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Why do these shots from the filming of "Corporate Headquarters" look suspiciously like the Starfleet Academy?
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. You know, I like JJ Abrams' desire to keep secrets. I like the idea of going to the cinema and not having the entire film spilled out for me via trailers, tv spots, making of books, etc. Plus, it makes it fun to get little bits of snuck info and images.
The production, using the working title CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS, recently filmed at CSUN's Oviatt Library and a reader went on a photo-hunting expedition for us. Apparently he went into the future looking at the date stamp on the pics.
You don't get much more than crowd shots of extras in costume, but notice the familiar short skirts (yay!) and a weird looking rocket car thing... Make sure to click for the bigger versions! Thanks to our spy on the ground for the pics.
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JJ RULES FUCKERS
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One fuck of a way to start off a thread about the new Trek movie.
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Great work! I think you may be right...Looks like class is in session~ Beam us up!
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Looks like March 18, 2008 to me.
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yeah, and these pics came in yesterday afternoon... I didn't say it was the distant future...
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the proliferation of comic actors in this? Of course, I guess Tom Hanks was once a comic actor too...plus why is Sulu not being played by a Japanese guy?
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March 18, 2008, 1:55 a.m. CST
So they just had no idea how to set up the camera clock.
by DerLanghaarige
We had one more in February! :)<br> Interesting photos anyway. Especially because they look really spy-ish,
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... because it actually exists and is due to be released to the public later this year! That would equal automatic datedness...
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You stumped me with this space time continuum thing. :)
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If no it could be another interesting movie. I think the shuttle gives it away though.
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starfleet!
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Look very navy like. They make me think it isn't Star Trek.
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It can get 300 miles to the gallon and will be released for sale in CA next year. It's actually a 3-wheeled motorcycle. And apparently it will be used in the 23rd century, too!
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I'm retarded. That totally is the Star Fleet academy. I love the cover name.
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Did Ken Johnson finally get that V thing off the ground?
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Great Scott! We're in the 23rd Century!!!
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Why do they have the Enterprise symbol on the lamp posts? That's not a universal Starfleet symbol. Each starship had it's own, and that one is for the Enterprise.
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Enterprise even used it on the flags, and stuff.
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Nice miniskirts.
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since its set in the future, perhaps the Aptera is like the hippie VW bug of the future. All these profs are driving these old classics around looking cool, scoring with their students.<br> Because if its not and that car is in the Star Trek movie posing as a future car, my suspension of disbelief will be ruined and I won't be able to enjoy the rest of the movie. C'mon JJ don't get lazy with us now. We are Star Trek nerds. We are into technology. Don't bust out present day crap and try to peddle it as "future" car. Seriously, we will destroy you.
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Looks like the car is the CGI paints of this thread.
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Well just color me nerd, because I just realized that car will be out before the movie. And everyone (if they haven't already) will know about it. It will be like someone driving a '08 Mustang or a Chevy Suburban across the Starfleet campus. I mean C'MON! I hope they cover it with CGI or something. Seriously, what a short-sighted thing to put in this movie.
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if this movie is indeed a prequel...the arrowhead symbol would ONLY be the enterprise symbol..anyone that watched the original series and knows any star trek history knows every ship had its own insignia....they adopted the enterprises arrowhead symbol because of enterprises historic missions and significance to starfleet.
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Don't the graysuits look like young Admiral Ozzels?<p>I'm hoping we get a car-chase scene in the parking garage using that hybrid car. Spock can nerve-pinch the driver while Kirk slides across the hood, commandeers the car, and eludes those drunken Klingon thugs from Kappa Kappa Jajvam.
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The cynic in me says these were purposely leaked to the internet. Otherwise, Paramount would have demanded that they be taken down by now. Notice that there are possible clues for us to pick at and obsess over: The license plate on the futuristic car and the banners hanging from the light poles. This all smells like something that the studio WANTED us to see.
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The gray uniformed people look quite a lot like Imperial officers from Star Wars. And the air car looks quite a lot like an updated version of the Visitor shuttle. But, alas, the familiar Starfleet arrowhead emblem on the banners strongly over rides the possibility that this is a V remake. (Now if the banners had the Visitor Nazi-like emblem, that would totally seal the deal.)<p><p>As for the continuity regarding the arrowhead (which was originally designated for the Enterprise NCC-1701), perhaps these extras are, in fact, the first crew of the Enterprise NCC-1701. In other words, what we are seeing here is what will be a commencement ceremony for the NCC-1701 crew. I'm willing to give JJ Abrams the benefit of the doubt that he is respecting the basics of Trek continuity here.
