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October 16th, 2008
Author Kevin Melrose

Entertainment Weekly

First Showing corrals a slew of official images from J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek that are scattered across the Internet. On top of that, Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine — Spock and Kirk — share the cover of the new Entertainment Weekly, which features a lengthy, and spoiler-laden, story on the movie.

 

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14 Responses to “Boldly going … just about everywhere”
  1. Andrew Wickliffe Says:
    October 16th, 2008 at 9:25 am

    Wow it looks bad.

  2. Rich Says:
    October 16th, 2008 at 9:45 am

    Feeling cautiously optimistic about the movie - and I’ve handily collated the pics from various sites here: http://www.awesometer.com/2008/10/new-star-trek-pictures-hit-and-spock.html

  3. ejulp Says:
    October 16th, 2008 at 9:54 am

    I was optimistic about the movie…but that..just..looks…wrong? I dunno why, Spock looks like a plastic doll and Kirk just looks a a generic hot man from a generic 20 somethings show…I guess? Spock’s uniform update looks perfect though. Also Spock looks more surprised than stoic…like Kirk’s quietly grabbing his ass.

  4. ejulp Says:
    October 16th, 2008 at 9:57 am

    On second thought, maybe that’s just EW posing and airbrushing, in action it maybe much better.

  5. Alvin Draper Says:
    October 16th, 2008 at 10:56 am

    I thought the pics at First Showing look pretty damned awesome

  6. Bender-braü Says:
    October 16th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

    I don’t get it. They changed the actors. They updated the sets. They maxed out the aliens. But they kept those stupid 60’s uniforms?? So now everything in the movie will look new and exciting except for the stars. LOL!

  7. Paul O'Brien Says:
    October 16th, 2008 at 1:36 pm

    Wow, action figures just keep getting more lifelike, don’t they?

  8. Tony Says:
    October 16th, 2008 at 1:57 pm

    Looks fantastic. I’m super-excited now.

  9. Shaun Says:
    October 16th, 2008 at 6:09 pm

    Ugh… I think It looks awful. First, that EW cover. Who designed that wig for Quinto? Looks like a bad Halloween costume wig, and it makes Quinto/Spock look about 12. And Pine… Sorry, but he’s far too “pretty boy” for the part. Shatner was a good looking guy in his time, but he looked like a rugged captain. Pine looks like he’d cry at the first sight of Klingon who wanted to pick a fight. Shatner, at the same age, would’ve mopped the floor with him.

    As for the rest of the pics… I dunno. The bridge looks wrong, and except for maybe Urban as Bones and Pegg as Scotty I’m not believing the rest of them as the characters they’re supposed to be playing. What’s with Chekov’s hair? Maybe they should give him Quinto’s wig.

    Sorry to be all fanboy about this, but I guess I just don’t see the point of this movie. Trek was always about looking forward, not backward. For me, the whole franchise ended when DS9 signed off almost a decade (!) ago… That was (IMO) the best of the Treks (though I loved TOS and TNG too), and everything that’s followed has just seemed like a rehash of things that were already done. But not done as well as what came before.

    That’s how this movie feels to me too. I don’t think finding a bunch of people to play these iconic roles is going to work. It’ll feel like a parody to me. Is it supposed a reboot, or a prequel, or what? I hope I’m proven wrong about this, but I’ll wait for the reviews, and for the opinions of people I trust, before I go see this.

  10. Paul Salvi Says:
    October 16th, 2008 at 10:34 pm

    That’s just the awfulest boringest picture they could have chosen. It doesn’t say BOLD EXCITING NEW. It doesn’t say anything. Well, PHOTOSHOPPY maybe. And, let’s face it, KINDA GAY.

  11. silvanthalas Says:
    October 16th, 2008 at 11:33 pm

    It’s interesting, in that I think the casting for Spock, Chekov, and Uhura aren’t that bad at all, but the rest, Sulu, Bones, Scotty and Kirk, are pretty awful.

    As a life-long Trekkie, this whole movie just scares the hell out of me. From the casting, to the story, to the director. I have no confidence in this film whatsoever.

  12. Gladiator X Says:
    October 17th, 2008 at 8:31 am

    Been a fan of the original crew since I was a kid in the 70’s. This looks cool.

  13. Mega Gear X Says:
    October 17th, 2008 at 9:34 am

    Wow. The pictures from the site that the first poster linked to make this movie look cool, but that cover is a straight turn-off.

    And Kirk is too CW-looking.

  14. Babz Says:
    November 22nd, 2008 at 12:27 pm

    What’s with the eyebrow over-plucking and the gelled blow dry ????? And why are they so dolled up for the Romulens????????The original characters wouldn’t go for this. Take this from someone whos been around, I know where this is BOLDLY going……………………………………….BOOT LEG

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