ST09 Tidbits (T-57 days): Burger King Boards, D.A.C. Details, Trailer Breaks Records, Cho Talks Sulu + more March 11, 2009
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Today’s tidbits for the new Star Trek movie take us to the flame-broiled frontier, with news on the upcoming Burger King TV campaign. Plus we have more details on that ‘D.A.C.’ game, comments on Sulu’s ‘innocence’ from John Cho, ticket sales for Europeans, an amazing Star Wars/Star Trek mashup, and much more..
Burger King shot commercials on Enterprise
It has already been reported that Burger King is one of the promo partners, but yesterday the Fishbowl LA blog had a scoop about the commercials. According to the site, the Burger King commercials were shot on set of the Enterprise and they even used the same director of photography (Daniel Mindel) and the same production designer (Scott Chambliss) as the movie. No word on what these commercial might entail, but if I had to guess I would expect to see a burger beam in.
Would you like fries with that captain?
More D.A.C. details
In our last Tidbits we showed off the advanced release promo sheet for a new game, seemingly tied to the new movie. Paramount are still in ‘no comment’ mode regarding this game, but Variety’s Cut Scene gaming blog is reporting some more details. Based on their sources Star Trek D.A.C. will be a download game for Playstation Network and XBox Live and will arrive the week of the movie. No detailed description of the game except that it is "probably not a fully 3-D adventure" and it is speculated, based on the artwork, that the game is some kind of combat sim with players controlling the Enterprise. When Paramount is ready to talk, we will bring the full details, including (hopefully) what D.A.C. stands for.
Star Trek D.A.C. promo sheet (click to enlarge)
Trailer #3 Sets Download Record
In a new press release, Paramount announced that the new trailer has broken all existing records at Apple.com. The trailer was downloaded over 1.8 million times during the first 24 hours on Apple.com and has had over five million total downloads since premiering on the site on March 6th. This makes it the most popular HD download in the history of the site.
Star Trek Wars
Speaking of the new trailer, TrekMovie reader Davey Kulessa has put together a very well made mashup, re-imagined from a galaxy far far away. Watch it below (after the trailer runs through once it is repeated showing both versions for comparison).
Star Trek movie gets shout out on Kyle XY
This weeks episode of the ABC Family sci-fi teen drama Kyle XY titled "Guess Who Is Coming To Dinner" starts off with a whole discussion about the new Star Trek movie. You can watch the whole episode online at ABC Family, or see the Trek part below (advance to around 3:30)
European tickets
Last week we reported that the Arclight in Hollywood became the first theater to sell tickets for the new Star Trek movie, and now a couple of European cinemas are jumping in. Firstly the Empire Theater in Leicester Square in London has started selling tickets for show times on Thursday May 7th. And the Pathé IMAX theater in Amsterdam will be holding the worldwide IMAX premiere on Wednesday May 6th. More on getting tickets to that event the Dutch Star Trek fan club site Federation.nl.
Cho’s Sulu is more innocent
SciFi Wire has some comments from John Cho about his approach to the role of Sulu and how it differs from George Takei’s original portrayal:
George’s Sulu was a veteran, and he was always in control of the ship. And … since this is his first mission, he’s thrust into the position of helmsman by accident, and all of these things are happening. … He’s not supposed to be on the ship; he’s not supposed to be doing all this stuff. So … I wanted this Sulu to be a little bit more innocent, a little bit younger and a little bit more caught off guard by all of this stuff. And I felt like it would be a nice way to begin that arc, since we’re going back in time.
More from Cho at SciFiWire.
Cho’s Sulu – the accidental helmsman?
Thorsten’s Art Gallery – Sulu
In honor of the new Sulu, today’s entry in Thorsten Wulff’s ‘Trek Cast As Art’ series focuses on the Hikaru’s kickassery, through the lens of Quentin Tarantino.
