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Exclusive: ‘Star Trek’ Teaser Trailer Description Surfaces Online
Submitted by MagnoliaFan on January 15, 2008 - 6:08pm
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CHICAGO – HollywoodChicago.com on Tuesday had a trusted source post on our message boards a description of the upcoming teaser trailer for J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek”.
Following this post, various other movie sites (see a list of independent validations here) have confirmed the accuracy of this information with multiple sources along with a source at Paramount Pictures. Here’s our exclusive teaser trailer description. Warning: This is full spoiler information about the teaser trailer.
Here’s the “Star Trek” trailer description. Hope you can use it.
Slow Paramount logo.
Bad Robot logo.
Black, suddenly some sparks (very saturated [with] Michael Bay-looking cinematography).
We hear an old NASA radio countdown: “30 seconds and counting.”
Close up of a timeless guy with goggles leaning down doing some wielding and sparks flying around.
He lifts his googles. Slightly futuristic head covering. It’s not a space suit, by the way.
The dude leans down and wields some more. He’s standing on big metal.
“From director J.J. Abrams” (blue font with a nice lens flare).
Some Kennedy speech about space flight: “The eyes of the world now look to space.”
People walking around the saucer section. The wielders are everywhere – showing size.
We hear: “The eagle has landed.”
Huge overhead shot pans across [and] suddenly [shows] what looks like miles of scaffolding underneath.
Title: “The future begins”.
Really impressive shot from … people all over the ship and you can see a huge industrialized city or shipyard in the background. It’s being built on Earth [rather than] in space.
Neil Armstrong: “One small step for man…”
Camera slowly cranes up over the whole saucer section.
Then we hear Leonard Nimoy’s line: “Space. The final frontier…” and the familiar “Star Trek” theme horns.
The shot continues [and reveals] the writing on the top of the saucer – “U.S.S. Enterprise” – and these huge aircraft-like warp engines in the background. Technically, the first reveal of what we’re seeing.
Just the Starfleet log (no title).
Title card: “Under construction”.
“Christmas 2008”
Overall, really great teaser (by the definition of the term). Very industrial. I’m most intrigued by the background Earth stuff.
The teaser should be attached to the Abrams-produced “Cloverfield,” which opens this Friday.
1:20 p.m. update on Jan. 17, 2008: The first photo of the U.S.S Enterprise from the new “Star Trek” turned up at Moviefone on Thursday. The photo can be seen below and a larger version can be found here. It appears to be taken from the teaser and be the reveal shot we first mentioned above. Here’s a link to Paramount’s official “Star Trek” Web site.
 Photo credit: Moviefone |
11:57 a.m. update on Jan. 18, 2008: IESB.net just posted the unofficial “Star Trek” teaser trailer!
1:16 p.m. update on Jan. 20, 2008: “Star Trek” producer Roberto Orci has gone public about the intentions by the filmmakers for the “moderately esoteric and largely eerie teaser”. Read all about it in our forums here!
1:15 p.m. update on Jan. 21, 2008: Yahoo! now has the “Star Trek” teaser trailer in HD!
3:09 p.m. update on Jan. 23, 2008: The first “Star Trek” viral marketing site has just gone live at NCC-1701.com. It was discovered by clicking a red dot near the “under construction” label on the official film site.
 | By SHANE HAZEN |
RE: learning English...
…says the person who uses “ur” instead of “your”, misspells “tech” and generally borks the grammar all to hell. ;)
what books did you read???
it has NEVER been stated that star trek ships are constructed like that. and you can never beam a whole section because it’s too big :P
that’s a little more about star trek space engineering ;)
Who said 'beaming"
…I said “lifted”…and watch “The Cloud Minders”…..canon…..
Star Trek Teaser Trailer
Just as I thought…Abrams has no respect or understanding for cannon. Read “The Making of Star Trek” by Stephen Whitfield and Roddenberry. The Enterprise was constructed in orbit after components were lifted from San Francisco Yards.
Where’s Gary Mitchell?
Why is McCoy in this movie?
Why are we getting a film set at Star Fleet Academy when Roddenberry was against the idea?
Answer to all of the above: Abrams does not understand Trek and has no respect for cannon, and is listening to the Paramount marketers for “creative direction”. Perhaps the film should premier at NASDAQ……
Pllllllllease.
As you speak on high about cannon, respect and understanding….. “The Eugenics Wars” happened in the 90’s. You will be one of the ones who sees it opening weekend. (Sun matinee at the lastest “when the crowds are less so you can concentrate”)
“constructed in orbit after components were lifted from San Francisco Yards.” Never happened it was a model.
Where’s Gary Mitchell? Who? Sorry I’m an unwashed heathen who preferred Doctor Who, guess that name should mean something????
“Why is McCoy in this movie?” To act as the crusty cynical comic and to inject the “moral implications” Actually what I would hope for is a young bright eyed idealist. Who became that way after so many years of Trek.
Why are we getting a film set at Star Fleet Academy when Roddenberry was against the idea? Actually you are RIGHT here. Except you left out critical elements 1. Roddenberry = DEAD. Whomever inhiereted the rights along the line decided to do this. 2. As lauded the story, It’s a franchise man.
You can call me, KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHN!!!!!!!!!! ;)
PS If it makes you feel better I feel like a total dork at the fact I can pull up the factoid as to when the “Eugenics Wars” occured. for historical record we had a Wrath of Khan drinking game in college.
