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starman · Jan 18, 2008, 10:30 AM

YouTube - Star Trek XI Teaser

Dakar the Fourth · Jan 18, 2008, 10:32 AM

I can't believe I ended up right about John Cho playing Sulu.

MacosNerd · Jan 18, 2008, 10:34 AM

Teaser is the key word here. I'm excited about it, but the teaser offered nothing

starman · Jan 18, 2008, 10:40 AM

NOTHING?

/sigh

almost 1000 posts across two threads on trekmovie.com

torsoboy · Jan 18, 2008, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by starman

NOTHING?

/sigh

almost 1000 posts across two threads on trekmovie.com

That is pretty funny stuff. I would have to agree with the "offers nothing" statement.

TailsToo · Jan 19, 2008, 10:10 AM

Last couple have sucked. Hope this one is better.

But I am leaving the theater if we see the smoke monster.

Tyre MacAdmin · Jan 19, 2008, 04:53 PM

Now that's cool!

Don Pickett · Jan 19, 2008, 09:52 PM

Unfortunately the name "J.J. Abrams" means it will probably suck on ice.

Cold Warrior · Jan 19, 2008, 09:58 PM

Very lousy as teasers go.

Sourbook · Jan 19, 2008, 10:51 PM

I've been looking forward to the new movie, but...

alas, I remain unteased.

Don Pickett · Jan 19, 2008, 11:19 PM

Originally Posted by Sourbook

I've been looking forward to the new movie, but...

alas, I remain unteased.

I agree. In order to be adequately teased, I need 1) to know which hawt woman will play the requisite Space Babe and 2) a picture of the impossible tight and/or skimpy outfit she will be wearing.

starman · Jan 20, 2008, 12:40 AM

Originally Posted by Cold Warrior

Very lousy as teasers go.

What? Not much of a fan, are you?

Gator Lager · Jan 20, 2008, 01:00 AM

Ok maybe she (Winona Ryder) slept with the producer or something to get the part.
"Winona Ryder Cast as Spock's Mother"
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voodoo · Jan 20, 2008, 01:35 AM

I like it.. and I don't even like Star Trek.

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Jawbone54 · Jan 20, 2008, 02:10 AM

Too many question marks...

Simon Pegg as Scotty? Really? I loved Shaun of the Dead, but c'mon...

John Cho? Is he going to play a stoned version of Sulu?

Chris Pine seems okay to be Kirk for me. As for Zachary Quinto...I think he'll do fine, but it'll take a long time for me to quit thinking "Sylar."

Cold Warrior · Jan 20, 2008, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by starman

What? Not much of a fan, are you?

I'm a huge Star Trek fan. Just think that teaser stinks -- it doesn't show anything that teases.

Cipher13 · Jan 20, 2008, 10:54 AM

Teasers, in general, suck.

Apemanblues · Jan 20, 2008, 11:00 AM

Beware Simon Peggs own prophecy

"As sure as day follows night, as sure as eggs is eggs and as sure as every odd-numbered Star Trek movie is sh**..." - Spaced

Eriamjh · Jan 20, 2008, 11:30 AM

Terrible. Just terrible.

starman · Jan 20, 2008, 12:18 PM

Originally Posted by Cold Warrior

I'm a huge Star Trek fan. Just think that teaser stinks -- it doesn't show anything that teases.

It shows quite a lot. The construction of the Enterprise by people and not machines, showing how much work went into the ship. The fact that it was built in San Francisco. Its importance (in that world) to going into space.

Over 2500 people on trekmovie.com got chills watching it. I dunno.....

Cold Warrior · Jan 20, 2008, 12:22 PM

Again -- for me -- that's not a teaser. Just a couple CGI clips thrown together.

Apemanblues · Jan 20, 2008, 12:57 PM

As teaser trailers go, I liked it.

analogue SPRINKLES · Jan 20, 2008, 01:18 PM

The shot is cool but we saw the same thing in the horrible Star Trek Enterprise.

Don Pickett · Jan 20, 2008, 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by starman

Over 2500 people on trekmovie.com got chills watching it. I dunno.....

