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Want To See The First Clip Of STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS?? Here You Go!!
The Kidd here...
Ever since J.J. Abrams' first foray into the STAR TREK Universe, I've been dying to see where the crew of the Enterprise would be going next. I've been trying my best to stay away from any spoilers that have been floating out there, as Abrams has been one of the few filmmakers out there who try to maintain the theatre experience for movie-goers. Much like Nolan, he wants to afford us the chance to let a film unfold in front of us for the first time as we watch it, instead of having a condensed version of the movie laid out for us by trailers, TV spots and advance clips.
However, when I heard Abrams brought the first official clip of STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS to Conan O'Brien's show, I jumped at the chance to see what he was willing to show at this stage of the game, and well... you really should see for yourself. By the way, Abrams' set-up of what you're about to see is a lot better than any hype I can bestow upon this, so enjoy...
-Billy Donnelly
"The Infamous Billy The Kidd"
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I am pretty excited about this already!
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Oct. 4, 2012, 11:21 p.m. CST
For fuck sake Abrams, release a goddamn TEASER TRAILER.
by DrBathroomMD
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I would see it again and again.
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Oct. 4, 2012, 11:30 p.m. CST
This movie is clearly headed in the wrong direction I mean look at how stupid that whole scene was
by cgih8r
J.J. Abrams has raped my childhood AGAIN!!!!
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He's way to jewy
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Oct. 4, 2012, 11:39 p.m. CST
The first 2 frames were good, but after the third I'm really seeing the bad direction that this movie is going in.
by RawrBOMB
I mean seriously. AND it spoils the ending.
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Oct. 4, 2012, 11:41 p.m. CST
I come here for movie news, not to be trolled. Luckily for the Kidd, I'm a nice guy
by Hardboiled Wonderland
Others won't be so nice. Cue shitstorm in 1, 2, 3...
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Oct. 4, 2012, 11:42 p.m. CST
Y'know, it's pretty sad that Jar Jar thought this was soooo funny, he wrote to all the movie sites asking them to post the video and not give away the gag.
by Hardboiled Wonderland
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Fire and space, with alien life forms, jeeze, what a load of reheated-ripoffed crap.
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For Christ's sake, the movie opens in eight months.
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Oct. 5, 2012, midnight CST
Y'know, it's pretty sad that Jar Jar thought this was soooo funny, he wrote to all the movie sites asking them to post the video and not give away the gag, and AICN did what he asked.
by la_sith
This site grows more and more irrelevant.
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Can I get 2:22 minutes of my life back? No I can't.
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Oct. 5, 2012, 12:06 a.m. CST
Glad the skids were greased for Jar Jar so he could make HYPE-TRASH movies. So is Brian Cox a starfleet officer in this one or what?
by Darth_Kong
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Oct. 5, 2012, 12:13 a.m. CST
I came here to see some footage not to suffer through Conan's tired and uncomfortable schtick
by Autodidact
The joke in this clip suffers from The Onion Syndrome. The joke is in the headline, you don't need the damn article.
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Never Gonna Give You Up would have actually been an improvement over that tired gag
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i'll take it
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Oct. 5, 2012, 12:31 a.m. CST
That's not the title they're going with, right? Cause that's pretty terrible...
by Chris
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Oct. 5, 2012, 12:34 a.m. CST
Also, the hate on JJ is a little cliche. I mean, if it were cool to like him you'd like him, but it's cool to hate him, so you hate him.
by Chris
You people should really get your own opinions.
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Oct. 5, 2012, 12:35 a.m. CST
It's like people who like a band before they're famous, only so they can talk about how they were a fan before the band sold out...
by Chris
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I mean, almost everyone loves the guy, so what's the craziest thing you can say to get a rise out of people? That you hate him. Seriously, get your own opinions.
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Oct. 5, 2012, 12:39 a.m. CST
I'd rather see Asimovlives be invited to the premiere.
by Bedknobs and Boomsticks
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Oct. 5, 2012, 12:40 a.m. CST
The reason this movie is PG-13 is because Spock is burned before having to wear that suit
by Ali Kerim Bey
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Oct. 5, 2012, 12:56 a.m. CST
The title is awful. Still looking forward to this, but damn...
by dahveed1972
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Oct. 5, 2012, 12:57 a.m. CST
Was really hoping it was going to be the clip from Mac and Me where the wheelchair kid rolls down the hill
by ImMorganFreeman
Like Paul Rudd always does.
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Oct. 5, 2012, 1:22 a.m. CST
Lets see what JJ Abrams in peddling today. 'roll up, roll up, I have some mediocre shit to get you excited about'. Pfft
by Fortunesfool
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Oct. 5, 2012, 1:26 a.m. CST
HEY GUYS, let's pick all these clues apart and try to figure out the movie
by Larry_Sanders
Then wonder why we fucking bothered when it turns out to be a massive piece of shit like CLOVERFIELD or SUPER 8 or, yes, STAR TREK. Fuck this guy, and fuck his moron writing team.
