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Trenchcoats Are Still Relevant Fashion In The 23rd Century In This New STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Poster!
Nordling here.
First, that's obviously Benedict Cumberbatch on the new poster for STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS. Whether or not he's Khan, or Gary Mitchell, or someone else - well, a mere poster can't answer these questions (for the record, until I'm told otherwise, I think he's Mitchell, comic continuity be damned). There's also not much of outer space or "boldly going where no one has gone before" here. Instead, we get devastation in the shape of the Federation insignia, as Cumberbatch surveys the destuction, back facing us a la the original DARK KNIGHT poster.
I can't imagine we'll be out of the loop much longer on Cumberbatch's character - the first 9 minutes of STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS will be playing in less than two weeks, and unless those first moments don't reveal anything about his character (which is entirely possible, knowing J. J. Abrams) we'll all know that Cumberbatch will be playing Mitchell Khan Mudd, Squire of Gothos. Here's the poster (click to embiggen):
STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS opens next May.
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Sorry but it is. Looks like a Transformers Poster.
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Darn good Sherlock. He'll make a fine Mitchell indeed.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 4:44 a.m. CST
So in the last one they destroyed an entire planet,
by DidntPullOutInTimeCop
and this time it will be dark...
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looks like he lit one helluva fart! Lens flare!
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Dec. 3, 2012, 4:50 a.m. CST
So they must like that Dark Knight Rises poster with the bat symbol made with crumbling buildings
by Tristan
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Poster looks like I've seen it too many times before. Still looking forward to this, though. I know a lot on this board have sand in their vaginas about J.J. Abrams changing their precious Trek, but despite their whining and tired Jar Jar jokes (if you can even call that lame attempt at humor a joke), Abrams made the most accessible, interesting Star Trek movie since the 80s, and made more money at it. This is going to be awesome! (That said, I DO hope for less lens flare...)
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Thought you outta know (DC wishes they were Marvel sooooo bad)
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Dec. 3, 2012, 4:53 a.m. CST
Lens fucking flares, etc.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
by Gary Makin
Cool, if familiar, poster.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 4:59 a.m. CST
Well done Benedict- Smaug & Gary... Sith lord next I guess?
by LeonardsBellbottoms
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And both has the word "dark" in the title
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taking a cue from the Dark Knight Rises poster, I guess.
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I hope its cool.
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Trek seems to be set in a United Federation of Planets where Earth comprises San Francisco and a few other minor areas.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 5:28 a.m. CST
Trenchcoat + Cumberbatch + London = he's not Khan or Mitchell, he's Sherlock Holmes!
by i_got_worms
We should have more cross-pollinations like this. I'm rooting for The Shadow in Star Wars VII.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 5:49 a.m. CST
I'm with Slicky. Damn neat way to infer the Starfleet logo.
by AlienFanatic
A little tired of all of these posters with the destroyed landscape, but I think the film will do quite well.
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Looking forward to seeing the trailer - to get more of the vibe.
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Looks like the villain is actually from Britain.
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Nolan, what have you done.
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Now we're remaking posters that came out not too long ago? Ridiculous. Mega Maid sucked the creativity out of Hollywood.
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Good poster. I can see the Thames in the distance. It's a bit Dark Knighty but still good and intriguing. Tell's us fuck all about the movie...or does it? So Benedict Cumberbatch is back on his home turf, only to see it get nuked (bye-bye Watson!). I'm guessing that Kirk's responsible for killing 10 million Londoners. He was probably drunk on Romulan ale, staggered onto the bridge and sat in his chair, thought he was on the toilet and had a shatner. Hit a big red button he thought would eject the turb but nuked London instead. Now Gary-Sherlock-Mitchell is pissed and out for a cold serving of extra frosty revenge. He's doing it for Queen and country, a bit like a 23rd century James Bond. Or something. I think I'll be rooting for the bad guy this time.
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Nolan didn't invent dark genre movies.
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I don't think so.
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Perhaps it will make sense in hindsight or perhaps its a conscious choice to reach out to a new audience rather than an old one, but it's feels like a curious choice to emphasize twisted metal and rubble ... Trek has always been the antithesis of post-apocolyptic doom-and-gloom to me (even when it veres into darker territory).
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Dec. 3, 2012, 6:22 a.m. CST
If it is London, I hope it's not an Austin Powers, shot nowhere near London, London
by scotty lines
We Brits find that awfully funny. Like watching Murder She Wrote or Columbo when England looks a lot like Southern California with a few cockney's thrown in (Gawd bless ya gov'na!). But then, its the future, right, so maybe global warming has warmed England up and now England really does look like Southern California!
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It's still around last time I checked.
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... i'm definitely gonna check out this one. '09s star trek was a classic , i'm down for another one!
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http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3vkBK8xKOUEC&pg=PA82&dq=federation+battersea+stadium&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FKC8UMPhGofAhAettoG4Ag&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=federation%20battersea%20stadium&f=false well London features significantly in "federation" one of the best old startrek novels
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where the story is that a hollywood exec is kidnapped. and taken into a rough area of Cork or dublin. or limerick. and the hollywood exec makes the mistake of thinking that modern ireland is like that of the quiet man. along the way the way he meets a thuggish crime gang and gets kneecapped and gets indoctrinated into the gang.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 6:52 a.m. CST
Skyfall was dark & Nolanesque, looking at this Trek is going the same way as Bond.
by scotty lines
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Dec. 3, 2012, 6:54 a.m. CST
Run! It's Sherlock Smaug Khan Gary Mitchell, and he's pissed!!! Just look what he did to London!
by Mark Williams
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Black leather? Check. No actual signature title but just the subtitle? Check.
