BlueRay: Oh...they are SO proud of Budweiser...

[SilentP]

So, should I get my tin foil hat?

I didn't mind it as it was, and I tend to agree with JJ on prefering an actual site over a cgi'd set.

*ducks*

Don't worry, I can see the logic in using actual sites over CGI. Some of the prequel Star Wars sets were far too much into using the CGI, especially Attack of the Clones. For some reason, the locations felt 'off' to me,

 

[Cryogenic]

So, should I get my tin foil hat?

Well, first of all, you have to have a cranium that houses something worth shielding, so . . .

 

[RAMA]

This would have been better, but oh well..

 

[SilentP]

^^ The aesthetics look closer to what it should have been, but there seems to be something missing for it. Not sure what.

 

[Broccoli]

So, should I get my tin foil hat?

Well, first of all, you have to have a cranium that houses something worth shielding, so . . .

Oh, I see. I poke fun at your media conspiracy theory and you call me all but stupid. Real classy.

 

[Psion]

^^ The aesthetics look closer to what it should have been, but there seems to be something missing for it. Not sure what.

Color.

It's also too narrow for the Enterprise. Oh, I'm sure that width could be justified, but don't we expect main engineering to be bigger on a big ship? Take that painting, rip out the tubes and machinery on one side of the catwalk and then make the catwalk overlook a low-bay with more equipment visible. A matching catwalk then completes the symmetry on the other side.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ Maybe that's what it looks like on the inside of the nacelle?

 

[Psion]

I've considered that, and if that's the intent then it's a cool interior that's actually vaguely reminiscent of the one shown in the animated series. But I'm addressing the idea that this represents main engineering.

 

[Saul]

J.J. said he wanted CGI only where absolutely necessary; and I guess he didn't think it was necessary there. He said he wanted things to be as real as possible.

Yeah it really does look like a real Brewery instead of enginneering. Totally takes you out of the movie since you don't see it as what it's supposed to be because JJ likes to play it too real.

 

[Samurai8472]

Am I the only one who thought this thread was really about beer? No? Yes?

Dang...

I thought this was going to be about how everyone in the interviews on the bluray would mention "Budweiser" any chance they got.


J.J- We really wanted Vulcan to look alien so we scouted around and *BUDWEISER!* we decided to go back to *BUDWEISER!* Vasquez *BUDWEISER* rocks

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

I didn't have a problem with the brewery. It's another of those things that looks problematic in stills but works fine in the movie.

 

[barnaclelapse]

J.J. said he wanted CGI only where absolutely necessary; and I guess he didn't think it was necessary there. He said he wanted things to be as real as possible.

And I like that.

It really doesn't bother me.

Also, Cryogenic, calm down. You can borrow my iPod, dig on some new Death Cab for Cutie and just calm the hell down.

 

[I Grok Spock]

I think it's pretty obvious that Lucas has a certain disdain for Mr Jobs and his memetic advertising, and the clueless drones that fall under its programming.

Yeah, George Lucas, legendary foe of overwhelming, all-pervasive marketing.

 

[GhostFaceSaint]

I_Grok_Spock? Whats a Grok? (GhostFaceSaint feels embarrassed for not knowing, after all he takes pride in his nerdyness).
Seriously I think that the marketing campaign for Star Trek (XI) although slightly stupid for insulting the Trekkie fan base at least did its job of getting people interested in this film, and it didn't flood the market with a signature cereal topped off with other very silly Lucas style over the top merchandising.

 

[RoJoHen]

All financial / company politics then...okay..I get it.
Still...let´s hope that we get a real cool "main engeneering" next time. In my personal canon what we have seen was some "waste processing" part of engeneering or something....;-)

I'm with ya here. I'm fine with the brewery being PART of Engineering, but where was the WARP CORE?!

 

[GhostFaceSaint]

I believe it had multiple warp cores after all that makes more sense, what if one breaks down in deep space?

 

[I Grok Spock]

I_Grok_Spock? Whats a Grok? (GhostFaceSaint feels embarrassed for not knowing, after all he takes pride in his nerdyness).
Seriously I think that the marketing campaign for Star Trek (XI) although slightly stupid for insulting the Trekkie fan base at least did its job of getting people interested in this film, and it didn't flood the market with a signature cereal topped off with other very silly Lucas style over the top merchandising.

Psst.

Also: Grok. Specifically, here.

 

[GhostFaceSaint]

I_Grok_Spock? Whats a Grok? (GhostFaceSaint feels embarrassed for not knowing, after all he takes pride in his nerdyness).
Seriously I think that the marketing campaign for Star Trek (XI) although slightly stupid for insulting the Trekkie fan base at least did its job of getting people interested in this film, and it didn't flood the market with a signature cereal topped off with other very silly Lucas style over the top merchandising.

Psst.

Egad!!!

Also: Grok. Specifically, here.

Oh, thank you very much.

 

[davejames]

Clearly, the Anheuser-Busch corporation gave Paramount a wad of cash, provided they'd drop a verbal reference to their main product line in the movie (the bar scene), film in one of their breweries and barely dress it up (the engineering scenes), and then praise Anheuser-Busch up to high heaven in behind-the-scenes puff pieces (the Blu-ray features). The idea that the filmmakers ran out of time/money to "do what they really wanted" is the biggest load of BS I've ever heard. It was done the way they did it on purpose, and everyone pretends it wasn't just so that the illusion of art can be maintained, and so the avaricious forces that dominate this world can seem slightly less transparent than they really are.

Lol. Why the hell would Anheuser-Busch care if one of their breweries made it into the movie? To the vast majority of people it would just look like a generic industrial plant anyway.

Yeah clearly Paramount and Abrams were trying to save money, but they scouted probably dozens of locations before settling on this one.

 

[GhostFaceSaint]

In defense of breweries they are very clean and very sanitary compared to other industrial settings because any bacteria getting into the beer would spoil thousands of gallons, so it makes sense that they chose a brewery as there set, another industrial setting wouldn't have looked right nor been as clean as was necessary for the film visually.