More Location Spy Photos
March 26, 2008
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Star Trek (2009 film) , trackback
There are some new shots available at Aint it Cool from yesterday’s Star Trek location shooting Lebec, CA.
[UPDATED: AICN removed images at request of Paramount]
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It just feels so different. I dunno, if the big “E” looks drastically different, I will be very upset. Somehow it looks like an alternative universe, and none of us really want that….do we?
Rheostats and toggle switches! Love it!
Well, that shuttle certainly doesn’t look like something designed “by someone who’s ever seen the original series.” So – good!
Nice
I followed your mention in the Shatner thread, Red Shirt. I think people are not going to be crazy about the shuttle design. It lacks the “Trek look”.
Lebec is a very small town on Interstate 5, the last town heading north into the Grapevine to the San Joaquin Valley. I can’t help but think they’re intentionally choosing out-of-the-way places like this to keep things from slipping. I guess it didn’t work.
The shuttle looks militaristic — possibly one of the flashsideways parts of the plot. It’s not the same purpose as Galileo II. It could be from Kirk’s early days. Look more like the drop ship from Aliens. No need to assume this shuttle has anything to do with the E, or even the main plot. And even if it does… rheostats* and toggle switches! Just like Papa Roddenberry used to make. mmmm. Can you say Sulu’s chronometer?
*aka potentiometers, or as we used to say in my college radio days ‘pots.’
Where are the classic GOLD, BLUE, RED, UNIFORMS?
Nice. Nothing to bitch about here.
Funny, Thomas, I thought the shuttle exterior was the most Trek-like part. Overall, I like the aesthetic. I wasn’t sure about the uniform at first, especially the lack of black at the neck, but then I thought about the tunics worn in “The Cage” and felt better about it. And I love the toggle switches!
Oh, and I have to say I wish they’d kept the detailing in the center of the badges. These are a bit too TNG for my tastes.
I think the shuttle is very reminiscent of TOS design, while still being fresh and “realistic.” I mean it’s basically a bigger Galileo.
Not clean and futuristic(Star Trek) enough.Very Tatooine looking
YELLOW CAUTION TAPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is available in the 23rd century..I wish I had the patent on THAT
The shuttle definity looks cool, almost retro trek, Oh I can’t wait to see the rest
of the props.
IT LOOKS LIKE A MINING SHUTTLE OK. DONT GET YER PANTIES IN A TWIST NERDYS
I think the last photo is a jacket not the actual uniform, but I guess we will have to wait and find out. In any case I think from what I can see looks good.
I like it. It’s got the big budget movie feel without diverging too far from the essence of The Original Series.
I don’t understand what people mean when they say “It lacks the ‘Trek look’”. What were they expecting – the 60s clunky feel of the Galileo? Trek made waves in the 60s for being realistic for a sci-fi series. There’s no reason why Abrams and Co. can’t use the same mentality for the 21st century.
Those helmets are *so* TOS.
I dont mind the shuttle, given its size is obviously not intended to be the same ship as the Galileo II, the aesthetic reminds me of a mash up between Serenity and Nu Battlestar Galactica, which to be honest was a little “wuh?” at first, but im willing to give it a pass for the moment…
One thing tho, Silver hard hats with the starfleet logo embossed on the very top? You what? :p
re: #7: You are looking at red and blue uniforms in the third picture. my guess is that we’ll see Gold in due time. Ok everybody, time for a chill pill…..
I think #15 is dead on- looks like a mining shuttle and a bunch of miners.
The jacket is S-H-A-R-P! I can’t wait to see the rest of the uniform. I’m geeked up.
Anyone remember the shuttle Admiral Kirk rode into Star Fleet Command on, at the beginning of TMP? This looks like a relative of that model, an ancestor. Kinda like an older, mass produced version for civilians and contractors, not the spiffy clean version for Officers.
I’m eager to see more.
wow guys – chill.
It’s one shuttle type. considering the seats, maybe basic personnel shuttle? Moreover, the US military has over 15 vehicles classified as ‘transport vessels’, so why not Star Fleet?
As for the gold emblem, I’m still not convinced – but here’s an idea:
maybe all this time traveling has polluted the time line, and some of what we know has changed drastically – from logos to the even the tech involved.
We have no frame of reference for these shots. Obviously not an Enteprise shuttle, but more of a military or industrial shuttle.
Nothing to get weirded out over.
First time ever seen seatbelts in Star Trek
Me now thinks this shuttle is not assigned to a specific ship. It’s too utilitarian and the number 70172 doesn’t look like any ship registration number to me.
did anyone save the pics because the website now says this about the pics “Sadly Removed At The Request Of Paramount – which called incredibly fast”
First time I’ve seen cardboard!
Incanonity!
Anyone have a mirror? AICN took them down =(
The shuttle looks… nice. I like the metallic look. As for it being “militaristic,” Starfleet doesn’t add phasers to their ships just to look nice. Also, don’t forget that the inside of the shuttles in ST Enterprise weren’t exactly family-friendly.
The uniform is sexy. Cannot WAIT to see Quinto in one of those nice, tight, sleek…
wow pics gone as of 10:14 EST….