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A little tired of the apocalyptic stuff. What happened to the "exploring strange new worlds" thing?
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Really?
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Dec. 3, 2012, 7:03 a.m. CST
That's JJ in the black leather trenchcoat, surveying his destruction of the Star Trek franchise
by Hardboiled Wonderland
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Dec. 3, 2012, 7:03 a.m. CST
wow.....seriously?.....I wonder if the brain trust of JJ,
by southafricanguy
Orci, Kurtzman and lidelof actually have any ideas of their own for Trek......I have no problem with doing an "ultimate star trek" (which is basically what this is)....but their first film wanted to be star wars so bad....and now they want to be Nolans batman films so bad.....i really wonder when these guys will.add anything to.Trek that they arent just copying and pasting from other films......
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Dec. 3, 2012, 7:06 a.m. CST
Trek Hallmark Christmas ornament question: why don't they bring out an Abrams Universe Starfleet insignia ornament that "lens flares" every few seconds?
by theDORK
Why don't they?
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...Gary Munchballs, an ex-Starfleet operative who got shafted by Captain Pike years ago and now he's taking his rage out on Starfleet. Having superfucked entire cities, he's now threatening the crew of the Enterprise with a superbumming. Quinto Spock steps forward as the logical choice for the anal damage. The sphincters of the many outweigh the sphincters of the few. Or of the one. (Cue Quinto Spock space funeral accompanied by Soft Cell's 'Tainted Love' on bagpipes.)
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I miss when films looked like FILMS, not ABC specials of the week. Is there not room in this industry for a different technique? Was the lens flare in Die Hard a terrible thing too?
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That trenchcoat looks like a cape to me.
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Im going to say something shocking now... The TOTAL RECALL remake was not as bad as I expected. Hear me out. In particular the future London was fucking INCREDIBLE. I mean the fx work and the layout of the architecture in the future city was the best I have ever seen - properly like Mega City from the Judge Dredd comics, and far more real looking and tangible than Coruscant. The actual movie TOTAL RECALL isnt anywhere near as cool as the original and it suffers from an overlong climax (like so many modern action flicks they overstay their welcome and become silly at the end) - but... I do think the TOTAL RECALL remake is worth watching for the quality realization of the future city. It's really impressive.
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It seems that they are REALLY trying to do everything right with the new Star Wars RICK MCCALLUM IS LEAVING LUCASFILM YAY! i hold him , for a large part, responsible for the prequel debacle. Rick, you won't be missed. Also, uninspirational poster for ST: Into the Dark Knight But a poster does not a film make.
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Nice
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wasn't rick just a gopher? he never struck me as anything more than a person whose job it was make sure lucas had coffee in the morning and no busy work throughout the day.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 7:29 a.m. CST
Yes, let's have the Enterprise explore...and nothing happens except that.
by Gary Makin
Peaceful exploration. $185m spent on that.
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Remember, even the best episodes of TNG were the time travel one when the federation was at war and the Enterprise was a warship rather than a floating Hilton in space. I remember wishing they'd get stuck in that alternate universe so they could grunge it up. That and the Borg...fairly dark. The best thing about Star Wars (the originals) over Trek was they were grim and dark and desperate. (And dirty; you believed the M.Falcon flew because it was an old jalopy that needed a Wookie banging/welding on it with an arc spanner.) So yea, I'm all for a little darkness. J.J. might finally be doing for Trek what I've always wished showrunners would be "bold enough" to do.
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Not what i see in the docs on the blu ray discs. And maybe the biggest crime of mccallum was never saying' No, George, that is just dumb' ii can't say i'm sad to see him go.
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Maybe this time Kirk will commit treason, get court martialed, sneak back aboard the Enterprise and get promoted to Admiral ... with more lens flare, of course.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 7:47 a.m. CST
Bones, it's dark in here. Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a lens flarist!
by lv_426
So does every series/trilogy/franchise have to go dark? Or perhaps the question is, does everything go through this cycle where it morphs and evolves from light to dark back to light then dark again... like some sort of Ouroboros eating its own tail then crapping itself back into existence and eating its own poop again and birthing itself back to life via a self replicating poop-child, a pooborn if you will? Other musings and random thoughts from the bowl of pasta sloshing around inside my skull: -- Does this light -> dark -> light -> dark cycle apply to everything? -- What happens when the trend changes to light happy fluffy cotton candy flavor? -- If that is the case, can we look forward to happy go-lucky entertainments when audiences tire of DARK? -- Will we have a happy joy joy jaunt through the streets of Woodbury on The Walking Dead? -- Will Terminator 5 have more *talk to the hand* attitude? -- Should one such as myself expect to see an Alien sequel or prequel where Ripley or Shaw is portrayed running through brightly lit spaceship corridors carrying an egg atop their head... *some days you just can't get rid of an egg.*
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Dec. 3, 2012, 7:51 a.m. CST
They should have phasers that emit lens flares when fired -- phlasers
by lv_426
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Tech the tech.
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It's the 22nd century, dummies.
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Why s everyone assuming that is Benedict Cumberbatch in the poster? The haircut and stance look much more like Chris Pine to me. If I am right, then how about Cumberbatch and Pine playing two sides of the same character--one good, one evil? Just a thought.
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The poster is pretty cromulent though.
