Discussion of 9 minute trailer

[Mage]

Wow.....

[cooleddie74]

Nice.



Forget the quality....I'm just glad someone had the balls to record this and post it online.

[Nero's Shadow]

To boldly go !!! Holy amazingballs that's the first 9 mins and I was on the edge of my seat !!!! God knows what I'm going to be like when I've watched all the movie in may !! Can't wait to see this movie !!!! :-)

[cooleddie74]

Well, I guess we know when the movie begins. Stardate 2259.55 is just a little over a year after the Nero crisis so the Enterprise crew is still getting used to one another. Who knows when the bulk and remainder of the film takes place but it's probably around the same time.

[ElimParra]

Ended up watching the first 3 minutes. Quality was poor. I want to see it on the big screen. Still liked what I saw.

[Mach5]

Loved it!

There's one thing that bugs the aspie in me. Hint - "Pen Palls". Why was Enterprise even there? Spock seems all prime-directive crazy, but saving the pre-warp civilization from a natural disaster IS a PD violation.

Is this Orci's unsubtle way of telling the writers of "ENT: Dear Doctor" to go fuck themselves?

[BillJ]

Prancer the Sith wrote:

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Loved it!

There's one thing that bugs the aspie in me. Hint - "Pen Palls". Why was Enterprise even there? Spock seems all prime-directive crazy, but saving the pre-warp civilization from a natural disaster IS a PD violation.

Is this Orci's unsubtle way of telling the writers of "ENT: Dear Doctor" to go fuck themselves?

More likely they're telling the writers of Modern Trek that their interpretation of the Prime Directive is fucking stupid.

[teacake]

Prancer the Sith wrote:

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Loved it!

There's one thing that bugs the aspie in me. Hint - "Pen Palls". Why was Enterprise even there? Spock seems all prime-directive crazy, but saving the pre-warp civilization from a natural disaster IS a PD violation.

Is this Orci's unsubtle way of telling the writers of "ENT: Dear Doctor" to go fuck themselves?

Oh let's hope so..

[cooleddie74]

Well, even in the Prime timeline of the 23rd Century the Prime Directive was violated more times than the legal blood-alcohol limit on prom night. Kirk repeatedly came up with myriad, flimsy excuses to save a primitive, pre-warp society from itself or some powerful computer that was unjustly ruling over it all in the name of the greater good or doing what he felt was morally right.

I'd be surprised if Starfleet Command itself signed off on such a mission in violation of its own most sacred rule, but this is a timeline that's changed since 2233 and the Starfleet of *this* 2259 might do a few things a little differently than the one we saw in the Prime TOS era.

[BillJ]

But Spock is right there quoting the Prime Directive while planting the charges that will save the people...

[Jaro Stun]

better ad for the film than that messy teaser trailer. this actually looks good and fun

[teacake]

A FISH!!!










Lens Flare!!

[cooleddie74]

The landing party/EVA jumpsuits worn by Kirk, McCoy, Sulu and Uhura are reminiscent of some of the Starfleet leotards and jumpsuits seen on Voyager with the department color piping stitched into them ("Learning Curve" is an episode that prominently featured them). They also look a little like the 22nd century Earth Starfleet uniforms on Enterprise with the gold, red and blue piping.

Nice touch.

[Mach5]

[M]

I love it! What an exciting time to be a Star Trek fan!

One quibble, though: Somehow it rubs me the wrong way how, again, they seem to squach in as many popular catchphrases as possible. Instead of just coming up with new stuff, they let Spock recite his "the need of the many" mantra for the millionth time. This also bugged me in the first movie.

That said, the first nine minutes look brilliant. I can't wait to see this. Cumberbatch being a new villian didn't seem like a good idea at first, but now I think it's actually much cooler than just retreating old stuff.