ST09 Tidbits (T-55 days): Kirk’s First Doctor Talks, Trek on ToyFare, Trailer in Français, SF Skyline Flap + more March 13, 2009
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Great Links, Star Trek (2009 film) , trackback
We are just 9 Fridays away from the premiere of the new Star Trek movie — which we count as 55 days (and change) to the midnight Thursday shows. Today’s tidbits has comments from the woman that brings Kirk into the universe, a new Trek mag cover, the new trailer in French, an upset San Franciscan, and much more. [UPDATE: Ron Moore 'salutes' new movie]
Kirk’s First Doctor Speaks
[minor spoilers] Back in 2007 TrekMovie first revealed that Fifth Element actress Sonita Henry had a small role in the new movie, we also had a brief interview with the actress. In our recent trailer analysis we revealed that she plays the doctor that brings baby James T. Kirk into the world. Now in a new extensive interview with Starpulse’s Mike Ryan, Henry talks about playing the unnamed (and alien?) Doctor, here are a couple of excerpts
Mike: Do you want to give her a name right now?
Sonita: What name would she be? I don’t even know what she looks like.
Mike: Really? Did they add effects later?
Sonita: Yes. There will be effects. I’m not sure where my character is from, they never told me that. I wont know what I look like until I actually watch the movie.
Mike: Some of your scenes are on the USS Kelvin?
Sonita: Yes, that’s the ship we are on. Kirk’s father is the captain of the Kelvin. In the shots from the trailer, The Kelvin is being destroyed. In that time everything is being blown up and Winona Kirk is trying to deliver [James Kirk].
Much more from Sonita at Starpluse. Henry also recently blogged about her time with Trek, noting:
The last time I was in Long Beach was to shoot the USS Kelvin shots for “Star Trek” (at the Long Beach power station) – all the shots where we’re running thru corridors with a very pregnant Winona Kirk who’s about to pop out James. T Kirk, future captain of the Enterprise and bedder of many women/aliens.
Baby James T. Kirk meets his first space babe
UPDATE: Ron Moore ’salutes’ new movie
In a new interview in The Hollywood Reporter with BSG co-creator (and Trek vet) Ron Moore, the subject of the new movie came up, here is what he said:
THR: As a person who used to write for “Star Trek” shows, what do you think of the new movie, from what you’ve seen?
Moore: I’m very encouraged. I salute them for going back to the beginning and revitalizing it. I think that’s exactly what the franchise needed.
Kirk and Spock (in plastic) on cover of FoyFare
This week ToyFare Magazine Issue #141 went on sale, with two covers. One featuring toys from the upcoming Wolverine movie, and one for Star Trek. The feature on Trek covers the new Playmates toys, but there isn’t really anything new in it that hasn’t been covered (see our extensive feature on the Star Trek Playmates toys). However the cover featuring Kirk and Spock figures in a classic TOS publicity pose is pretty cool, check it out.
Star Trek on ToyFare
Le Trek
The French version of the Star Trek trailer is now available on YouTube (thanks to ‘LeSPOCK’). The new trailer is très impressionnant en français.
San Franciscan upset over Star Trek’s new SF skyline
San Francisco Bay area businessman and blogger Zennie Abraham has a bone to pick with JJ Abrams. He has a big nit to pick about something in the new Star Trek movie that he thinks is way too big, but strangely it has nothing to do with nacelles. Abraham is upset about the size of the buildings in the future San Francisco, and the SFist site is backing him up. Check it out.
Well Mr. Abraham, I lived in San Francisco for many years and I have no problem with the depiction in the trailer. This will be set in a future that has presumably figured out how to control Earthquakes (which limits building heights) and a post World War III world that may have different priorities. By the way Zennie, the bridge you pointed out as the Bay Bridge is actually the Golden Gate Bridge, looking towards the Presidio. Regardless, it is kind of refreshing to find a whole new area of nitpicky debate.
Leaked images?
