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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Film TREKKIE NERDGASM! New Star Trek Images, Plus Kevin Smith's Thoughts on the Film.

Posted by Erik Henriksen on Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 4:35 PM

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Earlier today, I interviewed Kevin Smith about his new flick, Zack and Miri Make a Porno--and while I had him on the line, I couldn't help but sneak in a question about two other upcoming movies, Zack Snyder's Watchmen and J.J. Abrams' Star Trek. (Smith, the patron saint of geeks everywhere, was able to see rough cuts of both films a while ago.) Smith's verdict? "Both rock, man." On Abrams' reboot/prequel Star Trek, Smith had this to say:

Star Trek, it just seemed like one of those ideas where you're like, "I dunno, dude, there's no point in doin' it if you're just gonna have different people playin' those parts." Like, it was one thing when they did Next Generation and you had completely new characters--but to go at it with the same characters but different actors was chancy. But J.J. did it, man. And he chose the best guy to play Kirk. This dude Chris Pine? Oh, he's just fuckin' amazing.

So I'd say that's a thumbs up from Kevin Smith. And if that's not enough, today a bunch of stills from Star Trek hit the internet, finally giving us a good look at what the characters, ship, and sets will look like in the upcoming film. I know it's not like you can judge a film's quality by its stills, but that said, holy shit--these images certainly make it look like Abrams has nailed it, at least visually. I love the look of these. Beam on over to Hit io9 for more images.

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What is this fascination with fictional characters?
Posted by Monty on October 15, 2008 at 4:46 PM · Report
2
Is Kirk really supposed to look like he's 14 years old?
Posted by Jack Acid on October 15, 2008 at 5:02 PM · Report
3
i think that's scotty. kirk is the dude in black.
Posted by ben on October 15, 2008 at 5:57 PM · Report
4
Wiping out all possible illusions of non-obsessive geekery, here, here's the cast breakdown in that final pic, just so we can agree on who's who.

From left to right: Chekov (Anton Yelchin), Kirk (Chris Pine), Scotty (Simon Pegg), Bones (Karl Urban), Sulu (Harold), Uhura (Zoe Saldana).
Posted by Erik Henriksen on October 15, 2008 at 7:43 PM · Report
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blah blah blah blah fuck all other commenters.

Sylar being the emotionless Spock? My dick is hard.
Posted by Graham on October 15, 2008 at 10:45 PM · Report
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I know this is a lame gripe, but not having that door behind the captain's left is a little...I dunno. I would almost say the bridge is too distracting. It looks like they should be training clonetroopers in there.
Posted by Marq on October 16, 2008 at 10:40 AM · Report
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It looks like the APO headquarters from Alias. And was that Kirk guy even alive when the original aired? I hope the movie is better than the stills.
Posted by Paul Cone on October 16, 2008 at 11:43 AM · Report

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