Come get some Sulu
(click to enlarge)
ST09 Bullets
If that isn’t enough for you, there is even more
- Effects magazine Cinefex announced their July issue will have extensive feature on the Star Trek effects (pre-orders available)
- AskMen.com ranks new Star Trek movie as 6th most hype-worthy guy movie (Inglorious Bastards was #1)
- EW’s Popwatch is having trouble recognizing Simon Pegg in the new Star Trek banners, seeing more Yul Brynner
Is that you Simon?
Thanks to Rob, Patrick, and Keith (and anyone else I forgot) for sending in tips and links
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I really don’t see Scotty in this guy!
Wow, the most popular HD download in the history of Apple.com! That’s pretty crazy! Kind of a big deal!
Yay for a bit more of the story from the Sulu bit. And I think that Simon Pegg was cast as Scotty because JJ seems to like to work with people he’s worked with before, too much so I think. Still, I think Pegg’s talented, but I still do have trouble seeing him as Scotty.
That mash-up was great! Nicely done. That actually made the prequels seem less disappointing.
You mean Trek beat Hanna Montana and the Jonas Bros.? Fascinating!
Damn straight……it was most impressively cut trailer I’ve seen in a long time. I just hope all the good parts haven’t already been shown for the entire movie, cause that would blow chunks!
I guess if it doesn’t work you can always think “this is just the origin story in the Abramsverse.” (kinda like how everyone pretends Battlestar Galactica 1980 never happened. Or one or two of the Highlander movies…)
I rather liked the account in McIntyre’s ‘Enterprise: The First Adventure.’
I think I must make up a good majority of those downloads!! haha
Have to echo that, THX! It actually makes the overall Star Wars saga quite epic! (Not that I didn’t enjoy it to begin with…)
#2—Yeah…I have to say that one was a bit unexpected, but let’s keep it in perspective…
I’ll bet more than ‘a few’ downloaders did it several dozen times!
I watched it 5 times myself.
I wonder if that is normally the case with trailer downloads. I’d never done it myself until this one.
They did go a bit crazy with the airbrush tool in Photoshop on poor Pegg’s head, didn’t they? Wonder if it hurt?
maybe they’ll show all these ships on the cover sheet od D.A.C. in the movie!!
Awesome about Cinefex. I love that magazine.
i didn’t see scotty too much in pegg when he was first cast, but in the trailer he somehow nails it, in my opinion. i’m convinced. come on, time; go faster!
That download record bodes well for the film’s success, at least in some measure. The interest is there, at any rate.
Interesting comments from John Cho…I can’t help thinking if he is “accidentally thrust into the helmsman position” if we get a continuity nod along the lines of him being in the physics dept when he is assigned to the ship (where no man…) Probably not, but an intersting thought nonetheless…
WOOHOO I’ve got my tickets….Empire Leicester Square here I come…Can’t wait…
I’ve been reading alot of Trek novels lately so they all blend together. So…as I recall, in one of the stories, an early TOS tale (Enterprise: The First Adventure?) . Sulu is not a fan of Kirk at the time of K’s first E mission and wants to transfer out, other reasons included, and is forced to stay due to circumstances. He has a change of mind and the adventure continued.
Nice choice by Cho.
ps: #5: I’m getting the feeling there’s alot of stuff we’re not aware of. And we’ve seen only 5 secs of Nimoy
I’ve been getting lots of people talking to me about how good and epic this is looking, and that I might not actually be crazy for liking Trek.
Me too Andy, he he. And I had a hard time keeping my eyes off of the Star Trek part for the Star Wars. Makes you wonder which is better? Of course that is obvious.
Not only that, but is it me but do the trailers keep getting better and better and better? And the first one was awesome!
I downloaded the trailer from the Apple.com site as soon as I got home from the midnight Watchmen and I watch it several times a day at work. Glad to see the trailer blow ‘em all outta the water!
There will be a preview in Munich on the 6th.
Can’t they release the game normally too! Some of us don’t have PlayStaions or X-Box’s anymore!
