Comments on: Abrams Talks Klingons & Romulans + New Kelvin Images At Intel Site

By: tdog

tdog — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:08:19 +0000

Hey, I just heard that the Klingon Language Movie, “Earthlings: Ugly Bags of Mostly Water”, is finally available on line. Check it out

earthlings-movie.com

I saw this at a Con last year, it is hilarious and really wierd.

By: rangerone314

rangerone314 — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:56:36 +0000

Oh, and the reason we may see Kirk at some point in the film wearing Captain’s rank on his yellow shirt… probably for role-playing in the Kobayashi Maru.

The Klingon “warbirds” are probably the Kobayashi Maru… and even in the Navy terms get mixed around: modern cruisers & destroyers. Warbird does seem a more general term then bird-of-prey. We’ve seen many kinds of warbirds in different eras, but birds-of-prey do seem to be pretty close in appearance: B’Rel vs Kvort, etc.

I could be noted that Saavik had Lieutenant rank instead of Captain on her uniform when she took it, although maybe the formalities changed a little.

By: rangerone314

rangerone314 — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:48:49 +0000

I would say I bet that if you put two red-tipped nacelles like the one the USS Kelvin has on the Enterprise, it would look a lot more like the TOS version…

Seems pretty obvious what happens in the movie; atleast partly: a powerful, mysterious vessel from the future (Starfleet won’t know its from the future) arrives, blasts a bunch of stuff including the Kelvin. Nero isn’t arriving to introduce himself or the Romulans to Starfleet. It will be a mysterious attack from an unidentified species.

Starfleet probably goes on a crash program to make more powerful ships (kind of like building the Defiant after the Wolf 359 battle). Hence the timeline being altered to have more powerful Enterprise with the more futuristic nacelles.

By: The Invader (In Color)

The Invader (In Color) — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:52:39 +0000

My main wish for Trek is that the films would get back to being about EXPLORATION and encountering strange NEW worlds and seeking out NEW LIFE and NEW CIVILIZATIONS!!!

Remember that? As cool as this film looks….it DOES look like another war film…

Even ST:TMP was about exploring V’Ger…and that had a big character arc with Spock attached to it.

As bad as Star Trek V was, even that was about exploration!

By: Dom

Dom — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:57:26 +0000

216/217

Go back to writing you books and stop bitching on a fan forum! Act like the professional you’re pretending to be!

Don’t like the movie, even though you haven’t seen it? Go away and leave it to people who have the intelligence to wait and see.

Loser!

By: Closettrekker

Closettrekker — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:42:32 +0000

#216—That’s hardly the fault of Mr. Abrams. Blame the Klingon ship in TSFS that was painted like a giant bird of prey…

#217—When did you get to see the movie?

By: Anthony Brooks Fellows

Anthony Brooks Fellows — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:26:46 +0000

101-All the negative comments about this movie really depress me. Sheesh.

You’re going to feel even worse come next year when it actually hits theaters.

By: Anthony Brooks Fellows

Anthony Brooks Fellows — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:11:43 +0000

Klingon Warbirds, huh?

It just gets better all the time.

By: Closettrekker

Closettrekker — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:52:59 +0000

#214—The attack upon the USS Kelvin 4 days before the birth of JTK (and therefore 30+ years prior to “BOT”) will undoubtedly affect the timeline, and that includes everything post 2233.

For example, the Enterprise may not travel to Talos IV under the command of Christopher Pike. There may never have been a fight on Rigel VII, or the implementation of General Order 7. “Number One” may never even serve under Pike, as she previously did. For all we know, she may have been an ensign who was killed on the Kelvin.

By: Mac

Mac — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:27:55 +0000

#211 – After reading about the preview and hearing about Romulans being in this movie, I wonder how this could be because I remember from watching “The Balance of Terror”, the Federation had no contact with the Romulans for about a century in the Earth-Romulan war. It also makes me wonder if #1 will appear with Capt. Pike.