All Things Star Trek

[Manroon]

A thread for discussion of all things Star Trek, movies, TV, personal projects, costumes, whatever. What sparked me to start this now? I'm glad you asked! No, it's not the movie coming out next year..... it's my recent discovery that a piece of my childhood has been pulled out of the dumpster. Quite literally. A Mr.  Huston Huddleston was apparently fortunate enough to be in the right place at the right time, and discovered a full scale set from the 1990s of the Star Trek The Next Generation Enterprise D BRIDGE, sitting neglected and dilapidated on an outdoor storage lot in Long Beach. (this is the part where I raz Kham for not knowing this was in his back yard) He found it through a friend, and at the end of last year after long negotiations with the lot owners was told 'Look, we know you want this thing. If you don't take it right now, we're trashing it and selling the metal parts for scrap.' He was actually allowed to take it at the cost of shipping only, and has now undertaken the massive project of restoring it from five YEARS of rain, sun, wind, and weather, not just to it's former glory.... but to the ultimate dream. A fully operational, interactive, accurate, Enterprise Bridge. They plan to replace all the console backlights with actual working touch screens, and install computers to turn it into a real life combination episode and video game. It will be run as a non profit and opened up for charity work, weddings, fan films, and the like, the idea being that it should be restored and run by fans, for fans, to be shared with everybody, and used for constructive and educational purposes.

The official website for the project is here:
http://newstarship.com/
and has information on how to contribute or help out, as well as lots of neat pictures and videos on it.

The article I found out about it through is here:
http://trekmovie.com/2012/10/26/save-the-bridge-a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-the-project-to-restore-the-enterprise-d-bridge/
and has some more interesting info and an interview of sorts with the Bridge's owner.

[Manroon]

For anyone who saw Of Gods and Men (Best fanfilm ever)..... they're doing it again! http://startrekrenegades.com/ Chekov and Tuvok are doing a Pilot in an attempt to get a Star Trek Web Series going, and there's a LOAD of trek and other actors cast already.... including some people from Clone Wars, Xena, Stargate I think was listed, and other famous shows. I for one am most eager to see how this turns out!

[ThreadJack]

I thought we already had a Star Trek thread.

[Manroon]

Nope. Just one for Dan's Model Build.

[Jev Moldara]

Oh Manroon...

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diP-o_JxysA" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diP-o_JxysA</a>

[Manroon]

I am calling it now. It's either the Gary Mitchell flick everyone thinks it is.... or, because that would be so painfully obvious, let me just say the one name I've not heard suggested for this from TOS. And I freely admit I lean towards Mitchell, BTW.

Doctor.... Roger.... Korby.

And let me tell you all why. Two clues.

1) 'I have returned' Mitchell from what I hear was dealt with and dispatched in some comic book series that people are saying is canon? (when has any Trek not on screen been canon? LOL) so that could point to him fairly easily. Korby though was MIA in TOS for some time when they went and found his freaky robo-korby and robo-lurch on that ice ball. It could be his return of which the line is referring to.

2) The screaming blonde. Rack your brains for TOS lore. There aren't many blue uniformed blondes who got names. Nurse Chapel, who was commed but never shown in the first movie, Doctor Elizabeth (last name escapes me) from the Mitchell story, and.... well that's all I've got. Rand wore a red uniform, Doctor Marcus was never in starfleet, and Gillian Taylor isn't supposed to get to the 23rd century for another several decades even if you grant her a blue uniform she never had.

So evidence continues to mount in favor of Gary, but I'm thinking Korby is a possibility. Or equally slim odds might also somehow favor Charlie X. But Mr Villain doesn't really look like ol' Charlie much.


Also, I have one thing about this trailer I must say: The Enterprise pulling a Yamato out of the bay is SO. MUCH. WIN!!!!

And thanks for linking this up! I read on Tuesday that it was supposed to be released this week, but it was late and I didn't catch which day. I totally missed it!

[Jev Moldara]

There's a Japanese trailer out there that has an additional scene... I won't say much, but the rumors of the lack of appearance of Khan may have been exaggerated.

[Jev Moldara]

2) The screaming blonde. Rack your brains for TOS lore. There aren't many blue uniformed blondes who got names. Nurse Chapel, who was commed but never shown in the first movie, Doctor Elizabeth (last name escapes me) from the Mitchell story, and.... well that's all I've got. Rand wore a red uniform, Doctor Marcus was never in starfleet, and Gillian Taylor isn't supposed to get to the 23rd century for another several decades even if you grant her a blue uniform she never had.

Gillian Taylor I will grant you, due to the fact that she's from the 1980s, but the rest are really up in the air. Remember, this is a new timeline. Everything is up for grabs.

Also, I have one thing about this trailer I must say: The Enterprise pulling a Yamato out of the bay is SO. MUCH. WIN!!!!

Agreed. Though we don't know it it was actually the Enterprise. Too much water in the way to see the registration number.

And thanks for linking this up! I read on Tuesday that it was supposed to be released this week, but it was late and I didn't catch which day. I totally missed it!

Glad to help.

Also, here's the afore-mentioned other trailer...

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrHlQUXFzfw" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrHlQUXFzfw</a>

[Manroon]

Oh, he's screwing with us now. He's so screwing with us. But they are contracted for three movies, right? Don't tell me #3 is going to be about the Search for somebody..... lol I dunno. It almost looks to me, given the scene and the information, that it's Kirk who's inside the glass this time around. I also didn't notice Scotty holding Blondie in the first trailer. Perhaps that's another clue as to her identity.

I could swear I could make out a 70 or 701 on the registry. Either way, those fins on the nacelles are new, aren't they? Perhaps we're looking at a refit or another vessel. I'd say the one shown later being blown out of the bay was definitely a Connie though, and I'd hate to think of the Enterprise doing a frontflip like that. Structural Integrity would just be shot to heck after that.

[Jev Moldara]

I just found my favorite DS9 clip!

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0p7JbcAo8Y" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0p7JbcAo8Y</a>

[Master Rel]

I love me some Star Trek yes I do.

Original through to the reboot...I am a fan...met many of the stars and production folks...and if I could afford it I would build my upcoming bed and breakfast as a Trek themed place, but the issues are just gruesome.

I have a positive nod for making a Firefly class ship as long as no names/images are used from the show.

I would have preferred a Trek theme...but we are talking limited use that costs hundreds of thousands, upfront.

Anyway love me some Trek!

[Jev Moldara]

I could swear I could make out a 70 or 701 on the registry. Either way, those fins on the nacelles are new, aren't they? Perhaps we're looking at a refit or another vessel.

Going back and taking a further look at it, I too can see the Enterprise registry numbers (specifically, the 170). However, the shape makes me think that it's one of her shuttles as opposed to the Enterprise itself.

[Manroon]

I'm betting it's her. I went back and looked at the Reboot Enterprise again, and the nacelles are a definite match. There's a slim chance of it being another Connie in the 1700 registry range, but I have doubts they'd put another Connie on screen for this. Still, with the front flip she did in there.... it may be one of the others. Defiant, Constitution, Excaliber, Lexington, or Potemkin maybe. I just can't see them wrecking the original enterprise again. That'd be so sad to have to watch again.... 

[Jev Moldara]

The nacelles may be a match, but unless the Enterprise has been refit with Cybertronian technology, there's no accounting for the fact that the nacelles are located directly on a boxy shape.

[Manroon]

I dunno, that boxy shape looks more to me like the front of the starboard nacelle, with the aft end of the nacelles slightly refit compared to the first movie to give that odd shape. Darn water getting in the way. lol