Interesting thought. In the “atmospheric jump” sequences, isn’t Kirk in yellow (command), “Welshy” Olson in red (engineering), and Sulu in *blue*?? (sciences, astrophysics that is)?
I always liked the idea (me being a physicist) that Sulu had helm skills, but wasn’t originally placed there. Perhaps he’s jumping down with Kirk and Olson because he’s the physicist on board who’s been studying Nero’s beams: in the ensuing fights, perhaps the primary helmsman (Mitchell?) is killed. In the Prime Universe we know the helmsman Mitchell was killed in WNMHGB…
Ties in well with the quantumverse concepts Orci’s expressed.
Good to see the success of the trailer (though I haven’t watched it and don’t plan to). That shows that Paramount is starting to entice a mainstream audience for the film. Despite earlier misgivings, I’m starting to be a believer in Paramounts’s marketing strategy.
I REALLY LIKE THE MOVIE TRAILERS THAT HAVE COME OUT SO FAR! BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE PROBLEM WITH THE ACTORS PICKED TO PLAY THE MAIN CHARECTORS ITS PICKING SIMON PEG TO PLAY SCOTTY. I THINK I CAN GET A LOT OF TREEKIS TO AGREE WITH ME .THE ACTOR WHO PLAYED THE DOCTOR ON STARGATE ATLANTIS WOULD HAVE BEEN THE BEST ONE TO PLAY SCOTTY!!! OTHER THAN THAT STARTREK WILL BREAK BOXOFFICE RECORDS! LIVE LONG AND PROSPER!!!
wonderful Thorsten.. :-) I like it very much
That Star Wars mash-up for trailer 3 was great. Scene for scene.
@#24
Isn’t Kirk in the blue suit for the atmo jump?, Sulu in yellow?
Here’s a thought for the #24. When you see Sulu in the second pilot episode (with Kirk, not Pike), Sulu is in blue, the science/medical color. It doesn’t look like he’s doing any helmsmaning either. So that would lay a precident for the writers to put that Sulu was originally in the sciences.
Thanks for a great article — nice to see all the bits and pieces starting to come a bit faster as we get closer…
Paramount needs to improve their marketing campaign for
the movie here in Australia. So far it has been p__s weak
with next to no advertising. Come on Paramount……
I’m going to take a wild guess and say that somehow the Burger King commercials involve The King on the Enterprise. Might actually be funny.
I wonder if they will have Kid’s Meal toys for Star Trek?
How about a real game on the XBOX 360!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m not too sure about this, but wasn’t ‘Star Trek Generations’ the last Trek film to have a franchise deal with a fast food chain? I believe Jack-In-The-Box had a license at the time…I still remember those cheap collectible cups!
It looks like they airbrushed Pegg’s nose to look really thin for some reason.
^#34:
“Star Trek Nemesis” has a tie-in campaign, but to be honest, it was with Del Taco, a chain only basically seen in the Southwestern U.S.
Can the BK commercials top this TOS KFC ad? ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZBTDlvShYg
@27…
Besten Dank Mark!
KILL NERO!!! LOL!!!
Holy crap! The new movie IS Star Wars!!!
BEST. MASHUP. EVER!
Trek tops at Apple? Hell, yeah….
#37
Dear God….how did they do that? Did they use lookalikes or was there some weird facial manipulation at work? If either one of those techniques was used, that’s how they could’ve done the new ‘Star Trek’ movie! :D
Nonetheless, it was an awesome commercial.
HA HA HA HA HA that Star Wars is dead on and yes Pine does look like a young Mark Hamill
I’m waiting to see more of Simon Pegg’s performance in Star Trek before I judge him. I think he might be able to pull it off.
That Mashuo was GENIUS!!!! Excellent job Mr. Kulessa. May the Force Beam you Up!!!!
All the excitement of the last week has left me even more desperate to see the new movie! And I think Simon Pegg will be great as Scotty, I can see him in that character no problem :)
#31 – Oh my god yes. I haven’t actually seen anything in Australia relating to the film, I only know about it because of the internet.