TrekMovie has learned that if you put a question mark after something, it is a great way to start a big traffic-generating internet rumor. So here goes
Is this a leaked image from that secret scene written for Shatner?
Hi boys – now get off my ship
Could this be a first look at the Burger King Star Trek commercial?
The King demands you supersize your order
Well actually the first image was found on Flickr (made by user ‘Fortyseven’) and the second one was posted here by TrekMovie community member Devon. But could they be real? While we are on the subject of stuff found on Flckr, here is an alternative Star Trek movie poster made by user ‘m0r1arty’, ala Dark Knight.
Does James want a new middle name?
Trailer Remix
YouTuber Section 33 has taken both theatrical trailers and made an interesting remix ‘Trailer 4′ with some additional sound effects and music and a very nice little Easter Egg. Check it out.
Thorsten’s Art Gallery – Kirk
Thorsten Wulff has shown us almost the entire series of his ‘Trek Cast As Art’, but today we finally get to Kirk. This time Thorsten looked to currency for inspiration on how to cast the great one.
It pays to be Kirk
(click to enlarge)
ST09 Bullets
If that isn’t enough for you, there is even more
- Audio version of Alan Dean Foster’s Star Trek adaptation is now available for pre-order at Amazon (on CD – Abridged)
- LA Times Geoff Boucher predicts Star Trek will be fourth highest grossing film of 2009.
Thanks to John, Rob, and Bo (and anyone else I forgot) for sending in tips and links
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Burger King siks
oops sucks
Every tidbit just makes opening day that much more exciting.
Love the site, Anthony! Thanks for all the work!
Everything is bigger in the future.
there is still something about the proportion of action figure kirks head to his body.
the toy mag cover is great, very well done.
Live Long & Whopper!
Thanks for including that Anthony!
So when is the release date for the toys?
I think us trek fans could live with Trek being the 4th highest grossing, but let’s push it higher!!!
James T. Kirk was a great man.
that trailer is pretty good i like the original bridge sound effect they added in
Holy smokes! kudos to Section 33 for that bitchin fan re-mix too bad i couldn’t see that on the big screen
Nice ST : TFB Tidbits,
gee this Trek is going to rock !
The toys are going to be neat !
:o)
The Palace of Fine Art is still there. The trees before it are still the same as in this year!
That fan trailer is kick-ass !!!
Love the Easter Egg ;-)
Wow I love that remixed trailer!! Some of those edits are better than the original trailers. I dig the offbeat music at the end too
Yes, the fan trailer is awesome! Damn, even archival footage of The Shat would’ve been better than no Shat at all!!
Great Joker pic.
‘Why Tiberius?’ – BRILLIANT!!!!
Are you sure that’s a shot of the birth of James T. Kirk? Maybe that’s a pic of Dr. Alyson Cameron giving birth to the child of Dr. Gregory House?
Sorry, not a huge fan of the “Trailer Remix”, being a film editor myself I noticed to many skips and flaws in the video transitions and audio, only the real thing does it for me. Only 2 months!
I’m actually quite impressed by the remixed trailer. And I love the extra bridge sound effects.
That French trailer! Oh—my—god! It reminded me again why I don’t watch synchronized films. I know Hollywood earns more money overseas with synchronized versions, but to me that’s a total nuisance.
Hahah! I love the Why Tiberius poster. I just got a new puppy and named him Tiberius 2 days ago. :)
#21 (kdh): Ditto.
That Toyfair cover makes me cringe!
As always, Quinto looks fine, but they just didn’t get Kirk right.
Start Trek finishing behind Night at the Museum? I’ll go along with Harry Potter, and never underestimate Pixar, but the Night at the Museam SEQUEL?
And where was Wolverine? I expect that to give us a run.
- Harry
Anthony,
Just what are you guys going to do here once the movie opens?
Haha Awesome! Hope you guys enjoy the trailer… Wow SO cool its up here!
