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New spy pics from jfxonline (SPOILERS)

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Finally, some new spyshottage! Interesting stuff. Sulu looks decked out in some serious landing party-type gear. Interesting little set.
 
I'm trying to figure out what it is that Cho's wearing.

Big, heavy straps across the chest (with heavy padded elements at the shoulders), but supporting only a very small backpack... not nearly enough mass to justify the straps.

SO... my guess is one of two things:

1) It's a personal deflector shield rig?

or...

2) It's an antigravity harness (similar to the deleted "orbital skydiving" bit from Generations)?

Additionally, the jacket underneath that seems fairly heavy... similar in "feel" to what we saw worn in TWOK. Which IMPLIES that this might be set on a cold planet. (Hmmm... Rura Penthe?)

Thoughts? Comments?
 
Cary L. Brown said:
I'm trying to figure out what it is that Cho's wearing.

Big, heavy straps across the chest (with heavy padded elements at the shoulders), but supporting only a very small backpack... not nearly enough mass to justify the straps.

SO... my guess is one of two things:

1) It's a personal deflector shield rig?

or...

2) It's an antigravity harness (similar to the deleted "orbital skydiving" bit from Generations)?

Additionally, the jacket underneath that seems fairly heavy... similar in "feel" to what we saw worn in TWOK. Which IMPLIES that this might be set on a cold planet. (Hmmm... Rura Penthe?)

Thoughts? Comments?

I thought it might be a spacesuit, without helmet. The centre of the X bandolier bits across his chest have a starfleet delta quite prominent in their centre disc.

The "Klingon" is interesting - if it really is one, can you say smooth forehead?!?!
 
I think you're right that it's some sort of cold-weather planet they're on.

Interesting that they think the tall black guy was a Klingon. Didn't seem to be any (visible) forehead prosthetics on him. Is J.J. reverting to the TOS-style Klingons, or are we getting a new take? (Or maybe he has a more subtle prosthetic like Christopher Plummer in TUC that wouldn't be visible on a long-distance shot like that?)
 
Very interesting pics! The set piece looks like a deflector dish (or some other part of the outer hull of the Enterprise). But why would they shoot it on the outside then? OR it could be some piece of Vulcan architecture. The color would certainly fit. OR it is something completely different. ;)

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This costume reminds me of the TOS environmental suit. And didn't Cawley mention something like that in his recent TrekMovie.com interview?

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That EV suit looks pretty cool. I always thought the TOS EV suits looked cheap. I don't think the black guy was supposed to be a Klingon. He doesn't look remotely Klingon from what I can see. Maybe they'll post clearer pics tomorrow.
 
This is probably a planet side setting. Outherwise it would have been more easy to shoot it in the studio itself.
 
EyalM said:
This is probably a planet side setting. Outherwise it would have been more easy to shoot it in the studio itself.

Agreed, with the caveat that there wouldn't be space to construct a set that size at Paramount - not even in the "B tank" area of the parking lot. But yeah, the desire for natural sunlight was probably the reason for the location shoot.
 
I can see a big model of the Enterprise on one of the pics!!!

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No, just kidding. :(
 
Well, regarding the set, you can assume a couple of things (if you proceed from the presumption that the folks making this movie know what the heck they're doing!) Most of that will derive from the LIGHTING.

1) If this was an exterior shot, intended to represent something in space (ie, in a vacuum)... they'd be shooting at night with very harsh lighting designed to cast sharp shadows. So we can probably rule that out.

2) If it was an INTERIOR shot, the lighting would be different as well. Sunlight cannot really be used to represent interior "lamp-based" lighting.

SO... it's a VERY reasonable assumption to say that this represents a planetside setting, not TOO dissimilar to Earth.

As for the "dish-like" structure being a deflector or some crash-site evidence... I'd say that if it were a crash site it wouldn't be so "nice and flat"... it'd be tipped at an angle. And as for it being a dish... nah... just because it's round doesn't really mean that. The world is FILLED with round objects, very few of which are deflector dishes. ;)

The coloration would tend to imply "Klingon" if this movie were really being treated entirely as "a piece" with the TNG-era flavor we've been given for so many years. However, there's nothing in the TOS/TMP-era that tells us that "reddish equals Klingon" is there?

The strongly mechanical aspect of the set, to me, brings to mind the idea of a mining station... a nice little central beacon, and a big circular "cap" at the top of a mining shaft." That's pure guesswork, however, and I won't be remotely surprised if it turns out to be entirely incorrect. Just a "gut feeling."
 
Cary L. Brown said:
The strongly mechanical aspect of the set, to me, brings to mind the idea of a mining station... a nice little central beacon, and a big circular "cap" at the top of a mining shaft."
Yes, I am also somehow reminded of the mining facility from "Mudd's Women". But that's just as good as any guess ...

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I suspect CGI action to cap off the central post. Maybe a big ole dish? ;)
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I wonder where they got that the guy is a klingon- he looks more like a Jaffa than anything else.
 
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