And thanks for the comments on the mashup guys. :)
I cant wait to see if the new Star Trek game ties in with ST : TFB
:)
The mash-up was cute, but didn’t make a lick of sense.
Actually the mash up made a lot of sense
Nothing will ever beat THIS Trek ad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLYAZO4dt6s
Wow. The Most apple hits they have ever had. trek is going to be Big Time!!!!
#17
I’ve been reading alot of Trek novels lately so they all blend together. So…as I recall, in one of the stories, an early TOS tale (Enterprise: The First Adventure?) . Sulu is not a fan of Kirk at the time of K’s first E mission and wants to transfer out, other reasons included, and is forced to stay due to circumstances. He has a change of mind and the adventure continued.
That’s right – as I recall he much sooner wanted to fly a freighter, and was really pissed when Kirk picked him to helm the Enterprise.
This sounds like a nice nod to the ‘literature’
Question for Bob Orci.
Was Sulu “not supposed to be” on the Enterprise a nod to McIntyre’s “Enterprise: The First Adventure”?
For those who haven’t read it, Sulu signed on to be part of the science team but had to fill in temporarily as helmsman at the last moment (I forget if the original helmsman was injured or what). He qualified because he had experience with smaller, more nimble ships, but thought the Enterprise would be heavy and cumbersome. He was pleasantly surprised at how responsive she was, and made a mental note to transfer to helm once his current term as part of the science team was up. This explains why he was on the science team in Where No Man Has Gone Before but moved to helm afterward.
#53
I swear I didn’t see your post when I wrote mine! :-p
Wish I could be there in Amsterdam. But college is in the way..
#51
Nah. Kentucky Colonel beats it. Fake Kirk and crew win.
Absolutely awsome trailer mashup. Funny that every scene had a near-perfect matchup, but it also increased the “epic-ness” of all SW chapters together. Simply awesome! :-D
Is there any truth to the rumors that Sulu will be gay in ST09? I think it’s about time ST had a gay human character.
59 – No.
“…he’s thrust into the position of helmsman by accident, and all of these things are happening. … He’s not supposed to be on the ship; he’s not supposed to be doing all this stuff.”
This comment from John Cho is Interesting to me because it sounds like a similar situation from the novel, “Star Trek – Enterprise- The First Adventure.” It’s been years since I’ve read it, but I remember something about Sulu wasn’t suppose to be the helmsman and Kirk pushed him into it.
I wonder if they had this novel in mind when they were writing Sulu in this movie.
54 – i just saw your comment. We’re obviously are thinking the same thing. I hope Bob responds to this.
53 – Crap. I should have read all posts before posting my messages.
I wonder if it’s one of those Decker moments. “Well, Mr. Decker, I guess you’ll have to double as science officer…” Can you hear “Well, Mr. Sulu, I guess you’ll have to take over at helm…” and “Well, Mr. Scott, I guess you’ll have to step in as chief engineer”? I can.
I think Bob’s said before he had many of the novels in mind when they wrote this movie. If the dead helmsman under Pike is named Mitchell, I say we award them a thousand bonus doritos. And a million if Chief Engineer Olson’s nickname is “Welshy”. ;)
#54-
I ‘m starting to think at least a coupla-few glaring canon inconsistencies will be ‘made right’ in the new movie.
So how did Sulu get on? McCoy make him sick too?
“..AskMen.com ranks new Star Trek movie as 6th most hype-worthy guy movie …”
HE-LLO, EXCUSE ME, WHAT ABOUT GIRLS? -eyeroll-
My friend Kyrie and I are going nuts with anticipation over this. Hehe. Hey, not every girl can swoon over JUST Romantic Comedies.
(Besides, Pine and Quinto are pretty good-lookin’. I could stare at them aallll daaayyy… -swoon-)
@67
The page isn’t called AskMen.com for just the sound of it ;)
Of course they just talk about Guys and Men *gg*
Here in the UK I just booked my tickets for Empire Leicester Square 7th May @ 8.45pm prime seats and am really chuffed about it. I really recommend that others in the UK get booking so we can create a really good atmosphere in there for the movie. If we can sellout the performances by pre-booking as well that will really create some good buzz for the movie.