I personally am thinking that it is a cadet transport low warp speeds and the uniform is that of a cadet has that grey color like Finnigin or whatever his name was who was bugging kirk that one episode
Already gone from AICN.
glad i saw it when i did removed 5 secs after my last post
I just saved it
OMG! They’ve removed the pix at the request of Paramount.
I absolutely see TOS in the shuttle – are my eyes deceiving me? It seems to scream “I am Galileo’s older brother”, which is certainly in line with our younger TOS castmembers. The uniforms look fine to me – again, they are set in an earlier time period and should not look exactly like TOS. How on earth did our donor get those pictures anyway without someone grabbing his camera, Iphone or whatever? Amazing that we are able to get these gems, considering JJ’s tight restraint on the set (which no one can fault him for, but oh do we love it when there ARE leaks!). Very, very cool.
The shuttle interior looks incredibly rugged, low-tech and militaristic. More like Star Wars, Starship Troopers or . I cannot believe this is supposed to be a Starfleet shuttle, representing a bright fresh future, and it baffles me a 150m$ flick would go for a 1970s home electronics look that looks even less futuristic than TOS (not as clean and elegant). I mean, seriously, that console looks like someone soldered it in his garage!
And if these are the uniforms – we have traded pyjamas for jogging suits. Give me form-fitting spandex any day, it is so much more sexy!
Somebody must have them! Link?
chaya can u senf me a copy of what u got i dint get a chance to save
t obusy drooling
AW WTF!!! COME ON ANTHONY!!! THIS SUCKS BALLS!!! DAMN PARAMOUNT!!! GAHHH!!! S#!T ON A STICK!!!! BRING THOSE PICS BACK, NOW!!! NOOOOO!!!! (goes stomping around cursing like a sailor)
Is that Kirk in the background of pic 3? To the right.
Anyone know where else these pics could be? I didn’t get to see them and I’m itching for some cool new Trek pics!
Yeah…anyone? Link?
When I saw these pictures, my pants were removed at the request of Paramount!
Oh man, I am so happy I got to see them before they were yanked. Removed at the “request” of Paraborg? Hm..mm.. I wonder if that request came with a legal warning…
send them to me ill post on mypace
That One Guy#30- “…can’t wait to see Quinto in one of those nice, tight, sleek…” LOL! You and me and thousands of others, dude.
If anyone has them, could they be posted somewhere or sent out to people? I’d love to get a look.
BLAST IT ALL!!! I MISSED THEM!!!
This is what I get for not spending every waking second on the internet.
Okay, I’m not saying that anyone would do this, but if someone out there managed to snag those photos before they were pulled, where might someone who missed them be able to find them?
I’m not asking for myself. Not at all. I have this friend, see, and he really wanted to get a look at these photos…
The top mounted nacelles are reminiscent of the heavy shuttlecraft.
Loved the retro control panel, but no steak knife handles?
#25, Chaya — I remember there being seatbelts in First Contact, aboard the Phoenix. Maybe that counts as half an instance of there being seatbelts in Star Trek?
Yes! I saw them. lol
Did anyone else save the one with Pine in costume before AICN removed it? Man it is awesome!!!
I wonder if Mr Orci despise ACIN?
Yes?
or
Yes?
Everyone just look in your browser history and you’ll be able to view and save them. Worked for me and I have Firefox.
Man am I glad I looked at those before they got taken down… I guess it finally pays to be a habitual internet user… lol
# 58 – Only works if you got to see them *before* they got yanked ;)
bninefounder {at} yahoo {dot} com
Might someone repost the pictures?
Everyone just look in your browser history and you’ll be able to view and save them. Worked for me and I have Firefox.
and if u dont auto delete your cookies *crying*
Just kidding about Pine being there. I did get to see them before they were yanked. Of course, I didn’t save them, that would not have been cool.
I do have some spy photos from Superhero Movie if anyone is interested!
LOL
Good to see they are still using Glad garbage bags and recycling bins in the future!
What the deuce! I look away from this site for a few hours, and I miss what sounds like quite a peek into the production design. Curses!
whoa did anyone notice that the guy who was going to email them and everyone who gave an email address’ posts disapeared wierd
jefv88 at optonline dot net
nothing to see here:
http://trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=49806&page=2
just move along…
well im going to take what i saw of the shuttle and uniform and draw it as best as i can so others get an idea
Please forward the pictures to Winstonsmith8@gmail.com.
Thanks!
Tom
I think Anthony and gang are really going a bit overboard tonight with the “deleting posts” thingy. I assume this one will go the way of the dodo quickly also.
Why be afraid of email addresses being up here? They aren’t the pictures!!!
THANK U JEFFREY I LOVE U
LITTLE EMOTIONAL SORRY
my display name @optonline .net email me i will share
same for aim and windows msg
=o)
I dont ever right on here but who ever has pics i would love to see them. Thank you and my email is apostolicartist@hotmail.com Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
the uniform insignia is a bit odd in proportion, but i’m okay with it, it will obviously be available for sale… and i’ll obviously buy one.
seems a bit tng-ish to me… i really like the vulcan fashion-inspired uniforms of tos, with the embroidered & gold foiled insignia, and the idea of every ship having its own mission patch
Pics available at http://trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=49806&page=2
that shuttle does look like vintage starfleet… but i dont think its a warp capable craft… unless those big jet engines are what passes for warp field nacelles in this movie
still, a nice blend of shuttlepod and galileo 7
dont even think of looking on photobucket for large pics, you wont find them! (or will you? nah, best not to even try…)
Jeffrey, you were on the ball with those nimble fingers. Many posters will be sending you their thanks via meld.
its my pleasure to assist!
i will say this, i do like the production design here, but what i love about trek was the clean and shiny newness of the future, in stark contrast to star wars, where everything is old and used…
trek was always sleek and futuristic, while wars was clunky and well worn
Ok, I have seen them. And they are good my friends. Very good. That shuttle could easily be a predecessor to the Galileo, and I like the ‘old & dirty’ look for the controls.
