New Star Trek Behind The Scenes Photos May 6, 2009
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This morning Paramount has released a new set of behind the scenese photos from the Star Trek movie, showing director JJ Abrams at work with his cast on various sets and locations. Some of this we have linked to before recently, but we now have high resolutions of all the new BTS photos, plus some that we haven’t seen before.
JJ Abrams working with cast of Star Trek
[note some captions have minor spoilers]
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JJ with Chris Pine, Karl Urban, Zachary Quinto and Zoe Saldana at Academy Hanger location
JJ with Zoe Saldana on Kobayashi Maru simulator set
JJ with Chris Pine on Kobayashi Maru simulator set
JJ with cast on bridge set of Enterprise
JJ with cast on bridge set of Enterprise
JJ with Zachary Quinto in transporter room set
JJ with Simon Pegg in Scotty’s lab set (Leonard Nimoy in background)
JJ with Chris Pine in Scotty’s lab set
JJ with John Cho and Chris Pine on drilling rig
JJ with Eric Bana on Narada
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great pics!
ST got it’s first negative review at Rotten Tomatoes and it was from Armand White, naturally. He hates everything…
JJ gives good director hand. And Chris was showing Captain’s crack.
cool!
first to comment. woot! everything looks great. i cant wait to see it tomorrow. it is going to be epic.
Interesting how they are leaking just a little bit more…. I feel like a lost puppy without any new stuff…. Tommorow can’t come fast enough.
Saldana is hot! Hell, so is Pine… whewww!
oh my ! can’t wait !!!!!!!
awesome
awesome
awesome
awesome
oh my ! can’t wait !!!!!!!
What, no mention of LEONARD (FREAKIN) NIMOY in the scotty’s lab pics??…
ALso i agree with the Armand White comment. PSHAW. Basically still at 100%… This movie is destined for Certified Fresh
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Tomorrow we’ll be far away,
Tomorrow is the judgement day
Tomorrow we’ll discover
What our God in Heaven has in store!
One more dawn
One more day
One day more
…until Star Trek
Are we keeping secret that Leonard Nimoy is in this picture?
YAY ITS FINALLY GONNA BE HERE!!! OMG OMG OMG OMG PANNIIICCCCC!!!! Seriously though, this is friggin awesome. The time has finally arrived and I am too damn excited.
Damn… Am I seeing a John Barrowman (Torchwood) / Karl Urban ressemblance here (see the hangar picture)!!!
I really dig that JJ is wearing an Infocom t-shirt in that third one. :)
Spiked canon…nice enthusiasm….bad spamming
added note on Nimoy
Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no one has gone before.
God love this lines!
Is that transporter room on the enterprise? It seems to look quite a bit different, at least from that shot.
Since before your sun burned hot in space, and before your race was born, I have awaited….this movie’s release.
YOU CAN TOTALLY SEE NIMOY’S HAND in that second scotty’s lab pic. Whooooaaa! I’m geeking out here! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
ummm get it right: the pic where the caption reads:JJ with Chris Pine in Scotty’s lab set …that pic is in A SHUTTLE..not a lab
@#2 – Yes! Excellent director hand! Almost shatner-esque, in a way, if I don’t mind saying…
Anthony….not intentional…..site was busy and I didn’t think it was accepting…however if the movie is awesome when I see it tomorrow. I will put awesome 10 times and make you work. :-) cheers
Looks like Nimoy behind Pine in the “JJ with Chris Pine on Scotty’s lab set” photo, too.
Really cool to see these! I can not wait for tomorrow night!
I love the realism of the final shot in the trailer when they’re on the drilling rig. To see the behind-the-scenes photo with the rig platform in front of a green screen, and the fact that they’re simply on the ground, it has to show that it’s just amazing cinematography and special effects mastery.
JJ and crew nailed it.
I’m liking the Kobayashi Maru (Kelvin derived) simulator set. It seems to have a lot of ENT feel to it.
I think they should have used the Kobayashi Maru set for the Enterprise.
Hey, I wonder if we’ll see some klingon ships during the kobayashi maru test. That’d actually be kind of cool if they used the same footage from TMP as they did in WOK.