Over 2,500 people on trekmovie.com get chills when they say "Captain Kirk". Not exactly a random sample.

brassplayersrock² · Jan 20, 2008, 04:54 PM

Originally Posted by Don Pickett

Over 2,500 people on trekmovie.com get chills when they say "Captain Kirk". Not exactly a random sample.

i thought this would be a better reason to get a good chill

Tyre MacAdmin · Jan 20, 2008, 05:45 PM

We've obviously got some non-trekkies in this forum.

brassplayersrock² · Jan 20, 2008, 05:47 PM

lol, i watch it, just not fully submersed in the differences between the cultures and sub cultures of the different shows

subego · Jan 20, 2008, 06:05 PM

Got the chills too.

I'm a huge Star Trek fan, but I think that was more a response to the use of the famous sound bytes.

I'm thinking J.J. said something along the lines of "what if we tried to go for the sort of juxtaposition between real space travel and fake space travel they were going for at the beginning of Enterprise... only have it not suck."

Don Pickett · Jan 20, 2008, 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by Tyler McAdams

We've obviously got some non-trekkies in this forum.

I like Star Trek, but I don't love Star Trek. So, for me, the original series was the most fun, while most of the spin-off series have been plain awful. However, if the new movie is any good I will go see it for the run of it.

Tyre MacAdmin · Jan 20, 2008, 06:09 PM

Originally Posted by Don Pickett

I like Star Trek, but I don't love Star Trek. So, for me, the original series was the most fun, while most of the spin-off series have been plain awful. However, if the new movie is any good I will go see it for the run of it.

Yeah i kind of lost interest when "Deep Space Nine" came out. Those spin offs were not pure "Star Trek" in my opinion.

subego · Jan 20, 2008, 06:12 PM

Originally Posted by Tyler McAdams

Yeah i kind of lost interest when "Deep Space Nine" came out. Those spin offs were not pure "Star Trek" in my opinion.

I thought TNG was great, but that wasn't really pure "Star Trek" either.

For the real inheritor of the mantle of pure "Star Trek", I nominate Firefly.

Don Pickett · Jan 20, 2008, 06:38 PM

Originally Posted by subego

I thought TNG was great, but that wasn't really pure "Star Trek" either.

For the real inheritor of the mantle of pure "Star Trek", I nominate Firefly.

Really? Never understood what people saw in Firefly.

My favorite of the follow on series was Enterprise. At least it had somewhat real people with feelings and problems, instead of perfect androids with no hair.

subego · Jan 20, 2008, 06:43 PM

Originally Posted by Don Pickett

Really? Never understood what people saw in Firefly.

Well, at the least, it fulfills Rodenberry's one sentence descriptor for TOS: wagon train to the stars.

Originally Posted by Don Pickett

My favorite of the follow on series was Enterprise. At least it had somewhat real people with feelings and problems, instead of perfect androids with no hair.

Honestly, I couldn't get past the butt-rock opening.

Don Pickett · Jan 20, 2008, 07:07 PM

Originally Posted by subego

Well, at the least, it fulfills Rodenberry's one sentence descriptor for TOS: wagon train to the stars.

For me the writing was awful, but then I've never been a Wheadon fan.

Honestly, I couldn't get past the butt-rock opening.

Yeah, stupid, but I thought the series was fun. Actually, that's probably what I liked about it. The original series was fun. Most of the new series seemed to have an atmosphere somewhere between tax audit and funeral home.

ghporter · Jan 20, 2008, 10:59 PM

That YouTube link makes it hard to even look at. For this far out, that's a lot of work to have done for a teaser, so I'm thinking that it's real material-assembling Enterprise in orbit really is cool. I just wish I could find the HD version so I could have a clue.

And remember the first teaser for Transformers? It was nasty-but it got people stoked for the movie. And the movie made lots and lots of money... So this seems to be a "pre-teaser" trailer right now. I'm going to bide my time.

Art Vandelay · 01:34 PM

The official trailer will be released online today (1/21/08) sometime.