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Right there behind his shoulder. It's as plain as day.
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the Temple of King Solomon is sex worship, the female box, so we'll cut it up into pieces for baby to be entertained. A-Holery in the MAXIMUS.
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that wasn't Tom Hanks in the volcano?
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what is this box religion? im curious to know more!
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What I meant to say was... I thought the whole Magic Box thing was about how he thought the imagination of what the mystery/box is always more entertaining than the reveal. I don't agree with it as far as making a good plot, but... Then: insert your qoute.... Just wondering what what you meant.
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Oct. 5, 2012, 1:54 a.m. CST
Ha Ha Ha. Jokes on us! Ha Ha Ha. Except its 3 frames of MASSIVE LENS FLARE!
by Reelheed
What a fucking surprise.
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Oct. 5, 2012, 2:05 a.m. CST
Jesus Christ. Here's your ONLINE EDUCATION. FOLLOW THE BOUNCING BALL FOLKS...
by Darth_Kong
Metaphors. Mystery Box is a metaphor for the Female Box in freemasonry, freemasonry is jewish of course, the Female Box is the Temple of King Solomon. Look at the blueprints for the temple of King Solomon and you'll see it's the male phallic inside the female box. The room that is SQUARE, which is the holiest of holies, is the head of the male phallic inside the female box. You'll also notice thirty little square boxes lined around the male phallic which is akin the the lining in the uterus which is why say a woman menstruates every thirty days. So that's why they call the Temple of King Solomon the TEMPLE OF LIFE. If you have sex you can create life right? It's freemasonry sex worship garbage. Also there was NO King Solomon. He never existed. It's a TRIOM GOD WORD TRICK. A play on words and terms. Follow me... Sol - Latin Om - Hindu On - Egyptian or Greek if I remember correctly. The three esoteric languages for the SUN. Life. Why the SUN? The real King Solomon is AMENHOTEP the THIRD. Get it? King SOL-OM-ON? Triom god. Amenhotep the third. Third=Triom. Which means the real Temple of King Solomon is the Giza Pyramids in Egypt. Plus we didn't cover the fact that a CHIEF CORNERSTONE, which is Jesus or Horus, take your pick, is the capstone on a pyramid. The eye in the pyramid is the EYE OF HORUS. Jesus is Horus. This crap is all freemasonry magic, sex magic, sex worship with twisted symbols that are rearranged, redesigned from mystery religions. Isn't that why Egypt had MYSTERY RELIGIONS? He's just dumbed it down for movie fans who are too stupid to ask any hard questions. You can't, but I can. I see the tricks. Plus there is a whole lot more to freemasonry we didn't cover but you can research that on your own. Go read a book and do your homework. Google is your friend.
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AMENHOTEP the THIRD is known as KING SUN. KING SOLOMON. KING SUN. KING SOL-OM-ON. It's a play on words and terms. So what I'm saying is when you want to lead the masses you create a RELIGION. MYSTERY BOX. The Temple of King Solomon is the FEMALE BOX-The temple of life. A religion that is a dumbed down version of freemasonry for dumb-downed people. It's all very simple tricks. This guys a creep. Period. There's nothing holy about the temple of King Solomon there never was and never will be. It's sex worship. Mystery Box is movie worship. Think a little.
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That was hilarious. Well played.
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The next thing you know, he'll add a 4th frame with Rick Astley...
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Oct. 5, 2012, 2:55 a.m. CST
Here's where it gets fun. Really fun. Why did he show 3 seconds of Spock in a VOLCANO? FOLLOW THE BOUNCING BALL FOLKS...
by Darth_Kong
Spock represents Judaism. Vulcan = Volcano. Kirk is Scottish for Church. Kirk means CIRCE, mother CIRCE. Holy mother CHURCH. HOLY MOTHER KIRK. HOLY MOTHER CIRCE. I don't care take your pick. Why? Moses was the leader of a MOON cult. The word for MOON is SIN. AI is mountain or VOLCANO. Take your pick. Mt. Sinai means Mountain of the Moon God. So why does SIN mean MOON? Jesus is God's SON or SUN. SUN and SON are interchangeable. If you were worshipping the MOON you we're worshipping SIN so you we're sinning. If you're worshipping the MOON you're NOT worshipping God's SUN or SON, take your pick, so you are SINNING. It's a play on words and terms. Three seconds is a TRIOM GOD like... FATHER, SON, HOLY SPIRIT OSIRIS, ISI, HORUS BRAHMA, VISHNU, SHIVA ISSAC, ABRAHAM, JACOB TRIOM GOD. 3 SECONDS OF FOOTAGE FOR THE MYSTERY BOX RELIGION. BTW THERE WAS NO MOSES. He never existed so don't go looking for him.