Great pics! THANK YOU!
For the “JJ with Chris Pine in Scotty’s lab set” picture, please correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t that a shuttle?
Greg
SPOILER
it is both
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@31: SPOILER!!!
Yes, they do :)
#2..
“Set phasers on…spackle! Cover that Captain’s Crack!
just noticed that the uniforms have front pockets, which i think is interesting since most of the past uniforms never had those.
i like the pockets, don’t get me wrong, they make the uniforms feel more real and less like costumes – but it got me to wondering what a starfleet officer would carry around in his front pockets.
i mean they already have utility belts, and it isn’t like they would have any car or house keys in there.
36:
Don’t even joke about it. Do they?
Did Zoe’s posterior cause that unsightly bulge in the pants of the guy off to the right in the second pic??
I wonder if Uhura can speak Burger Klingon…
These are the only pictures in which I can read the captions without having spoilers, the sets look great.
I CAN’T WAIT!
#38: The uniforms in TOS had pockets. You can see them in some episodes and more clearly in those costume elements that still exist. They had openings near the waistband rather than down the sides.
SPOILERS???
36: They use klingon ships, or they reuse TMP footage? I saw a comment here that said they *didn’t* reuse TMP footage, but they did use klingon ships – but now it’s gone.
I have been a Trekkie since the age of 5, and I have NEVER been this anxious about a Trek movie like I am right now!!!
I fear I may pee myself in excitement when I finally see it tommorrow.
*note to self; take extra pair of pants to theater*
Looks like Ben Cross (Sarek) is also in the shot of Zack and J.J. in the transporter room.
Can’t wait. Seeing this tomorrow in IMAX!!!!
Awesome!
We are getting oh so close!!!!!. Trek Minus 1day and 4 hours and 25 minutes. I just can’t wait any more. This will be fantastic it will be wonderfull and oh my GOD!!! i am not going to get to sleep tonight. let the Future Begin!!!!!!!
In 20 hours I will have seen Star Trek at the Imax in London! Is it sad that, at 28 years of age, I can honestly say that besides the birth of my niece I have never been this excited in my life??
“JJ with Chris Pine on Scotty’s Lab set” is misnamed – that’s the set for the shuttle, NOT Scotty’s lab on Delta Vega.
Ok. Im from the Past. I came to the Future to see the Movie and go through the last day and the excitement and then im going back to the summer of 2007 and ill give all the spoilers on how the move playes and spoil it for everone. Ha Ha Ha !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Only 11 and a half hours till Hungarian premiere!!!
Can’t wait
The sets look fantastic and i bet they will be so incredable on the film.
in these final moments before the new movie, i find myself reflecting on the past few years of anticipation. i keep going back to dec 07 (or whenever they pushed the release date back), where i had so been looking forward to celebrating being ‘one year away’ from the release. i was soon crushed. a true khaaaaaaaan!! moment. its funny how now that i am one day away, it was all worth it.
This is the first set of photos where I’ve seen that the uniform boots have *buckles* near the top to cinch them tight. By and large the uniforms are much more like “The Cage” in some ways than TOS proper. The simplified braid, the less-snug boots, the smaller delta patch, and the greater use of utility belts. That is probably coincidence, but from a timeline standpoint makes some sense.
I always thought Roddenberry’s vision of “hide the fasteners and zippers” to indicate in a subtle way that it was the future was a good idea. But I’m not going to fuss about it too much – it has been part of the movie trend since TWOK to indicate “reality”. Funny thing though: today’s “reality” is tomorrow’s anachronism.
7 hours and 20 minutes from now I’ll be in a brand new IMAX theater for it’s grand opening! The midnight showing of Star Trek! I am sooooo freakin’ psyched! I’ve never been to an IMAX theater before, so my first experience being the new Trek film is just amazing. I cannot wait!