Jeffery… Cudos!!
Love the jacket and the shuttle
The shuttle absolutely looks consistent with TOS. The lines are the same, the doorway is the same (with the little stairs), the forward ports are the same. The only things different, really, are paint job, scale, and nacelles. I can easily see this as being a troop transport version of the Galileo, but from maybe 20 years earlier.
I’m liking it.
@68
Well since we know that JJ and the rect of the crew come to this website, you would bet that Anthony would be so qick in removing those pics, otherwise, JJ might sue him and not interact with us. Anyways i found another site where the pics are at.
Keep in mind the pictures could have been taken before they had a chance to actually clean the place up. Also, it might look a little worn but with some camera trick it might look really clean.
p.s. Jeff you are awesome.
Many thanks JW. The control panel looks like present day Russian military, the color and crudeness, except of course the displays. If they’re gonna have roll bars inside the transport craft you’d think some roll bar padding on them would be wise. This future looks grittier and not so perfect, even the decals are peeling off.
=o)
this may be a tough genie to put back in the bottle for paramount… the images are already replicating themselves exponentially across the net
well, as long as people know that the images are spoilers and they can choose not to look at them when they are leaked, i dont think there should be a problem
i wouldnt be surprised if someone on the set lost their job over this…
Hey if Orci or Kurtzman or even JJ are still on here, then let me ask: WHERE ARE THE PICS OF THE ENTERPRISE THAT YOU SAID WOULD BE OUT SOON? IM STILL WAITING!!!
I was wondering when we’d actually get real Spy pics..
#88 Tanner…
you mean that wasn’t the Enterprise I saw parked ?
(thought she looked a bit small)
seat belts and roll cages… this must be pre-inertial damper field generator? at least for small craft…
now if only they had those seat belts on the 1701…
i hope they havent done away with that swell starfleet cleavage feature of female duty uniforms…
the craft in the pics appears to accommodate many personnel, maybe a troop or worker transport? it doesnt look suited for exploratory or diplomatic function
Kirk-era runabout. That’s the impression I got.
and the pics ???????
my display at optonline.net i will email all the pics jus a reminder
#93 Jesustrek… wander back to #65
The word “protocol” was misspelled the first time it was used on the placard in the first photo.
I’m thinking that jacket should look sharp when warn over the red academy uniforms.
I have an idea!!!!
This is probobly a transport for soldiers.
If this movie does revolve around time travel,who says we have to stay in the present, and can’tgo back a few years. Maybe it’ll be used to show an early mission Kirk and Spock did together???
Or maybe Scotty and Uhura :P
Or Pike and Kirk.
There are endless possibilities
:)
The uniforms and ship look like they’re doing the aesthetic of the classic series, made to look plausible. Exactly what I’d hope for. For TOS to look at all plausible you had to imagine that on closer inspection it would look like these pictures.
Pike-era Starfleet was still pretty scrappy compared to TNG’s majestic cruise ships. The setting fits in with TOS’s its isolated starbases and mining colonies.
BTW, don’t forget to apply canonista logic here.
In TOS, we only ever saw Galileo-type shuttlecraft.
Therefore, that’s ALL there were, and anything else is NOT CANON and completely ruins the movie. They should care that I think so.
negative cannon – it wasn’t on screen so it can never exist
I think that a transport shuttle is quite acceptable without a change in the timeline. Those cadets look like they’re going on a training mission.
Perhaps the seatbelts were there for hardcore training purposes even though inertia dampeners exist.
Ryan#101- Training mission shuttle – strong possibility. Remember the downed ship on the ice planet? Perhaps a shuttle belonging to a cadet training ship. As #98 said, endless possibilities.
I usually lurk but I couldn’t help myself in posting this time. How could JJ’s Starfleet spell PROTOCOLS in TWO different ways on the same sign??? Yikes!
Spocklar#103- Dyslexia?..he..he..
The first image, the sign with all the SF/UFP regs referenced, simply reassured me that, indeed, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Bloated bureaucracies, with their tedious little beancounters and legalistas, *will* exist in the 23rd century.
Peace. Live long and prosper, per Starfleet Regulations 392.1(b), subsection A.
The Vulcanista }:-|
Signage with Alpha Quadrant and Sector 001, angled doorframe on the shuttle, both mechanical and touch switches, primary color suits – everything feels very much like the people who designed the visual aspects of the film care about it looking like Star Trek in the TOS era but including post-TOS backstory information. Rather than some SF movie that just carries the Trek name. So far . . . so good.
As to the folks who – for some reason – like to portray those of us who care about continuity within the Trek universe as inflexible morons, I only have to say that this movie looks like it will fit quite nicely within the established Trek framework. A few rationalizations here, a couple of clever explanations there – that’ll be all that’s needed, I suspect. Of course, a compelling, entertaining and thought provoking story wouldn’t hurt . . . .