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From the leaked footage where he and Spock are going at it.
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Looks exactly like the main poster for TDKR. Also has the little glowing embers in the foreground which is now seemingly a required element for any movie containing action. It's like it's the same fucking poster from a different angle.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 8:04 a.m. CST
It's funny, I seem to remember Tim Burton's Batman movies being dark, but apparently Chris Nolan did that first.
by Gary Makin
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Dec. 3, 2012, 8:04 a.m. CST
This is the 21st century. STAR TREK is in the 23rd/24th century.
by Autodidact
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Dec. 3, 2012, 8:05 a.m. CST
Love the fucking idiots saying "Nolan didn't invent dark movies". No shit you fucking genius. We're talking about the POSTER for TDKR.
by Autodidact
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Precisely my point. By putting Pine into Cumberbatch's trenchcoat, maybe they are implying that they are two sides of the same character.
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So there.
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A lot of the time you're left wondering why there is a lens flare though. It's distracting.
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Posters suck nowadays.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 8:09 a.m. CST
@ autodidact: No, some people are talking about the movie just based on the poster.
by Gary Makin
Genius.
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The year 22-- is the 23rd century, dummy.
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But when Orci & Kurtzman said they were using The Dark Knight as an influence, I didn't think the whole "world on fire" motif would be used as well. Lone person standing around wreckage forming the symbol of the hero? Check.
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Teaser Poster looks cool. London, that's different, and interesting. I am a long time worshiper of the OT, and I love this new Trek. I still don't understand all the haters of the new films. You guys are welcome to your opinions. More power to ya. I will continue to enjoy. Live Long and Prosper my friends!
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Dec. 3, 2012, 8:13 a.m. CST
Well, I guess I could save money by just watching Dark Knight again instead of this!
by Just_Some_Guy
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Dec. 3, 2012, 8:15 a.m. CST
So, the word "dark" in the title, 9-minute scene preview, and crumbling building in shape of symbol (clothing flapping in breeze)
by Just_Some_Guy
Such a blatant rip-off of Dark Knight. BUT only us movie geeks will notice, the rest of the ignorant masses will have no idea and still pay to see this
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Dec. 3, 2012, 8:15 a.m. CST
^ I mean some people are comparing the movie to Nolan's Batman, not just the poster.
by Gary Makin
Idiot.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 8:17 a.m. CST
NORDLING: By the way, that is Starfleet's insignia, not the Federation.
by Just_Some_Guy
I say this in my nerd voice, pushing my glasses up. Federation insignia is the starfield encompassed by laurel leaves.
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Sorry Gene, but the masses have spoken apparently as we get to see all our favorite Star Trek characters fight over the last can of beans.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 8:18 a.m. CST
Oh my God, this poster is horrible, Christmas is ruined!
by I_Snake_Plissken
Set phasers for shut the fuck up.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 8:20 a.m. CST
Dark 2: The Darkening Darker Dark
by Jim_Kirks_Crunchy_Delicious_Chair_Apple
I mean, come on. Back in the day, the Today Show had a host named Dave Garroway, and they put on a real chimpanzee named J. Fred Muggs for him to interact with every now and then. Well everything was new, so kids loved seeing a monkey on TV. Ratings skyrocketed, and for ten years (maybe more) the conventional wisdom became everything needs a monkey. Monkeys were thought to be the go-to sure thing. That's why you see so many monkeys on vintage TV shows. Now everything needs "dark."
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Dec. 3, 2012, 8:23 a.m. CST
JJ Abrams take on Trek kicks ass. Sorry haters but it is way better than the originals.
by BilboRing
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will you guys drop the fucking lens flare comments? It's like making Nixon jokes. Try living here and now kids. And to those of you who said "Nixon who?" ... try reading a book once in a while. Gods am I pissy this morning, I think I need to get laid.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 8:23 a.m. CST
LOL! So a poster ripping of another poster means the actual movie is a rip off too...
by Gary Makin
Okay.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 8:24 a.m. CST
Okay then you're an idiot for using "invent" like a ten year old
by Autodidact
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Still, the movie looks good. Trenchcoats will never NOT be badass, unless used by 23-year-old neckbeards who wear it without the suit that needs to go with. An
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I know you are, but what am I?
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Dec. 3, 2012, 8:28 a.m. CST
It seems every second part of a franchise has to be dark now, even in the title
by julia
the dark knight, thor the dark world, star trek into darkness. I guess phase two of the marvel cinematic universe wil be dark in comparison to the kind of light phase one
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Cumberbatch and his gang perpetrate a bank heist gone horribly wrong. After securing several bags of gold pressed latinum from the First Federation Intergalactic Bank, CumberMitchellKhan kills the rest of his gang with a Romulan disruptor/his glow-y eyed mind powers. Our villain escapes in an after school shuttlecraft transport, joining a fleet of similar vehicles leaving the Little Dipper School system to evade Starfleet security.
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Cunt.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 8:39 a.m. CST
Before Christopher Nolan, no movie titles had the adjective 'Dark' in them.
by Gary Makin
Fact.
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Heh heh, you chose the worst way to make your point.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 8:42 a.m. CST
@autodidact: I wouldn't lecture people about how they phrase things, when your grammar is a bit poor.
by Gary Makin
Just sayin'. Twat.
