Star Trek Beyond - Part 1

[Warhammer]

Sounds like something similar to the Borg. Random note: the Borg were originally supposed to be insectoid had the budget allowed for it.

 

[Sawyer]

Stamps coming out for the 50th Anniversary...

Wonder if we're in for this kind of s*** again.

 

[Consona]

But Idris Elba as the villain this time around I wonder if he will be playing a Klingon or a human villain somehow

 

[Dark Raven]

He looks a bit like one of the aliens from Voyager. Or maybe a bit like the vampires from Buffy.

 

[redhawk23]

There are some definite Buffy aspects to this design. Given the budget of that show, that is not a compliment.

Full respect to Elba for agreeing perform in full makeup like that though.

 

[I Am The Knight]

I never imagined he would go full make-up. We'll see how it goes.

 

[aNarcHy2day]

That's Edris Elba?

 

[ObiWanCon]

Ginally went throught the teaser frame by frame. I noticed that the bad guy ships are attacking an earth city at one point so for three films in a row Earth is attacked.

And I also am wondering if perhaps the aliens that Kirk pisses off are slavers. Justin Lin spoke about how not every culture will want what the Federation is selling. The Federation's utopian society and ideas arent going to be accepted by every civilization. So it made me think that maybe these aliens are engaged in something we humans and other civilized Federation species consider abhorrent. So Kirk being Kirk refuses to stand by while they do whatever it is they do and he intervenes in their affairs and pisses them off so the aliens crash the enterprise take its crew hostage and decide to attack and occupy or enslave Earth and the rest of the Federation.

Their ships and the way they attack reminds me of locusts or various types of insects that swarm. Maybe these aliens think in a similar manner. They just take what they want and do what they want regardless of the rights or needs of other species.

That's not Earth; it's a colony on the frontier of the Federation.

 

[Doctor Jones]

I am loving how Elba and the race they're going up against is new.

 

[Octoberist]

Wait..that wasn't Earth?

 

[Octoberist]

Found it. Yeah it's a new settlement for the Federation.

Straight from Pegg himself (via the Nerdist):

Part of the story at least begins with them docking up at a new Starbase which is at the very edge of space. It’s a new kind of diplomatic hub. It’s called Yorktown, and it’s right on the edge of Federation space. It’s where all the most recent Federation inductees can come and mingle with each other and sort of learn about each other.
…it’s basically a place where they can understand what being part of the Federation means, and it’s an important kind of tactical establishment for the Federation. They’re very, very far out, but it’s been built locally, so it’s very interesting to look at. It’s where the Enterprise docks up. For the first time in ten months it’s had proper contact with other people—that’s where the story begins.

http://trekmovie.com/2015/12/17/pegg-interview-from-set-of-beyond/

 

[Lord]

That basic set-up sounds neat, doesn't the film take place in the second or third year of the five-year mission?

 

[Marvolo]

That's not Earth; it's a colony on the frontier of the Federation.

Found it. Yeah it's a new settlement for the Federation.

Straight from Pegg himself (via the Nerdist):



http://trekmovie.com/2015/12/17/pegg-interview-from-set-of-beyond/

So that's definitely Yorktown being invaded? It doesn't look like a base. It looks like San Fran in STID.

 

[Consona]

After watching Ex Machina I've realized Alex Garland would be the best director/writer for modern Star Trek films. Either low budget ones similar to Ex Machina or big budget ones where you'd put some action scenes in to lure the general audience. But he would bring back the substance over style thing, which is what ST should be, IMO. Ex Machina was fantastic and is exactly the type of thing I would love ST films to be, an intelligent film about profound things, not just some silly space action. (I still hope the Beyond trailer is just a weird marketing move and there's much more to the film than pew pew jump here and there action, a.k.a. let's make it less star treky...)

Just make it best of both world, big budget for awesome visuals and Garland's writing and directing for clever film with a dense atmosphere.

 

[antonydelfini]

After watching Ex Machina I've realized Alex Garland would be the best director/writer for modern Star Trek films. Either low budget ones similar to Ex Machina or big budget ones where you'd put some action scenes in to lure the general audience. But he would bring back the substance over style thing, which is what ST should be, IMO. Ex Machina was fantastic and is exactly the type of thing I would love ST films to be, an intelligent film about profound things, not just some silly space action. (I still hope the Beyond trailer is just a weird marketing move and there's much more to the film than pew pew jump here and there action, a.k.a. let's make it less star treky...)

Just make it best of both world, big budget for awesome visuals and Garland's writing and directing for clever film with a dense atmosphere.

Ooohhh, that's one hell of a choice!

 

[Dark Raven]

Maybe get Alicia Vikander too for a sexy alien chick.

 

[Moridin]

Garland is a damn good choice. Wonder if he'd be interested...

 

[I Am The Knight]

Well Lin has said he is probably not coming back so if Beyond does well I hope they go for someone like Garland.

 

[chamber-music]

Garland's Halo movie script was supposedly pretty good. He got paid a $1 million dollars to write it and the movie never got made.

 

[Lord]

There are some definite Buffy aspects to this design. Given the budget of that show, that is not a compliment.

Full respect to Elba for agreeing perform in full makeup like that though.

Then you should watch the make-up used in the pre-Abrams films. To be honest, i am not a big fan of seeing a completely new humanoid species, i think the shows did that a lot because they didn't have the budget to be more creative with the aliens (and even then they were able to have some neat alien species), with the films i usualy find it pretty weird, since they are alowed to go nuts.

That said, the film still intrigues me. Seems like it's gonna be fun on the very least.

 

[redhawk23]

Then you should watch the make-up used in the pre-Abrams films. To be honest, i am not a big fan of seeing a completely new humanoid species, i think the shows did that a lot because they didn't have the budget to be more creative with the aliens (and even then they were able to have some neat alien species), with the films i usualy find it pretty weird, since they are alowed to go nuts.

That said, the film still intrigues me. Seems like it's gonna be fun on the very least.

Same crap. You could tell me Elba was playing a Reman and I would believe you.

Its not even that the makeup is bad but it is certainly indistinct. In contrast Klingons are pretty specifically Klingons. We didn't get to see much but I actually liked what we saw of Abrams Klingons. I thought the piercings were a nice touch.

 

[Young Superman]

Stamps coming out for the 50th Anniversary...

Wonder if we're in for this kind of s*** again.

Cool

 

[Serpico Jones]

One of the only bad things about TNG era Star Trek is the awful makeup designs of most of the aliens. It's sad to see that they're apparently returning to this. These aliens look like they shop at Party City during Halloween.

 

[Sawyer]

It's baffling why they would want to hide Elba under that much makeup. And shoddy looking makeup, at that. At least the new girl alien palling around with Kirk is decent looking.

 

[Quasimod0]

That looks like something from the show Face/Off.