TrekMovie’s New View Of The New Star Trek Poster July 30, 2008
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The big Star Trek event for Comic Con 2008 was the brand new poster (or actually 4 posters) which revealed four cast images for the first time. The poster was well received, but it was also highly stylized, saturating the Trek crew with colors from the traditional TOS uniforms (gold, red and blue). So TrekMovie decided it would be interesting to ‘reverse engineer’ the actual images from the poster as they might appear in the movie.
The following poster is a fake
Firstly it is important to note that the following image IS NOT an official poster from Paramount, and is in fact, a fake. TrekMovie’s resident artist Steve Moss took the high resolution images from the official Star Trek site and did some Photoshop magic to see what each character might look like. And here is what he came up with…
‘New’ TrekMovie.com version of the Star Trek Poster
- colorized by Steve Moss
(click to enlarge)
Original poster
Some guesswork and some revelations
To return the characters to what they might look like, Steve based his poster on the actor’s actual skin tone and also some look back at the original characters (like for Spock’s makeup). The biggest guess work was with Eric Bana’s Nero as there is no original character and the base photo was essentially black and white, so in theory the tattoo could be just about any color, as could be his skin tone. However, some things that are revealed in TrekMovie version of the poster were not guesswork. For example, look closely at Zoe Saldana’s (Uhura’s) uniform and you should see that the weave includes a pattern of delta shield emblems. This pattern was in the original photos released by Paramount, but was just much harder to see.
Steve will also be creating ‘extended’ versions of Kirk and Spock and we may be creating some TrekMovie.com desktop wallpapers of those.
Find out more about Steve Moss at his Retrograde Imageworks website.
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Nice!
Awesome work, Steve…really does give us a better sense of the characters. Well done!
MMMM… Tasty!!! This is what makes you guys so awesome!!
WOW!! Great great job!
Neato!
“highly stylized, saturating the Trek crew with colors from the traditional TOS uniforms (gold, red and blue)”
Kind of like a Police album from the ’80’s.
Great job Steve! Now try to add a pointy ear tip to Nero to fix the… er, injury.
Could’ve fooled me. Looks perfect.
Have we had confirmation that Quinto was wearing the yellowish makeup for Spock?
You can now really see the upswept eyebrows on Nero.
Did one of Uhura’s sleeves get hacked off her uniform?
About Kirk’s eyes: It looked like originally Pine is wearing dark contacts over his blue eyes to match Shatner’s brown/hazel eyes. I guess we’ll see.
LOL, I did a full-face version of Quinto as Spock over a week ago that came out pretty damned good:
http://screenrant.com/zachary-quinto-spock-image-picture-vic-3014/
Vic
I salivate at the thought of having the TrekMovie.com version of the poster as desktop wallpaper.
Nice job!
There might actually be some other stuff near Zoe’s arm on her uniform other than the emblem. Now I might just be imagining it, but I think I see a ‘Y’ and ‘R’ and an ‘S’ too.
Vic
why do you come to this site and say stuff like that, clearly Steve’s version is infinately better than yours. are you accusing them of copying you what is the point of your post and the ‘lol’ ?
Excellent work.
And wasnt your site the one that was CERTAIN there was a Trek Trailer with Indy 4 …and didnt you say there was going to be a Trek panel at comic con? Both of which were debunked by this site…and so you think your lame Quinto as the Hulk image from last week somehow proves you ‘beat’ trekmovie? wtf?
#10 I think Lt. Uhura is sporting a sleevless Mini-Skirt for a uniform, no wonder she went up the ranks so quickly.
@Kruge No, I’m not accusing anyone of copying. I knew that TrekMovie was working on a similar project, but mine has been out there for a week, shows a full face look at Quinto/Spock, and I thought it at least warranted a mention.
I’m by no means a Photoshop expert so of course the coloring on Steve’s is better, but I thought people might like to see what a full-on version would look like?
Sheesh, there are some defensive commenters on this site…
Vic
how come no one has mentioned that he left pine’s eyes as blue instead of brown like kirk has?