Wow, that mashup video is really impressive.
@67 I agree 100%. Especially with the Quinto bit. And romantic comedies do indeed suck.
DAC = Downloadable Additional Content.
Sulu was the ship’s botanist in a couple of TOS episodes, I remember Janice Rand interacting with him and the plants in the episode “Enemy Within”…
Now THAT’S geeky, but true.
sulu can say “heeellloooooooo” to me any time! hahaha
re: Pegg not looking like Scotty
I think he’s going to make the role his own, and yet still very recognizable as Scotty. he seems a smart enough actor to pull it off.
I cant really hold it against him if he doesnt look like scotty. .
Scotty looks like he’s fought in a war.
James Doohan did fight in a war.
Juno Beach… June 6 1944…
Don’t let a certain “Roddenberry Visionist” here see these commercials. He’ll say they aren’t real or something because Gene Roddenbury would neeeeever allow this to happen.
re: Pegg not looking like Scotty
# 75
I agree!!!
To all the sceptics: Its hard to see him in the role because they haven’t shown us anything (in the trailers that is).
Once we see more of him I think redhsirt’s words will ring true!
75 & 77. I believe you’re right about that. What I was referring to is the promo shot of Simon Pegg above. It’s been tinkered with so much, it doesn’t even look like a real person anymore.
Pegg’s a very talented actor/comedian and I look forward to his portrayal of Montgomery Scott. After all, he’s got Chris Doohan’s seal of approval. You can’t get much more of a recommendation than that!
For all the naysayers, just be grateful for ANY new Star Trek, Period. I’m speaking for myself as well.
If this movie succeeds in a huge way, as it looks like it will, also expect a revival in interest for all the movies and series which came before.
Any way you look at it, J.J. Abrams is doing good for Star Trek as a whole. Sure he may have butchered many precepts, but its the life and future of the franchise and bringing in a new generation of Trekkies were talking about here.
The world needs Star Trek……
So, Sulu is pretty much forced to take over the helm because no one else is able to do it.
Kirk plunks himself down in the captain’s chair because there is no captain or first officer to take over and do it, so he simply says “I’ll do it.”
Are we supposed to believe that on an entire starship peopled with academy-educated personnel — a number of them presumably having logged many space hours, that there are no backup, TRAINED crew to step into these key positions at any time needed. especially in moments of crisis? It sounds, to me at least, like many aspects of this film are pushing the limits of credibility to the breaking point and in defiance of any internal logic just to rev up a lot of fanboy fantasies. Just my humble opinion. Let the refutations begin. They cannot be based on realism or logic.
Oh, and #13, re: “come on, time; go faster!” You must be young. You’ll find out soon enough that time goes by plenty fast. Two months will pass before you know it. don’t with your life away for a movie.
My above post should read “Don’t WISH your life away…”
80. Brett Campbell
Your speculation is very legitimate. However, I find it hard to believe that it is just that simple. Perhaps it will make more sense in the context of the story as to why Kirk must take command. I believe there to be a reason. Possibly something older Spock told him he MUST do. I don’t think Bob or J.J. would go for what you are assuming. It doesn’t make any sense that he would take command just because the captain’s chair is empty. I could be wrong, but that’s just my two cents.
To add to my above post, it seems to me that everyone that is on the bridge in that shot entered into the academy at the same time as Kirk. So even though the other officers outrank him, they all have equal experience in the service. Perhaps Kirk is the only one with the guts to sit in the chair. After all, it seems to be his destiny.
Then again, rank is the deciding factor in those matters, so who knows.
Brett:
You know that the Enterprise is always the only ship in the quadrant, and, ready or not, she launches in 12 hours, and she’s only got a boatload of…children on board, and the transporters don’t work, and the photorps won’t be installed until Tuesday.