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...most of those people are gonna die. The rest are going to be recruited by the Galactic Empire.
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I can confirm that this was second unit work done for crowd and establishing shots. This is for a commencement event for the first crew of the Enterprise. The red people are the ship's crew, and the grey people are the ones who built the Enterprise. It's some kind of graduation ceremony where the ship is symbolically handed over from the builders to its first crew. The futuristic car will be cloned and appear as several parked flying cars surrounding the area -- they moved it from one spot, filmed the crowd, then moved the crowd and car to other spots, repeat. This was second unit work. I know this because I have a fellow professional colleague who was there, so that's all I can say. I do think that Bad Robot "leaked" this to AICN on purpose. It's their standard MO for teasing the Internet community.
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Perhaps some Studio guy got one early and drove it to the set. It is sitting "Behind" a blue screen.
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A: Because it's called ACTING.<p>Dipshits.
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star trek life is a mall.
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looks like a microsoft optical mouse, minus the cable.
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Star Trek doesn't need a reboot, revamp or whatever. But it needs good stories and movies that are not treated like tv episodes. The last two TNG movies simply weren't good movies - that's the problem. People are not tired of Star Trek. But they are tired of Data discovering his emotions AGAIN for the 100th time. And nobody wants second rate villains when after First Contact everybody wanted to see a Borg aramada on the silver screen. Plus, the last movie had ridiculously badly staged action scenes. Remember how silly it looked, when Worf landed on his stomach while firing a phaser rifle? Jeez. And the last tv series Enterprise went off the air because Archer and his colleagues were the most wooden and boring people whoe ever traveled through space. It also wasn't necessary in the last movies to hold on to characters like boring Geordi, while they should have better used somebody like Janeway, Seven or Quark. Star Trek has so many characters, and nobody over at Paramount ever realized it.
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You're bang on with the character thing. I would have liked one of the last next gen movies to be a mass crossover of Next Gen, Voyager and DS9. Big fuck off war. Sisco, Chakotay and Picard fighting side by side. Ahhh, the missed opertunities.
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March 18, 2008, 4:45 a.m. CST
Agreed: Last NG flick should have included DS9 and VOY
by Prof. Pop-Cult
They should have taken the strongest characters from DS9 and Voyager to appear (at least in secondary roles) alongside the strongest Next Gen characters.
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get'em while they're hot
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Download the extra large standard resolution trailer:<p>http://tinyurl.com/2wmmfz
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aren't exactly noted for their literary endeavours. And JJ Abrams must be the most overrated 'creative genius' ever. This new Trek film is going to suck.
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the writers are fishy. The director made a godawfully expensive first feature that looked like a glorified TV pilot, the cast is controversial to say the least... And the Trek franchise doesn't interest the mass audiance anymore, just the fans. Massive bomb in the making, Stardate: May '09.
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coming back into fashion in 23rd century. Its quite cool how everything looks futuristic from a colourful 60s perspective and to see this knowing that no cgi or special effects are in at this stage!
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I assume its referencing Clash of the Titans. Never understood the previous avatar. Was it Harry Bin laden? Harry Sharif? Only Harry Knowles!
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And why cover up those pretty palm trees with a silly blue wall with dots all over it? What could that be about? Are blue walls with dots supposed to be futuristic? I hope they replace that lame wall with some cool CGI spaceship or something. It's not too late to fix it, JJ!
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If the car is in the film and is treated as a classic vehicle then isn't that just as bad as iRobot's "classic 2005 Converse" plug?
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The reason for the silly blue wall with dots all over it is so that they CAN replace it. It's called ... brace yourself ... a bluescreen. The dots are reference points for the animators.
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anybody who frequents AICN doesn't know the usual behind-the-scenes stuff you see on all the DVD bonus features? Give me at least a little credit, man!
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whaaaaaaa. What a bunch of Negative Nancy's.
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You know, like in the movies, or are they going to include the blue and yellow and whatever other colors there were? Maybe these are just those on track for a commanding position. But wait, didn't they change what the colors meant from the original show. Fuck, this is getting confusing.