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It's Sybok. Case closed and bite me. Told ya so.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 8:44 a.m. CST
Row row row your boat, darkly down the stream... merrily merrily merrily, lens flares haunt my dreams
by lv_426
As long as Kirk, Spock, Bones, and Scotty and his little alien friend close out the film by singing sings around a campfire, then maybe it won't seem so dark.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 8:46 a.m. CST
Don't you mean "I wouldn't lecture people about how they phrase things, when my grammar is poor."
by Autodidact
The way you stated it makes no sense. It's like saying "I wouldn't eat poo if you dont like poo."
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Dec. 3, 2012, 8:47 a.m. CST
Or you could say "You shouldn't lecture people about how they phrase things, when your grammar is poor"
by Autodidact
But we've established from the outset that you are a poor communicator.
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But your grammar is also poor, and this site has no edit button.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 9:08 a.m. CST
So, is it "star TREK INTO DARKNESS" or is it "Star Trek: Into Darkness"?
by Crobran
I vote for the latter.
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gmakin - if you can, stop being a cunt. <p> autodidactic - stop biting at the bait. <p> This poster is obviously a rip off of the style Batman used. Anyone who can't see that/won't admit it is obviously a complete gmakin.
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Where Gay Men have gone before.
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heh. What happened to transparent aluminum...???
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There's a difference between plagiarism and imitation (which is the sincerest form of flattery). Since Abrams has shown himself to be fairly innovative, I think that we can expect that he'll continue that trend with Into Darkness, though of course he'll borrow inspiration from other sources.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 9:14 a.m. CST
@sways: This poster is a rip off of the TDKR one. The point is that it's only a poster. Who gives a fuck?
by Gary Makin
Dick.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 9:15 a.m. CST
DON'T KNOW 'BOUT YOU GUYS BUT I USUALLY LIKE MY TREK A LITTLE TREKKIER...
by Astronut
I mean... I'm not even that bent out of shape this blatantly rips-off the TDKR poster... I'm more put off by the fact that — other than the Starfleet insignia shape — it says nothing about Trek whatsoever. Strange.
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South London? 0.o
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Dec. 3, 2012, 9:23 a.m. CST
Is the alternate universe still 'trying to repair itself'?
by Raptor Jesus
So we can use that as a lame explanation for the ridiculous plot coincidences?
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I've had Total Recall in my sights for a while simply because the future city design looked so good. Your praise here and the fact it's a futuristic London (I'm from UK) seals the deal - It's moved up the list of films to watch. <p> @gmakin - 'only the poster'. What this article about dude? Is it a full review of the movie? OR, is it a post simply for the first poster? It's that one. So we're all here to talk about the poster, not the full movie. On first observation - You'll notice it's quite similar to that of The Dark Knight. 'who gives a fuck?' Everyone that's here? Including yourself? <p> What a fucking gmakin.
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I guess war sells. But then what do I know, I kinda liked Insurrection.
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Was his character bullied by Spock and Kirk when they were at Star Fleet Academy? Is that why he is wearing a trench coat and destroying everything? www.nonipplesonthesuit.com
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I can understand wanting to keep major plot points a secret, but I don't see how saying he's Kahn would be that big of a deal. It's no more a big deal than finding out Tom Hardy was playing Bane. If anything it would really get the buzz for this movie going. I don't see too many people dying to see this. So unless we find out he's Kahn in the 9 minutes or the first 9 minutes does something so awesome, everyone stats talking about it, I don't see a huge buzz for this movie. If anything, I can see this making less than the first movie.
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OK, London... "a life or death game of CHESS" (aka "game of Shadows?!" Yes, clearly, in the Federation's first experiments with holodeck tech, holographic Moriarty has escaped, obtained the powers of Akira, and gone on a rampage. Or, maybe, in a twist, it's Dark Alternate Universe Holographic Sherlock Holmes, who is evil, sports a goatee and smells like cabbage, and they must team up with the Dark Alternate Universe Hollographic Moriarty and/or Abraham Lincoln to stop him.
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First one they destroy an entire planet, the second one is dark.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 9:41 a.m. CST
Why is Mitt Romney standing on a pile of rubble in a Star Trek movie?
by Brian Hopper
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Dec. 3, 2012, 9:42 a.m. CST
@sways: Like I already said - you're obviously not paying attention - people aren't just comparing the poster to TDKR.
by Gary Makin
I've already said (twice) that the poster is similar to TDKR's. Like autodidact can't write properly, you can't read properly. You two should either hook up or shut the fuck up - I don't give a fuck.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 9:45 a.m. CST
I guess they're also comparing the six minute teaser to the nine minute teaser and the word DARKNESS to the word DARK
by Autodidact
One is a marketing thing (like the poster) and one is ostensibly creative but actually marketing (like the poster). But I don't see anyone talking about the actual movie in any meaningful sense.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 9:52 a.m. CST
JJ overuses lens flares, but I've started noticing how much they're in older movies
by bah
Especially Spielberg. Probably where JJ learned it.
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Benedict is a great actor and his mother has sci-fi form too. She was an idol of the late 60's and early 70's. I was in the queue for her labelled 'crush' I can only think that this film wil be a re imagining of 'Darkness'
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Dec. 3, 2012, 9:53 a.m. CST
I always thought of ST as a cheerleader for NASA and space exploration, too bad that got tossed out quickly.
by kidicarus
I know you need to have conflict and a bad guy to root against, but man, this looks a bit much
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Yawn. Actually, a lens flare would be nice too.
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Hey Brits: how current is that London skyline? Is it possible that this is the destruction of 21ST CENTURY London/Earth?