JJ Abrams on Charlie Rose: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9077465632704763401&hl=en
#54 I agree with you. Sine the first day i heard that the new movie was going to be made and the first time i came to Trekmovie almost a year and a half ago or maybe longer i have looked with great anticipation to the Movie. All the posts that i have put on here and all the fun times we all had about what we thought about what would happen and the canon arguments we had and so forth was a lot of fun. I know we will continiue to do so for the next Movie that they will be doing and of corse we will all be here to talk about the new Movie this weekend and beyond. It has been a pleasure and honor to read all the post from everyone here and i think everyone on Trek Movie should give a special thank you to Anthony Pascale for this incredable site that was created by a huge fan for all of the fans of the greatest show of all time Star Trek.
The Kobayashi Maru simulator / Kelvin bridge looks AWESOME!!!
THAT’S how a starship bridge SHOULD LOOK!! =D
EXCELLENT!!!
Nice plumber’s crack there, Capt. Kirk!! ;-)
The cadet uniforms (from the Kobayushi Maru scene) are uncannily like Wesley cadet PJs from Seasons Two and Three of TNG aren’t they?
The brilliant Ben Cross is visible in the background in the transporter room set photograph and how much does Quinto look like Nimoy in it?
TyanaZai
You’re not the only one who’s noticed the resemblance. I had that same realization months ago.
It just doesn’t get any hotter than this…..
#49
Hey Shaun B. Not sad at all – I’m seeing it in 14 hours and 50 minutes at the Empire Leicester Sq, and I’m so excited I might wet myself.
#54 – same here
I too have been thinking about the past up til now…all the anticipation and news and rumors and updates and countdowns. And as excited as I am, its all a little bittersweet to have it end after checking this daily for 2 years. I look forward to tomorrow and TrekMovie’s coverage of TrekXI’s success and TrekXII. As I’ve been saying all along…keep it coming! Great stuff!
Notice the refractive sheets on the transporter cove panels? Great nod to the original show, there!!
Well boys, girls and transgenderd species the hours have commeth for me to boldly go and see the new film.
Before I go I would like to thank Mr Pascal and his intrepid crew at Trekmovie.com for keeping me update with all the goings on with the film.
Heres to the next chapter in the legacy that is Star Trek
Rotten Tomatoes has finally upgraded Trek to “CERTIFIED FRESH”
Congrats JJ and Co.
It would be interesting to find out what Blimp Hanager they filmed the academy shuttle scenes in. Anyone know??
I love the Kelvin/Academy simulator bridge; its very ST VI. Enterprise bridge looks oval instead of round.
still trying to figure out why the Kobyashi Maru participants are in the pajamas, and what are those little loop-things in the shoulders?
Orbital dive outfits remind me a little of ‘Enterprise’ spacesuits-cool. Pine & Cho look like a couple of kids relaxing on a playground, don’t they?
One thing we can all look forward to: the ‘making of’ section in special features on the DVD. I’m kind of a “five dollar DVD bin at Wal-mart” kind of guy, but I’m buying the DVD with all the extras when it comes out.
40. Duncan MacLeod: “Did Zoe’s posterior cause that unsightly bulge in the pants of the guy off to the right in the second pic??”
NO doubt! I’d be SPRUNG too, staring at that fine BOOTY!! =O
I saw a screener at the arclight in Hollywood last night and it exceeded my expectations. I was excited before but now im more excited for the release. going to see it in IMAX at 7pm and then the midnight show! All i can think about is Trek right now.
05-07-09… the wait is over!
#58- Hell yeah! That Kelvin bridge is a BRIDGE, dammit!
And no barcode scanners, either.
On a side note, Anthony, I’d be interested to know what the web statistics of this site will be once the movie is out in full swing. I hope you don’t lose a lot of the users who have been so active and vocal (sometimes too vocal!) on this site, not to mention the people who really made it special, such as Bob Orci, Chris Doohan, and James Cawley. Did Randy Pausch or JJ or any of the actual actors or other production team members ever make a confirmed post in previous blog entries?
Whoever mentioned recycled Klingon footage previously: I was so pissed that they used the same Bird of Prey explosion – frame for frame, no less – in two sequential Star Trek movies, General Chang’s ship in The Undiscovered Country and Duras sisters’ ship in Generations. I mean, sure special effects are expensive, but they could have chopped it up a bit, changed the tint, flipped the image, something! I wasn’t such an active die-hard Trek fan on the internet back then, but I hope there was a good amount of bitching when that scene came out.
