Well, not much up yet but check it out here: http://www.paramount.com/startrek/
Home page image....
Oh, notice one subtle thing. They don't list 12-25-08 anywhere - just Christmas. Like I said on the last podcast, they may move the release up a little - maybe a week.
I registered for updates :D
When you go to the http://www.ncc-1701.com/
and if you stay on the site for a while supposedly in the offline monitor an image will show up.. someone captured it.. looks like the corridor of the new Enterprise.
Woohoo... it just happened.. was on the site for about twenty minutes... the offline monitor comes on make an tone and the picture is up for about 20 seconds then back to static.
Quote from: StarTrekFanatic5 on January 22, 2008, 05:46:10 PM
When you go to the http://www.ncc-1701.com/
and if you stay on the site for a while supposedly in the offline monitor an image will show up.. someone captured it.. looks like the corridor of the new Enterprise.
Holy Frak! They have moved into the sets of BSG! Looks like a moody, grittier re-imagining is on tap, taking a page from Ron Moore's playbook. That worked well for BSG and if that is the case for this movie, can the same be said for Star Trek? When you think of Trek, can you imaging a TOS done in the same style as the new BSG? Just speculating!
It could work. I think the reason I like DS9 and Enterprise more then other Trek series is because they are grittier. I don't think that Gene's classic Utopian vision of the future really cuts it in today's media (unfortunately).
Again, I'm fine with some type of new look. Although that look seems more like an "under construction" corridor. Seems kind of unfinished. Interesting stuff to ponder though. Cool find!
When I saw that, my first reactions was "Wow this really blends the design ideas for the NX-01 and the TOS constitution class". It has a sort of space submarine feel to it and I think all of the chrome piping mimics the old red piping from TOS.
I also like the lighting a bit, but we don't know if this a the final design yet.
Funny thing is, as much as we debate and complain and speculate, we won't know anything for certain until we sit and watch the movie. But sitting here spinning our wheels is fun!
That is pretty cool. It looks like Seaquest.
As a creative marketing concept, the trailer is brilliant.
After watching it however, I'm wondering why these future construction workers are using handheld welding torches. If they're not going to use robotics, shouldn't they at least be using phaser welders or molecular bonders? Also, what's with the fans in the forward section of the nacelles?
Anyone seen the "Iron Man" trailer(?):
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/ironman/
I'm ready.
Quote from: Darmok on January 23, 2008, 06:40:52 PM...Also, what's with the fans in the forward section of the nacelles?
I guess the fan-looking things are supposed to explain why the interior of the bussard collectors appear to be spinning in TOS.
QuoteAnyone seen the "Iron Man" trailer(?):
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/ironman/
I'm ready.
Same here! 8)
Yeah I'd say the fan looking things actually make sense, to maximize the efficiency of the bussard collectors, if they spun they could theoretically create a varying magnetic field which would be able to draw in stray hydrogen from a larger area.
That and they had to justify why the original collectors spun.
I really have to stop reading that TNG technical manual. I think the first time I went through it I was 12. My copy is pretty ratty.
Quote from: billybob476 on January 24, 2008, 09:02:48 AM
...I really have to stop reading that TNG technical manual. I think the first time I went through it I was 12. My copy is pretty ratty.
LOL Cool; I'm not the only one! :laugh:
I still have my 3rd copy of the TNG Tech Manual, the other two had to be retired.
Has anyone checked out the DS9 Tech Manual? It's pretty sweet as well, and has a pretty decent chapter dedicated to the Defiant. ;D
Oh my god that exists? LINK PLEASE!
Quote from: wraith1701 on January 24, 2008, 09:14:56 AMHas anyone checked out the DS9 Tech Manual? It's pretty sweet as well, and has a pretty decent chapter dedicated to the Defiant. ;D
I love the DS9 Tech Manual! It's the best one IMHO.
Kevin
I just ordered it from Amazon. Damn out of print books! 65 bucks! It was selling on eBay for over 100!
I remember one of my prized possesions as a young teenager was the Franz Joseph "Starfleet Technical Manual" in hardcover. The original and still my favorite.
Quote from: billybob476 on January 24, 2008, 03:49:09 PM
I just ordered it from Amazon. Damn out of print books! 65 bucks! It was selling on eBay for over 100!
Man Billy! $65 seems high but you'll enjoy it. I wish I had known you were wanting a copy that bad because I think I saw one at my local used bookstore for around $10.00. Abebooks also had a copy for $35. Anyway, I'm sure you'll get your monies worth.
Kevin
Man, I have all mine in near mint including the last harcover encyclopedia
Quote from: Ktrek on January 24, 2008, 04:43:30 PM
Quote from: billybob476 on January 24, 2008, 03:49:09 PM
I just ordered it from Amazon. Damn out of print books! 65 bucks! It was selling on eBay for over 100!
Man Billy! $65 seems high but you'll enjoy it. I wish I had known you were wanting a copy that bad because I think I saw one at my local used bookstore for around $10.00. Abebooks also had a copy for $35. Anyway, I'm sure you'll get your monies worth.
Kevin
Yeah, one thing I can't resist is books. I don't mind occasionally splurging one something I know I'll enjoy.