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First Trek Film Footage Unveiled
Ostracus writes "Lost creator JJ Abrams has unveiled footage from his Star Trek prequel at a press event in London.
The clips featured US actor Chris Pine as the young Captain Kirk, Heroes star Zachary Quinto as Mr Spock and Simon Pegg as Enterprise engineer Scotty.
The audience also saw Leonard Nimoy reprise his role as the older Mr Spock in one of four excerpts from the film.
In his introduction, Abrams said he wanted the film to be released in May 2009, to feel 'legitimate and real.'
Speaking at London's Vue West End cinema on Tuesday morning, the film-maker admitted he had 'never really been a huge Star Trek fan.'" Note that the article doesn't actually contain the footage, just brief descriptions of it. The video clip included is just the old trailer that we saw many moons ago. But that won't stop me from lusting.
Lost creator JJ Abrams has unveiled footage from his Star Trek prequel
Ha! If the movie will be as ridiculous as Lost is then we can look forward to such silliness as a detached, renegade warp nacelle which will fire up on its own while sucking people into it* as well as trombone glissandi** in the soundtrack! Shows like Lost make me yearn for more realistic shows...say, Twin Peaks ;)
* Remember the wreckage of the jet shortly after it crashed? It showed that one detached jet engine intermittently revving up by itself. What they tried to make creepy was just...funny. Again. At least the engine managed to suck someone into it before it finally exploded.
** Don't remember which part, but when something scary happens right before a break, 2 trombones a whole-tone apart play a descending parallel glissando. For you non-music types, think of what a trombone would play to accompany a clown falling off of a roof! It's entirely inappropriate for what should be "scary"!. My girlfriend, who is a rabid fan of the series, never understood why I always laughed at the same times that she jumped out of her seat in frightened surprise!
after all the bugs got worked out of the prototype
Sony and Toshiba Corp are issuing a recall for all warp drives produced between June 2149 and March 2151. The drives are defective and may explode, even when the ship is running under impulse power. All ships equipped with such warp drives are encouraged to dock at their nearest Federation spacedock for a free refit.