I think the pics looks wicked. Totally looks like a Pike era shuttle & the comment above about the construction hats being so TOS is totally spot on. These costumes really reminded me of the miners’ outfits in the classic Devil in the Dark. Anybody else notice that? I also love the guy in red’s slick/clean TOS haircut… Now where is a cast shot?
We could “retcon” an explanation for “protocal” and “protocol,” as follows: A “protocal” is a calibrated (CALibrated) rule. A “protocol” is a noncalibrated rule of general application. Some time in the early 22d century, the two words became interchangeable, except that in each case where the subtlety in meaning is important, the first use of the word in a given context determines how all uses of the word are to be interpreted.
Better still, just don’t use the sign. Or CGI it to correct for the typo.
Hat Rick#108- LOL! You would make a good spindoctor for some lucky political candidate.
COOL!
109, who sez I ain’t? ;-)
I really want to see these pictures…
I’m sure copies of that sign will be for sale on eBay by morning… possibly… ;-)
Hat Rick#111- Okay, I’ll bite… who is the lucky political candidate?!
Hat Rick #108 and Denise de Arman #109: We could apply that type of reasoning to Hillary’s sniper raked landing. :) From my standpoint, a $150 million budget has to include spellcheck. Anyway, beaming back to Lurkuria IV. Spocklar out.
Adam#112- Go to #76 and read the message… Spock might have said that having is often not so good a thing, after all, as wanting… but not in this case.
Spocklar#115- Objection – I stated, for the record, at message #104, that some poor dyslexic soul committed said offense. I rest my case… he..he..
114, that would be telling. But, in all seriousness, I would have to say that my candidate (meaning the candidate I support) is so good, I don’t need to spin. That’s the good news. The bad news is that my candidate is so good, whatever I say SOUNDS like spin.
Sometimes you just can’t win for losin’. ;-)
Whoever wins, I hope that NASA will receive the funds it needs to make our trek to the stars happen, as soon as it possibly can. And that, to me, is no joke.
Hat#118- Hm… sounds like a professional politician to me. Good for you for standing up for what you believe in Hat… now, what was it again that you believe in? WARNING: Joke In Progress…
As they say: Everyone’s gotta believe in something. I believe I’ll have another beer. :)
Hat#120- LOL! I’ll second that belief system and raise you a sissy girl’s drink.
108: Nice plan, you should go far in government employ. However, a well placed scuff mark would fix the “protocals” decal gaffe. You’d think decal technology would be better in the future too, just look at how adhesives have improved in the last few years. A little Gorilla Glue under that curling edge, or just tear it off, please. Stuff like that drives me crazier. Cold beers help though.
Regarding all the comments about the shuttle and the uniforms and the dirtiness and everything else. This is REFUELING STATION. This is not the enterprise, this is not starfleet academy, this is not a huge space station. It’s a planet side factory for crying out loud. It’s going to be dirty and probably older than other starfleet assets. How old is an average American refinery? And I would guess that the uniforms are not necessarily those of cadets or starfleet officers, but rather those of refueling station workers. Notice the hardhats.
I don’t think we’re seeing anything here that’s giving away any major part of the movie – storyline or aesthetic. But its SUPER COOL none-the-less!
Also, I’d be willing to bet cash money that these “leaked” spy-pics were staged by paramount just so they could “pull them” later to create some buzz during this lag time thats been created since they moved the opening date back. Or maybe not but it wouldn’t surprise me.
Either way, great scoop Anthony!
…pardon me, I guess the red uniforms do look just like the ones we saw the cadets wearing in the academy spy pics. But I don’t think the blue or black ones (hard hats and utility belts) necessarily say anything about the style of any other uniform in the movie.
man though I’ve got to say those hardhats are just CLASSIC.
I wonder exactly how that “request” from Mordor — uh, I mean Paramount — was phrased.
Peace. Live long and prosper.
The Vulcanista }:-|
If I remember the account James Cawley gave of his visit to the Enterprise bridge set, the Starfleet uniforms are recreations of the original Gold, Blue and Red. These red jumpsuits and that grey suit must be Academy or off-duty variants.
And I agree with the poster who said that these are purposeful leaks. We’ve been getting little tastes like this lately. The CSU Northridge Academy location and now this. It’s also the first time Paramount has gone as far as “threatening” a website. No one from Paramount forced the first spy pics of Quinto in costume off the net. There is a method to the madness.
Also, I predict our first cast photo to come in July. Around a little thing called “Comic Con.” Just a guess.
Damn, i went out for a few drinks at the bar, anyone care to describe the photos to me, i didnt care to read thru, but i suppose i’m just lazy and a little more than drunk right now
Man, Star Trek: Enterprise looked more like Star Trek: TOS, then the photos from Star Trek: J.J.
It does feel like the 60’s……. the 1860’s.
What happen to 1960’s feel people talked about.
does the new Enterprise run on steam
and why are there PG&E workers standing around with TNG pins on.
Wo hen gaoxing.
