Star Trek teaser w/Cloverfield -
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That's what I would do. The Enterprise's appearance would make a great reveal. Whatever they show on the screen, there's no doubt in my mind it should be narrated by Leonard Nimoy. It would be a waste have anyone else speaking.
Get ready to rock out with your Spock out."
Sorry, that won't do at all.
"Elements of the past and future combining to make something not quite as good as either."
No, wait, that's from The Mighty Boosh.
"This Christmas, two men from different worlds will discover a passion that spans the stars..."
Okay, here we go, now I've got it.
"There's a destination a little up the road from the habitations and the towns we know...
A place we saw the lights turn low, with the jig-saw jazz and the get-fresh flow..."
No, wait, hold on...
"It is an ancient Mariner,
And he stoppeth one of three..."
Sorry, that won't do at all.
"Elements of the past and future combining to make something not quite as good as either."
No, wait, that's from The Mighty Boosh.
"This Christmas, two men from different worlds will discover a passion that spans the stars..."
Okay, here we go, now I've got it.
"There's a destination a little up the road from the habitations and the towns we know...
A place we saw the lights turn low, with the jig-saw jazz and the get-fresh flow..."
No, wait, hold on...
"It is an ancient Mariner,
And he stoppeth one of three..."
Something along the lines of the Orson Welles-narrated teasers done in 1979 for the first movie. A booming, authoritative voice with teasing, brief shots of the Enterprise and a few momentary glimpses of the 1701 crew/new actors in their TOS-era uniforms. Then the logo can appear on the screen..."Coming next Christmas" or something similar...toss in a snazzy shot of the ship going to warp.
"This Christmas...deck the halls...with Saurian brandy."
"At the edge of the final frontier...lies velour."
"Didn't think the villain from HEROES was creepy enough? Wait until you see Spock ears on him."
You know what this trailer really, really needs?
It need to avoid any and all "cliche" Trekisms until the final few frames of the trailer.
Show exciting scenes, show the actors (except for Quinto/Nimoy... at least not in any CLEAR shots), and only at the end, after the audience is saying "Dude, that looks AWESOME"...
ONLY THEN tell them it's Star Trek.
THAT is how this movie will draw people in. Not by playing to the "yawn, it's ANOTHER Star Trek movie" attitude, but instead give the preview audience (those who don't know what they're seeing... which will be everyone except for those of us here, really) something that will leave them saying something else entirely.
Let them be saying "Holy crap, THAT'S 'Star Trek?'" at the end.
(Oh, and by the way, this can be done without overtly contradicting anything that's come before!)
It need to avoid any and all "cliche" Trekisms until the final few frames of the trailer.
Show exciting scenes, show the actors (except for Quinto/Nimoy... at least not in any CLEAR shots), and only at the end, after the audience is saying "Dude, that looks AWESOME"...
ONLY THEN tell them it's Star Trek.
THAT is how this movie will draw people in. Not by playing to the "yawn, it's ANOTHER Star Trek movie" attitude, but instead give the preview audience (those who don't know what they're seeing... which will be everyone except for those of us here, really) something that will leave them saying something else entirely.
Let them be saying "Holy crap, THAT'S 'Star Trek?'" at the end.
(Oh, and by the way, this can be done without overtly contradicting anything that's come before!)
Nimoy: The ship hits the fans... again.
That tag line will be, "We promise it won't suck like Nemesis."
Nemesis was ten times as good as Insurrection (Also known as Star Trek V: TNG Edition) and at least four times as good as Generations.
If the script hadn't leaked online, and if the dunebuggy sequence was changed to some other way of finding B4, the movie would have rocked.
Nope, sorry - 99.999 percent of the American moviegoing public didn't know a damned thing about the script leaking online.
They didn't go to see it because it was poorly reviewed, got poor word-of-mouth from people who saw it early, and because people were tired of "Star Trek."
"Nemesis" is a mediocre Trek movie at best, which is to say a fairly poor movie.
They didn't go to see it because it was poorly reviewed, got poor word-of-mouth from people who saw it early, and because people were tired of "Star Trek."
"Nemesis" is a mediocre Trek movie at best, which is to say a fairly poor movie.
Having sat through Trek trailers before I know there will be groans and some other colorful metaphors. I however will be sticking around, I'm actually interested to see this movie.
I'm still trying to figure out if "Cloverfield" is worth seeing.
My gut reaction is that it's just "Godzilla" all over again... but without Matthew Broderick, and with "Blair Witch" photography.
Here's to hoping I'm wrong...
My gut reaction is that it's just "Godzilla" all over again... but without Matthew Broderick, and with "Blair Witch" photography.
Here's to hoping I'm wrong...
Maybe my brain is a little slow this time of year, but something just occurred to me regarding the rumor that the teaser trailer will show the Enterprise under construction. Is it possible that this is a not-so-direct reference to the fact that THIS FILM -- just like the Enterprise in the teaser trailer -- is also currently "under construction"?
...Just a thought.
...Just a thought.
The New Star Trek:
Easy on the canon.
Easy on teh suck.
Easy on the canon.
Easy on teh suck.
No "Godzilla" was vapid, this I think is going to be more about the humans reaction to a horror from the deep. At least were I to judge from those who've gotten a peek at the film already.
Sharr
The possibility remains that it is a vapid human reaction to horror from the deep.
To cite a classic example, It Came From Beneath the Sea has some nice Harryhausen stop-motion but is a little dull and flat when it comes to narrative and drama.
Anyway, even for those of us who won't be seeing Cloverfield, I'm sure the teaser trailer will be officially published soon after.
Given JJ's works (not that he directed Cloverfield mind you) are often about the humans at the center of strange things I would say its less likely this is vapid.
I'm sure it'll be everywhere - fast!
Sharr
I'm sure it'll be everywhere - fast!
Sharr
monetteman
Lieutenant Junior Grade
Check this out.
http://trekmovie.com/2007/12/28/cloverfield-director-talks-star-trek-trailer/#more-1410
I accidently posted this in the wrong forum, but here it is again. They use the R word when describing the trailer.
http://trekmovie.com/2007/12/28/cloverfield-director-talks-star-trek-trailer/#more-1410
I accidently posted this in the wrong forum, but here it is again. They use the R word when describing the trailer.
When TNG went into reruns, the commercials in my area used the tag line: "The History of the Future." I always liked that line. Perhaps we'll see a steady starfield with some low-key orchestral original music playing. Then an unidentifiable starship whizzes past at high warp as the music swells into the Courage fanfare, followed by that tagline fading in across the screen. That fades out and the date 122508 fades into view and then out as the music ends with a big finish. No vocals, characters, or scenes as this is a teaser. Save those things for the official trailer six months from now.
