Star Trek

Entertainment weekly just got their hands on an exclusive synopsis for the Star Trek movie revealing some interesting facts and an explanation of the plot.

Star Trek’s time-travel plot is set in motion when a Federation starship, the USS Kelvin, is attacked by a vicious Romulan (Eric Bana) desperately seeking one of the film’s heroes. From there, the film then brings Kirk and Spock center stage and tracks the origins of their friendship and how they became officers aboard the Enterprise. In fact, the movie shows how the whole original series crew came together: McCoy (Karl Urban), Uhura (Zoë Saldana), Scotty (Simon Pegg), Sulu (John Cho), and Chekov (Anton Yelchin). The adventure stretches from Earth to Vulcan, and yes, it does find a way to have Nimoy appearing in scenes with at least one of the actors on our cover — and maybe both. The storytelling is newbie-friendly, but it slyly assimilates a wide range of Trek arcana, from doomed Captain Pike (Bruce Greenwood) to Sulu’s swordsmanship to classic lines like, ”I have been, and always shall be, your friend.” More ambitiously, the movie subversively plays with Trek lore — and those who know it. The opening sequence, for example, is an emotionally wrenching passage that culminates with a mythic climax sure to leave zealots howling ”Heresy!” But revisionism anxiety is the point. ”The movie,” Lindelof says, ”is about the act of changing what you know.”

Yesterday we featured a set of photos from Star Trek movie that will be out next year. Entertainment Weekly premiered their extensive cover story earlier. WE have three more new photos. Slash film decided to make the whole EW article into a couple of notes.

First thing is the budget is still at 150 million dollars.

Chris Pine was one of the three candidates to test with Quinto for Kirk.

JJ Abrams gave Randy Pausch, the now late author of the The Last Lecture and avowed Trekker, a cameo in the film.

Phasers are described as “sleek silver gizmos with spring-triggered barrels that revolve and glow in the transition from ’stun’ to ‘kill’.”

Abrams describes the Bridge: ”To me, the bridge is so cool, it makes the Apple Store look uncool.”

The Bridge set is “filled with nods to the one from the show”.

The U.S.S. Kelvin was named after JJ Abrams’ maternal grandfather Henry Kelvin. He owned an electronics company and was very influential to Abrams as a boy (you may remember him from Abrams’ famous mystery box story. Abrams includes his name in all of his projects.

The writers say that Spock is getting an action upgrade in the film.

Abrams says “It was important to me that optimism be cool again.”

One of the “redibility-enhancing details” added to the Enterprise are handrails that the crew can now grab during turbulence to keep from falling.

Abrams again insists that Star Trek is not “a movie for fans of Star Trek,” but “a movie for fans of movies.”

Leonard Nimoy appears in “scenes with at least one of the actors on [the Entertainment Weekly] cover — and maybe both.” They call Nimoy’s first scene in the film “goose-bumpingly cool.”

The film’s Plot: The USS Kelvin is attacked by a vicious Romulan named Nero (Eric Bana) who is desperately looking for one of the film’s heroes (Romulan attack on USS Kelvin takes place ‘before Kirk was born’). The film follows the origins of Kirk and Spock’s friendship and shows how the entire Enterprise crew came together.

We will see “the awe-inspiring introduction of the Enterprise” and “thrilling action sequences on a harsh ice planet and in the skies of Vulcan”.

Chris Pine still a “fresh-faced space cadet” when he first confronts the Romulans.

First full trailer confirmed to be attached to Quantum of Solace on November 14th.

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