Saw them. Looks good, close enough to continuity to make this relative purist happy. Still hating the bellhop uniforms and hoping those are , for certain, academy uniforms (I’m trusting this is the case given Calley’s remarks and we will see the familiar blue and gold, then blue, red, and gold in the pic). I like the tech guys and the hard hats. And got to love the jacket and the pin–looks like a Pike-era landing party jacket to me. Agree that this was a Machiavellian move on Paramount’s part. Given the much vaunted security on this set I don’t think anyone would have gotten away with close-up pics–these aren’t the blurry, long-distance shots taken at the university in Cali. These are someone on the set and while it could be a rogue extra I kind of doubt it.
Aw. I missed them.
Cool. Couldn’t help but notice the lack of spellcheck on that sign, but given that the odds of legibility on the screen are probably nil anyway, that’s cool.
The following is what I think:
Awesome…
Love the shuttle! Go J.J.!
Well by the looks of it they are still building the interior set so they might polish it up, though i like it, i think it works
That’s what I always suspected…..those “spyshots” we have seen so far were
no real spy shots..but they were in same way endorsed by Paramount… Just as you would expect from a viral campaign.
So these new pics are the real McCoy…REAL SPY SHOTS for the very first time. And good ones….great..wonderful…I am glad there are mirror sites
Does anybody know where the pictures are still available? I`m sure there are a few guys who saved this pictures. My email adress is finalfrontier@tiscali.de
I’d appreciate it, if someone could send me the pictures =)
Actually, seeing these pictures makes me 27% more hopeful about this movie. The tech I’m seeing looks a lot like Pike-era stuff, what with the monochrome color schemes, and the badges on Pike’s uniforms were smaller than on TOS so those don’t bother me much, either.
I’m starting to think that they’re sticking more to canon than they’ve had us believe, which is making THIS Purist very happy. :D
I didn’t get to see them. Damn you, Paramount!!!!
Anthony..is it allowed to post mirror adresses?
@Knut ..have a look at AICN…
And by the way THE DESIGN IS STAR TREK! I really love what I see.It is a bold and well conducted effort to capture the spirit of the original…not just the spirit, but characteristic design elements of the original Star Trek as well.
And the have spiced it with a fine dose of realism without messing it up.
Wonderful job so far. I am confident, Abrams knows how to please a lot of people. I dearly wish they stick to the yellow,red and blue uniform pattern. That’s what Star trek TOS is clearly identified by.
And please, let the new Enterprise fit into what we have seen so far.
By the way..I think we are seeing a construction crew that is transported to the Enterprise for the beginning of their shift
I would like to see it, too! Can’t find it with google. Can’t you give any hint? :-/
look at aicn . comments.
not all mirror url you will find there work..but some do :-)
I found the pictures.
I hate the control panal, becouse it looks completly different. Its not Tos and not ENT and nothing between both. But the exteriror has parts of the NX-01 shuttlepods und parts of the TOS-shutlle – i like this.
my only gripe is the rust colored uniforms..so far..it’s amazing that these pics ever got out concidering the security precautions that were and are being taken..i suspect that images like these will be harder to come by in the future.:)
Pics are still available at other sites … Trekweb, trekbbs, … It’s very interesting to see new material. Is this a part of the JJ marketing or really spy pics??
Found the pictures somewhere…..
Must say that overall I like the look of the ’shuttlecraft’, I figure it is some kind of larger scale transport craft.
Funny that the control panels look no more futuristic than what you find in things from this era, perhaps less so.
Strange, but I have some trust that Abrams will cover this apparent anomaly.
Perhaps this is an old unit that is used for Academy training missions. After all you wouldn’t give green cadets your best hardware, would you? :)
To quote Admiral Kirk, ‘I don’t think these kids can steer!’
TTFN
on the uniforms….no black pants? its a mono-color jump suit? w/ a grey jacket?
I see my post has been deleted. Apologies to Anthony, I didn’t mean to cross a line. I just posted a mainstream movie website homepage which trekmovie has sourced itself. I realise though that given they are still displaying the photos which Paramount do not want displayed, Trekmovie wants to err on the side of caution.
I like this period in Trek lore, the Pike years, can’t wait to hear the old sound effects.
I saw the pics and can understand why paramount was so quick to get them removed…they’re lame and could be an even further deterrent for having people not go see this film! While I doubt they’re fake, I really hope they are as the shuttle and controls look like junk…like something that would exist in the real 1960’s instead of TOS’ time. As someone said, ENT looked more advanced…and it was a prequel! Way to go JJ….
I actually think the shuttle is reminiscent of the Argo from Nemesis, but that’s just me, I guess. But yeah, I saw the thing and instantly thought “Star Trek”, so that’s what you’d want. It looks like it’s a descendant of ENT’s shuttlepods, too.
Guh! They’re gone. Anyone know a site that has copies of them??
http://s294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/doofustuesday/
Wow…JJ cannot be happy about this…but, he should be happy with the fan reactions…most of us seem satisfied and this reveals nothing about the plot.
Can’t wait for images of the new E and crew in uniform.
Brother.. what some people will try to extrapolate from some pictures…. so here’s my take on it.
Look at the surroundings of the shuttle. A factory-type location. And the hardhats. So, it might just be a work shuttle for employees working on building the Enterprise. Nothing fancy needed, the tougher and simpler the better.
Make sense?