13, Spockanella,
Drool over pine. He’s SO much better when he’s not filmed over with yellow….
Mmm….
20,
Who cares? He’s hot. Denise, back me up?
12. ScreenRant.com
What’s up with Spock’s underchin beard?
Why is this Poster split into fours?
My Huckabee friends say the poster shows a cross in the image
A show of support to Christianity?
Seriously, the poster design should show a nice montage of charcaters.
The quadrants do not compliment the classic lines of the emblem and its weird how the designer positioned the characters.
Nice retouch though.
Where do I buy the poster?
well I was slightly being sarcastic as many jump on little thigns like that…but also somewhat serious since so much attention was spent on other color detail.
and hmmm…well let’s just say my phasers don’t fire that way.
23, TrekMadeMeWonder
I had to track down a frontal picture of Quinto to fill in the missing chin area from the poster and the only thing I could find were pictures of him looking scruffy.
Vic
just like karl urban said – like TOS but in ‘HD’
Oh, and I did want to add that Steve did an EXCELLENT job – shows what someone with REAL Photoshop skills can do. Wish I was that talented with that program.
Nicely done.
Oh, and Kruge – I said I found it hard to believe there wouldn’t be a Trek panel at Comic-Con (as most other movie sites have commented on in disbelief), not that there would be one for sure. As far as the trailer, my source was wrong, what can I say?
I guess you’ve never made a mistake, eh?
Vic
Thanke Anthony and crew, ye’ have saved me my Crayolas… and made tha’ once monochromatic images now much bonnier than’ tha’ graphic designer…
Now I can concentrate on me own Warhol rendition…
Arrrrrr…
Now this is much better. i orginally voted in the poll that i didnt like the new posters all that much. They were cool….and i get that they were sorta going very basic and retro in the feel….but the design just didnt quite do it for me. I like this “version” much more. I know it’s less “arty” but i think its better this way.
NICE! Very,Very, nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lt. Uhura, this isn’t the California Penal League. We wear caps and sleeves at this level, girl.
GREAT work! If you’re playing with the images more I’d love to see Nero with a yellowish-greenish skin hue comparable to the TOS Romulan makeup that matches Balance of Terror. Or, alternately perhaps more pastey grey such as that Shinzon’s Reman buddies.
In any event, now that we can see Bana clearly… ’tis wonderful what the ‘Supreme Court’ came up with to have Nero interact with the TOS era before BoT: his mangled ear tips, shaved head and tattooed forehead clearly disguise his Vulcanesque Romulan features. Ten golden quatloos to them for coming up with a great save for canon…
Too bad they couldn’t have given a bit of a shave to Pine’s eyebrows and made Quinto’s reflect Nimoy’s a bit more.
Also on the wishlist… recolor Quinto’s uniform top to greenish gold to match the WNMHGB unis! ;)
great job guys…..wud luv to get a peek at the E, but this’ll do 4 now.
Peace and long Life
Great work! Yes, much better like this.
I sure hope the Enterprise lives up as well.
Vic, can you do half Nimoy half Quinto?
Looks great! Thank you Steve for the exc. work and to Anthony for bringing it to us!
@ali Nah, I got enough grief for this one which took a lot of time to do. I do have a side by side on of Nimoy and Quinto on the post.
Vic
Steve will also have ‘full picture’ versions of these. This poster was done last week, but I held it until after Comic Con so it didn’t get lost in the shuffle. I am not sure if Steve is taking requests beyond that for as #32 wants. Steve and I did debate quite a bit on what to do with Bana and he did do a version that was very romulan green, but I thought it should be more neutral as we dont know for sure what Nero will look like and I didn’t want people to think we were making a bold statement one way or the other on Nero.
Well to me it’s amazing how Quinto looks so much like Nimoy. He looks just like spock did in the 60s and thats fantastic. I think Pine will do a great job as kirk as Pine has that look and feel of the young James T Kirk. Uhura looks to hot to handle and nero looks mean. great job and im so looking forward to the new movie. Tme to sling shot around the sun and go forward in time to see the movie.