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Dec. 3, 2012, 9:59 a.m. CST
I love this lack of info. We know far too much about upcoming films these days.
by Mr Nicholas
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Looking forward to seeing a trailer tbh and getting a more solid idea of the story. As had been said above, would be good to see some non-SanFran Earth-set action. <p> A slight concern is this is gonna play like 'StarTrek Vs SuperHeroes/Villains'. With Pegg occasionally getting flushed down sewage vents. A fear not exactly but to bed by this initial bit of imagery. Suggests they'd like audiences to subliminally have superhero flicks on the mind when they walk in. <p> 'Peaceful exploration. $185m spent on that.' - Sarcastically stated by gmakin above. You're an embarrassment to your species, bitch. <p> You're the sole reason we don't have an operational moon colony right now.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 10:05 a.m. CST
When it comes down to art versus commerce, fanboys usually end up with their panties in a twist.
by Deceased Fan
And I totally get it, but Nolan's movies made over 2 billion fucking dollars! Can you really blame Paramount for copying a very successful business model from an advertising standpoint? I wouldn't. You can paint the fucking bat signal on the Enterprise for the next poster and I wouldn't care. Just deliver me a kick ass movie come summertime and I'll be fine.
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Someone is actually working on this site then, I was beginning to doubt it. If you take out the self promotion, competitions, regular blogs and regular features I count 17 news items posted on Cool News since last Tuesday (so a little over 3 a day), that's awful!!!! Honestly if you guys can't be bothered then just wrap the whole thing up and call it a day...please. It's becoming like watching a loved one slowly die in front of you. I remember once upon time we got reviews way ahead of release dates (these days we're lucky to get a review at all), script reviews, actual opinion pieces, daily interviews, location visit reports...what the hell has happened.
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Beats the hell out of the floating head thing any day. And as for Benedicts role, I think we can all agree its going to be the greatest TOS villian ever... APOLLO!
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starring zombie tribbles that eat absolutely everything.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 10:29 a.m. CST
The poster may be unoriginal and a bit shite, but the title is the problem. Seriously, Into Darkness. Fuck off. How about Star Trek 2.1 or Star Trek: The Vengence of whatever.
by Bradly Durant
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...after watching QPR lose again to Liverpool on the Telly. Now he's going to go on the rampage for sure. Too bad Alfred forgot to buy fresh buttermilk....
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Dec. 3, 2012, 10:32 a.m. CST
Quick question though, do you Star Trek fans still smell of cheese and semen?
by Bradly Durant
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...who plays the Boy Wonder? Sulu?
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slick do. check it.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 10:48 a.m. CST
Similarities to DARK KNIGHT aside (and I can see it) I LOVE the poster...
by Mikey Wood
...and I LOVE the new take on 'Trek. TREK with balls. Much NEEDED balls, frankly. Can't wait.
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It's a lion!
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Dec. 3, 2012, 10:49 a.m. CST
@sways: Who the fuck was talking about the real space program?
by Gary Makin
Learn to comprehend properly, idiot. And to your bf, autodidactdumb (who started hurling insults first): Fantards like you have been comparing the movie to TDKR at least since the synopsis came out. Now go buttfuck sways.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 10:54 a.m. CST
Most Star Trek movies are DARK...whenever they come on, I turn off the tv! he-he...ok, that's lame.
by scotty lines
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sways, good to hear you were..um..*swayed* by my opinion!
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Dec. 3, 2012, 10:59 a.m. CST
Does Spock get to be Catwoman in this? Does he have a whip and licks Kirk's face? Sorry, that's a bit slash.
by scotty lines
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unoriginality could reach such hyperbolic heights
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Destroying the Federation? Really? I guess the "wagon train to the stars" idea is gone. The films have always had bigger stakes but this is ridiculous.
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...and I say this as a BIG fan of "classic" TREK. It's over. DONE. Trek became a punchline. It's the nerdiest of nerd franchises. It NEEDED a facelift. DESPERATELY.
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Where are the 20 page essays on how this poster is a blatant violation of canon and reveals a total lack of respect for corpulent, bearded fat men who've never touched a woman? Don't let me down here.
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In response to sixtyhurts this skyline is largely fictional so I guess its the 22nd Century. The Gherkin tower and the London Eye are the only bits I recognise. Gary Mitchell (should it be he) appears to be standing in the ruins of Bermondsey. (For Bette Midler fans that's south of the river from Wapping). His immense psychokinetic powers appear to have turned the London Eye through 90 degrees as the last time I looked it was parallel to Old Father Thames. 'Cor Blimey, strike a light, its a real pea souper out tonight and no mistake'.
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...the original series wasn't that ANYWAY. Of ANYTHING the original BATTLESTAR GALACTICA accomplished that more accurately than Trek ever did...
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Where are they?? it's throwing me off
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ah yes, on that front i totally agree.
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If giving an old franchise a 'facelift' means dumbing it down to extremes, then count me out. I actually didn't mind the idea of rebooting the series, i just wished they had used some measure of intelligence with the script.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 11:59 a.m. CST
"When Starfleet is Ashes, You Have My Permission To Die.”
by Yotz Von Frelnik
The man who cracked the Kirk?
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Dec. 3, 2012, 12:01 p.m. CST
When Gotham Is In Ashes, You Have My Permission To Die.
by Yotz Von Frelnik
The man who cracked the Kirk?