#157 see #141 I think you are right. Construction crew of the Enterprise.
even those hardhats have that bloody enterprise arrowhead on them, only as the protective ridge! its bordering on ridiculous now, that insigina wont be adopted fleetwide until maybe 15 years from this movie’s time
where did the starfleet boomerang go?
this does looks like a field trip for the cadets, visiting the construction site at the sf shipyards.
Here is an updated link to those top secret photos.
http://www.ifitsmovies.com/2008/03/27/super-secret-star-trek-photos/
those outdoor scenes look like something from “V” the original miniserieas.
:(
I found myself laughing at those pictures and I’m not a purist! Is it a bad sign??
The photos are still up on TrekWeb as of 8:50 am EST.
Those sets are SWEEET!
The badge looks lame, too TNG nerd look for me, but the shuttle looks REAL and DIRTY and I LOVE IT!
A few points for prior commentators:
“Militaristic” – where does this word come from? Is it a political code word somewhere? When I was growing up straight through today, it was called “The Service” and there was nothing wrong with it. This is especially true among all the Navy veterans I have met.
As for transports, check out the US Sealift Command and the Merchant Marines. My great uncle was a Merchant Mariner in WW2. They were a real bunch of badasses and all they had to defend themselves were .50cal twins – just like today. Took the heaviest losses of any US force. Too many are sleeping in Davy Jones’s Locker (for those of you who don’t know anything about real life, Google it!)
“Rheostats” and “Potentiometers” – a rheostat controls high voltage (mainly AC). A potentiometer (i.e., variable resistor) controls low voltage (mainly DC).
Marketing bling: Too many trinkets, true. I hope they don’t overwhelm the story as did that silly, goofy “IDIC” Rodenberry shoved in to Is There In Truth, No Beauty?
BRING ON THE REALISM! BRING ON THE BULKHEADS! BRING ON THE SCREWS AND RIVETS AND DIRT AND WEIGHT-SAVING HOLES IN THE AIRFRAME! BRING ON THE BLODDY KNUCKLES. BRING ON THE “THERE ARE NO SUCH THINGS AS INERTIAL DAMPERS” BECAUSE LIFE IS NOT A UTOPIAN TELEVISION SHOW WITH SHRINKS ON THE BRIDGE!!!
WHOOHOO!
CALIFORNIA DILITHIUM STATIONS RULE!!!!
STAR TREK LIVES!!!!!!
Looks great. Some type of larger transport shuttle no doubt. Looks like some type of Trek 5 / TOS hybrid. Love the retro controls! Wonder if those guys are dilithium miners, it is a fueling station after all. The ship is probably transporting some academy graduates…including Jim Kirk… to their first assignment.
The more I see the more I like. I hope this “spy” doesn’t get beamed off the set by Paramount’s stooges!
at 164
Keep in mind that Startrek actually is and was always about an utopian vision of the future…. this is the one thing that was really important for the Great Bird, so that’s what JJ should show too.
But anyway: I like everything I’ve seen so far (trailer, uniforms, general look…)
The gray coloring of the uniform bring the silver/black aesthetic of “the Cage’s” field jackets to mind. Love the toggle switches and knobs! The shuttle looks like a slightly less streamlined version of the one in TOS (with the outboard jets), so no gripes there. So far, so good! JJ Abrams and Co. are really walking the tightrope well. You may never “go home again,” but you can circle the block a few times and savor the view!
@ #88.
If I remember correctly, I believe Bob Orci said that we’d get a peek at the big E in the early summer. Summer starts in June.
#65 Jeffery Wright
Whew, thanks, as I’d missed ‘em too.
What do I think? Mmmm, NOT impressed by a lot of the production design on show in these shots. I will keep an open mind until I see more in the future though.
^166 True enough… but we should remember Utopia means “Nowhere”
;-)
trek web still has a link to the pics up. By the way the uniforms look like theoriginal pilot uniforms.
To me, it looks like you could CGI a Delta Vega-style complex above this set. It really has that aesthetic.
STARSHIP TROOPERS!!
Paramount has spoken!
Yes. The Delta-Vega “lithium cracking station.” But it was automated and unmanned. Maybe it’s more like Rigel XII, where Kirk diverted to in Mudd’s Women (and it’s still called “lithium” at this point canon-heads).
I think it was a deliberate leak to test the ability of this as a viral phenomenon, with AICN as either a willing pawn or simply following orders. All of us now has access to the the pics, and many Trek-centric sites (except the most visible one) seem to have not been interfered with. And Paramount will thus find out that most of us are ok to ecstatic with it.
All it needs is a carwash and a vacuum, really, and it’ll look better and less gritty. I think, that sign says in even smaller lettering. “Gas Up, Free Wash under subsection 6..” So these guys are set.
Sorry, don’t have the time or inclination to read each and every post.
The shuttle looks prety good, but I agree with those that say it’s probably a transport and not a shuttlecraft like the Galileo. Unis look pretty sweet. The sign says it’s a refueling depot, so my guess is that it’s not Earth that this ship and the crew are on. That could explain why things look “grittier”. Hard to stay clean out in the “frontier”. It also shouldn’t come as a surprise to us that the panels look different as we saw a bridge console when we had the live chat with the cast and crew a couple months back.
And folks, there is a reason that it doesn’t look like TOS or the movies.