Hey Anthony, looking forward to the full versions. Good luck finding a non-stubble chin for Quinto – then again your man Steve will probably be able to “shave” it in Photoshop. :-)
Vic
And this is why this is my favorite site to go to daily.
Oh, and another thing… is Kirk’s shirt his regular uniform is it all black? I see a hint of gold on his shoulders….
*or is it all black?
Grammatical error! My bad.
Pine looks even more like James Van Der Beek from ‘Rules of Attraction’ there…
good stuff trekmovie
greg UK
21: I do drool over Pine. Currently, the “yellow” version of him is my laptop wallpaper, but from a few feet away he looks pretty sinister…it will be nice to have a pic to look at that isn’t washed over in yellow. Yum.
I know people always say Kirk had brown eyes, and I know that sometimes they appeared brown, but his eyes were really more of a hazel (a green/gray/blue with undertones of brown). They looked a little different depending on the lighting. Which doesn’t mean that it’s ok for Pine to suddenly play Kirk as blue-eyed, and I’m not trying to be a canonista. Just thought I’d point it out.
It’s FAKE!!, But looks so Cool.
#47 Spockanella- they always looked more green than brown to me, too, especially when they did the Elizabeth Taylor-type lighting on them. Also, they looked greener when he wore the green wraparound shirt, and browner when he wore the maroon tunics in the movies. My Mom has eyes like that.
Zoe really pops out now. I hope the rumors are true that Uhura is a major character.
Why isn’t Kirk wearing Green or Yellow?
Oh wow! Very cool, Yeah I’d definitely like to see a full Quinto!
The photoshop work is very nice!
My only little thing here (unrelated to the photoshop work) is …. why is Spock’s starfleet sideburns not exactly….attached? Anyone got any ideas on that?
My only thought on why Kirk is not in a yellow or green duty uniform shirt is that maybe he has not graduated from the academy yet….feasable???
This is also good
http://www.cardassiaprimera.com.ar/Star-Trek-XI-Poster.jpg
I like the look of the texture on Uhura’s uniform. I look forward to seeing the other uniforms. Wasn’t it James Cawley who said the uniforms are “perfect?”
I’m not a big fan of the TOS uinforms, but I hope these new ones work…I’m sure they will.
I wonder what the students wear at the Academy? We saw in TNG they wear uniforms.
#49: I have eyes like that, too, except with no brown. Depending on the light, my eyes are either blue, gray, or green.
56 Beam Me Up
There are some spy photos floating aroud the net of what is supposed to be an academy shoot. I’ll just say the uniforms look “different”
That the Starfleet delta emblem is woven or silkscreened into the uniforms is, uh, “fascinating.” They did something similar with the “S” shield on Superman’s uniform in “Superman Returns.” Spider-Man – that is, obviously, in the Raimi movies – also has a subtle “shadow” pattern screened into his uniform.
I wonder if Kirk buys his t-shirts at Old Navy or The Gap?
Seeing these posters is exciting. I feel kind of like I’m seeing history in the making.
I was thinking awhile back that the TOS uniforms would look cool if they had the texture and look of the spider-man costume in the movies (made of a bunch of hexagons or in this case chevrons). Looks like that is what they may do
53 – First thing I noticed on seeing the poster last week was the floating sideburn on Quinto. It’s glued down here:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-9/1214097/sideburnglue1.jpg
I wonder if they will be selling any uniform replicas as part of their marketing campaign.
err…i mean merchandising not marketing…
…What’s needed now is a tutorial from you guys on how you did the flesh tones. Recoloring faces is something that’s always screwed me over, and I’ve been working with Photoshop since 3.0.
Has anybody else noticed that Spock’s sideburn is not contacting his face – clearly indicating a wig?
Can one of you smart guys touch up this poster again to correct this?
They still need to glue Quinto’s pointy sideburn in place.
