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Atekimogus wrote:
Now maybe it is just a bad trailer concentrating only on the action scenes.....but by god would it be too much to ask to not have people running away from explosions for once and just add some interesting dialogue? Heck...in the end I am sure a movie like "Captain America: Civil War" will end up having more dialogue and character interaction than a freaking STAR TREK movie.

Did you miss the select quotes/scenes that seem to indicate Kirk questioning his own reasons for being there, as well as some much needed introspection? ("My father joined Starfleet because he believed in it. I joined on a dare."). I'm hopeful this film will start re-setting the balance of introspection/action that the last one fumbled. In fact, this may be closer to a TOS episode than a movie the mors I think about it.

Sonic Glitch wrote: Did you miss the select quotes/scenes that seem to indicate Kirk questioning his own reasons for being there, as well as some much needed introspection? ("My father joined Starfleet because he believed in it. I joined on a dare."). I'm hopeful this film will start re-setting the balance of introspection/action that the last one fumbled. In fact, this may be closer to a TOS episode than a movie the mors I think about it.

Yes...I did miss it since it was the standard trailer narrative we already had in star trek 2009 for example ("Your father was captain of a starship for 12 minutes and saved yada yada lives...I dare you to do better).

It is not really an indication of having more character building scenes or better diaologe. It is just the usual stuff that is supposed to sound meaningful for the trailer. If it actually will be remains to be seen.

Idk...maybe it is because I am getting old but I find myself supremely bored by action heavy movies as of late.


I really liked the 2009 movie....but the second one.....while enjoyable...was imho ultimately not very interesting and 5 years from now it will be completely forgotten. And the same will happen here I think. It will be quite enjoyable and maybe even worth a cinema ticket....but it won't be anything outstanding.

I dunno, it's hard to tell from the trailers but there seems to be a fair bit of introspection/character stuff here. Lighthearted, with McCoy's "At least I won't die alone...", and the "he really likes that chair" but also more serious, with the woman in voiceover talking about how dangerous space can be, and with Kirk apparently introspecting about whether he really even should be in Starfleet. It looks pretty promising to me.

New poster



Colourful!

Very colorful! And that new character's front-and-center.

Clear reference to TMP here :



Interestingly, no taglines on any of these posters.

It has freaking lens flares in that poster!

Karl Urban's poster:

Let's try that again !@StarTrekMovie , full cast for 50th anniversary @ParamountPics @ParamountUK #bestfanposter

https://twitter.com/KarlUrban/status/735272858239176705

Those look like the Cardasian planetary defence platforms from DS9.

This one is a mild spoiler for the actual movie, I think, but has broad ramifications. Rumour has it...

I read something to that effect myself. Simple irony, or an homage?

Homage I believe, but doesn't seem to approve Link

If it was intended as a compliment, you would think they'd have taken five minutes to give the guy a call and ask about it first.

Graham Kennedy wrote:If it was intended as a compliment, you would think they'd have taken five minutes to give the guy a call and ask about it first.

They did. The selected the move as a homage to Takei, they then called him up expecting him to be overjoyed.

Instead Takei has proven to be quite loyal to Gene's vision. Apparently a lot of thought went into the character that Takei was aware of, and Sulu wasn't gay. Takei really liked the idea of a gay Starfleet officer, he just wanted them to make a new character for that.

Also, if you consider that this isn't taking place in a different dimension but only a different timeline, the concept that Sulu is the same person in both series. Being gay in Beyond then implies he was in the closet during TOS, which doesn't sit well with Takei.

( Though as YATI go, especially if we ignore not strictly cannon sources, that one would be relatively easy to rationalize around. )

Anyway it sounds like they had a number of conversations with Takei always pressuring them to make a new character, but in the end his wishes weren't honored in the matter of his own homage.