28
One look at our front page and you can see this site is more than just about the movie. We cover all star trek and will continue after the movie opens, with a new name ‘trekhq.com’…this site is the number one independent Trek site and will continue to lead with news on all trek going forward.
and of course, there will almost certainly be another movie after this one
Well, I also have a background in editing (mine being television) and I found the fan-made remix quite good. Didn’t pack the punch that the most recent trailer had, but it did have it’s moments. And the “Easter Egg” was good for a smile. Somehow, adding the sound effects takes away from the drama of the original trailer…just my opinion. But, all in all, great job…especially being fan-made.
I am soooooo anxious for midnight May 8th…I’ll be there with bells on (and my old 25th Anniversary T-shirt…lol)
#30 – Anthony…
By FAR, my favorite site on the web. I estimate I stop by at least 10 times a day. And I’ll continue to do so long after the movie’s premiere. Great work by you and your wonderful staff.
21. & 31.
I also work as an editor so it’s cool seeing the opinions. I have to admit I had hoped to make it a little more action packed, but I figured it’d be a fun project for my day off to do… And that Easter Egg shot was what drove me to do it…
Unfortunatly given the source material creative sacrifices had to be made :(
GIve me the rushes and you blow your minds :)
Also my kudos on the fan trailer and the Easter Egg.
Buildings in trailer are from 23rd, not 24th centruy. ;)
the baby in that trailer does look a bit like ‘The Shat’!!
cheers
Greg
UK
Hey Anthony i have been posting for over a year and will continue well after the movie and be posting for the next Movie. This is the best site with the best and latest news. Way to go.
Burger King rules.
And where’s Terminator: Salvation on that list? I expect that to perform massively well, with or without Ahhhrrnaaahhhd.
Loved the shot of Kirk and Spock talking to the Burger King. I can only Imaging the Jokes that Jat leno will tell about that. Can’t wait to see the stars promote on Te Talk Shows and I hope one of them promotes on SNL. Would be so kool.
Awesome! I love Trek toys! Can’t wait for any of this stuff
38: and i expect transformers 2 will be up there. wolverine, not so much.
That remix was great!
And people say Trekkies have no life? Zennie Abraham needs to loosen up a little!
Hold on a second. His video shows a shot of San Francisco from the Bay Bridge…
The shot in the trailer is looking at San Francisco from the Golden Gate Bridge… that bit of suspension span showing is not the Bay Bridge.
It makes sense to use the Golden Gate Bridge too because the GGB has always been used in Star Trek movies, tv, etc. for establishing shots. I don’t think they’ve ever used the Bay Bridge.
Also, you can clearly see Coit Tower and the Palace of Fine Arts. Those views are from the Golden Gate.
Am I wrong here?
…now get off my ship.
Too funny!
trekhq.com? Sounds perfect. This is already my #1 Trek site anyway. I’ll just go ahead and rename the bookmark. :]
“Hi boys – now get off my ship”
I would have went with:
“I thought I told you never to call me here…”
#28 – “Just what are you guys going to do here once the movie opens?”
Have you ever watched ABC News’ “Nightline”? It’s run for 29 years. But most people don’t know that it started as nightly coverage of just a single event – the Iranian Hostage Crisis in 1980.
GOOD coverage of a single event can bloom into an ongoing “Enterprise” (sorry). I expect Anthony’s efforts will contoniue for a long time. (I just hope his hair looks more realistic than Ted Koppel’s)
Comparisons (real world photos by me, 2007):
http://www.startrekmovie.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=862&d=1233794399
http://www.startrekmovie.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=863&d=1233794411
And here is the Palace with the nice happy trees! :D
http://www.startrekmovie.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=864&d=1233794716
That Joker poster should really say “Why Siberius?” instead because it sounds closer to “Why so serious?” and because that kid infamously sounds like he’s saying “James Siberius Kirk!” is his name.
Section33: Bravissimo! The soft TOS bridge effects were perfect. And great choice of that backlit shot for the Easter T. Egg.
