quote:Originally posted by Lee: And, maybe Karl Urban as McCoy. Hmm.
I wonder how much will leak about this film? They're building sets now, so presumably the look of the film has already been decided. Is it gonna be classic Trek models, sets and costumes, or will they update it subtly to avoid the more dated-looking elements? Given no-one really knows what Abrams' next film Cloverfield/1-18-08 is about yet, they could well be able to keep a lid on this one as well. . .
There's already a possible story leak online. I think that was on Aint It Cool as well. To be honest, it sounded a bit iffy, every film has its share of plot holes. I'm still confident it'll be a great movie.
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Adapted from a much-earlier posting on another board, here's an examination of ages. . .
Scott 2222 (44) - Doohan was 46 - Pegg is 37 McCoy 2227 (39) - Kelley was 46 - Urban is 35 Spock 2230 (36) - Nimoy was 35 - Quinto is 30 Kirk 2233 (33) - Shatner was 35 - Pine is 27 Uhura 22? (20something) - Nichols was 33 - Saldana is 29 Sulu 22? (20something) - Takei was 29 - Cho is 35 Chekov 2245 (22 in 2267, when he first appeared in TOS season 2, consistent with going to the Starfleet Academy at age 18 and graduating after a standard 4 years) - Koenig was 31 when he started on the show - Yelchin is 18
Of course, add another year onto the new actors' ages by the time the film comes out. . .
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You have to consider, though, that the new movie sadly won't be sticking to canon (after all, we know from John Eaves' recent comments that the Enterprise is getting an overhaul, for starters). Therefore, the Enterprise crew can be any age and have known each other from any time period (Checkov may have been aboard for a few years in the new film, for example).
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Regarding the ages of the characters, we only know three for sure: Kirk ("Deadly Years"), McCoy ("Farpoint") and Scotty ("Relics"). Spock, being an alien mongrel, is a complete mystery; the others are guesswork (although Chekov perhaps a bit less than the rest, if the assumptions about his recent graduation hold true).
So, the known three being ten years younger in XI as compared with TOS sounds pretty good...
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quote:Originally posted by mada101: You have to consider, though, that the new movie sadly won't be sticking to canon (after all, we know from John Eaves' recent comments that the Enterprise is getting an overhaul, for starters). Therefore, the Enterprise crew can be any age and have known each other from any time period (Checkov may have been aboard for a few years in the new film, for example).
explain this please? will the ship follow ENT lines? i.e. Feddy ships never had that golden deflector age? ts always been the blue disc of smurfy?
explain, and provide links and tea while yer at it
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I'd be happy if they redisgned it, as it just looks too basic nowdays. I really like that fan version of the Enterpise that was designed by the FX bloke who works on BSG. And I wouldn't consider it a reboot.
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quote:Originally posted by OverRon: I'd be happy if they redisgned it, as it just looks too basic nowdays. I really like that fan version of the Enterpise that was designed by the FX bloke who works on BSG. And I wouldn't consider it a reboot.
That design is an interesting interpretation, but in my opinion it's hideous. I think the original design could still work on the big screen without having unnecessary details plonked all over the hull, but it doesn't surprise me that they're changing it anyway. I just hope Eaves doesn't make it pointy. He has a habit of making pointy ships. And the 1701 is not pointy.
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