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Oct. 5, 2012, 2:57 a.m. CST
3 seconds, 3 frames, whatever. Barf, Puke, whatever. That's BARF!
by Darth_Kong
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But it didn't make me laugh as hard as darth_kong's nonsense. There is no religious conspiracy here. The mystery box is a grab bag he bought at a magic shop and never opened because he thought imagining what was inside it was more fun than opening it. The Archie McPhee shop in Seattle sells the same kind of thing, where you pay $25 for $100+ worth of merchandise, but you don't know what you're getting.
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Oct. 5, 2012, 3:03 a.m. CST
drave117 - Throwing around a hundred bucks and not knowing what you're getting? And you're saying I'm insane? Right.
by Darth_Kong
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not sure what that has to do with jj abrams. that was my original inquiry guess i didnt word it proper like
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i see it now, mate. rather than take it as an insult, i may research some more on this lot. interesting. not been one for conspiracy theories me self, but looked at the blueprints and saw your meaning. cheers!
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thats what i wanted to know originally cheers
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Oct. 5, 2012, 3:29 a.m. CST
Too bad he isn't 1/10th the filmmaker as he is a salesman
by albert comin
And this is really pushing it. Three frames? He's now mocking the very people who make him rich by watching his movies. The more i know JJ the more he anoys me. The adulation he gets is truly bewildering. And he's a very creppy looking dude. I'd hate to be in the same room with him. He give me the creeps!
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TOP MAN! Cheers!
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You are getting it wrong. The "kullz" thing is to love JJ Abrams, even though he makes or produces sub-par movies, because of all the hype fun surrounding everything about him. Logically speaking, he man shouldn't be as well known as he is. He's made of hype and little else. Other people have consistently made better TV or movies then him and aren't as well known as he is, even though they are far more talented. So you are getting it wrong. It's quite the reverse.
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Oct. 5, 2012, 3:50 a.m. CST
Yet i bet half of you would give Guillermo a BJ if he caught you in a dirty dark nightclub bathroom..
by Balkin Flabgurter
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and fire them into space with all the shit they've made over the past few years? So fucking tired of those fanboy bozos.
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Oct. 5, 2012, 3:54 a.m. CST
And we all know what he is. He's the fucking RING MASTER of the circus or a carnival. I don't care what you call it.
by Darth_Kong
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Oct. 5, 2012, 4:01 a.m. CST
I can see it now. SORRY MUM. He's too busy with the TASK-AT-HAND to help the poor old Polish woman pick up the potatoes on her way to the street market. Or 10 FORWARD.
by Darth_Kong
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Oct. 5, 2012, 4:02 a.m. CST
F this guy. I mean really. You can all get mad. Lodge your complaints with my secretary.
by Darth_Kong
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sir jimmy saville, that is a different story....
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Enlighten me, were Roddenberry and the other directors ever as flippant towards their fanbase? Because this continually insulting attitude angers me and makes me want to boycot and leave the franchise alltogether. I wish Peter Jackson was producing this.
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Oct. 5, 2012, 4:15 a.m. CST
Those three frames were 100 times better then all of Nolan's Batcrap Trilogy COMBINED!
by iamatroll
Now THERE'S some trolling for ya! Bring on Star Trek next year!
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Oct. 5, 2012, 4:23 a.m. CST
OMG, the look is ALL WRONG. Who's the cinematographer?? That framing is SO TRITE and overplayed. This is even more disgraceful than the first one. PASS
by Jared Bond
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Oct. 5, 2012, 4:37 a.m. CST
@Mr darth_kong, JJ Abrams had the doors open to him since birth because he was born in the business.
by albert comin
His father was a studio executive and her mother also worked in the film industry, an executive too i believe. Smal wonder he knows so well the effectiveness of hype above all else.
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Oct. 5, 2012, 4:41 a.m. CST
@Mr darth_kong, Abrams as a landopwner lord showing contempt for the peasants who feed him is an apt metaphor
by albert comin
I'm begining to feel that JJ Abrams has nothing but contempt for the audiences. He must believe he can do anything with them, thanks to his past sucesses. And the funny thing is, if one to really come to think about it, he has not been that sucessful as his hype might indicate. Again, the victory of hype above all else.
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Oct. 5, 2012, 4:42 a.m. CST
But this new "Star Trek" movie will make money regardless of quality, anyway, and he will continue on this franchise until it bleeds dry.
by albert comin
Or people wise up to him. But i think the bleed dry up will happen first, i'm affraid.
