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[Bill Morris]

Scuffed up technology, buttons and knobs instead of Okudagrams, a gritty dusty style.

The more I hear and see about this movie, the more I think they are doing exactly what needs to be done with this franchise.

To me, that's a negative aspect of this film, one I can forgive if the movie is othewise good. But that's coming from someone who can sit through even the lamest episodes of DS9 for the umpteenth time yet found new BSG, Batman Begins, Casino Royale, and Lost boring beyond redemption. To me, one good line of dialogue is worth more than seeing a bus sideswipe a line of parked cars, or the like.

 

[HRHTheKING]

Don't get me wrong, I expect high standards when it comes to storyline and dialogue too.


But I like the rougher style for production design.

 

[number6]

Scuffed up technology, buttons and knobs instead of Okudagrams, a gritty dusty style.

The more I hear and see about this movie, the more I think they are doing exactly what needs to be done with this franchise.

Agreed. This only makes me more psyched about this film.

I really think these guys are going to kick it up a notch and make Star Trek as cool as it was in the 90s.

 

[MattJC]

No, they are just jumping on the Firefly/nuBSG bandwagon.

 

[Devon]

No, they are just jumping on the Firefly/nuBSG bandwagon.

There's no reason to say that other than just to say it.

 

[thebiggfrogg]

Hmmm! I like it. It is close enough to continuity to the old show that I can't complain. Though I hate the red bellhop uniforms, which I hope are limited to Starfleet cadets. Looks to me like JJ is trodding the line between continuity and updating okay. Also, like the Pike-era landing party jacket (though I wish the Ent insignia looked a bit less TNG).

 

[thebiggfrogg]

And ah... making "Star Trek functional" isn't turning it into Firefly, though it is grounding it a bit which is long over due. The side effect I think will be placing the focus back onto the humanity of it all.

I don't even see what is so "functional" and "realistic" about this sort of design, let alone "futuristic". Making things look like dirty, low-tech crap makes it look like a believable advanced piece of technology? It rather strikes me as a poor man's vision, equating "rugged" with "realistic" and "convoluted" with "sophisticated". Seeing our own technological advancements over the past few decades, I'd argue that it is indeed simple, ergonomic and "covering" design that guides the way to the future; technology that does not look like technology anymore.

The 23rd century is not simple or ergonomic with clunky technology. Uh oh, Microsoft, supplier of computer software and systems to Starfleet. Daystrom better hurry up and invent duotronics.

 

[number6]

No, they are just jumping on the Firefly/nuBSG bandwagon.

I certainly think that influence will be felt as the Trek series influenced Firefly, nuBSG, Stargate, etc..

Since we're dealing with a new crew of people outside of what we've been used to seeing for the last 25+ years, this is simply going to happen and we should either accept it or cut it a little bit of slack and keep an open mind.

The people involved IMO seem to understand the show as fans such as ourselves.

I don't think what we'll get will be for everyone, but at the very least they do know how Star Trek fans of yore feel about certain things and that gives me assurance.




Of course your own milage may vary. Tell your doctor if you experiance nausea, blurred vision or abnormal armpit hair growth as these may be signs of a particular sexual side effect..

 

[Saul]

Of course your own milage may vary. Tell your doctor if you experiance nausea, blurred vision or abnormal armpit hair growth as these may be signs of a particular sexual side effect..

Speaking from experience?

 

[MattJC]

No, they are just jumping on the Firefly/nuBSG bandwagon.

There's no reason to say that other than just to say it.

I say it because it's true.
Abrams and co. and these so called fans want to turn Trek into whatever the flavor-of-the-month sci-fi show is trendy these instead of letting of Trek be Trek.
It's bad enough when people claim DS9 ripped off B5.

 

[Cranston]

I'm not sure why so many seem to assume that the gray uniform top is supposed to be a Pike-era field jacket. I was just assuming it was one of the many gray uniforms we've seen before.

I wouldn't mind being proven wrong, of course.