Sulu’s an easy one!
82-84 Governator – I hope you are right that it is not that simple, and of course we are only seeing the briefest of snippets out of context in these trailers. However, it seems to me that there must be other ranking officers on board with experience besides Captain Pike and his first officer. It would be the equivalent of putting two experienced officers on an aircraft carrier with the rest of the ship crewed with rookies. Could you ever see that happening in real life?
AJ – Oops, I forgot all that. I also forgot you should never try to make sense out of Hollywood.
Thanks for the laughs!
“It would be the equivalent of putting two experienced officers on an aircraft carrier with the rest of the ship crewed with rookies. Could you ever see that happening in real life?”
“A chimpanzee and two trainees could run her!”
It’s Star Trek! Not real life.
AJ – What the hell do you mean “Star Trek” is not real life! Now I’m REALLY sulking in my mom’s basement! ;-)
In all seriousness, given Pike’s gravitas, it would be surprising for him to have a major vacancy at helm. But emergencies happen, and apparently, six other starships have already gone to meet the Narada at Vulcan when the E sets sail. So, who knows?
AJ – You apparently know the storyline and the backstory much better than I do.
Sulu was the ship’s botanist
He maintained the exotic plants in the Enterprise’s rec room
90:
I heard it from someone who attended one of the European “20 minute” screenings. It’s apparently out there.
The more I hear it, the more I think “James T Kirk was a great man, but that was another life” is a nod to the SHAT
When is someone going to make a new “sulu Dance” video for YouTube with footage of Cho? :) … oh my! :)
94
I hope that was the intention, because that’s what i got out of it. Man, I remember the first few years of TNG where it felt like they thought TOS was an embarrassment and only grudgingly had any contacts with the original, to see this new movie unabashedly embrace it- it just makes me smile.
Game poster Flames out of the nacelles. Reminds me of the James Blish Books
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/9/12699930_942235b503_m.jpg
#96 – I think they only did that after Naked Now flopped as heavily as it did. They decided then that they weren’t even going to reference the original series again until… I think season three they started to get over it (bringing in Sarek).
Sulu wasn’t a botanist. He said it was his “hobby”.
That he got his undergraduate and graduate degrees in physics, and then went to the Academy makes sense. He’s probably pulled aboard Enterprise because Pike and Spock need his physics expertise. His physics background would make sense for him to drop down to the drilling platform, if he’d been studying the phenomenon’s physics. That while in the Academy he was cross-trained to run the helm of small science vessels ties in perfectly with McIntyre’s speculation in the E:tFA novel.
Even in WNMHGB, he goes to the bridge to report that “Astrophysics” is ready. Astrophysics also can involve studies of astrogation, and celestial mechanics, which is the study of 3-dimensional motion in space. So, it makes perfect sense that an (astro)physicist would cross-train on helm. It’s a simple matter of understanding motion.
I woke up this morning thinking for some reason that the movie comes out tomorrow!!!!!!!
Imagine my agony when I figured out that alas it is still march and not may…
*groan*
Yeah, and I was one of those downloaders in that first 24 hours. Whoo Hoooo! Go Trek!
This is really turning into a circus complete with the aroma of elephant dung.
80. Brett Campbell – March 11, 2009 You took the words right out of my mouth.
This is all great news!
…and, if this new game does well on the PS3,
maybe we could get Star Trek on Home®
#103 – It must’ve been while you were kissing me.
#24
“… Welshy” Olson in red (engineering…”
I love that somehow, that one episode of Futurama has actually managed to name this new character that Scotty replaces.
R.I.P. James Doohan
103 – Ewwww….
#99
“So, it makes perfect sense that an (astro)physicist would cross-train on helm. It’s a simple matter of understanding motion.”
lol
huh
well, uh, actually I guess that’s kind of OK.
