The Valley of Fire, Nevada set for Soren's launcher on Veridian III was also quite extensive:
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I think the preponderance of this set was actually constructed by nature, although the second rock on the left looks paper mache to me.
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I think the preponderance of this set was actually constructed by nature, although the second rock on the left looks paper mache to me.
If Sofia Boutella is playing a person from Nibiru, I am going to pop. The very fact that it's very difficult to imagine one in such setting is what would make it cool.
But it ain't going to happen. She's almost certainly someone from the megapolis planet shot in Dubai. She's someone we make first contact with, and then we join forces to crash together in Canada. Whether Canada is on the same planet as Dubai, and whether it's a spacecraft or aircraft that crashes, remains to be seen. Either way, there's zero clue to what the actual story is about. The shots could as well be Jar Jar leading Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon through to Gungan territory.
The very good news is that we have good relations with at least one person from an uncontacted planet for at least some of the time. That's nice change from ST09 and STID, where all aliens are either Federation or foes from the start. Finally a relationship in the making.
ETA: I have a craving for a story where a time-travelling Enterprise crashes in the 19th or early 20th century, the locals are forced to go out and help the ship in distress before looking for any answers. So if the other thread is right, and that's the Enterprise, and we are also crashing on a pre-warp planet... And Boutella is a startled local who has come to the rescue... Hm.... Ziggy says there's a 2.72% chance that I may get my wish. Or maybe I just pressed the e button.
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I have to admit that I immediately think "Doctor Who" whenever "quarry" is mentioned.
Either that or Power Rangers.
If the rocks morph into something they have to fight, it could be a mish-mash of Dr. Who, Power Rangers, "Star Trek Beyond", and the unseen wishes of Shatner in "Star Trek V".
...why does everybody think about Dr. Who when the word "quarry" is mentioned?
I'm so lost.
I'm so lost.
Because it routinely filmed in quarries to represent desolate alien planets. Quarries are to Doctor Who what the forests of Vancouver are to Stargate, or to a lesser extent what Vasquez Rocks is to Star Trek.
Or Space Sheriff Shaider or just about any other sentai styled hero show.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BBCQuarry
Though this is more the case with the classic run and not the modern show.
I suppose there could be some kind of space seed deal with the Nibiru people, though no, I don't think it's likely.
Wow, they painted all those rocks blue! (hope it's biodegradable)
Obviously, Eve is not in this movie.
That's crazy talk!
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SingleBiomePlanet
I've suggested something like this would also work for a movie - a stranded crew has to journey across a planet to some goal.
And it looked like a TV set.
^Which building was the volume knob?
I didn't imply any sci-fi mumbo jumbo that makes your brain hurt and wish you were never born.
Just have a woman that has barely invented the wheel for her people, getting a crash course to join Kirk and company on a mission. She doesn't have to understand everything. If Doctor Who can do it, why can't Star Trek?
I mean, Khan learned to operate the Enterprise in a day, and became a dangerous all-knowing officer at Section 31 in a couple of years. What's to stop species with above-average intelligence when everything on starships is so user friendly these days?
So I'm not the only one who thought that with "looked like a TV set". Though along with "volume knob" I'm not sure if that's not an indication of getting old, now hand me my cane.
Kind of like the way explorers used to kidnap a local to serve as a guide?
I'd prefer if she was a member of an advanced species who'd perhaps observed the Enterprise's actions on Nibiru, and felt a corresponding sense of gratitude (or ingratitude, whatever's good for the story).
I think any similarity with Nibiru natives is mere coincidence.
In my opinion, this film has no connection to Star Trek Into Darkness.
Lin said: "It’s all new and fresh. The Klingons, Romulans and other species are great, but it’s time to go further. It has been fun to focus on creating whole new worlds and species."
Forget STID.
In my opinion, this film has no connection to Star Trek Into Darkness.
Lin said: "It’s all new and fresh. The Klingons, Romulans and other species are great, but it’s time to go further. It has been fun to focus on creating whole new worlds and species."
Forget STID.
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