Gene R once said that he would love if somebody one day came back and redid star trek . For Gene it was all about just that type of show being on the air . Not how acurate every series had to be . I think Gene would tell all of the haters out there who are claiming that JJ is raping their child hood to go and watch the movie . If the great bird of the skies says that then who are we to say other wise .
@71: I believe that should be the title of Anthony’s next blog post tomorrow. We should all then post our experiences about the site, the movie, and everyone who made it happen and made it fun for the past few years here.
I very much prefer the simulator/Kelvin’s bridge to that of the new Enterprise. It looks more like a real work area – more “realism,” if you will.
God I can’t wait until tomorrow.
#75
Agreed! The traffic here is likely to be loaded between tomorrow afternoon and sunday night…likely with feedback. The wait is indeed over.
There are some hardcore fans who have a Video on Hulu who don’t like JJ new trek they say it isn’t in the spirit of TOS and is a Bastardization. But I am guessing they are Cannonistas and don’t like new timeliness that kinda rest everything we know! I for one am going to love this film and hope it does well enough that we get a Squeal!
I like both bridges. the Kelvin looks very functional, militaristic, and functional.
the Enterprise bridge also looks functional, but much more sleek and retro, but in a futuristic kind of way. T-1 day! Two days for me though. Can’t wait!!!
#38: the pants have pockets??????
Not canon! Not canon!
Now JJ has gone too far! I am boycotting the movie!
–snicker–
and if you believe that I have some lakefront property on Vulcan for sale… don’t dawdle…prices like these won’t last!
In the pic with Pegg, JJ and Nimoy, I swear it looks like JJ’s hat says Budweiser Classic….LOL…now that would be cool…
Have you all seen this?
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/trekkies_bash_new_star_trek_film
I think that might by Stanky in one of the clips.
Well, I’ve just seen it. Still collecting my thoughts for a review.
26 hrs 30 min. I can’t wait. hehehehehehe.
So are we calling this the “Neroverse”, since it’s apparently “constructed” due to Nero’s actions?
Just saw it. It was nice. Definitely a new kind of STAR TREK.
Just saw it! (Germany). I have to say it’s funny but i’m disappointed! There aren’t enought spaceship scenes in it!! But i liked the last sequence with the ship!! To much action for my taste! Liked the scene with the Kobaysashi Maru (great work Kirk’s just so cool in that scene)
Greetings to all
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Red Alert. Had to be said.
Extras
wooohooo – just watched it! Just watched it! – And it was a ROUSING ADVENTURE! – maybe not the greatest STAR TREK movie but a great movie nevertheless! Man, do I feel lucky to live in Germany…
I saw the movie tonight, here in germany!
I saw the movie tonight, here in germany!
I saw the movie tonight, here in germany!
and you all have to waaaiiiit ´til tommorow! haha!
sorry, I couldn´t resist.^^
I was blown away! my rating: 10/10!
Nimoy is AWESOME!
#91: are you a sixth grader or something?
Dirty boy! Go stand in the corner… and tomorrow you’ll write 100 times I will keep my libido in check.
(grin)
Just saw the movie and it blew me away. Everyone loved it… we laughed so much.
#1
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090506/REVIEWS/905069997
Ebert doesn’t like either.
The Gene Roddenberry years, when stories might play with questions of science, ideals or philosophy, have been replaced by stories reduced to loud and colorful action.
My thoughts exactly.
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20276708,00.html
Entertainment Weekly review is in! A-
The hits keep comin’!
#97: I’d give him more credit if the entire review wasn’t a rambling diatribe of how they got the science “wrong”. Which would be bad enough, if he knew what he was talking about.
“Consider, at light warp speeds, how imprecise it would be to say “At my command … 3 … 2 … 1 …” Between “2” and “1,” you could jump a million galaxies.”
A million galaxies in a second? This “light warp speed” sounds WAY better than plain old warp speed!
