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Star Trek XI 2008 Trailer and Site “Under Construction”
Author: Demerzel21 Jan
Bump and Update on 1/29/2008:
Click here for more of my thoughts on Star Trek Under Construction.
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Io9 and many others have the scoop on the newest Star Trek trailer for 2008 that provides a lovely snapshot of the original Enterprise being built with the original theme music that gave me some nice goosebumps.
From a Star Trek fan (Trekkie) perspective, hopefully this movie will be better than the last (which I thought was sadly poorly done) and 1,000 times better than the quasi-Star Trek “Enterprise” that tried to build on a new and young fan base that collapsed horrifically when it did not follow Star Trek cannon (how stupid could one be really? Sons and daughters of major Star Trek fans would only denigrate the show which would in turn only turn them off from the show). I only hope that the lesson has been learned and will strictly follow cannon this time. That means no ending the movie by giving Enterprise to the whole original crew as it first goes to Captain Pike (Correction: Captain April, then Pike, then Kirk. hat tip: fishstickjesus)!
From the buzz aspect, if you’re curious, click on the small flashing red button–it leads to a landing page with three cameras that you can adjust to see the picture better. I’m not entirely sure if there is more to the site (and if anyone knows, please tell me), but it certainly would be a good buzz campaign if they did so. Regardless, sadly the site is still mostly under construction (some links do not work) and then there’s a link to Bad Robot, a lovely picture that really tells me nothing, [UPDATE: so go to wikipedia here]. Oh, and forcing people to use Quicktime for the HD? Poor choice imo.
I advise to see the high-quality video on Paramount’s site, but if you want the quick look, here’s the youtube shot:
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I hate to be the one to point this out, but The USS Enterprise NCC-1701 had TWO captains before Kirk. Captains April AND Pike. So the ship we are seeing built? It’s Captain April’s.
Eek! You’re right, it has now been fixed. Thank you for the correction.
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Thanks for the nice read, keep up the interesting posts…..
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Personally I prefer the QuickTime HD codec choice - looks superb in 1080p (the stills look lovely, and allow me to really see some of the detail done on the inner workings of the starship). I cannot wait for the film and really love what they’ve done with the sound effects/music combo at the end of the trailer. Also nice to hear Spok reciting the words tattooed to the inside of my head.
The trailer itself is a good start that makes you want more (as a trailer really should).
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