Dear Unwashed Heathen
Ship’s pilot in “Where No Man Has Gone Before”. James Kirk’s best friend. Paramour to Dr. Elisabeth Dehner, presumptuous god, and an obviously deep and long-lasting relationship for said J.T. Kirk. McCoy was not ship’s doctor until after this 2nd episode, Dr. Mark Piper being the CMO of the Enterprise at the time. And given the shift in uniforms between WNMHGB and subsequent one’s, we can assume that quite a period of time elapsed between the Mitchel era and the McCoy era.
Continuity…Trek was built on it. Abrams is destroying it….and I may not watch it, as many other Trek fans may not……a boycott could just happen and it would serve Abrams and Paramount right. We don’t need a MANGA Star Trek anymore than we needed an MANGA MI:III, but we got that, too.
And if you admit that you don’t know what you are talking about, why are you talking about it?
Time shifts indicated by uniforms... or what sells?
How bout the art department decided to change the actors “costumes”.
Sorry no cosmic flux to blame there. Probably just that some exec watched the pilot then say to Gene said “Short skirts and go-go boots ought to help sell this thing, you know sex it up.”
I know Starfleet is supposed to be all equality and moral and all but legs are legs. Same reaaon Shatner chased alien skirt.
MAY not watch it???? LIAR.
Boycott,(psssssh like that will happen) and trek is once again DEAD (unless you are satisfied with reruns) till the NEXT re-launch happens.
Guy, thank your Romulan gods they didn’t pick Uwe Boll or MC G.
I’ll stop talking the day swear on Roddenberry’s grave you don’t watch a second of this thing of so-called-blasphemy.
Toodles ;)
Points Almost Well Taken
I’ve seen TMP literally hundreds of times. TWOK, once. SFS, once, TFF, once. And I was somewhat hopeful about those films. To be honest, I will probably see this film once. Maybe. Depends. I’m not hopeful. Resistance is not futile here! And sure, WNMHGB, I believe, was shot for CBS, who passed in 1965. Gene retooled it for NBC, including, yes, short skirts for the women. But, whatever motivated Roddenberry, and I believe you are right to imply that it was not artistic integrity, once filmed, it is canon. If, in my opinion, it is done with the knowledge, consent and creative input of the creator.
One of the problems with Trek, historically, at least while the Great Bird was flying around, was that the guy was LAZY! He used too many writers (most of whom got pissed off at him for merely rewriting their material) rather than maintaining continuity with his own vision. It all hangs together very well considering how many scribes have contributed to canon over the years. Mostly, though, it is because the fans have screamed shrilly to Paramount that they WANT the continuity. Star Trek lived through the period 1969 through 1979 because of the fans. I know, I was one of them, I was there.
Abrams, like Harve Bennet, is a tiller in someone else’s field. Or, to turn it on it’s ear, let’s go to the Louvre and draw grafitti on the Mona Lisa, cuz Leo is DEAD!
Ron Moore is Roddenberry’s logical heir because he has artistic integrity, cares deeply about what he is creating, but unlike Roddenberry, keeps his small stable of writers on track, with their collective eyes on the prize. A much more deeply satisfying and ultimately, socially relevant, work than anything Roddenberry did.
And like hundreds of thousands of people around the world, Star Trek has had a deep influence on my life and values. I am moving on simply because of people like JJ Abrams, and the beancounters at Paramount. And, after 800 plus episodes, this Trekkie is Treked out. Enough, already. Look to the future not to the past. Ron Moore has a space in his schedule once the writer’s strike is over….please put him in charge!
Theres command and then there are red shirts.
Ultimately Star Trek has been sucessful. 800+ episodes you say? There are bound to be lose threads here and there. I guess a happy middle ground would say don’t throw the wedding because the groom said the wrong thing at the wrong time or because the bride is in emotional flux.
People LOVE the series and it’s sucess and failures and ulitmatly for better or worse it keeps going because it reflects who we are and how we feel. (and ship vs. ship is bad @ss)
You can throw it out if you have to but personally I want to see if there is a tribute to Roddenberry in it. I want to see “cold war” versions of the Klingons again. Most of all I want to see that ship fly again (or some version) even knowing ultimately it will self destruct.
Truth is I’ll be going myself and my advice would be not to move on but to give it a shot.
Concider the film/writers like “Kirk’s friend” or a red shirt on an away team. If anyone is going to “GET IT” it’s THAT guy. (every last red corpuscle) Or maybe he’ll make it cause the plot goes elsewhere. That is just how Trek WORKS.
They are paying attention to some details I notice the spinner looking things on the warp engines. (in the picture) Remember how the lights kind of spun under the casing on the original engines…. that’s kind of a neat idea right?
"Cannon" Fodder
Maybe one of the “wielders” is Gary Michell. If it makes you feel better, you can pretend that one of them is.
Jeez, this is just a trailer. Why do some people seem intent on looking for canon violations?
BTW, this movie is *not* about Star Fleet Academy. It is about how Kirk, Spock, and McCoy meet, and Kirk takes command of the Enterprise. Maybe you think it’s about Star Fleet Academy because Kirk takes the Kobiyashi Maru test in this one — which, if you canon-minded people recall from Wrath of Kahn, Savik took while at the rank of Lieutenant.