Star Trek XII

[Ewok Droppings]

Originally Posted by JBond

The lens flares in Super 8 were 7 times as bad.

It was only 6.84 times as bad according to my calculations. Did you remember to take the square root of Pi in your equation?

[Knerys]

Call me crazy but I wasn't impressed with Super 8 either.


Oh wait....wrong thread. -_-

[JBond]

Originally Posted by Ewok Droppings

It was only 6.84 times as bad according to my calculations. Did you remember to take the square root of Pi in your equation?

Ewok, are you using metric again?

[Ewok Droppings]

^^ No... I think I may need to recalibrate my tricorder though - this reading looks a little off... Yep, it was set to Ferengi standards.

[JBond]

And nobody ever takes the square root of pi for anything. Geez, Ewok.

[Ewok Droppings]

Try telling the Borg that.

[Tolkien]

Speaking of the Borg, did Abrams ever discuss the presence of Borg technology in the Romulan ship that Nero used? I ask because I remember reading the prequel and always thought that the Borg tech in his ship was pretty interesting to the storyline and why they never thought to use it in the the film. I mean, wouldn't the Borg of that time sense the presence of future tech suddenly appearing in the galaxy?

[Fanible]

There's a lot to the stories that Abrams didn't use. It's more likely the related novels had nothing to do with the original script. Those who wrote them probably tried to improve on it (which they did). Had Abrams included some of that stuff it would have been better. Still... Nero was retarded either way.

[Knerys]

It was an over kill of an overreaction to his.... trauma.

[JBond]

They probably got the idea from "Revenge of the Sith."

[FranklinTard]

post production 3d, coming out in imax.

so we know the 3d will suck. but i guarantee a handful of you still go and see it and say the lens flare was brilliant in 3d.

[Knerys]

*gags on a spoon*

[Deexan]

For ****'s sake.

Will we ever get to see a 2D movie on IMAX again that isn't directed by Christopher Nolan?

[Ewok Droppings]

I'll check out the IMAX 3D. Don't really care for the lens flares one way or the other, they just don't bother me. I like good 3D movies if they're done right. I wasn't too keen on Prometheus' 3D though, I didn't feel like it added much/anything to the overall experience, but I'm willing to give it a shot.

[sshuttari]

Star Trek 2 Villain Update

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=92327

At an international press junket for his upcoming Dredd 3D, Karl Urban is said to have let slip that Benedict Cumberbatch is playing Gary Mitchell. A name well-known to Trek fans, Mitchell appeared in the second "Star Trek" pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before" and was an Academy friend of James T. Kirk (or James R. Kirk, thanks to a canonical goof in that very episode).

Serving on the Enterprise, Mitchell and another crew member, Elizabeth Dehner, are exposed to a powerful energy while attempting to cross the Milky Way's galactic barrier. Following the ordeal, Mitchell and Dehner begin to exhibit superhuman powers which grow exponentially until Kirk decides that, for the safety of his ship, he must maroon both crew members on the uninhabited Delta Vega (a planet that, itself, made an appearance in Abrams' first Star Trek film.

Though solid details are few all around on Star Trek 2, set photos earlier this year revealed the look of Cumberbatch's character, wearing what appears to be a form of Starfleet uniform.

While a lot certainly seems to line up with Cumberbatch playing Mitchell, readers of IDW's ongoing "Star Trek" comic book series are no doubt going to be a bit more dubious. That's because the first two issues of that series already adapted "Where No Man Has Gone Before" and effectively killed off Mitchell from the new timeline. It is of interest to note, however, that the comic book take on the episode specifically removes Dehner from the storyline, indicating that an appearance by her character is a bit more likely.

There's always going to be debate of how canonical any tie-in is to what we'll see on the big screen, but Abrams has been extremely protective of "Star Trek" as a property since taking over and, unlike in the past, we've seen very few takes on the new timeline in non-film media. What's more, Roberto Orci is the creative director of the IDW series and has not only mentioned via his Twitter feed that the books have already offered several clues about the new film but, in a recent radio interview with Ask Mr. K.E.R.N., specifically listed Mitchell as one several characters that would definitely not be appearing (The others were Charlie X, Ruk, Yeoman Janice Rand and The Borg).

Late last year, persistent rumors suggested that the film's villain would be Khan Noonien Singh (famously portrayed by Ricardo Montalban on the original series and in the feature film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan). Those reports were recently denied by actor Simon Pegg.

Assuming Urban's statement is not an intentional red herring, one possibility -- albeit a rather speculative one -- is that there was some miscommunication about the name "Gary Mitchell" when the actual character is "Gary Seven." Played by Robert Lansing in the episode "Assignment: Earth" (originally intended as a pilot for a "Star Trek" spinoff), Seven is a man of mystery who, working for an intergalactic organization, attempted to prevent nuclear war on Earth in the year 1968. In a pre-Abrams series of "Star Trek" novels, Seven's mission directly connects him with Khan during Earth's Eugenics Wars and could, potentially, be the source of the original Khan sequel rumors.

Pushing speculation even further, cast member Peter Weller bears a decided resemblance to Lansing and it's possible that he and Cumberbatch play Seven from two different time periods (or timelines), much like Zachary Quinto and Leonard Nimoy did in the original film.

Though hardly proof, the original reports from the set photos claim that Spock's attempt to use his Vulcan nerve pinch on Cumberbatch's character are ineffective, something that was also true of Seven in "Assignment: Earth".

[JBond]

Soooo, they're jumping the superhero bandwagon?

[JBond]

Originally Posted by sshuttari

Assuming Urban's statement is not an intentional red herring, one possibility -- albeit a rather speculative one -- is that there was some miscommunication about the name "Gary Mitchell" when the actual character is "Gary Seven." Played by Robert Lansing in the episode "Assignment: Earth" (originally intended as a pilot for a "Star Trek" spinoff), Seven is a man of mystery who, working for an intergalactic organization, attempted to prevent nuclear war on Earth in the year 1968. In a pre-Abrams series of "Star Trek" novels, Seven's mission directly connects him with Khan during Earth's Eugenics Wars and could, potentially, be the source of the original Khan sequel rumors.

Pushing speculation even further, cast member Peter Weller bears a decided resemblance to Lansing and it's possible that he and Cumberbatch play Seven from two different time periods (or timelines), much like Zachary Quinto and Leonard Nimoy did in the original film.

Though hardly proof, the original reports from the set photos claim that Spock's attempt to use his Vulcan nerve pinch on Cumberbatch's character are ineffective, something that was also true of Seven in "Assignment: Earth".

Trekkie speculation is hilarious. "If we assume he meant to say a different name, it could be him. Also, this guy looks like him aged 50 more years and could possibly play him if time travel is thrown into the script somewhow."

[JBond]

"Star Trek: Into Darkness" is pretty dumb. Pret-ty, pret-tyyyy dumb.

(Please tell me there will be a colon in the title)

[Ewok Droppings]

I couldn't care less about the title as long as the movie is good

[JBond]

Originally Posted by Ewok Droppings

I couldn't care less about the title as long as the movie is good

I'm getting flashbacks to "Phantom Menace"...

[Neverending]

I agree that the title sucks.

[Ramplate]

"Attack of the Clowns....er, I mean Clones"

[Ewok Droppings]

Originally Posted by JBond

I'm getting flashbacks to "Phantom Menace"...

If you jinx this movie I will hate you forever! Thankfully Lucas doesn't have his hand in on this, so let's just hope it's the title and not the movie that stinks.

[sshuttari]

The dark side of moon

[Knerys]

Oh for ****s sake....