisses off Spock

I had quoted this paragraph in a previous post had kind of glossed over this particular quote. Pissing off Spock? Again I say, Oh dear Lord. I know it's about "changing what we know" but just how much can you change a very basic concept of the Star Trek mythology and it still be Star Trek?

Pioneer wrote:

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As Han Solo would say: "I've got a bad feeling about this."

Damn, I must be getting old because I've been wracking my brain trying to remember who said that. Because that's exactly how I'm starting to feel about this movie. Although I'm not a big fan of remakes/reboots/recastings/whatever, I haven't been one of those adamantly opposed to this film. In fact, I was kind of looking forward to it. But man several things in this article are really starting to worry me.

[Data Holmes]

gh4chiefs wrote:

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I had quoted this paragraph in a previous post had kind of glossed over this particular quote. Pissing off Spock? Again I say, Oh dear Lord. I know it's about "changing what we know" but just how much can you change a very basic concept of the Star Trek mythology and it still be Star Trek?

Damn, I must be getting old because I've been wracking my brain trying to remember who said that. Because that's exactly how I'm starting to feel about this movie. Although I'm not a big fan of remakes/reboots/recastings/whatever, I haven't been one of those adamantly opposed to this film. In fact, I was kind of looking forward to it. But man several things in this article are really starting to worry me.

Kirk pissing off spock... yes this is horrid... I mean, there is nothing in canon to support this... such as the fate of the enterprise resting on kirk, you know, getting spock pissed and in a fight to, you know, counter the effect of the neural parisites...