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Oct. 5, 2012, 4:59 a.m. CST
Ahh but the plot thickens, those weren't just any potatoes, they were ROMULAN POTATOES. Yeah, she was heading to 10 Forward to make not BATH-TUB gin BUT ROMULAN ALE.
by Darth_Kong
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Oct. 5, 2012, 4:59 a.m. CST
Now we all know why the Enterprise was in spacedock for 16 weeks and we know who and who wasn't court-martialed for the ILLEGAL-POSSESSION of Romulan Ale.
by Darth_Kong
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Oct. 5, 2012, 4:59 a.m. CST
Chekov, what goes around, comes around. The morale of the story is, beware Guinan posing as a Polish immigrant.
by Darth_Kong
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Hahaha...seriously, they're not getting my money.
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I don't know if his story about his magical mystery box from his childhood is true or not, but to me it feels like he pulled it out of a Bradbury story or something.
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It's like a metaphor of a metaphor. If it's a mystery you can make up any hogwash you want. I see the religious component of it because of who he is. I'm not anti-jewish I'm anti-bullshit. I'm calling bullshit on Abrams. How's it going btw?
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Oct. 5, 2012, 5:51 a.m. CST
Cool and funny. but yes! ONLY A FEW MONTHS TO GO::BRING US THAT FRACKING TEASER TRAILER!!
by Richard L. Rhodes
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Oddly enough, you know what I think of whenever someone mentions a volcano? Those Dianetics commercials that were on TV all the time in the 80's. The commercial, for the L. Ron Hubbard Scientology book showed a big volcano blowing its top. Now we know there is a deeply embedded Scientology connection in Hollywood. Also, all this talk about mysterious religions makes me wonder about the obsession Hollywood has with adapting Philip K. Dick's novels and stories. What makes me mention this is VALIS, which gets into lots of crazy mysterious religious stuff that ties into ancient and archaic traditions. Now, maybe it is just coincidence and PKD's books are just that tailor made for cinema with their high concept plots? Then again, they never really do any PKD adaptations without changing a lot of things. The only two that are closest to PKD's original visions, Blade Runner and A Scanner Darkly, were kind of made in an off the radar manner. Sure Blade Runner is a larger budget movie from the era it was produced in, but then again it was also a flop. Remember, PKD stated that at least in terms of the conception of Blade Runner's world onscreen, it seemed like they, in his words, *looked inside his head and saw the worlds that he imagined.* So why not Asimov, Clarke, or Heinlein having more of their works adapted? Oh and when they are, with the exception of 2001, the movies are pretty much just FX reels. Even Starship Troopers by Verhoeven, which wasn't accurate to the novel, was still a sci-fi film that had something to say with its satirical approach. Of course this is no good cause Verhoeven was questioning the war machine and military industrial complex. He was trying to say that we shouldn't just blindly follow the leader into bloody battle like lemmings walking off a cliff. Then ask yourself why Hollywood doesn't adapt VALIS. They say it is unfilmable. How about Stranger In A Strange Land? No, Hollywood wants to keep everyone thinking that writers like PKD and Heinlein are just characatures. PKD is supposed to be seen as this weirdo that was obsessed with replicants and androids. Heinlein is then reduced to being seen as a bloodthirsty militant who writes sci-fi war porn. This way the Hollywood guys like Abrams and their mystery boxes can stand on the shoulders of science fiction giants like PKD, Robert Heinlein, and Gene Roddenberry. I tell you one thing darth_kong, I bet all the Hollywood insiders love PKD's more personal and spiritual work like VALIS, but they'll never adapt it cause it is probably forbidden to expose the dumb masses to such things.
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The way Conan said that reminds me of the way that alien talked with Picard about *Darmok at Tenagra.*
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Oct. 5, 2012, 6:18 a.m. CST
scirocco -- didn't China Mevielle write a rant/skewering of Abrams around the time of the last Star Trek?
by lv_426
Or maybe it was in an interview where someone asked him about Star Trek or something.
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Oct. 5, 2012, 6:42 a.m. CST
Can't help but read a little contempt for Star Trek fans out of that.
by Hardboiled Wonderland
Hab Sosli' Quch, Jar Jar. Mak'dar Baktag!!!
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Oct. 5, 2012, 6:44 a.m. CST
I actually liked Super 8 a lot, and I only say Jar Jar because it cracks me up every time I see JJ Abrams.
by Hardboiled Wonderland
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It's literally got to the point where the movie promoters know we'll watch any news about movies we're interested in, so they throw us three frames as a joke? And I sat through a stupid verizon advert and five minutes of Conan O'Brien for that? Next time I won't bother watching because I'll just assuming they're fucking me about anyway. Maybe I shouldn't get annoyed but it feels like that's just showing contempt for the fans. HAHA just wrote that and then saw the title of the post above... yeah it's contempt, I agree.
