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TrekMovie has a spoilery shot-for-shot analysis of the trailer.

Great article, if a bit nitpickery. The CANON ALERTS are funny at times - I made the exact same "Kirk doesn't drive stick!" comment on TrekBBS

EDIT: Hey, it's Doctor... Beckett, is it? The Stargate guy in the hangar.

It'd be interesting if the cop is a robot, sort of a stab in the face at TNG's "oh lolz we're too damn stupid to mass produce any kind of humanoid robot while an old man in a tool shed did it 40 years ago".
But really do they *have* to show Kirk and Spock being born? Seems nothing but a waste of screen time to me.

Huh. I didn't notice that Sulu was wielding a sword when I saw the trailer; I was wondering if we were going to see him doing that at all...

"Oh my."

I'm thinking the "cop" is Old-Spock disguising himself.

Man, what is with people and this robot cop bullshit? Its clearly a helmeted cop with a voice box and vision system.

The only thing stupider is claiming its Spock.

Thanatos wrote:The only thing stupider is claiming its Spock.

There's nothing stupid in claiming it. I wouldn't raise an eyebrow at this stage if he's right.

The "robocop" sure does sound like Nimoy speaking through a face mask...

Bob the Gunslinger wrote:The "robocop" sure does sound like Nimoy speaking through a face mask...

I don't think so; sounds too young.

I'm actually becoming more and more interested in seeing this.

It's an obvious significant remake, time travel plot not withstanding.

Perhaps I'm just overly optimistic given other reset/remake efforts, like Batman.

At the very least I expect it to be a good popcorn flick if nothing else.

Bob the Gunslinger wrote:The "robocop" sure does sound like Nimoy speaking through a face mask...

I thought it sounded like the voice of Optimus Prime.

Thanatos wrote:Man, what is with people and this robot cop bullshit? Its clearly a helmeted cop with a voice box and vision system.

The only thing stupider is claiming its Spock.

Indeed. Why would Spock pose as a highway cop? It doesn't make the least bit of sense.

The cop's facemask does look a bit elaborate for what is basically a bike helmet, but this is TEH FUTESHURE, so I'll give it a pass. definitely not a robot, though.

Looking at the hangar scene.. is it just me or does it look like a scene from V?

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Bounty wrote:The cop's facemask does look a bit elaborate for what is basically a bike helmet

Why hasn't anyone else considered that perhaps it's just an alien police officer, who cannot handle Earth's atmosphere and potential lighting conditions?

Bubble Boy wrote:

Bounty wrote:The cop's facemask does look a bit elaborate for what is basically a bike helmet

Why hasn't anyone else considered that perhaps it's just an alien police officer, who cannot handle Earth's atmosphere and potential lighting conditions?

Earth importing alien police officers... who are vulnerable to the planet's atmosphere? That is just the kind of thinking that qualifies you as Federation officer material!

Samuel wrote:

Bubble Boy wrote:

Bounty wrote:The cop's facemask does look a bit elaborate for what is basically a bike helmet

Why hasn't anyone else considered that perhaps it's just an alien police officer, who cannot handle Earth's atmosphere and potential lighting conditions?

Earth importing alien police officers... who are vulnerable to the planet's atmosphere? That is just the kind of thinking that qualifies you as Federation officer material!

Right...after all, hostile living conditions ensure exploration and work do not take place at said locations. That's why we don't do things like set up camps in the Antarctic or dive multi-kilometers under the sea because those situations are so hostile to human life.

I mean shit, if that alien had a serious problem with his life support system, you'd have to be able to fucking teleport him to safety because it's so dangerous, right?

Well, unlike the deep sea, we have individuals who can work in this environement on the surface. Even better, we don't have to go off planet to get them!

I mean shit, if that alien had a serious problem with his life support system, you'd have to be able to fucking teleport him to safety because it's so dangerous, right?

The transporter is a high end piece of military gear. In the entire series, there is no indication that it is used by anyone but the fleet.