#97 – Thanks for pointing that out, I was waiting to hear what Ebert said.
Who cares what Ebert says, so no worries.
Questioning science, ideals, and philosophy, and etc., was what Star Trek was doing during the most recent years when it was called “dead” by the outside. Not that I support that lack of thought, but if that wasn’t attracting people back then, they needed something new for now or it wasn’t gonna work…hence the reason we’ve been told this is not our father’s Star Trek.
I do not give any crap about what Ebert thinks of the new movie. This guy is getting more and more senile everyday, anyways.
It is nice to hear comments from German Trekkies who watched it. :)
Just saw the movie here in Germany. I give it a 9/10 rating. Easily the best movie to date considering most aspects. Considering depth ST II and ST VI are a bit better… . We laughed a lot. There probably hasn’t been a more funny Star Trek film since Star Trek IV. Great special effects and cast is just outstanding. You can really believe that those character are the younger Kirk, Spock, etc.
The 2 things i didn’t like:
- Physics got flushed the toilet. More than once Spock should have said “What we have just experienced is absolutely impossible”.
- [MILD SPOILER AHEAD] The alternative universe established in the movie leaves a strange aftertaste…only Star Trek 12 will tell, whether it was a good move that’s going to work
Sweet! Can’t wait much longer!! :D
Ebert is one of the best reviewers working in this country – probably the best. Just because he didn’t like a movie you do doesn’t make your dismissive attitude toward him sound somehow bright. ;)
Just back from a midnight screening in Bonnie Scotland (Edinburgh to be precise).
This film kicks butt….in a major way. Absolutely superb with not a wasted minute of screen time.
A definite 10/10. This is certainly up there with ‘The Wrath of Kahn’….whether it is ultimately judged to be better or not will require repeat viewings and the passing of time (to give perspective)…and of course it will still come down to personal taste.
I’ve been avoiding spoilers like crazy….and I’m so glad that I did. This film was just a delight from start to finish. For those who haven’t seen it….you have a treat in store people. I’m so pleased I’m going back to see it after work later today. Woo-Hoo! :-)
Well done to JJ, Robert, Alex, the entire cast (who were great…and Simon Pegg had the Scottish accent down well!)…and in particular Leonard Nimoy. It was a joy to see him don the pointy ears one more time…and if it proves to be for the last time, he’s left the franchise in safe hands.
#101
If he praised the movie you would be saying “he’s the best reviewer ever! wicked cool!”
All this leaves me with only two thoughts:
1) Zoe Saldana… DAMN. Even in a baggy jumpsuit she has a nice ass.
2) What the hell am I doing to do with my life after I see this?
#55 – I agree with you, but more than that the Earthbound Uniforms in and around the Academy more resemble the “coveralls” and dress uniforms seen in Star Trek: Enterprise. I for one really hated Season 1 and 2 of that show, and too bad nobody ever bothered to watch the much better Season 3 and 4 – it really is worth buying on DVD – especially the 4th and last season, where Producer Manny Coto – a die-hard Trekkie since he was in diapers really understood the concept of what the show should be. Early producers of Season 1 & 2 went on to produce the short-lived “Threshhold” series, and the producer of the great season 4 went on to become a writer and producer for “24.” Looks like in addition to “Archer’s dog,” there is the echo of a salute to that series here.
I love Ebert, but I’ve been reading him long enough to know that he doesn’t like Star Trek.
But he gave the Phantom Menace 4 stars. Sometimes you gotta take his reviews with a grain of salt.
#69: “Enterprise bridge looks oval instead of round.”
That’s because it is oval… which was covered in a story in a recent article in here and in Star Trek Magazine (I think),
awesome.
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#104 “Ebert is one of the best reviewers working in this country .”
It’s hard to be “best” at something so totally subjective as an opinion. But he is one of the more well known reviewers, I’ll give ya that.
