Official Trailer Review & Comments Thread!! [Spoilers, of course]

[number6]

You do seem a bit of a cyber bully.

Please allow me to introduce myself...

The BBS has men...of wealth...and taste?!

No.. just a bunch of nerdy guys with way too much time on their hands

 

[cooleddie74]

Please allow me to introduce myself...

The BBS has men...of wealth...and taste?!

No.. just a bunch of nerdy guys with way too much time on their hands

Shhhhhh!

You'll give away our secret.

 

[DBR]

Here's me showing up fashionably late to this party

I just saw the second trailer..... Oh my fucking god, I can not wait for this film!! It looks amazing. I wasn't really sold after the first trailer, but this has one totally juiced me up. It is going to be awesome.

 

[Tyberius]

I was offered no critique, just nit picking at spelling...

The bulk of your original post advanced the notion that this movie will revitalize the franchise. And while I think that's an optimistic notion, it's certainly the one intended by both Abrams and Paramount Studios. If it does, there's a good reason for fans of the original show to worry that the cornerstones of the show they enjoyed may be wiped away in favor of fast editing and more explosions. The whole "more like Star Wars" motif Abrams scared a few fans with some time ago.

If this movie fails to revitalize the franchise, that will almost certainly be because it gets blown away at the box office. Make no mistake, the franchise will be seriously wounded if this movie doesn't do well. It'll be worse off than when NBC cancelled TOS back in 1969.

So for people who see bad choices in set design, or a lack of attention to Trek lore and history in other details, this film isn't as exciting as it is for you. I'm on the fence ... but I started out VERY excited. Recent revellations are pushing me closer to doubters, but I'm hoping the story -- the element missing from the trailers we've seen so far -- redeems design inconsistencies (or perhaps explains them). Honestly, if this movie is fun, exciting, and smart, I'll happily set aside my objections to building the Enterprise on the ground. But a lot of what I've seen so far suggests this may be less than the film Star Trek fans have been waiting for. And there are a few details out there that have me thinking the average movie-goer won't like what they see, either.

xan82, it seems that you even replied to this post. Three paragraphs to YOU and not one mention of spelling.

 

[xan82]

I was offered no critique, just nit picking at spelling...

The bulk of your original post advanced the notion that this movie will revitalize the franchise. And while I think that's an optimistic notion, it's certainly the one intended by both Abrams and Paramount Studios. If it does, there's a good reason for fans of the original show to worry that the cornerstones of the show they enjoyed may be wiped away in favor of fast editing and more explosions. The whole "more like Star Wars" motif Abrams scared a few fans with some time ago.

If this movie fails to revitalize the franchise, that will almost certainly be because it gets blown away at the box office. Make no mistake, the franchise will be seriously wounded if this movie doesn't do well. It'll be worse off than when NBC cancelled TOS back in 1969.

So for people who see bad choices in set design, or a lack of attention to Trek lore and history in other details, this film isn't as exciting as it is for you. I'm on the fence ... but I started out VERY excited. Recent revellations are pushing me closer to doubters, but I'm hoping the story -- the element missing from the trailers we've seen so far -- redeems design inconsistencies (or perhaps explains them). Honestly, if this movie is fun, exciting, and smart, I'll happily set aside my objections to building the Enterprise on the ground. But a lot of what I've seen so far suggests this may be less than the film Star Trek fans have been waiting for. And there are a few details out there that have me thinking the average movie-goer won't like what they see, either.

xan82, it seems that you even replied to this post. Three paragraphs to YOU and not one mention of spelling.

Go back a little further... you will find nothing but "Jean" and "Gene" arguments and cyber bullying...

 

[Tyberius]

Go back a little further... you will find nothing but "Jean" and "Gene" arguments and cyber bullying...

Go back to the Pleistocene era and you will find Woolly Mammoths, but there are Elephants now.

Yes, yes, yes, you were gravely wronged, but subsequent to that there was an apology and additional argument. In internet time, those posts are ancient history. Psion has moved beyond that. Please do the same.