Not to mention it just makes thing horribly complicated.

Couldn't it just be a suit to make things more comfortable for the human rider?

It could have an Iron Man style user interface, or something like what fighter pilots wear to deal with g forces.

Samuel wrote:Well, unlike the deep sea, we have individuals who can work in this environement on the surface. Even better, we don't have to go off planet to get them!

You've never heard of cultural exchange programs, have you?

Apparently it's been classified only to you that Starfleet typically employs the mentality that any peaceful and productive species is welcome to Earth.

I mean shit, if that alien had a serious problem with his life support system, you'd have to be able to fucking teleport him to safety because it's so dangerous, right?

The transporter is a high end piece of military gear. In the entire series, there is no indication that it is used by anyone but the fleet.

Starfleet security used transporters to get to Harry Kim's location when he was under house arrest in a Voyager episode. And that's just off the top of my head. So either Starfleet replaced the police forces or the police forces have been shown to use them. Take your pick.

Not to mention it just makes thing horribly complicated.

I've heard a mass transportation system that requires maintaining roads, production and maintenance of millions of personal vehicles, driver education facilities, insurance laws/facilities, safety laws/facilities and several other interesting ideas is also a complicated idea.

But yeah, I guess potentially one alien police officer is a bit much, huh?

Gandalf wrote:Couldn't it just be a suit to make things more comfortable for the human rider?

If it is, it's one hell of a shitty design.

It could have an Iron Man style user interface, or something like what fighter pilots wear to deal with g forces.

Even fighter pilots tend to have helmets that they can, you know, see out of with their own eyes....

Bubble Boy wrote:

Gandalf wrote:Couldn't it just be a suit to make things more comfortable for the human rider?

If it is, it's one hell of a shitty design.

Based on... ?

It could have an Iron Man style user interface, or something like what fighter pilots wear to deal with g forces.

Even fighter pilots tend to have helmets that they can, you know, see out of with their own eyes....

But Iron Man didn't, which is my point. They've got viewscreens, so this isn't too far off.

Gandalf wrote:

Bubble Boy wrote:

Gandalf wrote:Couldn't it just be a suit to make things more comfortable for the human rider?

If it is, it's one hell of a shitty design.

Based on... ?

Noticing there's no possible way the officer has peripheral vision, for one.

Even fighter pilots tend to have helmets that they can, you know, see out of with their own eyes....

But Iron Man didn't, which is my point. They've got viewscreens, so this isn't too far off.

I don't see how Iron Man's wank has anything to do with this. He's so armored and sensored up anyhow that seeing something out of the corner of his eye isn't all that important.

Neither of which has been established for our officer here, by the way.

Bubble Boy wrote:I don't see how Iron Man's wank has anything to do with this. He's so armored and sensored up anyhow that seeing something out of the corner of his eye isn't all that important.

Neither of which has been established for our officer here, by the way.

Thank you, Doctor Nog.

I know that nothing's been established. I'm commenting on what's possible based on what the Trekverse has been seen to have.

We've seen in assorted publicity shots that there's a lot of interesting user interface work going on, most notably in the bridge viewscreen which may be a window. This is where I got my idea of some in helmet interface. Information could be fed to him from afar on things like road conditions or if he needs to be somewhere.

Gandalf wrote:

Bubble Boy wrote:I don't see how Iron Man's wank has anything to do with this. He's so armored and sensored up anyhow that seeing something out of the corner of his eye isn't all that important.

Neither of which has been established for our officer here, by the way.

Thank you, Doctor Nog.

I know that nothing's been established. I'm commenting on what's possible based on what the Trekverse has been seen to have.

We've seen in assorted publicity shots that there's a lot of interesting user interface work going on, most notably in the bridge viewscreen which may be a window. This is where I got my idea of some in helmet interface. Information could be fed to him from afar on things like road conditions or if he needs to be somewhere.

And this requires severely restricting the user's vision...why again?