Let’s not forget that Vic’s Screen Rant, did break the story about the Star Trek trailer coming out with Cloverfield.
And Vic your work is awesome ! That photo looks cool, I had to look twice to see that it was photo shopped.
Nice job.
That is one helluva Photoshop job, man!
Hmm. Helps to read a few posts before posting, eh?
My bad. Should have read closer. Thanks, #63.
@35: ali
Here’s one I’ve had in my head since I first saw the quad-delta poster:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v43/Dark_Lord_Prime/Quinto-Nimoy.jpg
I used the TrekMovie.com version of the quad poster and a scan of the new “Alternate Universes” DVD.
Quinto’s and Nimoy’s noses don’t quite match up, but damned if the rest didn’t. :-)
Dark Lord Prime: Nice!!
I think Nimoy’s hooded eyelids really added to the alien look.
Vic
67. Maltz – July 30, 2008
“Has anybody else noticed that Spock’s sideburn is not contacting his face – clearly indicating a wig?”
It doesn’t necessarily indicate a wig, it can mean longer hair cut and tapered to a point.
Yeah! I remember those photos. They reminded me of the V Lizard people uniforms! Very cool.
As #75. Xai, says. If you look at his sideburns, you can see that the hair there is longer. It has been combed back toward his ear and brought to a point. Looks fine to me, just a different take on the pointed sideburns.
And here’s my rendition of Kirk in command gold, with brown eyes!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v43/Dark_Lord_Prime/Kirk-gold.jpg
Once again, thanks to TrekMovie.com and their version of the movie poster! :)
Nice stuff!
Wow! Awesome job! I can’t wait to see this movie! I’m especially looking forward to Quinto’s Spock. He looks perfect for the role, and his acting will be perfect as well, I’m sure.
I have a feeling Nero isn’t a Romulan at all. Maybe A Klingon?
Yeah, And I think Kirk still looks a bit like a really psychotic mime.
I kind of think the pics of Pine in normal life actually give me a better feel for Captain Kirk than this one. This version looks like he may have a butcher knife hidden behind his back.
I just have to confirm. Great work! Looks really realistic!
I guess Nero is a Romulan. Something happened to his ear in the past – maybe even in childhood. Maybe someone injured or maimed him intentionally because of racism.
Great work on your version of the poster! Love it! L(
Very nice work indeed. As a Production Artist who works with Digital Color people on a daily basis, I can truly appreciate the amount of work and skill that went into that. Job well done! :)
Did anyone notice that in Quinto, Pine and Zoe eyes they are all wearing contacts or the photo was photoshopped to have the Starfleet Insignia in each of their eyes. It also is in the original poster as well, but is more visible in this version.
- Great picture..indeed.. the very strange haircut style can be observed now very clear….
Hi gang,
While I love what Steve Moss has done with the photo manipulation, I kind of missed the Starfleet colouring of the original poster. I thought that restoring these colours would give the poster a little more punch:
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e16/nhoj3/trekmovieposter1.jpg
Again, great job Steve!
#89- I really like your version!
Steve- Wow. Thought I was good with Photoshop…
Truly amazing! This is some great photoshop work right here!
Great work by Steve Moss!
PIne looks worthy of one to follow in the footsteps of the great and powerful SHAT!
YAWN………..!!!
Kirk’s eyes:
I’m glad to read I’m not the only person who is pondering this. Even my G/F (yep, I’m one of the fortunate ones) says that a Kirk with blue eyes wouldn’t look right. I hope Pine is compensating for this with colored contacts.
#90. John N – I like the coloured backgrounds. Some great work, nice to see all the visual speculation going on, the variations.
A few days ago, I was curious as to what Quinto might look like if half of his face weren’t cut off, and came up with this, albeit a bit rough on the edges and not nearly as well coloured as Steve’s excellent one. Still, here’s my interpretation:
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z101/Erehwonnz24/spockt-1.jpg
#95
Personally, I think you’ve done a great job! :)
#95 Looks great. But the skin color is different from Steve’s version. Did you change it yourself?