 

[ancient]

This whirled is a crazy place.

 

[dougkeenan]

How many big shuttles are inside that bay (wherever it is)?

 

[M'Sharak]

How many big shuttles are inside that bay (wherever it is)?

At least a dozen that I can see, maybe more. There are a couple of shots of the shuttleport in the High-Res images thread if you want to try for an exact count.

 

[dougkeenan]

How many big shuttles are inside that bay (wherever it is)?

At least a dozen that I can see, maybe more. There are a couple of shots of the shuttleport in the High-Res images thread if you want to try for an exact count.

Thanks, I'll go look. If each carries two dozen passengers then they're moving up to several hundred cadets or so.

 

[M'Sharak]

^ I don't think we can assume that all of those shuttles will be going to the Enterprise; I think only the one on the near end of the row on the left is clearly identified by the registry number. But yeah -- lots of people being moved out at once.

 

[dougkeenan]

^ I don't think we can assume that all of those shuttles will be going to the Enterprise; I think only the one on the near end of the row on the left is clearly identified by the registry number. But yeah -- lots of people being moved out at once.

Right. And if two shuttles are assigned each orbiting ship (from the promo pic) then potentially some five or six starships are being serviced. Can't wait to see if we can read off some other ship numbers later!

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

When Harry described this scene over at www.aintitcool.com some months ago (Abrams showed it to him at the studio) he said that it came across as a kind of "galactic Pearl Harbor" - lots of recruits being assigned to various ships and moved out in a hurry.

 

[Tom Servo]

^ I don't think we can assume that all of those shuttles will be going to the Enterprise; I think only the one on the near end of the row on the left is clearly identified by the registry number. But yeah -- lots of people being moved out at once.

Right. And if two shuttles are assigned each orbiting ship (from the promo pic) then potentially some five or six starships are being serviced. Can't wait to see if we can read off some other ship numbers later!

Yep and they will be:

NCC-1701
NCC-0045
NCC-0345
NCC-0000
NCC-0003

 

[SPCTRE]

^ I don't think we can assume that all of those shuttles will be going to the Enterprise; I think only the one on the near end of the row on the left is clearly identified by the registry number. But yeah -- lots of people being moved out at once.

Right. And if two shuttles are assigned each orbiting ship (from the promo pic) then potentially some five or six starships are being serviced. Can't wait to see if we can read off some other ship numbers later!

Yep and they will be:

NCC-1701
NCC-0045
NCC-0345
NCC-0000
NCC-0003

[slowmo]Noooooooooooooo![/slowmo]

 

[trekkerguy]

Mmmm, me wants toy Shuttlecraft.

 

[M'Sharak]

Mmmm, me wants toy Shuttlecraft.

I haven't seen the shuttlecraft named in any of the toy reports yet, but it would be an unfortunate omission if someone didn't have one out by the movie release date.

 

[Praetor]

Right. And if two shuttles are assigned each orbiting ship (from the promo pic) then potentially some five or six starships are being serviced. Can't wait to see if we can read off some other ship numbers later!

Yep and they will be:

NCC-1701
NCC-0045
NCC-0345
NCC-0000
NCC-0003

[slowmo]Noooooooooooooo![/slowmo]

Shouldn't that be:

[Vader]Nooooooooooooooo![/Vader]

 

[DaveyNY]

I can't wait to see what the Narada Ship replica really looks like, cause at the

moment I have pictured in my head something one would buy from an Adult World store!!

 

[trekkerguy]

Mmmm, me wants toy Shuttlecraft.

I haven't seen the shuttlecraft named in any of the toy reports yet, but it would be an unfortunate omission if someone didn't have one out by the movie release date.

Ooooh they better or someone loses their head!


Fantasy report: They bring back Micromachines for a special Star Trek 2009 run!


EDIT: Oh hey, you guys gotta check this out:


http://movies.yahoo.com/trailers/
The teaser is even back in the top ten, and the theatrical is only topped by... Harry Potter.
Doin pretty good.