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First Trek Film Footage Unveiled

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the but-not-to-me dept.

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.

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  1. Trailer Story FAIL by AKAImBatman · · Score: 5, Informative

    The REAL trailer is coming out in another five days. (Per startrekmovie.com where you can watch the previous trailer in HD.) Perhaps it would have been better to wait before proclaiming it? Or at least give useful information on the release date of the footage?

    The real news at the moment is that a photo of the new Enterprise was released yesterday. I was expecting changes, but this awkward kitbash makes me very unhappy.

    The new bridge was also revealed about a month ago. Many refer to it as the "iBridge" because of its resemblance to Apple hardware. Personally, I'm mostly happy with the bridge design. It appears to be functional and otherwise looks nice.

    I just wish they hadn't made a parody out of the old girl. :-(

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    --Captain Picard (Yesterday's Enterprise)

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    1. Re:Trailer Story FAIL by cosmocain · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Or at least give useful information [...]

      You must be new here.

    2. Re:Trailer Story FAIL by Sloppy · · Score: 5, Funny

      It is not like those curves are for aerodynamics!

      The original Enterprise was so un-aerodynamic that you could even hear it whooshing by in space. So let's withhold judgment until we know whether or not the new ship whooshes.

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  2. Re:Continuity problems already by Chairboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    > And why have a Korean play a Japanese character (Sulu)? WTF?

    I know! And I heard that the guy who's playing Spock isn't even a real alien!

  3. Re:Continuity problems already by Kozz · · Score: 5, Informative

    And why have a Korean play a Japanese character (Sulu)? WTF? I guess they are depending on the old cracker saying "what's the difference?"

    No kidding. It'd be as silly as an Irish Canadian playing a Scotsman, an Englishman playing a Frenchman, an American playing a Russian. ;)

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