SPY PHOTOS at AICN - Page 7

Cranston · March 27 2008, 09:51 AM

I'm not sure why so many seem to assume that the gray uniform top is supposed to be a Pike-era field jacket. I was just assuming it was one of the many gray uniforms we've seen before.

I wouldn't mind being proven wrong, of course.

DeafPoet · March 27 2008, 10:21 AM

I like this. May not be exactly what I personally would have done. I probably woulda stuck just a little closer to TOS but this will definitely work. As long as the performances and story are good, why would I let some fucking shuttle ruin my enjoyment of the movie?

HRHTheKING · March 27 2008, 10:54 AM

Abrams and co. and these so called fans want to turn Trek into whatever the flavor-of-the-month sci-fi show is trendy these instead of letting of Trek be Trek.

"So-called fans?"

It's amusing how the anti-Trek XI segment of the fanbase love to marginalise those who disagree with them.

You've repeatedly stated on three different websites (and been banned from one) that you have no intention of seeing Star Trek XI because you hate Abrams so much, so the aesthetic of the new movie shouldn't really concern you.

Jon1701 · March 27 2008, 11:14 AM

MattJC wrote:

Devon wrote:

MattJC wrote:

No, they are just jumping on the Firefly/nuBSG bandwagon.

There's no reason to say that other than just to say it.

I say it because it's true.
Abrams and co. and these so called fans want to turn Trek into whatever the flavor-of-the-month sci-fi show is trendy these instead of letting of Trek be Trek.

"I'll say this for him, he's consistent"

Define Trek if you could please. You'll probably get 50 different answers - you can't please everyone. I'm much rather be a positive Star Trek fan than a bitter one. I already knew which board members would like these pictures and which would loathe them before I opened this thread.

Look great to me.

Jon1701 · March 27 2008, 11:16 AM

Cranston wrote:

I'm not sure why so many seem to assume that the gray uniform top is supposed to be a Pike-era field jacket. I was just assuming it was one of the many gray uniforms we've seen before.

I wouldn't mind being proven wrong, of course.

It does seem to match the light-grey variety.

number6 · March 27 2008, 11:29 AM

saul wrote:

number6 wrote:

Of course your own milage may vary. Tell your doctor if you experiance nausea, blurred vision or abnormal armpit hair growth as these may be signs of a particular sexual side effect..

Speaking from experience?

I believe the completely appropriate retort to such a well thought out, articulate statement such as this would be:

"Yeah, your mom told me."

cultcross · March 27 2008, 12:51 PM

MattJC wrote:

No, they are just jumping on the Firefly/nuBSG bandwagon.

I don't think that doing a show 'dirty' or 'used' makes a show Firelfy/nuBSG's bandwagon particularly, but there is a similarity I noticed to Serenity - the decals on the shuttle seem to me to be close to those of the crashed Alliance shuttle on Miranda in that movie, and the display screens seem to take their cues from many of those seen in the film.

Overall, I quite like the look - they're certainly going much more real-world than previously, but my main question is - fuelling gantry? and that looks a lot like an oil refinery or similar. Hopefully we're talking deuterium or something with regard to 'fuel' - doesn't look like somewhere set up to handle antimatter.

Oh and one more observation - in the future, does anyone wear more than one colour?

NCC-1701 · March 27 2008, 01:06 PM

cultcross wrote:

Oh and one more observation - in the future, does anyone wear more than one colour?

Only the main cast.

CommanderRaytas · March 27 2008, 01:52 PM

TOS may be blamed for being "low-cost" and, as a result, "cardboard" - it still was visionary about future technology. If you don't buy it, take another look at your cell phone.

An iphone is not necessarily the best way to control a starship. Touchscreens and whatnot work well for certain tasks, but buttons and controls you can feel are often more effective.

Just look at current BMWs. There isn't a single car magazine that hasn't derided their i-drive navigation/radio/everything system. It has made a simple function like changing a radio station a chore that takes away from the whole point of having a BMW - driving. I love my modern cellphone, but I'll take a radio with buttons over a touchscreen and a knob anyday.

If you have a dedicated function then a dedicated button or switch for it is perfect. Bear in mind that the interior of this ship looks pretty beat up. Perhaps it is very old and outdated, or purposely simplistic and/or rugged for Academy training purposes. It does not look as clean or bright as the brief glimpse we got of the Enterprise bridge controls at trekmovie.com a couple months ago.

Agreed. And besides, we're talking about the future here. Maybe humanity's going through a big "retro" movement and buttons are in again, after they've found out touchscreens have a tendency to malfunction when you need them the most. Buttons are more practical in that sense. So.... it could be anything.

I like it.

Dennis · March 27 2008, 02:10 PM

Make "Star Trek" into "the flavor of the month," eh?

Well, what can that hurt - bearing in mind that except for this film Trek is dead as a doornail and likely to remain that way.

AudioBridge · March 27 2008, 02:16 PM

See, this is why they have got to stop being so secretive with this film. Things will leak out, and this is the result. We're seeing the shuttle interior/exterior completely out of context from the film. As I mentioned, perhaps it is simply very old and outdated, or purposely simplistic and/or rugged for Academy training purposes. We don't know, but people are judging the whole design aesthetic of the film on these few pictures, precisely because we have nothing else to use.

I have a funny suspicion that the bridge of the Enterprise will look far better than the beat-up cockpit of this shuttle, but many will assume otherwise until the powers-that-be give us something substantial to chew on. This is 2008 - camera phones, internet, etc. You can't keep something a secret forever. It would be far wiser to manipulate opinion by releasing things you want people to see. Then, items like this would have less impact.

Dennis · March 27 2008, 03:27 PM

AudioBridge wrote:

I have a funny suspicion that the bridge of the Enterprise will look far better than the beat-up cockpit of this shuttle, but many will assume otherwise until the powers-that-be give us something substantial to chew on.

This is a very good point.

My understanding is that the Enterprise sets will have very little in common with this example.

Samuel T. Cogley · March 27 2008, 03:28 PM

number6 wrote:

saul wrote:

number6 wrote:

Of course your own milage may vary. Tell your doctor if you experiance nausea, blurred vision or abnormal armpit hair growth as these may be signs of a particular sexual side effect..

Speaking from experience?

I believe the completely appropriate retort to such a well thought out, articulate statement such as this would be:

"Yeah, your mom told me."

The better response would have been:

"Actually, yes. I do have experience with sex. It's wonderful. I hope you get a chance to try it sometime. With someone else. And for free."

steveman · March 27 2008, 03:44 PM

Looks like it could almost pass for the old Class-J ship Pike was on when he saved all those cadets. Fits the supposed look, at least.

Guess it just depends on much they intend to show us in this movie... if they could tie it in well to the story, seeing the actions that very nearly cost Captain Pike his life would rank as one of the things I'd most want to see, right up there with young Kirk on Tarsus IV.

Jon1701 · March 27 2008, 04:07 PM

I think we're getting away from the real issue here.

Are those trash cans canon?