I did my under grad in geophysics & my grad in Aero. dynamics & control…
dang… does that mean I’m Sulu?
nah, I’d need a sword…
oh, right, the one I made from meter sticks, foam, and duct tape…
Oops. I meant 105 for the “Ewww.”
103 -Thanks.
I would go see any movie no matter how bad it looked in a trailer if Simon Pegg is in it. The guy is seriously funny.
I am guessing that is why he was cast and i’m sure he will be a great scotty.
103 – In my post 109 above, I guess I missed my opportunity to say …
… Domo aragato, Mr. Mugato! Domo!
Sorry … couldn’t resist.
Made it this afternoon….
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@112…
Great Job, Devon!
Next we need the foggy hand that grabs the ship, and everything
is TOS again!
#112 Devon. “It’s life, Jim. But not as we know it.”
#108 Ben IV. My meter sticks are twice as long as yours ;) Physics is phun. Glad you agree that helm control might justify all those hours spent with special relativity and using the Lagrangian to figure out the motions of a very unusually shaped object. Yes, Pamela Anderson. Or the Enterprise. Upick’em.
D.A.C – Download Accessible Content
May be it describes how the game is to be accessed rather than a title – you never know.
@90…
It is an emergency. Everybody believes that a natural disaster happens at Vulcan, an anomaly was detected in the neutral zone like a lightning storm in space, so Starfleet jumps in to help. Pike explained earlier that they are a peace-keeping armada, like the UN today. The Enterprise is not finished, it is three years after Kirk saw her in Iowa on the ground. That explains that Pike has no team in place, everybody is shipped up in Shuttles and tries to find a cubicle. So Sulu and Chekov end up were we know they belong.
116
thorsten:
Makes sense.
I wonder if this is Spock’s first field assignment after teaching at SFA.
This also gives JTK 3 years from the barfight to shipping out.
That’s right, AJ.
Kirk tried to finish one year early, but got into trouble for cheating his way out of the Maru. I bet Spock caught him. Because when Kirk enters the bridge to warn Pike about the trap at Vulcan, Spock is shocked to see him aboard ;))
Are all the officers, Pike excepted, on board with field commissions? From the “Kirk sits down” shot, McCoy clearly outranks Sulu.
As for the KM, I think Trekmovie actually reported that Spock caught Kirk, and that it threw SFA into an uproar.
Pike does not even know Chekovs name… it is all very hasty.
They grab everybody available to man the ships.
And it makes sense that Bob made the Maru test the center of the Kirk/Spock conflict we are about to witness, as a strong echo to TWOK…
i think the comic book tie-ins are great! Now the story makes sense! Who travels back in time just to kill one man ;)
120:
It makes it more feasible, then, that Kirk could sit in that chair at that point in time.
He is ready, AJ.
After he met Spock Prime, anyway.
The Kirk returning from Delta Vega is the Captain we know.
And imagine how many ships are lost with all hands around Vulcan…
And then there is the showdown on the Narada when Nero attempts to redesign the Bay Area…
123:
“The Kirk returning from Delta Vega is the Captain we know.”
No mind-melds involved, I hope.
hehe, no.
But you see in his eyes how much he is changed by the encounter…
he is finally made from young rebel into officer and gentleman…
#49 – If anything, the only thing that didn’t make sense was Anakin saving Luke’s life by piloting the ship down (because he didn’t). Everything else pretty much fits.
118
“Kirk tried to finish one year early, but got into trouble for cheating his way out of the Maru. ”
So the Kirk in this timeline doesn’t take it twice and fail before taking it the third time and “succeeding?”
Spock: The Kobayashi Maru scenario frequently wreaks havoc on students and equipment. As I recall you took the test three times yourself. Your final solution was, shall we say, unique?
Kirk: It had the virtue of never having been tried.
That has always suggested to me someone who refuses to to lose, and certainly not someone trying to shortcut his way to success.
@127…
Good point, BK613.