I look forward to any “long form” you might be able to put together using all of the trailers to date, along with a good number of other “Easter Eggs” that could be pulled in from the other movies….
Don’t forget that the official site startrekmovie.com has background music playing now that seems to be an overture to whatever new Trek theme Giacchino’s dreamed up. It would make a good addition. It could play over the NCC-1701 construction trailer that was all we had to go on at first.
It’s nice to nitpick at these things, but it kinda helps if you know what you’re talking about.
Who says, that after a cataclysmic nuclear war, activists are going to care about something as mundane and quaint as urban growth, and the preservation of human scale in the urban landscape?
Humans will have bigger fish to fry at that time.
http://geektrek.today.com/
P.S. – I always thought Sonita Henry was smokin’ hot!
The coin resembles the old Deutschmark.
I assume Thorsten doesn’t like the Euro very much.
That Shatner on the view screen image is great, and the caption is hilarious!
#54—”I assume Thorsten doesn’t like the Euro very much.”
Neither do those of us in the US who like to travel in Europe.
:)
hahaha that Zenne Abrham, what a Joker. Surely SFS would have been completely wiped out during World War 3. Plus he got the date wrong of the movies opening and the era in which this movie is set saying that it opened May 9th and was set in the 24th century…
#47 … Or how ’bout:
“I was out saving the galaxy when your grandfather was in diapers.”
:-)
No way will Star Trek finish in 4th place. More like first.
1. Star Trek 11
2. Harry Potter 6
3. Terminator 4
4. Up
5. (Insert something we haven’t heard of yet, but certainly not Night at the Museum 2, no way, it’ll bomb)
#58—-Or…
“Break up—you look like a cadet review!”
27. Harry Seldom
I heard a news story about some people in the UK who had the opportunity to see “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”, and they were, shall we say, less than thrilled with the final result. The reporter asked one of the patrons about the film, and they said (paraphrasing) “Anyone who enjoyed the books will be greatly disappointed.” So who knows how things will turn out?
Harry Potter will trump Trek, let’s face it.
@54+56…
haha, right about the Euro.
The original coin here is actually the 2005 Kennedy half dollar…
Why couldn’t they have big buildings that soon in the future? Let’s not forget that transparent aluminum was “invented” in 1986!
That fan trailer was awesome – especially for Spock fans! Too bad the creator couldn’t have gotten an image of Nimoy’s old Spock as well.
[...] I’d also like to say hello to Anthony over at TREKMOVIE.COM for picking up the interview and for linking to my blog. http://trekmovie.com/2009/03/13/st09-tidbits-t-55-days-kirks-first-doctor-talks-trek-on-toyfare-trai…/ [...]
“Kirk and Spock, re-invented and better than ever!”
Holy trouble with tribbles, them be fighting words.
Also, why is Kirk naked on the view screen?
Anthony, in the spirit of Star Trek, let it go.
You know what…that version of the trailer…just shifted me from slightly skeptical to very hopeful.
See what sound effects can do for a movie….
BTW, I know I’m setting myself up for a big fall, but…I just wanted to point it out.
Excellent artwork Thorsten.
Nice inclusion of Shatner as Kirk from TWOK in the fan trailer. If only …
What happened to the videos?
Uhmmm… About the French trailer… maybe I’m just a hopeless, strung-out Trek junkie desperate for a fix, but there are a couple glimpses of different footage in there; first a reaction shot from Chekov, and then a tiny bit of Kirk/Uhura dialogue that wasn’t in the original trailer, and of course in French which i haven’t taken since Kindergarten, and thus could not understand. Any French speakers out there care to translate? My UT is busted. (cry)
PS: I find it moderately alarming that I’ve watched this trailer so many times that I can pick out literally a second-and-a-half of different footage, but come on folks, you know you’ve had it on auto-repeat too…
ok, im just a little confused, why are all the images that i see of the view screen so damn blurry and almost like you were supposed to ware 3D glasses? Did I miss something?