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That was really funny and, frankly, the good-natured teasing we nerds NEED from time to time. There's no use pretending you're on your high horse here because HERE we all know that your high horse is just a ratty old chair in your mom's basement. Lighten up.
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Every time Abrams is mentioned on this site
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Yeah, you had cheetos and fanfic you could've been writing or women to not talk to. What a waste of your time!
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you sat through all that instead of being an adult and downloading adblock for FREE? Yeah. Your own fault.
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I think there is a theme here. In keeping with the theme of “darkness”, JJ Abrams & crew are deliberately keeping us in the dark. I agree the 3 frame clip is a bit of a letdown, but this may be a clip form the soon-to-be released teaser. In a way, I applaud JJ for taking this stance because (unlike the old days), movies are basically ruined before a person can go see it. From teasers (that don’t tease) to trailers that give away EVERYTHING, to scripts and bootlegging (heck, look at Wolverine, the film was online, albeit in an unfinished form). I think we need this to keep the film as fresh as possible. Granted, just because the spoilers are out there doesn’t mean we have to read or see them, but I think JJ is trying to preserve as many surprises with this film as he can. Besides, Trek fans should rejoice: this will be the first Trek film in IMAX and 3d!!!
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Oct. 5, 2012, 8:04 a.m. CST
JJ was really respected as a filmmaker before this--why would he do this to hurt his reputation?
by David Duchovny
ha ha. Guaranteed that this was pointed towards 80 percent of the people on this board who are absolute twats. Well played, sir.
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Oct. 5, 2012, 8:04 a.m. CST
Don't give anyone in Hollywood attention when they do this
by MattHooper
They are only insulting you and laughing about it right in your face.
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Shlomo. They didn't speak English back then you dumb fuck. The Jewish bible was written in Hebrew.
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Oct. 5, 2012, 8:34 a.m. CST
Well I'm glad I can't see it anyway. This stupid Team CoCo player isn't working on my computer
by Wcwlkr
From the reaction I'm seeing above looks like I'm glad I missed this. Because apparently he really didn't show much. Oh well I'll just wait for the teaser
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Who's been fucking with his brain medicine? ...or did jarjar give some sort of fucked up interview about King Solomon in Star Trek. He does seem capable of enough douchebaggery to claim Illuminati like that rapper guy. One thing I am sure of, JJ thought it was VERY clever to put a Vulcan in a Volcano!
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http://www.unfinishedman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/psy6.jpg
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Oct. 5, 2012, 8:59 a.m. CST
He's now mocking the very people who make him rich by watching his movies.
by john
God, you're an idiot. Please don't procreate.
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Super 8 was fantastic as was Star Trek. Even if you don't agree, surely you don't find them offensive enough to call him hack.....or apparently there's an entire talkback of people who do......
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And it had the R rating. Abrams' success is overhyped. Anyone not clued up on the biz would think he's on the same level as Cameron or Nolan when nothing is further from the truth. He's a fucking used car salesman, recycling old shit and pretending it's something new and awesome.
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Ok, so Abrams' TREK was never going to be QUITE as good as it was with the original cast. That's the nature of the beast. Whenever you have some new crew come in and try to play the roles that these other people BECAME (Nimoy BECAME Spock, Shatner BECAME Kirk, to multiple generations - he was no longer Leonard Nimoy - people still look at him to this day and say "hey, it's Spock!")...it is never going to be fully accepted...because they simply CAN'T be that character after the original broke the mold with it and embodied that character for 45 years. Other characters like Bond are different - because from the getgo, Bond was already defined before the first film was ever made. He wasn't sculpted by Connery - he already existed before he ever was put to film. Shatner, Nimoy, et al, they helped Roddenberry to CREATE those characters - and so they left an indelible mark on them forever. I understand that. And I'd honestly rather watch a Trek starring 80-something Kirk and Spock than any Abrams-verse take on it. Who says you have to be a young buck to fly in space? You can do that at virtually any age. HOWEVER...we all know that those glory days are well and truly over. So we'd best make peace with the fact that..if we want more Trek, with the original show's characters, different people ARE going to be playing them and a new generation of film makers ARE going to be crafting movies out of them. Abrams is not the same generation that created Wrath of Kahn or hell, Search for Spock, even Final Frontier. So this is never going to be your generation's (or in my case, my parents' generation's) Trek. Given that...Abrams did a fine job with the new Trek. It had lense flares, yes. It was infused with that "edge" so that it might appeal to a younger demographic. The way the characters are played, it is clear that they want to skew it toward a new generation who never experienced the dialogue and attitudes of the 60's, 70's, or even 80's. Kids. No, Sylar will never replace Nimoy as Spock. He can't. Whatshisname will never fill the Shat's shoes as Kirk (and in fact he doesnt even try - he plays the guy differently instead of trying to imitate Kirk-isms) ...but hey, there's always the cameo from the REAL Spock to ground the movie, lend it credibility as a real TREK film (let's face it, without Nimoy, the first Trek would NOT have quite felt legitimate and the pain of watching these guys try to play the people we've known and loved for 45 years would've been more severe).... Anyyyway....Trek's greatest weakness was having the not so incredible hulk as its main villain - he was not memorable. And as we all know...a movie is only as good as its villain (to some extent - the overall quality and Nimoy's presence definitely saved the film)...so stop pretending Abrams shoved an upturned lava lamp up your ass, realize how much worse it could be in the hands of some joke like Bay or McG....and thank your lucky stars it is not.
