Tired of viewing that crappy YouTube handicam version? The teaser trailer for JJ Abrams’ Star Trek is now online in high definition. I know a lot of trek fans are not to happy with this first look. I love the idea of trying to ground Trek in U.S. space travel history. I really think that things like this might be able to bring a whole new audience into the series. For a non Trekkie, the series and movies are instantly jarring. Too geeky, too sci-fi. I think JJ might be on to something here.
You can watch the teaser in High Definition on Yahoo.com. Star Trek hits theaters on December 25th 2008.
January 21st, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Beautiful :cries:
January 21st, 2008 at 12:20 pm
I get goose bumps when the music kicks in.
January 21st, 2008 at 12:36 pm
we’ll see…
January 21st, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Including Kennedy was a brilliant touch.
January 21st, 2008 at 1:06 pm
anyone have a direct link…?
thanks
January 21st, 2008 at 1:28 pm
awesome i’m not a huge fan of Star Trek i have watched 3 of the movies and Next Generation but i’m really pumped for this movie.
The guy with the goggles looks like Matthew Fox, is he supposed to be in this?
January 21st, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Direct Links…
1080p:
http://downloads.paramount.com/mp/startrek/ST_TRL1_1080p.mov
720p:
http://downloads.paramount.com/mp/startrek/ST_TRL1_720p.mov
480p:
http://downloads.paramount.com/mp/startrek/ST_TRL1_480p.mov
January 21st, 2008 at 1:47 pm
thanks for the links!
January 21st, 2008 at 2:25 pm
well, abrams actually made star trek feel epic which is no mean feat. not as exciting as it could be coming from the guy who gave us the cloverfield and m-i-iii trailers, but then it’s just a teaser.
January 21st, 2008 at 3:23 pm
No movie will ever be able to live up to the hype thats going to surround this movie.
January 21st, 2008 at 3:37 pm
“I really think that things like this might be able to bring a whole new audience into the series.”
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January 21st, 2008 at 4:04 pm
Bottom-line: this could be good, it could be bad. It’s impossible to tell from a teaser. That said, though, I liked it. I thought it evoked enough to let you know something was coming and, basically, you’ll just have to wait and see. I think it also conveyed that this was a Star Trek movie but given that no title was used and given that the intro was quite different from what even non-Star Trek fans would have expected, it perhaps did a good job of letting people know: “Yeah, it’s Star Trek. But this is different.”
Regarding the comment “I love the idea of trying to ground Trek in U.S. space travel history.” Yeah, I agree, but the series “Enterprise” did that quite a bit, particularly in its opening montage/sequence. So this certainly isn’t new. And the TNG film “First Contact” at the very least took us back to the first warp flight, which in turn made some references to past efforts to reach limits and reach the stars.
Regarding this: “For a non Trekkie, the series and movies are instantly jarring. Too geeky, too sci-fi.” I don’t think that’s the case, any more than Harry Potter is “too geeky” or Lord of the Rings is “too fantasy.” There may be something to that but I think a more realistic assessment is that the problem is that many of the Trek movies have given the impression that you had to understand much of the history of the series (as a whole) to really enjoy the films. This especially happened with the TNG films, where even the “Dominion” was mentioned in one of the movies, tying it into the events of DS9 at the time. Even “Wrath of Khan” required at least some understanding of “Space Seed” to figure out who the heck Khan was and why he mattered. However, Star Trek IV (”Voyage Home”) and VI (”Undiscovered Country”) were greatly enjoyed by many people who were considered ‘non-Trekkies’ but who did enjoy good science-fiction stories.
Could it bring in a new audience? Maybe. Just having a different setting for the movie won’t do it, though. There’s going to have to be an interesting balance between severing some ties with the past (series and movies) but keeping enough in that the movie is still recognizably in the Star Trek universe, as it were.
I’m cautiously optimistic and, as Spock might say, “I find these developments … fascinating.”
January 21st, 2008 at 5:11 pm
ive never seen anything related to star trek
so is this like a continuation of the series? or a remake that someone like me could enjoy considering i have no prior knowledge of the series?
January 21st, 2008 at 5:21 pm
i dont really care about this movie and i’m a trekie kinda weird i guess i’ve had too many disapointment i wont be paying to watch this one star trek has to redeme its self for me to go back to it and by that i mean it has to break star wars and be as good if not better than BSG thats my new trek lol
January 21st, 2008 at 6:11 pm
ERIC BANA?
HOLLLLY SHIT.
January 22nd, 2008 at 9:01 am
Does anyone else see a heavy influence from great Time Life photographer W. Eugene Smith in these shots?
Check out the similarities…
http://noravr.blog.lemonde.fr/files/2007/03/steel-worker-photographie-extrait-du-projet-pittsburgh-1955-de-e-smith.1173804156.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c218/adamjsmith/weugenesmith.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/41/117871014_8e8e65d28f.jpg
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Very excite !
January 24th, 2008 at 6:16 am
Like the teaser, looks like this one could be pretty good
January 27th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
HOOOOOOLY SHEOOOEOEOEOEOT!
February 23rd, 2008 at 8:31 am
I’m well excited. Only 400 and something days to do………………………………..