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By: GustavoLeao (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 18:19:03 on Mar 28, 2008

In the past 2 days, Paramount removed the photos of every site in the face of the planet, minus TrekWeb. Weird.

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Could Be a Relic, Jim | Report this post to moderator
By: TRexx (Odo's file, contact) @ 12:01:37 on Mar 27, 2008 | (1)

As with other spy snapshots, the full context of the scenes is unknown.

The craft shown in these photos might not represent the "latest" 23rd-century technology found aboard NCC-1701. Just as, here in 2008, NASA's 40-year-old shuttles don't represent the latest 21st-century technology.

The vehicle seen in these images could be a relic in Kirk's childhood. Apart from its worn and dusty condition, the console shows an instrument which displays "FEET", instead of the metric system that's preferred in TOS (only a handful of episodes use "feet" or "miles" instead of "meters" or "kilometers").

This could be an additional way of indicating vintage technology, i.e. from a time before the US joined the world majority in using the metric system which would be adopted by a united Earth organization (and Starfleet).

Here's a zoom-sharpen-crop image of that "FEET" instrumentation...





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Insignia on uniform | Report this post to moderator
By: bigfl (Odo's file, contact) @ 11:32:56 on Mar 27, 2008

Kinda expected this to match the movie logo and promo material?

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Grey Is Gay | Report this post to moderator
By: c.p. (Odo's file, contact) @ 11:09:25 on Mar 27, 2008

No one seems that impressed with the uniform, but I like it. It's a nice wearable color, classy details. It's probably some kind of dress uniform, not an every day work suit. And visually, you don't always want everybody onscreen to look like a different Jolly Rancher. It gets busy what with all the toggle switches and blinking lights in addition. I imagine that's what prompted the tone-down and uniformity of the original crew movies. It looks practical and classy. I could even see it on the runway for Fall. :P

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By: Captain Piceo (Odo's file, contact) @ 10:05:31 on Mar 27, 2008

That shuttle look to much like the POS that they used in Star Trek: Nemesis for the buggie to jump in to from the cliff. the AIGO or whatever it was called in that crappies ST film ever. Not what I want to have when i go see the new movie. I hope this new film better then that shit film Star Trek: Nemesis, not that it's hard to do mind you hell even ST5 was better then that train wrek.

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Almost Totally Satisfied | Report this post to moderator
By: VZX (Odo's file, contact) @ 09:13:44 on Mar 27, 2008

Wow. That shuttlecraft is impressive. Are the interios complete? I like how the exterior looks very similar to a TOS era shuttlecraft. I do miss the long engine nacelles along the bottom like the Galileo, but I'm happy with what they have. I really dig the control panel that it is not so streamlined and futuristic. What would really be cool if they actually brought in some pilots or engineers to help in the design and labeled what each control is supposed to do.

The uniforms are ehhh, my guess is the full red is a sort of dress uniform. I hope the movie doesn't always have the characters in that monochromatic jumpsuit.

Well, my hope has went up a little that this will be a good movie. I still can't see Chris Pine as Captain Kirk, but that shuttlecraft kicks ass. And, are those the first seatbelts on a Star Trek vehicle?

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Real Star Trek | Report this post to moderator
By: c.p. (Odo's file, contact) @ 07:19:35 on Mar 27, 2008

I think I like it at lot. It is retro-futuristic as others have said. It's also dirty, which might reflect Abrams' working theory that Star Trek is "real". It could also be because this shuttle's been put through the ringer. It looks big and the rows of seats with stap-ins reminds me of the troop transports of today, and of the lander in Aliens. Maybe this is Starfleet's answer to the Black Hawk helicopter.

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By: sb2004 (Odo's file, contact) @ 06:57:45 on Mar 27, 2008

Countdown to Paramount forcing TrekWeb to take the images down in 5...4...3...2...

Seriously, though, nothing hugely problematic here. In fact the designs seem closer to the way things looked in TOS which is comforting (to the poster who says the drama is most important, yes it is, but this is a franchise that has spent the last 40 years debating how many rivets the second hull of the 1701 has, so it's a big deal for details to be consistent with the original series).

The only concern I have is the insignia looks closer to the TNG-era Trek logo and it also appears to be a pin as opposed to being sewn in as it was in the series. But this is minor, TOS established that different branches of Starfleet used different insignias until TMP anyway, and we have no way of knowing in what context this uniform is being used in, if at all.

Regarding my opening comment, AICN said Paramount forced them to take the images down in record time. Personally, if Paramount wants to avoid another 14 MONTHS of this sort of thing, they'd be better off releasing some publicity pics now. Yes, I know they want to keep as much a surprise as possible, but that's simply no longer possible in the Internet age (I expect the script to appear online before summer, despite their best efforts). They should act now so that at least they have a little bit of control over the images that get out there. Hell, even a publicity shot of Nimoy in Spock make-up might be enough.

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Countdown to takedown | Report this post to moderator
By: sb2004 (Odo's file, contact) @ 06:57:18 on Mar 27, 2008 | (1)

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Dirty and real - does it work for Trek? | Report this post to moderator
By: DevlinC (Odo's file, contact) @ 04:53:10 on Mar 27, 2008

Of all these pictures, the one that really shows what the new sets are going to look like is that control panel. Highly retro and yet sort of futuristic. Remarkable job actually.

But does that really work for Trek? The TOS Enterprise and shuttles seemed pretty sterile and clean whereas this and especially the shuttle seem to be dirty just for the sake of being rugged and dangerous.

Either way, exciting stuff.

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Images | Report this post to moderator
By: Yorik (Odo's file, contact) @ 02:14:39 on Mar 27, 2008

The drama is more important than the sets and costumes, but these images strike me as being a bit - dull. Nothing very interesting or original on the control panels and the shuttle looks like the larger Galactica shuttle. Again, not very important, but the comments made by cast members about the "awesome" sets lifted my expectations towards something a little different, more striking and novel.

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Meet Tyler Perry | Report this post to moderator
By: Miss Dee (Odo's file, contact) @ 00:55:48 on Mar 27, 2008

I would like to meet Tyler Perry.

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