You have to take all reviewers with a grain of salt because they are just spouting their own preferences. It’s not like Ebert’s movie (was it Return to Valley of the Dolls?) amounted to very much, so being a critic doesn’t necessarily make one a good film-maker. Of course, when you see a film you love, you want to tell the world how great it is. And vice versa. Either way it’s just a personal observation. Neither Ebert’s comments, nor White’s comments, nor anyone else’s for that matter, will have an effect on how I FEEL about the film…
It’s amusing how petulantly everyone is reacting to the fact that a few reviewers happen not to like the film. People have different views; get over it.
First, the crewman with the chunky on the bridge set is a Vulcan; he’s obviously fighting the Pon Farr. Cut the guy some slack. Second, I really like the Kobayashi Maru bridge a lot better than the iBridge. Of course I still have a few hours until I see the movie. I could change my mind. Third, I don’t remember Ebert ever giving a Star Trek movie a glowing review. He’s obviously a canonista.
#116: Some people (perhaps Ebert) just don’t like science fiction in general or Trek in particular. No accounting for taste. But you say “canonista” like it is a bad thing. Those who do like Trek have to have some level of love of canon, else they wouldn’t care if there was any continuity of anything at all! Coherent continuity is what gives a fictional universe – or in this case universeS – life independent of their individual story. And that’s a good thing, not to be dismissed as somehow unworthy of respect.
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Quinto looks as though he is channeling Spock in the arms-crossed-over-his-chest photo.
Kobayashi Maru set???? Awesome!!! I know this is an alternate universe, but I wonder if they preserved Kirk cheating the scenario. That would be just awesome. I’ve always wanted to see his cheating played out on screen.
I have seen the movie today. Happy to be Dutch so the movie would premier today. I have been waiting and countdown for the movie for months now.
The first hour of the movie where so weird. Knowing and really loving Star Trek for over 10 years really is weird for seeing the movie. After seeing Leonard Nimoy I only could watch the rest of the movie with a really really big smile.
The last time some thing I watched were so great, so strange, so overwhelming, so great, so powerful, so breathtaking it where watching Star Trek for the first times. Now I had it again.
Yes, its not canon all. But, many of the Star Trek movies have part who did not comply to Star Trek canon.
Thanks JJ for making Star Trek as it where the first time I discovered it. Really thanks! Star Trek id for my a part of my live. A Part who thought me the perspective of live, the planet Earth and th universe we live in. You made it again feel so breathtaking.
A warning to all Trekkers who are going to watch. What the trailers says is true: forget everything you know!
Were Trekkers and this movie is GREAT!!!!
JJ should be ashamed for destroying the foundations of Star Trek. He referenced the series and movies in the film while completely rewriting it so now we don’t have a planet Vulcan in the star trek universe. Well now this wasn’t a look bad in the past was it? No it was a total rewrite in the hopes of getting a newer following by throwing the existing fans under the bus! Spock in a physical relationship with O’hura??? Crap… Cadets put in charge of starships as if noone came before them. Cadets promoted to Captain upon graduation from Star Fleet Academy? I’m sure the people who were commanders in star fleet didn’t mind that at all. Nowhere in history and notime in the future will raw cadets be put in charge of a military force. Unless Paramount Pictures owns the planet maybe but who cares if the planet is destroyed by impulsive rewriting and ignorance of history, a favoritism based society, and greed!
This movie’s purpose was to throw all existing fans to the wind and replace us with young kids who don’t have the patience, understanding, or the attention to stick with something. They want quick everything like Kirk going from cadet to Flagship Captain instantly. Those same people will drop Star Trek like a bad habit as they gain some experience of their own, or even faster if one of their new young stars becomes unpopular. I know people who have been Star Trek fans since it’s beginning when I was a young child. Over that time they’ve gladly paid for movies, memorabilia, conventions, etc etc. The new target audience will not be like that and will not fork out good money after bad for your garbage. I predict a steep decline in the next Trek convention attendance. I predict a poor showing for the next Trek film if there is one after the fallout of all this.