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I have blue balls now!
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If you look closely, there is a hidden bonus fourth frame. I warn you before you look for it, it contains at least four major spoilers that I could see. Watch at your own peril.
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At all. Grow the fuck up, you whiny fucking babies. High school's over. Go find yourself a fucking sense of humor.
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YOU'RE AN IDIOT.
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Have some fucking fun! You're all gonna get ball cancer and die with all your bitchy AICN posts eating you up inside. Grow the fuck up and enjoy SOMETHING for what it is. Silly sic-fi escapist fun. That's Star Trek. You're all like the little bastard kids in Galaxy Quest..."um...herm, yes, Spock would never BEEEED to go in a Volcano, you see. It's not rational."
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Its from his childhood, dude.
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*slowly backs out of the room*
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If you truly believe he is, I think you're really stretching on that one.
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Now there's a manic episode if I've ever seen one. EVERYONE IS STUPID EXCEPT ME! I AM THE ONLY ENLIGHTENED ONE BUT IN MY INFINITE MERCY I WILL DEIGN TO SHARE SOME OF MY WISDOM WITH YOU SIMPLETONS! NOW FOLLOW THE BOUNCING BALL WHILE I REGURGITATE SOME INSANE BULLSHIT I FOUND ON A HIGHLY LEGITIMATE AND SCHOLARLY GEOCITIES SITE! NEVER MIND THAT IT BEARS EVERY HALLMARK OF YOUR STANDARD NUMEROLOGY-BASED CONSPIRACY THEORY BULLSHIT AND HAS ZERO BASIS IN FACTUAL EVIDENCE OR RATIONAL THOUGHT! Take your meds, kid.
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That was the best 1/8th of a second I ever spent! More, more, more!
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Oct. 5, 2012, 11:40 a.m. CST
Why did JJ say "Spock!" so loud? Yeah, we all know he's a main character, dang JJ. You dumb.
by Just_Some_Guy
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...To lick his tiny penis
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Maybe he's learning from all the jokes about the first movie
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Oct. 5, 2012, 12:43 p.m. CST
Ya'll need to lighten up. I thought that was pretty funny.
by Logan_1973
Especially when Conan gives him a standing-O. And I'm not even a CoCo fan.
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I watched JJ's TED talk too, and he was referring to MYSTERIES in STORY TELLING. That's what the box represents. I know that sometimes life seems empty, hollow, and you have to look for things to blame for the way the world is the way it is and find conspiracies everywhere, but give it a fucking break. The guy was using the mystery box as an analogy, and I agree that his act does get old sometimes, but that's JJ's shtick. He's a geek that loves mysteries. OMG, BUT HE USED FREEMASON IMAGERY IN THE FIRST STAR TREK MOVIE IN SPOCKS SHIP SO HE'S ONE OF THE ILLUMINATI BRAINWASHING US OMGOMGOMGOMG!!!! Seriously? They're indoctrinating us with Star Trek now? You'd think they'd find something stupid people enjoy. All the moronic, sheeple I know hate Star Trek. Why not use Masonic brainwashing imagery in The Jersey Shore, since more people are watching that than Star Trek, LOST, REVOULTION, THE RIVER, or anything else JJ has touched? Oh, that's right, I'm a naive hater who is willingly letting the Illuminati control my destiny through Star Trek reboots.
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Oct. 5, 2012, 12:48 p.m. CST
If it weren't for the hilarious, entertaining, and sometimes thought provoking comments and discussions from this community, I'd be done with this crap.
by Chris
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Oct. 5, 2012, 12:48 p.m. CST
How long has this site been here and you STILL cannot edit your previous post.
by Chris
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The Mystery Box is a pretty simple concept. You don't know what's in the box, because you don't know what's in the box it builds tension. The tension is lost if you tell someone what is in the box, the dramatic effect that keeps the audience on the edge of their seat is lost. It has nothing to do with Solomon, with Free Masons, it has to do with storytelling, with keeping your audience captivated and, in the case of a TV series, coming back each week. It's the ISLAND on LOST, or the conspiracy Mulder is trying to uncover in THE X-FILES, or what exactly is in the attache case in RONIN. Sometimes it isn't important to the story, sometimes it is, but you never want to let people know what's in the box, because when you do, the actual revelation of what it is can never be as great as what your mind has perceived it to be.
