Comments on: Car Crash At Star Trek Location Shoot [UPDATED]

By: MiniKirk

MiniKirk — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:58:19 +0000

Suck! I could have been there! It would have taken VERY little finagaling to hitch a ride, since Enos is like a five min drive from my house, tops. Damnit all! This is what I get for locking myself in my room with nothing but my computer for a week (I had my reasons). I’m sure everyone is fine, cos we would have heard something, if otherwise. Can’t wait till the movie!

By: Jorg Sacul

Jorg Sacul — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:19:38 +0000

Riverside Iowa is green with rolling hills today. You forget to take into account the bombings of WW3, maybe in Kirk’s time it is a recovering semi desolate, flattened former blast zone.

Hey, work with me here people! :-)

By: Valar1

Valar1 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:44:17 +0000

the shot of the blonde in the corvette is now on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz8cH-f9NVg

By: MDSHiPMN

MDSHiPMN — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:27:26 +0000

I live in Iowa City, and would also like to give a shout out to the Hawkeyes.

BTW, anyone remember Shatners’ reality show from SpikeTV? He played a great trick on the town of Riverside that got some people steamed. I think they got over it though, as if I lived there I’d be glad “The Shat” even recognized the mythology in any way.

May we have some real movie news to get excited about soon, it’s killing me.

By: Xai

Xai — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:54:14 +0000

#42 John Sloca

Nice to see the Hawkeyes mentioned here!

By: John Sloca

John Sloca — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:23:36 +0000

Lived just south of Riverside Iowa for almost 20 years … Iowa farmland and Bakersfield will seem indistinguishable from each other by the time the effects teams blend the shots together. Riverside, by the way, is mostly a crossing of two state highways in southeast Iowa, not far from Iowa City, home of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes. It’s got plenty of trees, has hills because of a nearby stream, and is your general small town. The town’s annual June Star Trek-themed festival, complete with parade, are enjoyable for fun’s sake.

By: Valar1

Valar1 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:25:35 +0000

I forgot the most important part:

Although I myself didn’t witness it, but according to what I saw on the local news, there was a series of cameras surrounding a vintage 63 or 64 red convertible corvette being driven by a blonde haired woman.- well, the car was fixed on a trailer, the cameras were fixed all around the car, and the trailer was being pulled on a dirt road through the surrounding fields.

By: Valar1

Valar1 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:19:11 +0000

Okay, I just went there and came home and caught the 6 pm news. Apparently the guy in the accident was the location manager for the shoot. He was making a turn or a u-turn and hit an oncoming pickup. The damage didn’t appear fatal and there was no mention of the condition of either party.

By: Hat Rick

Hat Rick — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:34:30 +0000

Yes, well said, 38. Hope there are no lasting injuries from this crash and that everyone recovers soon.

Regarding the movie, the location’s being desolate rings a bell, since I’ve driven through Iowa a number of times and can testify to how it looks. Parts of Nebraska, as well, look positively eerie particularly as you cross westward and if it’s sunset. Not a soul for miles around, and the landscape turns from relatively flat to grassy, rolling hills to almost desert scrub. Positively eerie, as I said.

But I’m glad JJ is taking the opportunity to use on-location shots of where James Kirk was raised.

By: Charles Trotter

Charles Trotter — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:20:27 +0000

Glad to hear everyone’s alright.