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Isn't the library at CSUN where they shot the exteriors for SKY HIGH a few years back? (Just watched it over the weekend with the kid and it looks familiar...)
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they aren't as "mini" as the old days. On the old show, you could see their starfleet panties in any scene where they weren't standing up straight...
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Damn Kirk is gonna be busy!
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With your Founder and Chairman Tom Cruise.
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Right next to the chick in the miniskirt.
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Thanks! I'm actually getting a bit stoked to see this now.
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Screw this new star trek. screw jj abrams
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March 18, 2008, 7:53 a.m. CST
This is Star Trek. That's what it looks/feels like
by performingmonkey
To me this is a Trek movie we're looking at. Whatever the script is like at least we're getting something that looks quintessentially TREK.
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You know the one in the red is going to die before the commercial.
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so many bright futures.
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Frankly....those all-red uniforms look LAME!!! And I agree - if they use the arrowhead as a general Starfleet insignia they are already breaking the rules. And I'm not some big canon freak...but that one is a no brainer. Hope it's good, but I'm still on the fence. Show us the CREW!!!
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Let's see it's 9:40 here on the East Coast, so it's 6:40 AM in Cali. Gee the sun rises early out there. ... Oh! My Bogus Sense is tingling!
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assures me that this movie will get a $100 million easily.
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I'd say it's not in the movie, but someone on the production staff (JJ?) has an inside track and got a prototype for cruising around the set.
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Giant sfx bluescreens with dot patterns in background. Some special effects are being planned! And as someone who watched classic Trek when it was first broadcast, sure I'm a bit iffy on this whole recasting reboot, but unless some one is going to rejuvinate the cast like in the Tales of the Darkside episode, "Distant Signals", then this is how to go. And about the ONLY person I would trust to do this is JJ Abrams. Don't let us down JJ!
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Looks like Visitors in red uniforms. Could be bad...
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C'mon man, those blue walls with dots are not supposed to be part of the futuristic look! Duh, everyone would have figured out that it is a large target practice board for the academy students to practice their laser shooting techniques. It also doubles up as a game board (like darts). I am sure HenryVIII will agree... :)
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Add that to your list of 'stupid questions in this thread'<p> Also, This looks a lot like a Logan's Run remake.
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Had the time stamp problem this weekend. Forgot to change the date following the 28th of February. Moved right to March 1 instead of 29 Feb...
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interesting that they've given the academy uniforms a clearly militaristic flare. No unitard jumpsuits there.
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Not sure the vehicle seen in the last two shots are of a "prop"... check this out... http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/10/09/aptera-diesel-electric-hybrid/
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Talk about a SPY.
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...and the thoughts of eager young Hitler Youth become preoccupied with wanton and passionate perpetuation of the master race.
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It could easily be Photoshoped but the ugly green banners on the light post do have Starfleet logos on them. If that already been stated sorry. I’m going back to my Cheerios now.
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He's chillin in the back, date raping a naked blue lady and being all like, "YOU! know YOU! liKE! it. JUST! shut UP! and eNjoy... IT! !!!!!!!"
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Parking lots in the future must be fcuking HUGE.
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Joeelliot, I just braved the horror that is the search function on this site and dug this article up- http://www.aintitcool.com/node/18506<br> That is definitely the same location.
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Trek canon. gfy
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March 18, 2008, 10:58 a.m. CST
The Space Quest IV Time Travelling Machine!?
by Guy Who Got A Headache And Accidentally Saves The World
Think it was called the TIMESUX 2000? Just what the fuck is that doing in there? SPACE QUEST MOVIE, AWESOME! Not sure where Roger Wilco is though, I don't see a blonde head in any of those pictures
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March 18, 2008, 11:06 a.m. CST
Chekov throwing his phaser away in Star Trek IV
by Guy Who Got A Headache And Accidentally Saves The World
Is it ever explained that phasers were invented by the navy once they got hold of time travelling chekov's in Star Trek IV?
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Just sayin'.
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The symbol on the flags is the Starfleet Insignia. Ever notice how it resembles the "A" in NASA's logo?
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cant wait to see them.