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Dec. 3, 2012, 12:02 p.m. CST
When Starfleet Is In Ashes, You Have My Permission To Die.
by Yotz Von Frelnik
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Dec. 3, 2012, 12:03 p.m. CST
Oh, great.. I thought my post didn't register, and now there's three..
by Yotz Von Frelnik
I HATE SYSTEM GLITCHES
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Dec. 3, 2012, 12:08 p.m. CST
When exactly did Star Trek drop dead? Because it did.
by Mephisto the Great
I imagine William Shatner is spinning in his grave right about now. Oh, wait...
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Dunno about the poster( its probably just some ad agency Art Directors idea of being creative-which never happens in a US agency) Im figuring that plot-wise we're gonna be seeing Kirk & co going after a rogue Gary Mitchell, who'll be seen in the first 9 mins, maybe in command of some Star Fleet Deep Exploratory Vessel, getting zapped by the energy belt at the edge of the galaxy, a la "where no man..." Rogue Mitchell (now with some form of TK) will have set himself up in his own little kingdom, deep in some nasty little, war-ravaged sector. From which he makes guerilla attacks on Federation space, the latest being a hit on earth...London by the looks of it. The Enterprise is given orders to travel deep into this sector, to do battle with Mitchell ( an old academy friend of Kirks ) and "terminate with extreme predudice" Its gonna be JJ using the Trek universe to riff on Apocalypse Now / Heart of Darkness. Dunno if I'm late to the party on having this idea, but the movies title, plus JJs unabashed love for late 70's stuff, just screams this to me. Discuss.
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First off, it's starfleet's symbol. Second, this is a DKR ripoff totally and no doubt that it is a ripoff will be discussed all over the place.
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CumberMitchellKhan is in the field, in command of troops... Kirk has to terminate his command, with extreme prejudice.
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...the image from the poster isn't faithfully reproduced in the movie? 'Cause I seem to remember that a tantrum was thrown because TDKR did not look like the poster.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 12:31 p.m. CST
Is this a film about those IMPOSTERS playing the original Star Trek crew?
by LORDOFLIGHT
Chris Pine.....the guy who looks fuck all like Shatner.
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If the IMAX preview shows anything about the Antos IV genocide, then you KNOW Cumberbatch will be playing Garth of Izar. Whom Gods Destroy is not a particularly good episode from the old series, but it had some interesting ideas that would be a good starting point for a feature.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 12:33 p.m. CST
@mikeywood You say 'F**k classic TREK... and I say this as a BIG fan of classic TREK.'
by Brian Hopper
No 'big fan' of Star Trek would say that about TOS, period. You like Abrams' Shit Trek? Fine. But don't try to pass yourself off as a big Star Trek fan. No one's buying it.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 12:41 p.m. CST
Too starry. Too treky. Too silvery. Actually, I see no stars and I see no ship. Remember the poster from the last Star Trek movie? Space was white and the Enterprise was black.
by Stereotypical Evil Archer
Bad Robot, bad marketing.
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- and knight.
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I love the series. Own the DVDs. Watch them quite often. Have favorite episodes. Love the moves. I even love STAR TREK V and NOBODY loves STAR TREK V. I just know that, sometimes, you have to take what's been established and, respectfully, leave it behind. Far too many fans are unable to do that and it's a shame.
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The Gherkin is right there. Gary Mitchell was in deep space with them, Kahn is nowhere near Earth at all. Could it some other, UK based baddie? Totally new and original? Is it Doctor Who? Am I asking too many questions? Was the Doctor Who question too stupid for words? I'm thirsty?
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Yay!
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I realize the character was supposed to be from the first season, but could it be possible it's actually a third season villain? Namely, Captain Garth? It would certainly fit within the plot laid out so far.
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Are fucking idiots. It's a word with four letters. Getting two of them in the wrong place is something a young child might do, but no excuses after that. If I saw an adult write the names Jhon or Daev, I would assume they were retarded.
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just call it star wars...... fuck it.
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OK, here is the official synopsis: When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew. Written by Paramount Pictures So, how does it relate to the poster? Doesn't sound like Khan to me. Maybe Gary Mitchell, but not obviously so. And, of course, it doesn't have to be any character from TOS. But one thing the synopsis reveals is that (like most tentpoles these days) it is about family. So, I predict that at the very least, Christopher Pike (Kirk's replacement father figure) will die. And it is not beyond the realms of the possibile that Cumberbatch plays the long-lost brother of either Spock (ie, Sybok) or Kirk. Hence the meaning of the final sentence in the synopsis. If so, then maybe Pine and Cumberbatch play two sides of the same character (good brother/evil brother). Then again, as @spacepimp surmises, maybe it really is an evil Dr Who!
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Dec. 3, 2012, 1:14 p.m. CST
Big baahda boom! Big baahda boom. Just swoop me up and take me on a journey in a fantastical craft to parts unknown. Have it be optimistic and uplifting. Or eat a
by UltraTron
dumpster filled with used colostomy bags.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 1:16 p.m. CST
Also thank you to David Beckham for 6 years of excitement in the MLS and helping make soccer more popular in America!
by MooseMalloy
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Could have been ST:2 3-D
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Dec. 3, 2012, 1:21 p.m. CST
So now we're going to have 20 years of genre films that are Nolan rip offs
by Margot Tenenbaum
Looks like we're finally over Star Trek II, Blade Runner & ALIENS
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Dec. 3, 2012, 1:22 p.m. CST
Abrams Trek is trendy, modern, easily forgettable crap.
by MajorFrontbum
Everyone remembers the original series with great fondness. Shatner and Nimoy made that series what it is today; these new kids pale in comparison. Flashy FX and a few explosions, aren't enough to convince me, that this is Star Trek. It's so derivative of what has come before; particularly Lucas' Star Wars movies and that is a real shame.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 1:24 p.m. CST
A poster about space, aliens, and starships that has none of the aforementioned......
by cameron
...Fascinating....