Re BK on the Bridge:
Anyone else remember the White Castle commercials on WPIX back in the mid 70s?
They MUST play to that, even though it is a competitor!
Sincerely,
C.S. Lewis
Yeah, that guy looses a lot of credit with the whole 24th century bit. I’ll still agree, though, that they are too big. I just looked at a few views from Enterprise and the buildings there are much more realistic scale wise, and even time travel cant explain that since they dont change anything that far back. Not the end of the world, but just to show that the production designers (or whoever decides how that stuff’s gonna look) havent paid too much attention to the cannon star trek universe.
Buildings will be that big in the future. Just look at Dubai. More people will live in citys and the only place to build will be up. I don’t have a problem with the buildings, but it looks badly polluted.
I must disagree with the general opinion about San Francisco. The entire Marina district next to the Presidio is built on infill put in place after the 1906 earthquake… far from an ideal place to build tall buildings in any century. In addition, the generic “Akira” or “Blade Runner” style futuristic skyscrapers depicted in the trailer reek of lazy design, with the Golden Gate Bridge the only real detail to inform you that yes, this is San Francisco. I would have thought ILM would take a bit more care with the closest cultural center to their offices.
Also, it seems to me that preservation activists would become even MORE fervent in the aftermath of a nuclear war; and TNG’s brief depiction of the “post-atomic horror” seems to suggest that much of the fighting took place in Asia. A limited nuclear war among Asian powers is a much more plausible scenario if we’re extrapolating from today, rather than Cold War-style worldwide devastation.
In any event, it’s just splitting hairs about something that will probably be on-screen for all of 30 seconds in the movie itself.
that vid about the buildings… well lets see.. it’s the 23rd century actually… and by this time they have warp drive, transporter, artificial grav, so I am sure they figured out away to build stuff like that. It’s called Fiction, and it’s called the future.
I just notices something in that fan trailer, they used a shuttle craft to help them in battle, something very logical as in the way an aircraft carrier will deploy helicopters and planes in a sea battle, The only reason I think this hasnt been done yet is because of budget restraints, but obviously this movie has a bigger budget than the rest.
So the French trailer says “6 MAI” at the end, which, of course, is May 6th.
Are they getting the movie two days before us!?!?!?!?
(And the San Francisco video was stupid.)
So they didn’t even get San Francisco right? Amazing! >’;>}
#80: Yes, in France it comes out on Wednesday 6 May.
I’ve never been to San Francisco, I don’t care about any nit picking on the way it’s depicted. As far as my opinion is concerned, Abramham needs to make like a duck and let this roll off his back.
“Hi boys – now get off my ship” — Best Caption Ever.
I never saw SF as being like it is now… in WWIII, we were told, that no major city exists anymore, so SF IS a major city, so it obviously became a victim of the war… and I don’t think they rebuild it exactly as it were before the War ;)
Dear god.. sorry folks, but I sure hope they don’t put that Burger King character on the bridge for whatever ad campaign they come up with! That thing creeps me out big time!
Phooey to Abraham, I want them skyscrapers (not that I’ll be alive at the time)! Human scale is BORING! Thank you.
Ton père était capitaine de vaisseau pendant 12 minutes,
Enrôle-toi dans Starfleet, putain de bordelle de merde!
Vive la Fédération!!!!
#80. aries127
Several other countries are getting the movie before the US and Canada. I don’t understand the logic behind this choice but that’s what it is. You can check the international release dates at the official movie site for more details…
86: I know the BK King is creepy, but having a commercial like that would be funny. He never says a thing, he just nods a lot. :)
The San Francisco building guy was kidding right? I hope… Really….
Yeah, um, …. that San Francisco thing was pretty ridiculous.
Supesguy is correct. It has to be the Golden Gate Bridge, recreating similar views from TMP. I was hoping he’d be upset about the destruction of the Presidio to build Starfleet Command.