Shame on JJ! Shame on Mabel for allowing this to happen to the legacy of a man who created a uniquely wonderful distraction for all of us! Shame on Paramount for supporting this direction! Shame on Paramount for calling all the generations of Trekkies “cornballish” as they did today in a press release due to the public backlash about the movie. I will be writing to request my ticket price refund. The movie they called Star Trek, did not contain any true link to what we know as Star Trek except by name only. No fundamentals, no consistency, complete rewriting of it’s history, and destruction of the “future” thereby negating all the previous movies and television series. Those things the producers are mocking are the things that gave them that job, what makes us go to the movie, what makes us watch the series and they couldn’t care less. Guess what JJ, fans are not so easily replaced so now you will see that you will get what you wished for and maybe a little you didn’t want. I won’t see your next project!
I WANT MY MONEY BACK! Not just from this movie, but all the past movies I spent to see now that they’ve made them all worthless and will be rewriting the entire history of the future of Star Trek.
Lilninj
Hi,
I’m a Spanish Trek fan and a filmmaker in my country and I just have seen twice the JJ Abrams’ film. That’s superb, well directed and full of action… It’s science-action!!
Seeing these BTS pics I’d love to stay there participating in some way at the next ST XII shooting. To be in that STXI must be something fantastic and unforgeteable for those ones involved.
LLP, Star Trek!! 11 over 10 for this new movie.
I give BATTLESTAR ENTERPRISE a 7.5 out of 10.
Although I like Roger Ebert but I’m not totally d’accord with his STAR TREK review. Most of the time he often knows what he is talking about but he also gave WATCHMEN and KNOWING a 100 at metacritic and both of them were hardly excellent movies…
Nevertheless, Orci’s and Kurtzman’s writing has it’s flaws. The mind melding flashback was like putting the intro of a TV show in the middle of the movie. It almost broke the hole structure of the film.
On the other hand, the movie was foll of irony and great wordplay. The photography was awsome, the production design not to bad.
The only thing that deranged me were the mathematic and chemical formula in the vulcan school. Why were they displayed in latin scripture?
This was as bad a mistake as the central computer of the Scimitar counting English in NEMESIS.
And the german dubbing of Scotty was like three times more tragic than the killing of six billion vulcans…
I’m a High School student who has seen every episode of every Season of every Star Trek Series, so there can be no one to accuse me of not being a ‘true fan’. I absolutely loved the movie. I believe J.J. Abrams presented a perfect representation of the ST universe which appealed to both my fan boy side, as well as the side of me which expects a heart pounding experience when I pay to sit in a Movie Theatre. They did not “throw me under the bus”, being a hardcore fan of the series. For those of you complaining fans who actually would have received what you’re suggesting, you would not think of seeing it twice. I’m planning on seeing it many times over, however long a ride my low budget will give me. Because it is that; a ride. One which is both exhilarating and interesting.
I personally believe that Abrams appealed to the fans TREMENDOUSLY. Okay, the action sequences are prettier to look at, Hell, you can’t rip your eyes away. Okay, some ideas are a little far fetched, well, I’m telling you right now that THAT is the ESSENCE of Star Trek. I believe that someone was complaining about Kirk being promoted so quickly; you obviously did not follow the theme of the film… I am privileged to have been heavily exposed to film analysis in both my Theatre and English classes. I have seen every major production from Rebel Without a Cause to No Country for Old Men, and have written heavily on them. Movies are basically my pastime, and Star Trek, was the best movie of the year so far.
Again, I too, am a die-hard Star Trek fan. Though this is a case where the phrase ‘change is good’ REALLY means something. The direction they took with Kirk was ingenious; a lone rebel who awaits something which should prove challenging. McCoy was SPOT ON from the old series. As was Scotty (actor was absolutely brilliant). Chekov was stupendous. O’hura was fresh and played into the basest emotional questions we asked throughout the original series. The inclusion of Pike was also ingenious. Sure they took some liberties, but you must understand there were limitations in the 40s which make no sense to carry on today. For example, Star Trek shocked the world with the first ever inter-racial television kiss… All Abrams did was carry the edginess into the 21st century, only now the shock factor comes in a package which is too updated for most Star Trek fans.
Here is a news report explaining the changes Abrams made to the franchise:
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/trekkies_bash_new_star_trek_film
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