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Oct. 5, 2012, 12:57 p.m. CST
No man, it's a vast Illuminati conspiracy! Look, at the Egyptian Book of the Dead and Solomon!
by Chris
The 12th Planet will return! Satan wants to brainwash us all with his Illuminati slaves! Don't trust Obama, OR the Jews! It's not only an Illuminati conspiracy, it's also a Zionist, Left Wing, Fascist, but also Socialist, conspiracy! Look to the pyramids for the secrets to be revealed! The Sphinx hides the key beneath its forearms! Hidden within is the mystery box of Gods limitless knowledge! The end is nigh! Trust no one! The truth is out there! What IS the Island?!??!
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Oct. 5, 2012, 1:01 p.m. CST
Forgive me for posting on a Texas born, sawdust on the floor, Hillbilly, or hindubilly, website run by Nerdonaughts on Doritos, Copenhagen Snuff, and Dr.Pepper...
by Darth_Kong
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Oct. 5, 2012, 1:07 p.m. CST
I get it now! Darth Kong is attempting to be ironic by mocking the crazed, conspiracy theorists who look for the secret Illuminati message in everyday things.
by Chris
I honestly believe some conspiracies to be true, but this whole idea that everyone in Hollywood is a Satanist trying to brainwash the world is idiotic. Instead of focusing our outrage and discontent with the present circumstances of the world on tangible political figures and real people, we now have the Illuminati and Satan to blame for all the woes of the world, and if we dislike someone, rather than having a rational reason, like JJ Abrams uses way too many lens flares, like, holy shit... Did anyone see Super 8? It's like, he said to someone, HEY, we need to add some lens flares digitally to this scene, can we do that? Anyway, rather than having a rational reason to dislike someone, we can just call them Illuminati scum trying to brainwash and destroy the world.
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Thanks BIG AL a.k.a. THE ALMIGHTY.
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A woman has a box inside her pants and it's a mystery to you until she lets you inside it. Same SHITE for the temple of King Solomon. Sorry, I'm right.
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Oct. 5, 2012, 1:16 p.m. CST
Hey darth, there's a reason why it's a mystery to you, and it might be because you keep calling it a box in her pants. :)
by Chris
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Never met the guy. Peter Levenda on the other hand... You could say I'm a fan. Love his book the Secret Temple.
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Oct. 5, 2012, 1:25 p.m. CST
I don't give a shit about "mystery box" bullshit. I like JJ, but he needs to stop taking himself so seriously.
by Just_Some_Guy
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Oct. 5, 2012, 1:26 p.m. CST
JJ also needs to stop hiring ass-kissing writers and get some people that can write without any plot holes
by Just_Some_Guy
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Oct. 5, 2012, 1:29 p.m. CST
I sometimes wonder if Orci & Kurtzman purposely put plotholes in movies just to piss off the fans
by Just_Some_Guy
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Oct. 5, 2012, 3:38 p.m. CST
Too bad the "new" cast is getting as old as the original cast while waiting for this fucker
by Drath
4 YEARS?!?!!! Are they sure it's not time to fucking reboot it again? Super 8 my ass.
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Well. It was.
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Oct. 5, 2012, 6:40 p.m. CST
Love Conan, but bummed this turned out to not be the real deal
by Kremzeek
I trust JJ. I don't trust Orci/Kurtzman. (Which I know may seem odd, since obviously JJ is cool with them... but anyway...) I was very forgiving of things I found out of place in the first film. After all, this is a beloved franchise and is getting its first official reboot after half a century. That's a tough job no matter who they gave the mantle to. So, in my forgiving state, I actually ended up loving that film quite a bit (CERTAINLY better than Nemeshit). But... now... I admit, I'm having a really tough time with the sequel news so far. The name alone makes me cringe. What an awful, horrendous, vomit-inducing title for the film. (Maybe I'm exaggerating a bit there, but I LOVE Trek... and that title... UGH). Here's to hoping, JJ... but I'm not feeling the love this time around. I hope you prove me wrong. Oh, and: Release a damn teaser already!
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Oct. 5, 2012, 6:58 p.m. CST
That was the biggest lens flare I have ever seen. It practically engulfs Spock.
by Arcadian
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Oct. 5, 2012, 7:47 p.m. CST
Isn't it funny that JJ felt the need to explain who Spock is the video? As if Spock was some obscure character from some little known media comodity.
by albert comin
It's particulary funny that he felt the need to make an explanation of Spock, when it's him, by his own admition, who knows very little about Star Trek (a point of pride for him). The ignorant explains to the world who Spock is. This is another proof how in contempt JJ hold the audiences. The more i know of him, the more i dislike him. Everything about him just reads wrong. I might be too harsh on the man, but it's hard for me to sympathise with him, both as a filmmaker and a person.