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Abrams found a real time-space distortion for the shooting of the film? I was as sick of time-looping trek stories as the next guy, but if CSUN has a functioning wormhole, all is forgiven!
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aka Republican National Convention
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March 18, 2008, 12:55 p.m. CST
WHERE ARE THE CREDIT CARD STANDS SIGNING UP NAIVE CADETS??!?!!
by BringingSexyBack
Golden opportunity man.
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You would think lawn care in the 25th Century would be more advanced.
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March 18, 2008, 12:57 p.m. CST
CADETS NOT WEARING TOWELS AND BURKAS IN THE 25TH CENTURY?!?!
by BringingSexyBack
I guess the terrorists didn't win.
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where Kirk addresses the crew.
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Khan was looking through files on Kirk's crew and came upon Chekov's.
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If the red and dull gray are the students at SF Academy, where are the professors in the crowd? I guess they'll be added with the blue screen. <p> What? No bumperstickers for the Rocket Car? <p> "Spock Happens"<p> "Ass, Grass, or Kobayashi Maru: Nobody rides for free" <p> "Don't blame me, I voted for Chelsea" <p> "No blood for dilithium" <p> "You can pry my phaser from my cold dead hand" <p> "Caution - This vehicle stops for tribbles"
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I WANT THAT CAR!!!! 'Bout friggen time we got an American car that gets over 100 mpg! Heck, just plug it in to a generator hooked up to your exercise bike, backyard windmill, or rooftop solar array. Meanwhile, Dick C. is mobilizing to stop this now.
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March 18, 2008, 2:36 p.m. CST
there's that one goth outcast student who's red is slighty off
by donwillymo
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The one eating pizza during history class? I bet he's going to feature prominently.<p> Okay Cadets. You had red shirts on when came in here.<p> Sumpin happun to'em bro muhuh huh huh
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Where's Snoop with his green hat?
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I thought just beamed it into space.
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that "futuristic space car" is an actual car that will be on sale in California late this year.http://www.aptera.com/details.php
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There are Imperial officers down there.
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God bless that rocket car and all who dwell in the rocket car.
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March 18, 2008, 3:54 p.m. CST
there's still bikes in the future next to the hovercraft thing!
by donwillymo
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I feel like Chuck Heston running through the streets yelling "SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!" I mean, are you kidding me? "Enterprise" wasn't bad enough, "Nemesis" wasn't bad enough, and now we need this garbage to put the last bullet in the carcass? Will we see the clone wars in this one, too?
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IE: Blackshirts.
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Kudos for remembering "Distant Signals". That was a great 30 minutes of syndicated television, made all the betterer by the inclusion of the great Darren McGavin. And I'm sure the bluescreens in the pics are to show the GIGANTIC STARSHIP ENTERPRISE that's been BUILT ON THE GROUND, because apparently somebody thought it was a cute idea to have an enormous, top-heavy warp driven starship built on the ground and not someplace more practical like, oh I dunno, SPACE.
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I sense Barack Obama and his pastor will be saying "Not "God Bless" the Federation, "God DAMN the Federation!!"
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... raspberry berets? The kind you find in a second- hand store?
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Nobody in the future believes in God anyway.
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The Good news - if this relaunch turns out to be an utter disaster, it should finally put a stake through the STAR TREK heart.<P>The Bad news - if this relaunch comes off as even remotely servicable (with a modest B.O.), then it will force this tired, overwrought franchise to limp on as yet another incarnation that continues to water down its past glories.<P>Damn.
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puny red shirts
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I bet something really bad is about to happen in this scene.
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Please return vehicle to Doctor Emmett Brown immediately.
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They're doomed!
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Kirk - "Ensign Expendable, go over and check behind that rock" Kirk - "Lt. Forgetable, I want you to beam down to that planet of molten lava" Kirk - "Crewman DeadSoon, bring me a hot alien babe" gfy
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Poor saps.
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March 18, 2008, 5:33 p.m. CST
although i'm disappointed that JJ disbanded the idea of a "reima
by captain_kirk
I think this movie will freegin RAWK! Kirk Out!
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He was Kirk's torment at the Academy! Hey Jimmy Boy!!
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The level of nerditry present every time the words Star and Trek come up in the headline. I'm a huge fanboy as well, so I can understand the level of obsession that comes with things. But oh my God...."this picture here clearly violates the canon established in episode 2, season 1, scene 24 frame number 24:45 that shows that'....it's just awesome. I've had my moments similar, so I'm not exactly innocent when it comes to this myself, but it's still funny.