Update:
Will be released at 10:00am PST on Yahoo Movies

driven · Jan 21, 2008, 01:05 PM

I haven't seen a prequel yet that I like. While I'm thankful that Star Trek is coming back ... I'd prefer they went in a different direction.

Dakar the Fourth · Jan 21, 2008, 01:06 PM

Originally Posted by driven

I haven't seen a prequel yet that I like. While I'm thankful that Star Trek is coming back ... I'd prefer they went in a different direction.

That'd have been most wise.

analogue SPRINKLES · Jan 21, 2008, 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by driven

I haven't seen a prequel yet that I like. While I'm thankful that Star Trek is coming back ... I'd prefer they went in a different direction.

They say they are. It sounds like it is going to be what Enterprise was SUPPOSED to be. Which was to fill in the gaps of the past in an old school sort of way.

Instead Enterprise went for a ship which looked like it was made with todays technology with a star trek foundation to it. Didn't work out so well as it just looked bland. Not to mention they ****ed up the continuity big time and did the same bag of time travel tricks as all treks have.

What they should have done is made it more retro and 70's like they SOMETIMES did with T'Pal's outfits.

So hopefully in this new trek some of the uniforms are miniskirts and the doors are big and red and boxy.

I still wish they had taken a couple more years break though.

starman · Jan 21, 2008, 03:00 PM

Star Trek :: The Official Movie Site :: In Theaters December 25, 2008

480/720/1080

Dakar the Fourth · Jan 21, 2008, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by analogue SPRINKLES

I still wish they had taken a couple more years break though.

That'd have been most wise, as well.

vmarks · Jan 21, 2008, 05:30 PM

So, who did they cast as Melvar?

Dakar the Fourth · Jan 21, 2008, 05:35 PM

Nice.

subego · Jan 21, 2008, 05:48 PM

Originally Posted by analogue SPRINKLES

So hopefully in this new trek some of the uniforms are miniskirts and the doors are big and red and boxy.

In the first season of TNG, they had extras in the background wearing miniskirts... but they were dudes.

Now that's the future.

OwlBoy · Jan 21, 2008, 07:18 PM

Originally Posted by starman

Star Trek :: The Official Movie Site :: In Theaters December 25, 2008

480/720/1080

Thanks, I hate watching epic movie trailers in 320x240 on Youtube.

driven · Jan 21, 2008, 07:46 PM

Originally Posted by analogue SPRINKLES

They say they are. It sounds like it is going to be what Enterprise was SUPPOSED to be. Which was to fill in the gaps of the past in an old school sort of way.

Instead Enterprise went for a ship which looked like it was made with todays technology with a star trek foundation to it. Didn't work out so well as it just looked bland. Not to mention they ****ed up the continuity big time and did the same bag of time travel tricks as all treks have.

What they should have done is made it more retro and 70's like they SOMETIMES did with T'Pal's outfits.

So hopefully in this new trek some of the uniforms are miniskirts and the doors are big and red and boxy.

I still wish they had taken a couple more years break though.

I meant a different direction other than the direction that they appear to be headed. (Sorry for the confusion)

Also: Kirk wasn't the first Captain of the Enterprise. So ... why are they building it now? Are we going to have Captain Pike instead of Kirk?

starman · Jan 21, 2008, 07:48 PM

Pike's in the movie, yes.

The Placid Casual · Jan 21, 2008, 09:01 PM

Hmm, teaser? Remind to skip this one when it comes out.

Oneota · Jan 22, 2008, 12:07 AM

Is it just me, or is the "NCC-1701" HUGE in that screenshot above? Like, waaay too big?

driven · Jan 22, 2008, 02:03 AM

Originally Posted by The Placid Casual

Hmm, teaser? Remind to skip this one when it comes out.

I skip *EVERYTHING* in the cinema now. I went to a maintanee with my kids and wife. After everything was done the bill was over $70. That's too much.

With options such as PPV, DVD, etc. It just doesn't make sense to spend that much money. I'll wait for video release.