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Oct. 5, 2012, 7:51 p.m. CST
One thing is true, i'll not be disapointed with the next Star Trek movie. But that's because i don't expect much from it, anyway.
by albert comin
Not after the quite terrible first movie. I know now what to expect. It would be great to be proved wrong, but i wouldn't bet my savings on it.
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Ok, so first, in my observation, the general opinion of JJ's first Trek effort around AICN is it sucked. It wasn't always like that around here tho. At first, it was regarded in a generally positive light. Asimov used to piss people off by always slamming the film and everything he hated about it. Eventually, that seemed to ironically become the standard amongst TBers. (Again, in my observation.) As far as my opinion of the first JJ effort: THE GOOD: * JJ is a solid director. Certainly better than some of Trek's previous directors (Stuart Baird, I'm looking at you). People LOVE to complain about the "lens flares" around here, but I never noticed them until it was constantly pointed out. * The score was pretty damned amazing. I didn't think I'd ever love a new Trek score without it being by Goldsmith, but it's fantastic. * The acting was pretty much stellar across the board. * The cast was pretty much perfect (but see my note about Quinto below). * The time travel device used in the film was genius. They were able to successfully launch the new franchise without destroying what came before--i.e. the timeline we all know and love stayed intact. (And keep in mind this is coming from someone who hates pretty much everything Orci/Kurtzman have written, so that's high praise from me.) * Can enough good things be said about Karl Urban's "Bones"? Loved him in the role. * It was great to see Nimoy one "last" time. * The film served as a wonderful springboard to let the new cast have many, many new adventures. (Now, I hope they don't go ruining it all by severely narrowing the scope with a NuKhan in the sequel.) * Loved how they worked Pike into the new timeline. And Bruce Greenwood was a superb choice for the role. The Not-so-good: * Quinto looks a hell of a lot like young Nimoy, and he's a great actor, but that voice of his... Ugh. No offense to him whatsoever--he was great as Sylar when 'Heroes" was good, but Nimoy has such a commanding, recognizable voice. To go from that to Quinto's soft-spoken whisper of a voice was, and is, hard to get used to. * I was fine with the scenes where Bones was constantly injecting Kirk with different syrums and whatnot. It actually got a few laughs out of me. But the super-sized hands were too much. It really took me out of the film. It was too silly and too campy--even for a 'tribute' to the Original Series. * Speaking of being taken out of the film... This is still the part that irks me every time I see it: When Spock is super pissed at Kirk at about the midpoint of the film, instead of sending him to the brig like every other Federation officer in existence, he does what...? JETTISONS HIM TO HIS LIKELY DEATH ON "HOTH". What the HELL was that?!?!?!? I remember sitting in the theatre opening day, loving almost every part of the film up to that point and then WHAM! I was hit with this HORRIFIC gaping hole in the story. I remember getting that sinking feeling in my stomach, and thinking, "Oh no... they aren't going to start ruining everything now are they?" I've since gotten over it (mostly), but as I said, every time I see the film, I cringe at this part. And, to top it off, Spock Prime just happens to be in a nearby cave? It's ludricrously stupid and is an obvious plot point created merely to make Spock Prime and Kirk meet up. It was clunky and very poorly handled. * There wasn't enough explanation of Nero in the film. I have the "Countdown" graphic novel and, though I realize it wouldn't have been practical to try to wedge Picard and Geordi into the film, there were a lot a sections regarding Nero in particularly that I feel should've been incorprated into the movie somehow. Nero was brilliantly played by Bana, but the character itself was a bit hollow (unless you read Countdown). That's the bulk of what I liked/didn't like about the film. I'm sure if I watched it again I'd be able to tell you more, but those are the major points I think. I didn't have a problem with the engine room design. It wasn't my first choice, no, but I didn't loathe it like a lot of people do (especially on AICN). Over all, it was a solid film. I've rewatched a few times and it always entertaining. Will be nice if this crew can now go places no one has gone before, but I have a horrible feeling we're headed back into overly familiar territory (i.e. Khan redone and a bunch of phaser fights). I'd really like to get back to the heart of Trek now. But with the absolutely horrifyingly shitty title to the sequel serving as our first official "look" at it... I'm really having a hard time staying positive. I'm crossing my fingers JJ & Crew prove me wrong. So, what about you? What was your take on ST09 and what are your friends doing in the Trek universe?
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Have you heard about Tony Scott? Apparently Ridley was having meetings on the set of Prometheus. Some one said they saw lots of people that were not actors there. They had meetings behind closed doors. He may have joined a group. Theres a lot of ways to interpret this. Whats your view
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