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Dec. 3, 2012, 1:29 p.m. CST
BTW i think Benny plays Cock, Spock's long lost brother, hell bent on fucking the Federation's ass for overlooking his neat idea for naked transporter days...
by cameron
Fridays are the best naked days....
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Dec. 3, 2012, 1:38 p.m. CST
WILL WE SEE MADEA GET KILLED BY GARYMITCHELLBATCH IN THIS FLICK? THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS! FUCK THAT DRAG QUEEN TYLER PERRY!
by Mark
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Dec. 3, 2012, 1:48 p.m. CST
Star Trek V would have made $500 million in 1989 money if they'd named Spock's brother "Cock"
by Margot Tenenbaum
A missed opportunity.
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have to be inspired by The Dark Knight? Skyfall, Star Trek, can't wait for the Star Wars director to be announced and tell everyone he's going to make it all dark and grim, a bit like, maybe, The Dark Knight... ENOUGH ALREADY!
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Dec. 3, 2012, 2:01 p.m. CST
Seems like everything is getting the Dark Knight treatment lately.
by jimmy_009
Yawn. Screw this series.
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And LOL at margot_tenenbaum.
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Please get the darn thing off Nick Fury!
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it was popcorn schlock. it wasn't 'brains not required for viewing' - it was 'brains not *permitted* for viewing.'
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Someone help me out here, I got nothin'...
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Dec. 3, 2012, 3:04 p.m. CST
I wonder if the whole Abrams Trek-verse has been redesigned ala the change in aesthetics that happened from The Motion Picture to Wrath of Khan
by lv_426
So basically the colorful uniforms, mini-skirts on female officers, sleek retro-futuristic bridge set, and brewery engine room could be gone in this sequel.
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http://www.toofab.com/2012/02/24/first-photos-zoe-saldana-and-zachary-quinto-on-star-trek-2-set/ all looks pretty much the same as 2009 to me.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 3:33 p.m. CST
The Enterprise interior is now all shiny black instead of glowing white & glass
by Margot Tenenbaum
Dr. McCoy wearing shades.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 3:47 p.m. CST
ITS NOT MITCHELL! THAT IS THE INSIDE OF A BORG CUBE!!!
by Vulcan Deathgrip Productions
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Dec. 3, 2012, 4:47 p.m. CST
Maybe he's wearing the goth-geek uniform (trenchcoat) to distingush himself visually from the bright, optimistic colors of the Federation crew?
by kidicarus
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They were the best villain in any of the series and 2nd best villain in the films. Maybe in this timeline whoever Cumberbatch is playing creates the Borg or hijacks a Borg ship? It does look like one. Can't believe I didn't see that before.
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The series and films always had a distinct feeling to them. This poster does indeed seem out of touch with that feeling and very similar to current trends. Pity coz a teaser poster is supposed to make you want to see more. Having said that, I did think JJ's first film was pretty dark in its own right.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 5:36 p.m. CST
I want Tom Hardy to come back as clone Picard and face off against young Kirk.
by kindofabigdeal
It will be This Means War all over again.
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Nobody reads the previous posts, do they? Been there, done that.
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Am I the only one getting tired of this whole stand-with-your-back-to-the-camera-'cause-you're-too-cool-to-show-your-face poster trend?
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Dec. 3, 2012, 5:48 p.m. CST
I like how rebar is still being used in 23rd Century construction
by YackBacker
This Old Federation with Norm Abrams and Tom Silva...
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Dec. 3, 2012, 6:03 p.m. CST
All we need now is a trailer with an Inception bahhhh noise...
by Gary Makin
There's only one guy in Hollywood doing the posters, and one guy doing the trailers.
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IMDB mentions an unstoppable force. So it's Kahn vs the Borg?
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Borg Bane will break the Shat!
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I'm standing on fire! King of the world!
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I want to see Sparkly Spock.
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can be viewed on my tumblr site: trevsplace.tumblr.com/
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.................................... No. Wrong.
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Has anyone else noticed that he's standing in front of London? I also like the little ode to the ship's profile in the negative space at the top third of the poster.
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That's a crossover I didn't expect.
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WMD...What if he is Black on the Right side?
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Dec. 3, 2012, 9:39 p.m. CST
Why is the Star Trek talkback always the one least filled with actual intelligent discussion?
by lox4444
not even asking for intelligent discussion, just an actual point of view instead of horrible punch lines.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 9:48 p.m. CST
Start trek. Please. Start trekking where no one has gone. No more known aliens unless they are secondary to the main event. They will never approach the awe and mystery of
by UltraTron
entering the Vger cloud ever again.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 9:50 p.m. CST
Best thing since Vger cloud is in the tron legacy video game tank sequence. It's unreal(nerd pun)
by UltraTron
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Dec. 3, 2012, 10:02 p.m. CST
Jesus Christ, Orci must suck a better cock than Lindsey Lohan
by Mugato5150
How else does he possibly get gigs? I'm banned again, aren't I?
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Is this what trekkies or trekkers call intercourse?
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Dec. 3, 2012, 10:08 p.m. CST
"Did anyone see which way the Clover went?".
by CLONE8.LUNAR_INDUSTRIES
Space: the final frontier...
