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This was my biggest fear. Ugh :/
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The Star Trek Beyond News & Production Thread: Maximum Warp, PUNCH IT!
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This was my biggest fear. Ugh :/
Future Foundation
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I've read people saying
had a fairly big/noticeable role in Beyond. Was this true?
Chekhov
lastplayed
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Do they get a new ship at the end?
lastplayed
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Hmm, interesting.
Hyped
DangerMouse
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Darn. But not surprised, even though that's what I wanted more of.
Still very hyped.
Nice.
lastplayed
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That's a weird upgrade.
What does it look like? Exactly the same?
I hope someone will write if the inside of the enterprise finally matches the outside. It really felt strange to me. I know people with my view are in the minority it's just one of my quirks.
The Elite
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After Ghostbusters reviewing well I was hoping this would be a nice surprise as well. I hope these impressions hold into the critical reviews.
A Ghostbusters/Star Trek one-two punch will make me happy.
It's 84 all over again but with what might be a better Star Trek film.
I believe they release a week a part as well.
It's also the third Star Trek film in a new franchise and the first Ghostbusters film in a new franchise.
brandonh83
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Can't wait to hear the score.
brandonh83
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I'm a casual Trek fan that really liked the first two Abrams movies. Into Darkness hate soars over my head. I think I'll be fine with this one.
The Elite
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What am I missing?
The warp nacelle pylons are swept back now.
The Elite
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Even more sporty.
Himynameischris
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I read embargo lifts Tuesday for one reviewer.
Jellycrackers
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You and me both, brother.
I know I'm going to love this movie, and seeing these positive impressions is just taking my hype to out of control levels.
Darth Pinche
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That is fantastic news! Can't wait to see if next week!
brandonh83
Banned
I had to look up what TOS stood for
lol
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Well at least the engine narcelles aren't almost hitting the saucer section. The 2009 Enterprise design was weird in that way. the narcelles should either be above or below the saucer and a bit away from it to make their existence a bit logical.
lastplayed
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Yeah as mentioned, swept back pylons, also thinner engines, more phasers and a slimmer neck.
I actually really like these changes. It's closer to the original refit/Enterprise-A, which are still my favorite. Does it still appear to be 1000 ft. long or whatever it was in the 2009 movie?
lastplayed
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Yep, it's massive.
That's still dumb, but I guess I can still deal with it.
funkystudent
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Does the new ship have the reg 1701 - A or are they still just calling it 1701?
Himynameischris
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Any comparison pictures between the two?
Hmm... Hmm
They find an older Starfleet ship on the planet, the Franklin and that's what is used during the climax. They build a new Enterprise at the very end and blast off in that
As in the ship seems much larger on the inside?
Maybe just the vastness of space, but really do not get that it is some gigantic multi-level housing placce
lastplayed
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There's an article here about its size. It's a bit technical but I love stuff like this.
Edit: bonus chart
How does the scaling work with this image?
There's so little inside it it looks quite small.
I know all that stuff already. What does
look like
There's so little inside it it looks quite small.
I know all that stuff already. What does
the new Ent
Himynameischris
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There's an article here about its size. It's a bit technical but I love stuff like this.
Edit: bonus chart
Well I just geeked out for an hour, that's awesome and yeah the sizes make no sense in the movies but the series aren't very good with that either.
lastplayed
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Look at the core of the saucer section, it's about 15/16 decks deep, which is about the same depth as the E-D saucer, so it kinda matches up.
On the original refit Enterprise the bridge pretty much occupied the whole dome on the top of the saucer, but in the JJ version the bridge is a small portion to the front of the same dome.
DangerMouse
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Yeah, those quotes sound excellent. Hope the reviews are positive too so people go see it.
Love this cast so hearing their varied interactions (like in the first movie) are a highlight again is great news.
Great to read that one from the guy who says Pine continues to rock as Kirk and that this might be his turn yet, since he's great in the role.
DrForester
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There's an article here about its size. It's a bit technical but I love stuff like this.
Edit: bonus chart
From a nerd perspective, this was my only big problem with 2009 Trek. The ship is just too big, and there was no reason to make it that big.
MHWilliams
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Correct. The Kelvin Enterprise is built big enough to house entire families, but only houses an exploratory crew. It's weird.
lastplayed
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They just felt the original Enterprise and refit were just too small I think, they wanted big sets and lots of detail. But yeah, the final size is kinda ludicrous.
Even by today's standards, the original Enterprise was shorter than a 1960s aircraft carrier.
Tal Shiar Agent
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I hate this so much.
If the Franklin is a Warp 4 ship it shouldn't follow the post-Kelvin design aesthetics. It should look more like the NX-01 than the Abramsverse NCC-1701. The nacelles are totally off.
Future Foundation
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The word going around is that the Beyond review embargo is getting lifted tomorrow instead of next week.
FunkyPajamas
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You guys complaining about the design of the new ship keep in mind it's been heavily modded for illegal space racing and sick drifts.
That's... probably good news if true. Hype rising!
Stallion Dan
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Even from the trailers you can see that is nonsense, I think the people saying that really need go watch TOS again, or at all.
the two trailers that I saw were so tonally dissonant that I'm not sure you could say one way or the other. I couldn't even tell you wtf the movie is about, tbh
All I know is Pegg wrote it, or some of it, so it's not hard for me to believe that there's some major TOS influence in play. Not in the Abrams "look at this thing you remember" fashion, but legit 60's TOS camp and bantz. (Which wouldn't play so well in a trailer)
The Elite
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The trailers don't show much of anything coherent.
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