The answer is in the new trailer!!!!

[data65]

Cool!!!! You all saw what I did! I was just making sure I wasn't the only one that would form these conclusions. The other shot I was talking about was when the 2 shuttles are departing SF..the city appeared a bit chared to me, but it could have just been the tone in which it was shot.
All of this gives me great hope that either the story line will be resolved and revert back to canon by the end of the movie, or we will have a slightly off kilter new canon that resumes uncorrected...I'm fine with either.

 

[RobertScorpio]

I'm not saying it hasn't been done. I'm having trouble recalling anything myself though. The idea of basically hitting the reset button at the beginning could end up being a cheap plot device but I don't really see it that way. "Cheap" usually translates to "easy", but there's really nothing easy about what Paramount's trying to do here.

BINGO..best post in this thread..

Rob

 

[Franklin]

Cool!!!! You all saw what I did! I was just making sure I wasn't the only one that would form these conclusions. The other shot I was talking about was when the 2 shuttles are departing SF..the city appeared a bit chared to me, but it could have just been the tone in which it was shot.
All of this gives me great hope that either the story line will be resolved and revert back to canon by the end of the movie, or we will have a slightly off kilter new canon that resumes uncorrected...I'm fine with either.

I kind of wondered that about SF myself in that shot. A little gloomy. Of course, it could be just the usual fog or mist. Nice to see the Transamerica Pyramid is still there, though. (Unless someone wants to say that it could just be a building shaped like it. )

 

[darkshadow0001]

Ok, J.J. has given us a huge clue as to why some things are different. There are two very telling shots in the new superbowl trailer as to why things aren't quite right...that's all I'm sayin'. All of he sudden I love this movie!!! Ok, start the speculation!

When are they showing the trailer? I thought it was during half-time, but so far I haven't seen it. I missed the first half of the game because of work, was it shown during then?

 

[Balrog]

They already showed it during the first half. It might have been during the first quarter even.

 

[shapeshifter]

It already aired, once. Don't know if it will again.

 

[Procutus]

They already showed it during the first half. It might have been during the first quarter even.

Thanks! Winding the tape back now to look for it.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

All of this gives me great hope that either the story line will be resolved and revert back to canon by the end of the movie...

Wanna bet?

 

[Procutus]

All of this gives me great hope that either the story line will be resolved and revert back to canon by the end of the movie...

Wanna bet?

I agree. I'm not expecting to see the 23rd century restored to how it was before.

I think that the tagline, 'The Future Begins' tells a lot.

 

[darkshadow0001]

They already showed it during the first half. It might have been during the first quarter even.

That sucks, I kind of figured that would happen I did see the Youtube footage, but I was hoping to see it on TV...

 

[shapeshifter]

The tagline for "Enterprise" was: This is how the Star Trek story begins!

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

The tagline for "Enterprise" was: This is how the Star Trek story begins!

So in a way it's rather fitting that the next Trek project moves forward from the Enterprise time period to create a modern version of TOS.

Then there's that prize beagle Scotty sends to an unfortunate end...

 

[Procutus]

Then there's that prize beagle Scotty sends to an unfortunate end...

Porthos the XIV.

 

[Myasishchev]

And, yippppeeee!

Could the attack on SF be the Pearl Harbor-like event that was mentioned months ago? Bet on it, I say.
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What did you see actually destroyed in that shot?

From the looks of the bit in the commercial, it seemed they were drilling in what today is the Golden Gate shipping channel, just inside the bridge and just to the west of Alcatraz. Not sure what that would be intended to accomplish.

Searching for Forerunner artifacts, of course. I hope Master Chief can stop them.

 

[Scorned]

I don't have a clue.

 

[datas_cat_spot]

In Trek, or just in general? I'm trying to think of other movies where it starts with the "good guys" home base being destroyed...

ID4?

'Independence Day' with Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum

In terms of opening scene, not anywhere in the first act. But it seems the attack on SF isn't the opening scene anyway, so it's moot.

 

[darkshadow0001]

^ I'm guessing this is the "big thing" in the first 20m JJ spoke of. Flattening SF would change everytthing from the get-go.

But... why would you do something like that? SF is like the roots of Star Trek...

 

[data65]

I don't pretend to know what is going to happen or how the movie will really be, but I'm getting a much better vibe about it after seing the new trailer. I like that the young JTK says "man" and seems "spunky" . I honestly think that this movie is gonna kick some serious booty. The way I see it is we can let it fade out , or keep it marketable and have 40 more years of fresh trek. I vote for the latter.

 

[Augustus]

Probably not. OTOH, if I'm making a trailer for general consumption and I put a shot into it of a ray-beam stirring up the water while some little figures in red coats watch it, instead of a shot of a ray-beam wiping out the Golden Gate bridge or some big recognizable structures - it's probably because there are no shots of any such things.

I agree, my guess is that this is at the climax of the movie and that Kirk is trying to and will stop them before damage is done... but hey, what do I know???

 

[Praetor]

^ I'm guessing this is the "big thing" in the first 20m JJ spoke of. Flattening SF would change everytthing from the get-go.

But... why would you do something like that? SF is like the roots of Star Trek...

So they rebuild Starfleet. It's not that big a deal. Everyone won't be dead. I imagine that part of Spock's efforts are to make sure that Kirk, being such an important leader in the original timeline, remains that leader for the 'altered' timeline and Starfleet.