Comments on: [UPDATE] Iceland Production Companies Fighting Over ‘Star Trek’ – Production Said To Be ‘Big’

By: Andy Patterson

Andy Patterson — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:48:40 +0000

Maybe they’ll thaw a frozen Kirk out of the ice and bring him back to life in some way.

By: sharon fisher

sharon fisher — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 05:30:46 +0000

Hallbjorn, where in Iceland do you live? I spent three weeks there about fifteen years ago and just loved it. One of my favorite directors is Hrafn. I saw one of his films right after my return and had great fun figuring out where it was all shot.

By: Cervantes

Cervantes — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 12:17:06 +0000

#30 Lord Garth

Even better, let’s NOT have any Klingons in this particular entry.

By: Mammalian Verisimilitude

Mammalian Verisimilitude — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 02:39:16 +0000

> I have a feeling it would be something bigger the 2nd unit shots. The incentive to shot in Iceland is the tax breaks, and they are only significant if the production is of a significant scale.

Depends – Batman Begins shot in Iceland as a sea-level double for high-up in the mountains.

By: Harry Ballz

Harry Ballz — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:28:03 +0000

I don’t care WHERE they film it, as long as we get a great story of a young Kirk fighting and f**king his way through the galaxy!!! Yeehaaah!!

By: IrishTrekkie

IrishTrekkie — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:29:44 +0000

well if they need Green Fields and hills come to ireland , we have tax breaks , and our reserve army will fill in for all the extras you need ( done so in braveheart and King Arthur ) it was great lol.

By: Rastaman

Rastaman — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:14:42 +0000

#29 Crusade2267

Correct me if I’m wrong, but it’s my understanding that a lot of companies are going outside the country because it’s cheaper to shoot on location internationally than on location domestically. They’re basically outsourcing Hollywood.

Good to here that they’re willing to shell out for on location shoots instead of the usual Paramount soundstages though. Those scenes from Iwo Jima were particularly memorable. They would work well if they were depicting a scourged planet.

By: Captain Pike

Captain Pike — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:03:05 +0000

I think I’d cry if I saw one of those Starfleet Tech Manual ships, but I doubt we will. There was animosity between GR and FR over the SFTM. Fans really wanted and needed something in the 70s and early 80s and in the absence of anything “official” from GR, the fans picked up and ran with the stuff in the SFTM.

The SFTM was my bible when I was a kid but it does deviate from TOS as seen on TV in more than a few details. But even if all we got were those few pages of ships drawings and names then it had a huge impact on Trek fans and fandom. Heck the movie Enterprise in STTMP has details that appear in the SFTM and blueprints that were never on the TV Enterprise.

And in the absence of GR approval, FJ was allowed to copyright the SFTM material himself. Strange but true. Paramount would have to pay FR’s estate to use them. So the “GR can do no Wrong” won’t want to use them, and they’d have pay – so it won’t happen.

By: Crusade2267

Crusade2267 — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:27:55 +0000

I wonder if we’ll see any of the old Franz Joseph/FASA ships…

By: Lord Garth Formerly of Izar

Lord Garth Formerly of Izar — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:21:36 +0000

I got it !! I got it!!!!

This is gotta be the battle of Axanar during the four years war wih the Klingons. Or maybe not. But if so it could be extremely cool. Anyone have the old FASA Four Years War module. Hope we get the good old fashioned evil Klingons and not the buried under doopey makeup Nobile- Viking-Navajo-prosetic teeth Klingons.