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Star Trek Nemesis Preview Online
T-Kir writes "Originally from a news link at Trekweb, iFilm has a preview of Star Trek Nemesis in WMP, Real and Quicktime formats, it is also recommended you view with a broadband connection. [ed. snip] All in all a nice piece of eye candy until the films release on December 13th." This is a long trailer with lots of spoilers - you've been warned.
"A long trailer with lots of spoilers"
Sounds like a NASCARedneck fixed hisself a mobile home that's ultra-stable on the freeway.
You can never equivocate too much.
Dammit, dammit, dammit. I have no control. Must - watch - trailer - or - brain - will - collapse.
Did it. Are you happy now? No use to go see it.
I'm surprised that I haven't seen more (any really) previews on television for Nemesis. Maybe I just haven't caught them but I usually catch at least one television preview for any given big-budget movie during it's marketing time. The only advertisements for Nemesis that I've seen have been posters in theaters when I'm out seeing some other movie. Am I the only one who thinks that this film may suffer from a poor marketing campaign? Heck, I didn't even know when this film was slated to come out until this ./ story!
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Is anyone else sick of trailers giving away key plot developments. To me a perfect trailer is more of a teaser. It should entice you. It should make you want to see the movie. But it shouldn't tell the whole story.
Just my 2 cents (or non-cents *groan*)
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This may very well be the last TNG movie, as the trailers say "A Generation's Final Journey". Seems to hint that this is the cap.
I always believed that after DS9, Trek as a whole should have taken a long hiatus. The gap between TOS and TNG was huge, and TNG turned out to be a fantastic series. But since TNG ended, it's been nothing but rapid-fire Star Trek, most of which can't hold a candle to TNG.
Now they're milking the franchise, and we get crap like Voyager and Enterprise. Insurrection wasn't that great either. I'm hoping Nemesis does something to redeem the TNG movies, as Insurrection kinda put it on a low note. Generations is the best TNG movie so far.
I'd like to see them put the entire franchise to a rest after Nemesis (and kill off Enterprise before the 7 season mark), and let it lie in wait until a team with a GOOD idea a few years down the line can put a fresh and interesting spin on it.
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Let's see: a big bad something threatens the Earth/Galaxy and Picard and Data and some other guys have to beat up the big bad guy and save the day.
Along the way, various minor cast members will have short/throwaway scenes, but most of the real meat of the plot will involve Picard and Data.
There will be a Worf joke.
Not like we haven't seen 3 of these already, you know.
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As of right NOW... its not working... i get a page not found error when trying to load the trailor or the preview...... So... did slashdot /. ifilm? will this mean the mpaa going after the evil slashdot hackers for DoS'ing ifilm's website?
Its here in his web site
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For those that don't already know... this movie is rumored to be the starting point for a new series ("Fall of the Federation") to star Riker, Troi, etc (no Picard or Data)... Read about it here...which would explain the comment Picard makes in one of trailers...
- The V-ger debacle.
- KHAAAAAAAN!
- The Spock debacle.
- The whale one--rocked.
- Worst...Debacle...Ever--search for Jebus.
- Klingons, in-jokes, etc.
- Cross-generation debacle.*
- BORG QUEEN.
- Zzz..debzzzaczz..zle.zzz...
Obviously, this movie will kick some ass. Go out on a high note!*I find it odd that you thought -Generations- better than First Contact. Really, that struck me. I know plenty of folks that like Generations, but those folks LOVE First Contact. Borg Queen man! Time travel! Wow. Did you like Search for Spock more than Wrath of Khan (shudder)?
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'Evil Sting,' as you put it, was played by Malcolm McDowell. Ever see "Clockwork Orange?" Main character; that's him. He's evil.
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I'm surprised that I haven't seen more (any really) previews on television for Nemesis.
I've been thinking the same thing but I'm starting to worry if the studio thinks the movie is going to be a bomb. As others have mentioned, there is stiff competition in the action/adventure genre from Bond and LotR. Perhaps they are worried that it just won't be able to keep pace and they are cutting their losses by not spending much on advertisting. The die-hard Trek fans will go to see it anyhow. A lot of people will go see any film just because they are tired of holiday shopping. The number-crunchers at Paramount may have calculated that negative word-of-mouth will override any benefit obtained by an aggressive marketing campaign.
Just my thoughts. But I have already read one review for the movie that suggests that this film will not even come close to fulfilling expectations for a film billed as the "final TNG adventure".
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