I LOVE the Jokerized poster. High five, m0r1arty. >8D
Another daft ‘Trek-related image for your site, Anthony:
http://www.worth1000.com/emailthis.asp?entry=512245
(…at least it’s not ‘Star Trak’!)
Aw, I like the Remixed trailer better than the second way. xD That’s pretty sad. But, ah well, I don’t really care, ’cause it’s got that AWESOME MUSIC (that I hunted all over Google for, found, and listened to for three hours on repeat last night…. heh) and all the other awesome stuff. And it’s got the epic scene from Star Trek II: TWOK where Kirk is coming out of the smoke. TOUCHDOOOOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -happy glee-
I like the Burger King in the viewscreen. And the Joker poster. Haha!!
The Burger King is Future Guy!
I have no problem with the 23rd century SF skyline save for one thing… The iconic TransAmerica Pyramid ought to still be there. But, I suppose we would say that SF was severely affected by WWIII? But if so, why is the GG bridge still there? Was that rebuilt as a duplicate?
That guy sure shows a lack of geographic knowledge of a San Francisco local. The shot is quite obviously looking over the Golden Gate to the south east towards what is today Chrissy Field.
#36
I like the baby, too – best cast! :D
Why are people saying ST: TFB? The future begins is the tag line not the subtitle!!
#1-#2: what a positive opening to start off the comments section (sarcasm).
money? There is no money in the 23rd century! :-P
#80
Yeah, for once France will get the movie two days before America does. It’s only justice: distributors had absolutely no confidence in the previous movies so we had them here three months or six months AFTER the US. Now there seems to be some confidence in J.J. Abrams’s re-energizing of the franchise, so we will have it in the same time, except our movies generally open on Wednesday, not Friday.
#72
The French trailer has the same editing as the British trailer and there is this exchange between Uhura and Kirk:
- I hope you know what you’re doing
- So do I
That nitpicker doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Most skyscrapers on the West Coast, and as far inland as Las Vegas, are about as earthquake safe as our technological capability allows. And we are building bolder and bigger all the time.
They’re going to build a 1,200 foot skyscraper in San Francisco in the next few years (Transbay Terminal Tower).
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/20/BAO7S9J2H.DTL
So, why exactly would we suppose going a bit higher would be a problem for 23rd century Federation technology?
The distance between 2009 and Star Trek is an eternity technologically. The first modern skyscraper – at just around 10 floors – was built in Chicago in 1885. Today, we can build 80 to 100 floor structures with relative ease. And it has been only a little over a hundred years.
@69…
Thanks, LoyalStarTrekFan.
Do you do stuff in Photoshop sometimes?
If yes, there is this Feature in Filter->Render->Lighting effects, where you can use an Alpha channel to create metal surfaces like this.
All you need to do ist creating a clean coin surface first with the stamp tool, than you paste artwork in the channels palette and are good to go.
I am actually more interested in hearing about the genesis os Mr. Chambliss’s 23rd century urban architecture than his interpretations of ships. The buidlings in SF seem to have a sort of organic look to them. And they are decidedly unattractive. Must be a reason.
If SF was leveled in a war, I am sure much of the historic city would be restored. But it doesn’t look like it in the trailer.
While the look of San Francisco makes sense to me, I am much more intrigued by those arcologies in Iowa…
Thanks Anthony, for all you and your team are doing. You’re making this 45 year old geek a very happy man with all your efforts! :)
Re: San Francisco
The influence of TREK XI has officially reached the Big Time. We now have NON-FANS nitpicking this thing!!!
Tomorrow Yahama will start criticizing the Kirk and police cycles…
THIS JUST IN:
PETA criticizes Leonard Nimoy for wearing fur in the web-only second trailer…
110 – Is this true or a joke? If true, where is the evidence to support it? If a joke, it’s not in the best taste.
Kirk’s Mom is a milf!
Anthony,
Isn’t Ron “More” spelled with 2 “o”s? ([UPDATE: Ron More ’salutes’ new movie]?