It’s because it’s NOT TOS OR THE MOVIES. TOS was a series that was aired 40 years ago. This is a movie that is conceptually based on that series, but is not a carbon copy of it. For financial and creative reasons, this will be a familiar but new take on TOS. Why on earth are we still having this conversation? Quit being obtuse.
#156
Are you kidding? There’s no way someone got those shots without JJ knowing. I guarantee this was let out on purpose. It’s a smart marketing tactic – happens with bands and ‘leaked’ tracks all the time. They let a track out, then about 6 hours later the record label comes a callin’. Creates a nice little buzz around an album. I’m sure the same reasoning holds for a movie.
I took a peek at the photos.
Interesting…..
Thta’s all I have to say about them.
- W -
* Big smile at the ‘old school’ controls in the shuttle *
Is it me or does the shuttle registry say (1701)72?
#179
I can’t tell if it’s 170172, or if what I think is a 1 is merely a red arrow of some kind.
For Pictures in higher resolution, you can also look here:
http://www.treknews.de/treknews/newspro-treknews/static/120660938880640.php
(for all non-german speakers: click on the “Bild in Originalgrösse zeigen” button below the picture that is opened first, so you got the big ones)
Red Arrow and 70172.
#179. As far as I can tell it just says: “70172″
fully agree 166. Don’t we have enough dirt and grime on BSG? One thing I always liked about TREK was the sleekness and cleanliness, especially once the movies kicked. in. I want to be transported, (pun intended) into fanstasy with TREK not feel like I took a walk down to the refinery. That look and Vibe DO work like in BSG or Firefly but can’t TREK stay looking like TREK…?
Just my 2 cents
Interesting.
thank you #176. Sanity has the day…again
#162 – It just means you have a poor sense of humor?
:183. Freddie Wise: Wrote:”
“#179. As far as I can tell it just says: “70172″”
Indeed.
These are awesome! Exactly the kind of pics I’ve been dying to see!
I can’t wait to see how this all translates on film. I’m more pumped than ever!
Yeah, after closer inspection it does appear to be an arrow.
Bugger. Oh well.
It’s very much like the Argo shuttle from Nemesis… yet PLEASE dont let there be some stupid space buggy in there.
It makes ENT looks high tech. >;>}
In terms of the hardware, I am not seeing anything horribly egregious canon-wise. I am not terribly impressed with the cadet uniforms. We have not yet seen the duty uniforms yet, except for glimpses from the earlier spy shots which look similar to the Cage/Menagerie duty uniform. These uniforms of these technicians or miners or whatever are not too far off the miners’ outfits from “The Devil in the Dark”. The industrial setting is very reminscient of early 1960’s industrial, which I have been whining for…err…advocating. >;>}
Looks OK so far…cautiously optimistic.
And the shuttle transport does not seem to have a name. The views are from astern, so it’d be tough to see. And it will be last minute CGI once they lock up the final sponsorship deals:
“Joe, I’m off in the ‘USS Diet Coke’ to help out some miners and stock up on lithium for the launch of the Staples Enterprise! We’re flying to the Delta Airlines lithium cracking station near the edge of the galaxy!
Where’re they sending you?”
“That old bucket of bolts? It’s the ‘USS Egg McMuffin’ for me. Scout Ship. Just out of Frisco. Full shakedown cruise! Do you want fries with that?”
#177, you may be right…I would not rule it out.
I first started thinking that when I noticed the nice framing and no blur (indicative of discrete pic-taking) on the uniform & shuttle shots (especially those 2)…either that or a nice crop job
I’m surprised Paramount ain’t screamin’ bloody murder for this footage o’ the opening- geez, what wuz JJ thinkin’???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9CzPH17ySA
awwwk then thar iz these still up fer realsies:
http://www.ifitsmovies.com/2008/03/27/super-secret-star-trek-photos/
didda i just get them shut doona?
arrrrrr
I love it! I saw these elsewhere, fantastic… it’s going to be great, and do a much better job than Enterprise of depicting a young, hard working human space endeavour. Oh I love these leaks!
Me likey….. pics are sure getting easy to find. I think Paramount is over their head to stop this one.
#194
Ahhh, Homeboys From Outer Space, I remember when that came on. And they wonder why UPN always struggled to make it? ;)
Yeah, “Starship Troopers” did immediately come to mind when I saw the interior of the troop transport, or shuttlecraft.
A good friend of mine was on the set as an extra that day. Something about Kirk (Pine) riding in on a motorcycle…
And this was first unit, mind you. JJ was on the set, so SOMETHING good is gonna happen here.
saw one of them: the shuttle
looked cool
:)
Guys the pics are still up at UGO if you’re interested! =) Though there is a UFP sign where they’ve misspelt “protocols”…I’m unimpressed…
The shuttle reminds me of the moon bus from 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY:
http://home.att.net/~g.ruboyianes/69moonbus.html
I’m surprised no one has brought up the lack of the inner insignia on the starfleet logo, ie, command, sciences, engineering, or medical.
Whether they misspelled (sp?) protocol as protocal is irrelevant, but they really should have caught it if it was unintentional. It’s just like all of those signs Michael Okuda made, there were losts of funny little things, but you won’t notice them on screen.