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Dec. 3, 2012, 10:11 p.m. CST
eleanorofaquitaine -- well, it is interesting that they went with this kind of a poster
by lv_426
Either they are changing the aesthetics of Star Trek in this sequel, or they are advertising it as something that isn't really Trek. So do they enrage the fans by changing the style of the sets, ships, costumes, etc? Or do they falsely advertise this as a dark Nolan style film, but then the majority of the audience is annoyed when they finally see it and it is just the same light and fluffy colorful Abrams Star Trek we saw in 2009? Seems like kind of a pickle to me.
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Kind of a cool idea. Deals with the whole end of the world meme going on right now.
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Dec. 3, 2012, 11:05 p.m. CST
Before Christopher Nolan, no movie titles had the adjective 'Dark' in them.
by barry_lyndon
Someone said that earlier. Yes. They have. 1997. 'DARK CITY' Far more superior to "The Matrix"
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http://i.imgur.com/XAVnk.jpg
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Up your asshole. Star trek Reboot sucks balls, because of your lens flares. You can't direct for shit. Honestly.
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Dec. 4, 2012, 1:02 a.m. CST
WHY CAN'T THEY JUST BE HONEST AND CALL IT - START TREK: BATMAN MEETS MATRIX
by Wacky Packages
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Dec. 4, 2012, 1:38 a.m. CST
They're kind of hitting us over the head with a sledge hammer with the Into Darkness bit
by Joey Stars
Because the 2nd film just HAS TO BE darker a la Empire, Wrath of Khan, Dark Knight. In the end it just feels forced.
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ye gods, someone who sees EXACTLY what I saw! I even said as much in almost the same words! McCallum was nothing but a tool, and an incompetent, ineffective one at that. Perhaps that's what he was paid to be, perhaps that's exactly what George wanted, but yeah--he chose to go even further down the yes-man road than Kazanjian/Marquand did, rather than man up to Lucas and tell him "no" as Kurtz/Kersh did. You just get the feeling that McCallum was a snivelling spineless little coward, spouting out the company line while NOT standing up for any kind of creative integrity whatsoever. When I heard about his leaving LFL, the first thing I said was that there's much more hope for the new SW films now. They won't be tainted by this asshole. Won't be missed. At all. Anyway, awesome. you go brother.
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I think I must be psychically affecting everyone recently...ok, maybe not. But THANK YOU for bringing up Dark City, which even when I SAW the Matrix, I thought, "I liked this story better when it was called Dark City". Curiously, I felt the exact same thing when I saw Inception...
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One of a few reasons the movies seem so similar to one another.
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Truly blazing a trail of originality thru the Hollywood remake machine.
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Dec. 4, 2012, 12:49 p.m. CST
Star Trek must be taken away from these clowns. They are raping it far worse than Lucas raped Indy and SW.
by Yamato
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Remember the 'leaked' pic of Spock fighting him on some sort of platform? No other villain had that much of a personal connection barring Gary Mitchell of course. Sybock goes Postal and wilk kill PRIME Spock to sever ties with the original franchise forever.
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Dec. 4, 2012, 1:20 p.m. CST
By the way I like STAR TREK V too....But after part IV it's very flat but DE FOREST KELLY'S scene with his Dad is amazing acting.
by SmokieGeezer
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Dec. 4, 2012, 1:23 p.m. CST
Does anyone know if Scotty's little gimp is back? Any betting if he is they will kill him. Remember, We are going INTO DARKNESS!!!!
by SmokieGeezer
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hopefully she wasn't killed in the attack on the Romulans or when the Starfleet's decimated in this film...c'mon...one little green Orion slave girl in an escape pod...whaddya say?
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but maybe not... my family's christmas cards this year are gonna be a hoot! i've got this great computer program called photoshop and with it, you can make it like your in hawaii! when you're not! anyway. so, what im going to do is build a small replica of my house using balsa wood and paper mache. then i'm going to use a christmas tree shaped shotgun to blast a christmas tree shape through the house. then ill put in numerous details like burning embers, body parts, frizzing electrical wires, shattered glass and broken furniture and then have my family all standing in the center of the photoshopped christmas tree shaped explosion hole. wait a minute... photoshopped, christmas-tree shaped explosion hole k, just wanted to say that last sentence again. it's awesome you know.
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it doesn't hit me as a film poster.
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Dec. 4, 2012, 7:38 p.m. CST
Star Trek: Into the Dark Knight's Anus -- that's exactly what this poster is trying to do
by Hardboiled Wonderland
The Dark Knight is tired of bending over for all the brown-nosers wanting to ride his success.
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Dec. 5, 2012, 2:29 a.m. CST
Sick of pretty boy actors pretending to be early Shatner, Nimoy, etc. - let's go all-CGI
by pixelmagic
Like the Final Fantasy movies or Beowulf.
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Dec. 5, 2012, 3:46 a.m. CST
darth macchio, if you are serious about photoshopping such a card,
by Dingbatty
please post your results.
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except i'm having trouble finding a christmas tree shaped shotgun barrels. i figured, what with it being the season and all, that they'd be easy to find. i mean, seriously. they can make cookie cutouts out of anything. well, maybe not certain letters with missing center parts (the letter 'A' for example) but still...you want nascar cookies? you got em. you want santa cookies? got em. christmas tree cookies? got em. but christmas tree shaped shotgun barrels? nope! no such luck! how is there no demand for this!?!!?! capitalism sucks!
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