I don’t know if Kirk takes the Maru three times this time around…
All I know is that Kirk tells Pike “Four years? I’ll do it in three”
116 thorsten
I’ve theorized that the bridge crew (and probably majority of the ships crew) are cadets/rookies. Revealing that Sulu is “thrust into the position of helmsman by accident” reinforces that theory. As well as what thorsten is speaking of.
anyone noticed that other federation ship on the D.A.C. cover? looks pretty 24th century to me!
#130 – They look like demented Oberths if anything.
Which would fit perfectly into the ‘demented’ design of the reboot.
#130 – Maybe not demented Oberths, but certainly in the same style of the reboot Enterprise. Not 24th century at all.
That Star Trek Wars clip looks awesome!
I’ve never believed in the whole Star Trek v Star Wars debate. I believe that Star Trek and Star Wars can live harmoniously and this video mashup proves it! :)
112 – Hilarious job!
Got in there first:D
The more I hear about this film the more excited I get.
And I can’t stop watching that new trailer
#134 I’d give good money for someone to juxtapose a shot of TOS Kirk and Spock looking at the viewscreen, seeing Punkd Kirk and Spock looking at the King, or something else… an old Ford Fairlane? Abe Lincoln in a chair?
Some side-by-side mashups of Trek with itself would really be fun now… Without Riker saying “end program” of course.
80 and 82
I remember reading somewhere, most likely on here, that Pike makes Kirk second in command under Spock before he goes to Nero’s ship (during the skydiving sequence) and then after Kirk meets Old Spock on Delta Vega, he goes back to the Enterprise, pisses off young Spock and takes command.
This might not be true but it sounds the most plausible to me.
If this is true though then Kirk was just following Pike’s orders.
Shitty tidbits, I want better news and I want it now.
137 – Perhaps you are right. I don’t recall reading that Pike made Kirk second in command, but it would explain his taking command. BTW – great handle! That must be a great job, being Picard’s barber. I would imagine it leaves you lots of spare time.
138 – They can only give us the news as it’s reported to them. Have the doctor up the mg count in your chill pills.
@137…
Right. Pike makes Spock acting Captain, but to the Half-Vulcans utter surprise Kirk becomes XO.
Spock: “Captain, please, I apologise.
The complexities of human pranks escape me.”
Pike: “It’s not a prank Spock, and I’m not the captain.
You are.”
Thanks for all the tidbits thorsten. It’s helping.
So I guess we will see at least one prank pulled, Liz ;))
@139…
Thanks! It’s the easiest job in the galaxy. Doesn’t pay much, but it does allow me plenty of time to practice my under-water basket weaving.
@140 *bows down before thorsten* You know so much, you shall rule us!
143 – That’s great. The u/w basket weaving must be good training for zero-g basket weaving in space.
I teach scuba diving part-time and one of certification agencies I instruct for has the contract with NASA to train astronaut candidates in water tanks to help them get acclimated to zero-g.
Now, cutting Picard’s hair underwater — that’d be something to see. At least his sheared locks wouldn’t clog the pool drain too badly.
@144…
haha, thanks Selor…
It was quite a job to watch the four scenes, listen to JJs comments about them, and then to remember as much as possible.
Just another 55 days to go ;))
OF course it’s the same Production Designer for the commercial, it’s the same set ;)
Regarding using the same DoP: As an alumni of the Scott brothers, he should be used to commercial-style shooting, but way to expensive for a commercial…. someone just put lots of money into his hands ;)
I love the idea of Simon as Scotty, but I’ve always thought he doesn’t look sufficiently older than the rest of the characters as he was originally portrayed.
absolutely pmsl at that Trek/Wars mash. Goes to show there is nothing new under the sun/s!!
The thing about Kirk taking command is that apparently when Pike leaves the ship temporarily, he leaves Spock in command and makes Kirk acting 1st officer. That command is valid until Pike is either confirmed dead, rescinds the command, or is superseded by a Starfleet pencil pusher.
I saw the CINEFEX in a store today … doesn’t look like they asked the right questions. Still haven’t bought one since I stopped working there back in 2000 …