#111
Brett, did you flush your sense of humor out an airlock? ;)
62. Nice job once again, Thorsten. You know, Kirk’s Pine does look sort of Kennedyesque. Same hair.
Of course I meant “Pine’s Kirk.” Why do I notice this stuff right after I’ve posted?
Ugh!!!!! I live in Qatar ( the country in Transformers) and it lookslike we will not be getting it here. I hate this.
Ce film va être d’incredible. C’est excitant
Seems like almost everyone in Europe is going to see it one or two days earlier :-p
I’m supposed to do the camera in a film of a third year student on May 4 thru 8, so I hope I’ll be getting the night off if there’s a May 7 screening at midnight…
@115…
hey, thanks TNC!
I grabbed Pines face is from trailer 3 at 1:35…
That coin is really cool…possible idea for merchandise?????
#117—”Ugh!!!!! I live in Qatar ( the country in Transformers) and it lookslike we will not be getting it here. I hate this.”
Not at all? That’s awful.
Look on the international release dates, Qatar isn’t there.
Besides the thrill of seeing the official Paramount-released trailers, it is also great fun to see how INSPIRED the general public has become — and has crafted such new versions of the trailer as the fan-made “Version #4″ above. I am absolutely astonished at the incredible music at the END of this new version of the trailer, with its dramatic orchestral downbeats and wild piano part at the end (under the credits)…. WOW! I have to just keep playing it over and over for its tremendous dramatic effect. Absolutely stunning! Drive it home, man. Drive it home!
“Youtuber Section 33,” if you are reading this, THANK YOU: INCREDIBLY WELL DONE, my friend! Where did you get that awesome musical addition for the end (titles portion) of your version? The way it blends seamlessly with the actual score used in the official Trailer #3 makes it sound as if it was actually written for this all along. (Was it, though, and only edited OUT of the official trailer #3 for the time-length restrictions?)
JJ, Bob & Alex, etc: you guys should see if Paramount would consider adding that extra music (as heard at the end of this version).
WOW, JUST WOW. My eyes are already bugging out by the time the actual footage of the trailer ends (including the extra take of Shatner’s James T. Kirk from ST:TWOK here) — and my heart is absolutely POUNDING against my chest as I hear that wild, frantic-sounding, “immediate / in-the-moment” musical score set to the end of this [fan-made, "Version #4"] STAR TREK XI Trailer! Yes, TRULY inspired! I sure wish Gene and Majel were still here to see this event taking place. I honestly believe they would be THRILLED!
@121…
actually I am working on marzipan pies, Norm… ;))
@124 Thanks very much, I’m glad you liked it…
If that is indeed a window on the “new” bridge, Shatner is bigger than ever. Hopefully he comes in peace. “I sort of recognize the one with the ears, but who’s the blue-eyed pretty boy?”
Wait a minute. The uniform patterns are mini-starfleet logos? SUPERMAN RETURNS! Superman Returns! We’re being invaded!
114 – No Sean, I did not. But the fur industry has a long history of extreme cruelty to animals, and I do not find a great deal funny in that.
Great Easter egg..I can hear JJ thinking “Why didn’t we think of that!”
the “city buildings” of Iowa… (see the first trailer), dwarf these little San Fran ’scrapers and I’ll tell you…. THOSE dwarf anything we’ve got by far more….
#129 -
You obviously completely missed the point of my joke.
Every time I see the trailers all I can think is THat COREY FELDMAN is playing NERO. Especially when he talks!
:-)
132 – Apparently I did. Feel free to explain it. It didn’t appear to have a “point” to me at all.
#124…. Other observations on fan-made Trailer #4: I keep playing this one several times a day. And several times a night. And this is the one I’m showing to friends who are still finding out that there’s a new S.T. movie coming out soon. (Yes, there are STILL people who are unaware. I’ll be that won’t last much longer, though.)
