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Hey there, long time Paramount employee here. They showed the new trailer for JJ Abrams Star Trek yesterday over at the Paramount theatre. It ran every 15 minutes and all employees were encouraged to go see it. Thought you'd like a little info.

The trailer starts by showing a mid-60's Corvette convertible tearing across the country side. After a few seconds we see a long shot that shows a policeman in hot pursuit. Another long shot shows the Vette screaming at full speed toward a steep cliff. A slo-mo shot shows the driver leaping from the car at the last second and tumbling ass over teakettle toward the edge of the cliff itself. The driver is a young boy who looks about 13 or 14. He manages to grab a hold at the last second and hang on as a birds eye shot show the antique Vette fall away into an abyss.

We see the boy get up and dust himself off and the camera cuts away to show a troopers boot come down close-up. The black leather boot is obviously the policeman's who was chasing the car but it looks suspiciously "different." Just different enough to let the audience know this isn't a normal policeman. The shot then cuts to where we can see the policeman standing in front of the boy with his "bike" hovering in mid air a few feet beside him. He shouts at the boy, "Who are you?" or "What's your name?" and the boy shouts back defiantly, "James Tiberius Kirk!"

We're then treated to another long shot showing an older boy riding a hover bike similar to the one the policeman was shown riding a moment or two before thru the country side . We hear a voice over of an older man, presumable Kirk's father saying, "You never found yourself here, you never really fit in." The voice continues as the bike rider pulls up and stops and looks off into the distance, "What you choose to do with you're life is up to you." We see the boy starring at a huge futuristic structure (Star Fleet headquarters?) as the voice over continues, "Maybe you were meant for something different, something....bigger."

It then cuts to scene of an obvious Vulcan woman holding a baby. Again we hear a voice over of the woman saying, "You will always be a part of two worlds." as we cut to a toddler Spock walking in a Vulcan robe. The boy has the Beatles hair cut and pointed ears we associate with Vulcan's throughout Star Trek history. We then see a bunch a quick shots of the crew walking around the bridge of some starship and we see a 20-something Spock angrily pointing at a 20-something Kirk and saying, "I will not be lectured by you!" and an angry Kirk getting in Spocks face saying, "Why don't you do something about it!?!" We then see an enraged Spock trying to stab Kirk with something pointed I couldn't quite make out. It was a quick shot and Kirk is shown using both hands to fend off Spock and hold the object away from his face.

Several quick cuts are shown of space ships firing at one another and people being thrown about the bridge of whatever ship they're suppose to be in. We see crew members running down bright white corridors as another voice over with a Scottish accent says, "I'm having fun!" We then see a close-up of what had to be a young(er) Dr. McCoy with about a weeks worth of black stubble on his face and his arms crossed in that oh so familiar Bones manner saying angrily, "Space isn't suppose to be fun, it's aliens and phasers and death!" We also see a woman in silhouette (Uhura?) pulling off her top and scenes of the crew running to man their battle stations on a bridge.

We then see a bunch of battle shots of space ships being hit by phaser fire and pieces being blown off of them while engine nacels explode before it all ends with the familar Star Fleet logo against a black background and we hear the familar Star Trek opening cords played over it and the release date appears underneath.

I can't vouch for every line of dialog I quoted as being 100% accurate, the cuts were very quick and I only sat through the trailer once but that's the basics. The colors of the corridors and the uniforms was very bright, everything had a "new" appearance. No doubt some of the shots were meant to represent Star Fleet academy training exercises and not real life combat scenes though again, it all went by pretty quick.

The trailer starts by showing a mid-60's Corvette convertible tearing across the country side

Darth Wong wrote:Unfortunately, in Hollywood they do not seem to distinguish between the concepts of "courage" and "reckless stupidity". A 13 or 14 year old kid speeding down the road in a stolen car is an example of an idiot who will probably spend a lifetime in and out of prison, not someone who will eventually end up being a responsible leader.

tim31 wrote:Wait, this is serious?? When Uranium posted it in testing, and yeah, I read his disclaimer, but damn. I thought he was kidding.

Fucking Abrams.

Darth Wong wrote:Unfortunately, in Hollywood they do not seem to distinguish between the concepts of "courage" and "reckless stupidity". A 13 or 14 year old kid speeding down the road in a stolen car is an example of an idiot who will probably spend a lifetime in and out of prison, not someone who will eventually end up being a responsible leader.

Bounty wrote:

tim31 wrote:Wait, this is serious?? When Uranium posted it in testing, and yeah, I read his disclaimer, but damn. I thought he was kidding.

Fucking Abrams.

What do you think is bad about it?

havokeff wrote:"Thelma and Louise bit"? Are you referring to the car going off the cliff? Dude, not even close. Have you actually seen Thelma and Louise?

havokeff wrote:

Darth Wong wrote:Unfortunately, in Hollywood they do not seem to distinguish between the concepts of "courage" and "reckless stupidity". A 13 or 14 year old kid speeding down the road in a stolen car is an example of an idiot who will probably spend a lifetime in and out of prison, not someone who will eventually end up being a responsible leader.

Well honestly, when is a 13 year old going to be able to display "courage"? To a 13 year old "courage" is taking a dare from your friends, or jumping your skateboard off something your KNOW you shouldn't

And Kirk didn't quite end up being a "responsible leader" did he? He was constantly breaking rules and being insubordinate, it was his sheer luck, and intelligence and willpower that got him through his life.

Darth Wong wrote:

havokeff wrote:

Darth Wong wrote:Unfortunately, in Hollywood they do not seem to distinguish between the concepts of "courage" and "reckless stupidity". A 13 or 14 year old kid speeding down the road in a stolen car is an example of an idiot who will probably spend a lifetime in and out of prison, not someone who will eventually end up being a responsible leader.

Well honestly, when is a 13 year old going to be able to display "courage"? To a 13 year old "courage" is taking a dare from your friends, or jumping your skateboard off something your KNOW you shouldn't

You're missing the point; Hollywood likes to establish character traits through character development scenes in which we are informed which Hollywood stereotype the character happens to be. The "reckless idiot who will eventually become an elite military man because he has so much damned testosterone" stereotype is an old one, and this scene stinks of cliche.

And Kirk didn't quite end up being a "responsible leader" did he? He was constantly breaking rules and being insubordinate, it was his sheer luck, and intelligence and willpower that got him through his life.

Bullshit; when he was insubordinate, it was to save his ship or save lives. In fact, if you had ever bothered watching Star Trek, you would know that the weight of responsibility for the safety of the Federation and the lives of his crew weighed heavily upon the man. He took it very seriously.