Thanks. And yep, I started from the original poster.
Will Chris Pine be wearing brown contacts to look more like Kirk in the movie?
Great work. Only looking at this version did I realise Uhura’s uniform appears to be sleeveless… if that’s the standard female uniform I’m a little concerned. I thought about this rather a lot some time ago as to cut a long story short I draw an “adult” sci-fi comic for a living and thus have to design some rather heh minimalist female outfits, and have thus spent many years pondering what works and what doesn’t. And a conclusion I came to is that for some reason sleeves make all the difference; you can make the rest as minimal as you like, but without sleeves it’s party wear and with sleeves it’s a uniform. Which is why the original TOS womens’ outfits are a design classic. They get away with the micro-mini skirt (or skorts, or skant, whatever) because the long sleeves “formalise” it into a uniform. Without the sleeves, you’ve got a party dress.
I’ve always thought the female uniforms are the icon, not the male ones, which are, when you’ve done and said all, just a sweatshirt and black trousers. For instance, my dear departed mum had no interest in Trek, but associated Uhura in her miniskirt with it very strongly. Pointy eared guy, beam me up, Captain Kirk and those girls’ uniforms. They’re the icons. If they’re going “back to basics” they really shouldn’t have messed with them. Theiss knew what he was doing :)
Now Paramount must reconsider the RELEASE DATE! They have to act quickly…
With Price of Persia being postponed, Transformers 2 being on halt due to Shia’s car accident and Hancock and the Dark Knight ruling this summer’s July, why don’t they just postpone Transformers 2 and use the 6/26 date for Trek?
Avoiding direct competition with Wolverine, Terminator and Dan Brown is obligatory. July is wide open at this point. Ice Age 3 is a completely different beast, 2012 may become Emmerich’s next bomb and Land of the Lost is nothing more but another Journey 3D…all movies Trek could beat… May is suicide for Trek, July would be the way to go…
@ Ian B: I have to disagree. I would rather see sleeveless uniform tops for women instead of mini-skirts. Even Micro-Skirts make no difference for me, they could use regular pants instead. But sleeveless designs are great. That’s why I adored Rommie on Andromeda or Teyla on Atlantis, mainly due to their sleeveless uniforms / outfits. I always wanted to see 7 of 9 or T’Pol in such uniforms. I order to avoid an overall party dress feeling just cover up any cleavage. Go tube top way up to the neck…and add some ranking insignia on the covered up chest …that’s the way the girls in my upcoming SciFi novel will be cled…
As for Uhura’s image: that’s not even sleeveless in my book. These are plain and simple cap sleeves, nothing more, but unfortunately nothing less…I really envy the mirror universe males. Well, I could live without bare midriff but sleeveless uniform tops would be a dream-come-true in Trek…
I’m sure this has come up before but I must have missed it …
Engineering Red?!?
If this is supposed to take place prior to “Where No Man Has Gone Before”, why are there ANY RED uniforms at all? Since The Cage uniforms and WNMHGB are the same: Blue, Green & Gold, why are there suddenly red uniforms? Did they experiment with red briefly sometime between 2254 and 2264 before the finally introduced it in 2265?
Frankly I prefer the more muted color scheme without the red. The bright red used in TOS was part of an overall design incorporating the same shade into a VERY colorful mix specifically to exploit the emergence of NBC’s new color technology. ST II onward got it right. To the extent red is used a more muted tone like a maroon or rust is preferred.
But the look of The Cage is the most realistic depiction of TOS, which is probably why The Motion Picture looks so much like it. I always hated how future spinoffs continued to use the EXACT same set designs as the original, despite the fact technology has advanced so far past it.
But seriously, bright RED uniforms? I can only hope the set doesn’t incorporate the color similarly to TOS, which is also incorrect for the time period this film is supposed to cover.
these posters rock! Even if they are unofficial… they just have that star trek look about them.