Here’s the address to a page with the pics:
http://www.rfjason.com/article/photos_from_the_set_of_star_trek_xi
After reading some of the other posts on this thread, I’ve reconsidered my position on the look of ths shuttle. It seems to look like something transitioning from the design aesthetic of ENT to the aesthetic of TOS. Actually, I was expecting there to be more of an uproar.
Certainly a cross between Enterprise and The Original Series. A good shot at working with the canon. (Although I sure hope that they give some credence to Capt. Robert April as the first captain of the NCC-1701, but if not, oh well. That’s the beauty of storytelling; it can always be altered and explained well enough {except by Brannon Braga and Ron Moore})
So, these are from the long-lost 70’s Soviet version of Star Trek, right?
If they’re not, they should be.
darn imisssed ‘em
ok got ‘em.
yeah i see it all bsg, alien drop ship, troopers etc. yeah i see tos. but.
I also movie era and tng era.
sorry but im not familiar with pre tos era designs that have been floated over the years. the rocket pod ddesign does not look tos (or pre-). the aft of the “shuttle” slopes more like tng style then tos. the forward windows?have slopeing supports that look more tng then the square windows look of tos shutles. those squared windows on the side look more like it. and those wings DO remind of tng Argo. seat belts? thats always been the joke in trek, that they dont have ‘em. so seeing them for what the first time? could bring a laugh from the audiance. and since its seat belts its prob gonna be a tense or dramatic moment showing people being jerked around by whatever, so its not a time to share a laugh. I agree that the insignia does look tng and does lack the dept marking. I also notice that it ‘looks’ a bit high up and too close to the sholder. lets se what else… what else…? ah that ident tag pic. did you read it? it sayse ‘EA [ Alpaha Quadrant | Sector 001]‘ now is that the origin of the rules the tag speaks of or is that saying this is were this machine (refueling gantry) is, i know stupid to say that cause if you dont know hat planet your on….. but maybe its to say earth is what planets rules apply. I like the switches and dials but my hurys still out on that panel. now going back to the teaser. remember the arguement of the use of welding. ok. Now what the use of those hoses on the refuelin gantry. Is that another futureistic look? Hoses? some things I can handle. i can handle tos swtiches and dials etc. But I think some things should better be left to the emagination. and our disputed speculation.
#204
ill take that answer. but ill add that i think the rocket pod would rather fit pre-ent sinse they didnt seem to get it right.
#205
LOL
Try google-ing it.
If you see the link in the search results, click “CACHCED”!
they’re here as well:
http://www.rfjason.com/article/photos_from_the_set_of_star_trek_xi
It really looks a lot like the Argo shuttle from Star Trek Nemesis!!!
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/library/ships/article/14706.html
Perhaps Spock travelled back in time with the Argo to visit his younger self ;)
Shuttle reminds me stylistically of The Cage
which makes sense of course
Sometimes I wonder if they let these things leak out every now and then so that we’ll all calm down, and see how awesome and authentic this movie is going to be
The door to the shuttle has a light on it with an orangish filter. I bet this takes place on Mars. If you look at the blurry photo, you can kind of see a Starfleet chevron on the equipment box. It sort of looks like it might have some kind of designator in the center of it.. probably operations, maybe science.
I think these are leaked by the production folks. That jacket shot is too close. If you were snapping photos to post, why not get a wider shot? This is very J.J. Abrams viral.
Well, at least we got a good look before they were taken off. I still can’t wait to see Quinto in that tight uniform. Skin-tight is sexy…
So I’m a guy who likes guys?!
Takei is my homey.
Curses! Am I missing the skin-tight uniform shots… there was no rust-coloured anything on the shots i saw, just the worker overalls and that silver jacket… alas, i’m a takei-ist myself
one good reason for old school toggles in a more realistic TREK: accessibility for non human species. the overuse of humanoid species and eyebrow prosthesis is the biggest embarrassment of the last ten years of the franchise. maybe they’ll fix that?
The pix were taken with a Canon PowerShot SD 700 on March 25, the Jacket at 12:04 and the Fueling Gantry Label at 18:32… the one with the workers around the shuttle at 11:35… If wonder if JJ sports a PowerShot these days ;))
The picture with the shuttle in the center was shot with the camera hidden in a book, you see the pages with type on it at the fringes. And it looks like the Images are not from JJ Abrams, they were edited in Photoshop CS2 for “Windows”…
Love that jacket with badge. Want to see the rest of it.
It seems we’ll be getting some non-embarassing uniforms- with style, no less!
Ok. It looks like a shuttle at the Starfleet Yards. The uniform is from the future. So Spock got to see the refit and possibly walk with a younger Spock overseeing the refit.
Please no more photos.
I don’t know, looks like they’re taking the revised Battlestar approach… dark and dirty realism. If so, I just hope JJAbrams is not going to get credit for “taking a rist on such a new take on sci-fi.”
I hope Star Trek is about being organized and doing the right thing. That is what I always liked about it.
Well, everyone certainly has a lot to say on the subject of the new Trek flick. I unfortunately missed the pics that were apparently leaked from Paramount(as usual they were pulled). I’m concerned that the new movie will, in an effort to make it’s own statement, lose sight as to what Star Trek is(much the way Nemesis did)and how it remains the pinnacle of science fiction!
I too am worried that Abraams and his crew will change the look of the ‘Grey Lady’, above all else, Enterprise has been for the longest time a ‘centerpiece’ of the Star Trek universe.