In fan-made Version #4 above, the enhanced and/or added audio sound effects (the orbital lazer drill blast, TOS bridge sounds, Winona’s childbirth scream, the warp jump, etc.) add to the dramatic effect. I like it. I keep thinking the roar of the ice planet creature in this version sounds like the Cloverfield monster roar. If so, NICE NOD to that other J.J. Abrams film. (??) And the more I hear that amazing, additional musical overture at the END of the piece, under the credits, the more I hear the incidental music from the first “National Treasure” movie (in the scene where the character of Riley Poole is describing, to Benjamin Gates, how the U.S. Constitution is kept safe in its building in Washington DC), or perhaps the trailer for that movie series. (??) IT’S ALL GOOD. This is making me THINK of things, and that’s a great feeling.
Now, I have to wonder about (and hope to hear soon) what Bill Shatner might think of that “Easter egg” included in it. (!!) I’ll wager he’ll appreciate it, and might even save a copy for posterity — if only to see that his previous work on the show is not being forgotten. It isn’t, Bill: we assure you.
YouTuber Section 33: As a student of film, and one who loves to edit and create such work myself, I sure would like to take a crack at the editing equipment and resources you must have used to create this version. I have a LOT of ideas in mind for more…. (!!)
132 -SPB, I did not mean for my post at 133 above to sound snotty or sarcastic. I meant to be sincere.
Issues around anything to do with animal abuse — which I seen too much of firsthand — and PETA, etc. are perhaps too touchy for me. And perhaps sean is right and I jettisoned my humor out an airlock.
Perhaps your joke references and satirizes an earlier event or comment that I missed and that might be why I failed to get it.
In any case, please pardon me if I have misjudged your joke or you. I did not mean to.
Oops. I guess my earlier post was at 134, not 133.
That San Francisco dude is such a loser! Someone needs to get laid…
Werid. I found Trailer 4 to feel quite clumsy and awkward….well done as a fan made trailer, but not the trailer I would show to friends. It just doesn’t flow as well, and the old school sound effects don’t really fit the new visual style.
#139 – That’s okay, New Horizon. It’s exactly what freedom of expression is all about: we can disagree on items within a piece of art or variations thereof, and can also agree on the overall piece [attempt] at the same time. Or something like that. Hey, that’s IDIC at work.
Maybe this is something of what it’s like in a script break-down session, when episodes of TNG, DS9, VGR and ENT were in production: the writing staff might not always agree on details of a story, but WOW did they ever try their darndest to turn out the best episode they could. Not everyone always liked the results, but overall, I think we actually did: we’re fans of the Star Trek saga – which says a lot to what Gene Roddenberry may have originally tried to explore and/or share way back when. And BOY, did he ever capture our imagination! (This website is just one positive example.) Perhaps, to use a play on words, it’s a ‘new horizon’ to admire: it can be sunrise or sunset, both have their merits, their beauty. Yeah: IDIC. Like the effort or not, fan-made trailers such as this show just how inspired many of us really are. Hats off to JJ & Co., to the casts and crews of the entire Star Trek franchise (from the ’60s to the present-day), to us fans, and to The Final Frontier.
74. C.S. Lewis – March 13, 2009
Re BK on the Bridge:
Anyone else remember the White Castle commercials on WPIX back in the mid 70s?
:-) I do! I do! :-)
“Mission Impossible III” was also released in France two days before it hit the States. I was in Paris for a week in mid-April 2006 with my girlfriend, and the Paris rail system was overrun with posters for that flick.
#142 – “….and the Paris rail system was overrun with posters for that flick.”
Maybe it would behoove Paramount’s distribution arm to take a cue from Zephram Cochran: “…I TAKE TRAINS!” he shouted to Riker, in the cockpit of the Phoenix (just before lift-off, in ST-8). Plaster those ST XI posters ALL OVER the N.Y.City subway station platforms, as well as Amtrak and commuter rail platforms everywhere (if allowed) …. and various railway stations around the world for that matter, when it’s time for the film’s release. ‘Just to get the general public into Training, as it were. (—suggested with tongue planted firmly in cheek.)
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