 

[DeafPoet]

I like this. May not be exactly what I personally would have done. I probably woulda stuck just a little closer to TOS but this will definitely work. As long as the performances and story are good, why would I let some fucking shuttle ruin my enjoyment of the movie?

 

[HRHTheKING]

Abrams and co. and these so called fans want to turn Trek into whatever the flavor-of-the-month sci-fi show is trendy these instead of letting of Trek be Trek.

"So-called fans?"

It's amusing how the anti-Trek XI segment of the fanbase love to marginalise those who disagree with them.


You've repeatedly stated on three different websites (and been banned from one) that you have no intention of seeing Star Trek XI because you hate Abrams so much, so the aesthetic of the new movie shouldn't really concern you.

 

[Jon1701]

No, they are just jumping on the Firefly/nuBSG bandwagon.

There's no reason to say that other than just to say it.

I say it because it's true.
Abrams and co. and these so called fans want to turn Trek into whatever the flavor-of-the-month sci-fi show is trendy these instead of letting of Trek be Trek.

"I'll say this for him, he's consistent"

Define Trek if you could please. You'll probably get 50 different answers - you can't please everyone. I'm much rather be a positive Star Trek fan than a bitter one. I already knew which board members would like these pictures and which would loathe them before I opened this thread.

Look great to me.

 

[Jon1701]

I'm not sure why so many seem to assume that the gray uniform top is supposed to be a Pike-era field jacket. I was just assuming it was one of the many gray uniforms we've seen before.

I wouldn't mind being proven wrong, of course.

It does seem to match the light-grey variety.

 

[number6]

Of course your own milage may vary. Tell your doctor if you experiance nausea, blurred vision or abnormal armpit hair growth as these may be signs of a particular sexual side effect..

Speaking from experience?

I believe the completely appropriate retort to such a well thought out, articulate statement such as this would be:

"Yeah, your mom told me."

 

[cultcross]

No, they are just jumping on the Firefly/nuBSG bandwagon.

I don't think that doing a show 'dirty' or 'used' makes a show Firelfy/nuBSG's bandwagon particularly, but there is a similarity I noticed to Serenity - the decals on the shuttle seem to me to be close to those of the crashed Alliance shuttle on Miranda in that movie, and the display screens seem to take their cues from many of those seen in the film.

Overall, I quite like the look - they're certainly going much more real-world than previously, but my main question is - fuelling gantry? and that looks a lot like an oil refinery or similar. Hopefully we're talking deuterium or something with regard to 'fuel' - doesn't look like somewhere set up to handle antimatter.

Oh and one more observation - in the future, does anyone wear more than one colour?

 

[Michael]

Oh and one more observation - in the future, does anyone wear more than one colour?

Only the main cast.

 

[CommanderRaytas]

TOS may be blamed for being "low-cost" and, as a result, "cardboard" - it still was visionary about future technology. If you don't buy it, take another look at your cell phone.

An iphone is not necessarily the best way to control a starship. Touchscreens and whatnot work well for certain tasks, but buttons and controls you can feel are often more effective.

Just look at current BMWs. There isn't a single car magazine that hasn't derided their i-drive navigation/radio/everything system. It has made a simple function like changing a radio station a chore that takes away from the whole point of having a BMW - driving. I love my modern cellphone, but I'll take a radio with buttons over a touchscreen and a knob anyday.

If you have a dedicated function then a dedicated button or switch for it is perfect. Bear in mind that the interior of this ship looks pretty beat up. Perhaps it is very old and outdated, or purposely simplistic and/or rugged for Academy training purposes. It does not look as clean or bright as the brief glimpse we got of the Enterprise bridge controls at trekmovie.com a couple months ago.

Agreed. And besides, we're talking about the future here. Maybe humanity's going through a big "retro" movement and buttons are in again, after they've found out touchscreens have a tendency to malfunction when you need them the most. Buttons are more practical in that sense. So.... it could be anything.

I like it.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Make "Star Trek" into "the flavor of the month," eh?

Well, what can that hurt - bearing in mind that except for this film Trek is dead as a doornail and likely to remain that way.