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The car seen in the photo is a real car. It can be bought in California. It also gets around 300 mpg
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If we ever meet. *tips cap* Nicely played.
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looks like Princess Vespa's spaceship in Spaceballs?
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Naw, I live downtown but did go see the crane incident up close. It was leaning from one side of 50th Street to the other. Looked like Clovercrab had gone through the block. It's a wonder there are not more such accidents around here. There is SO MUCH construction going on in the city and crazy ass cranes hanging everywhere.
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March 18, 2008, 7:25 p.m. CST
the other reason Sulu is not being played by a Japanese guy
by Multiplex
because it's not a Japanese fucking surname, so he can be any kind of Asian. Say he's mixed, and shut up about it.
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Do ya think they'll glut the market when this thing is over? I'm pretty tall so I'll need an XL.
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Hehe you knew it was coming.
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Sulu rocks.
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steaming pile of a Knight Rider backdoor pilot, in that scene where KITTINO picks up the inventor's daughter.
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in another reality, I could have called you "friend".
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On adavnced starfleet artic ground assault combat tactics. While hundreds of guys in Six Million Dollar Man doll costumes intently listen.
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Weird.
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If that vehicle is to be featured in the film, even in background, we may be looking at the biggest jump since the off road chase in Nemesis. That is, IF it is a part of the film.
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HI! I WORK AT TARGET, I MEAN STARFLEET.
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Says I to Abom during some rough sex with Glovedone's mom.
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Those pictures did nothing but push me even farther towards adding this dung to the Enterprise trash heap. Enterprise, as far as I'm concerned, never existed. Eventually somebody MIGHT make a proper ST movie again, I imagine another good TV series will come first, though. Regardless, when did SF cadets wear fucking hats?
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The car is the Aptera, designed for mass production (maybe) as a hybrid or all-electric 3-wheeler. Find it at Aptera.com. In was on the cover of Popular Science/Mechanic Magazine in December, 2007.
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We should be due for another one.
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STINO!!! STINO!!! STINO!!! STINO!!!
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March 19, 2008, 5:49 a.m. CST
Why is Sulu not Japanese shouldn't be added to the list of stupi
by 23GreatWoundsAllGotInBattle
..You guys need to be added to the list of fuckin' assholes. Who does it matter to? How about a Japanese person? I'm sure George Takei asked it himself once the casting was announced. Anybody see Memoirs of a Geisha? No...cause it was a bunch of fuckin' Chinese people playin' fuckin' Japanese people. There's a difference, shitdicks.
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March 19, 2008, 5:53 a.m. CST
..id questions. Dumbass character count. But...
by 23GreatWoundsAllGotInBattle
...back to Star Trek, I dunno. The commencement ceremony is a good save, because indeed, the insignia is wrong otherwise. Trekkies are notoriously sensitive to minutiae, and they don't forgive the way Star Wars fans do. Jeez, SW fans really save Lucas' ass a LOT. I like both franchises, SW a little more, but I'm all for going back to TOS Trek, even with new people...just not sure about this cast. I was all for Damon and Sinise as Kirk and McCoy. Dunno about Pathfinder being Bones...
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The vehicle in the picture was profiled yesterday on yahoo news as a new 3-weel hybrid
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...like that lame-@$$ Deep Space Nine episode. Yeah let's make the uniforms for space explorers miniskirts as if that would make sense... why? Because that's what they had on classic Trek forty years ago. Let's have the Enterprise built in Area 51... why? Because Area 51 is "edgy". Uh, no... Area 51 was "edgy" in 1993! Well, one plus to this abortion will be that it'll kill Trek forever... at last.
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March 19, 2008, 12:53 p.m. CST
I love the look on the security guard's face in the last shot.
by ar42
He's completely unaware that he's less than 72 hours from getting his ass fired for letting spies leak pics of the Kirkomobile (TM).
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...that sexism would feel so right?
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Enter your secret code!
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The car in the last couple of pictures is called an Aptera and it will hopefully be available in the next year or so. Visit www.aptera.com to learn more about his very cool Jetsons-like car.
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They wouldn't stoop so low, would they?
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