It's amazeing how the new cast looks just like the old cast isn't it ?
It's all in the lighting and makeup and costumes and sets.
By lavishly recreating Robert H. Justman's lighting the greenish hue shirt Chris Pine is wareing looks GOLD just like it did in the 1960's, and he shaved his head bald and put on a shat-master 3000 wig ( so the rumors of part of shatner being in this film is true, just not his eyes )
Simon Pegg has asked ILM if they can digitaly remove his 4th finger so he can pull off a James Doohan and try to hide it every other scene in the film, only to be spotted by rabid Trek fans who pay attention to that sorta stuff.
Zack looks great with the ears doesn't he ? He's got that whole Vulcan stare down to a science, Leonard is a great teacher, what can we say ?
As for the others, J. J. did great hiring them they look like they all belong on the bridge as the new crew or is that old crew, whatever....
As for the set itself, HA ! We told you so ! 100% recreation of the old set, right down to the jelly bean buttons in the right places even, they must of poured over all the photos they could find of it.
That thick script. Well, i'll tell a little secrect. It's not going to be 2 hours. it's going to be LONGER ! Much longer, try about 3 hours and maybe some change.
Think 'Pirates Of The Caribbean' long deal, Paramount is being sneaky about all these details, they don't want folks to know that this will be a HUGE film in scope and size and length and budget, after all $150 mill is quite a bit of coin for a Star Trek film, don't you think ?
Advertizeing budget alone will make your heads explode !
Paramount is planning a huge cross promotion with the useual suspects in tow, McD's, Coke, Ect Ect Ect. Expect to see Star Trek Happy Meals with Trek Toys in them of course, Action Figures like they used to make in the day, BIG ones not the cruddy rinky dink ones like that other Sci-Fi film series had, we're talking 12in tall figures folks.
Model Kits.... Ertl / AMT..... That's all I can say
Hint : 3ft TOS Enterprise....
Games, Toys, Collectables, Ect....
( stuff you'll want to play with anyway )
Art Asylum [sp] is on deck for Phasers, Tricroders Communiactors, the whole nine yards....
Parker Brothers is also on deck for the Star Trek boardgame based loosly on the film, and TOS itself as well.....
Did I forget anything ?
I'm sure someone else will fill in the rest.
AND once more, you didn't hear any of this from me.....
- W -
* Tongue firmly planted in cheek *
