7 Brand New Star Trek Images: Crew, New Bridge And More! [UPDATED]
Oct 15, 2008 by Vic HoltremanParamount finally releases the first images from the set of the new Star Trek movie
You’re looking at the first image of a scene from the upcoming J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek movie.
It looks like Zachary Quinto is going “Sylar” on a fellow crewmember as Spock.
The image above comes from the upcoming issue of Entertainment Weekly, which you can be sure I will be running out to purchase. Supposedly there are a lot more pictures from the movie, which will no doubt be hitting the web within the next week or so.
The image above looks pretty damned cool – note the subtle detail in the fabric of Spock’s tunic. It’s faithful to the original, yet updated. I like it.
On the other hand, the following picture (which I saw online before the one above) did NOT give me the warm fuzzies about the movie.
Is it me, or does that picture make Spock and Kirk look sort of… metrosexual? In particular, Chris Pine (at least in this picture) does not give off a Shatner-Kirk vibe to me. At all. And by that I mean a roguish, tough, devil-may-care kind of look.
Now I’m not going to make judgments based on photographer-posed image from the cover of EW. I’m betting that the images inside the issue that show scenes from the film, along with the upcoming first full Star Trek trailer attached to Quantum of Solace will give us a much better feel for the characters and the movie.
Star Trek opens on May 8, 2009.
For a larger version of the Spock image head over to AICN.
UPDATE BONUS: Joblo has the first look at Eric Bana as bad guy Romulan, Nero. Click on this image to see a much bigger version plus an exclusive interview with one of the producers:
Eric Bana as Nero in a scene from the new Star Trek movie
MORE UPDATES: Wow, images are coming out fast and furious! Here are another couple, the first one from UGO.com, the second from TrekMovie and the third one from MTV, giving us our first look at the redesigned bridge of the Enterprise! Finally there’s an image from IGN showing Kirk escaping from a crashed escape pod of some sort.
Click on each of them to visit those sites for super hi-res versions:
The new cast/crew of Star Trek
The USS Kelvin from the new Star Trek movie
First look at the new bridge of the NCC-1701!
Kirk escaping a crashed escape pod
EW cover image source: JustJared
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lol Vic,
The second pic has been overly photoshopped like most ppl on magazine covers. It’s too bad in this case because it really hurts the overall image.
His skin look noticeably more realistic in the screenshot above.
I like what I see so far. It’s going to make a great review podcast and – yes – I DO agree on the metrosexual thing. The same thing with the overall “I look like a Mego Figure” to all of the characters is a bit strange, but the flavor is right on. Let’s hope it’s story and initial continuation (is that a phrase?) is going to be as right on as the imagery.
looking good.
How come none of them look old enough to be in the positions that they are in?
1. Kirk was, according to Star Trek canon, the youngest starship captain ever promoted to that position in Federation history.
2. Vulcans age slower than humans.
3. The bridge looks as though they got it second-hand from Admiral Ackbar after Return of the Jedi
4. Dang, but Karl Urban totally nails McCoy, doesn’t he?
5. Where’s Kirk’s Federation shirt? he’s dressed like an off duty ninja; maybe, even in the Federation, black has a slimming effect?
You think they’ll boldly go where no set designer has gone before, and at least show the DOORWAY to a bathroom?
Every frickin’ show…no body-waste elimination facility, not even a doorway suggesting one; has Mankind evolved to such a degree that they don’t, uhmmm, “generate excretory biomatter”?
Comment from the MTV story says, “When asked why Kirk was wearing black instead of the standard yellow captain’s shirt, Lindelof said that the black uniform was, in fact, a captain’s uniform — and the color was “significant” to the story surrounding this scene.”
So, the captain becomes the Federation answer to Johnny Cash, Will Smith, and Tommy Lee Jones*??
*All were Men In Black
hahahah…bathroom. Good one.
I agree that they look kinda metro in the cover pic. Honestly I expect that for a major magazine cover photo. Im not worried at all. I am super psyched about this movie. Even though I am not a big bond fan, I will go see Quantam of Solace just to see the trailer on the big screen.
The thing that excites me the most about these pics is seeing Bana as Nero. I think his character is gonna be wicked!
Like that they kept the original 60′s retro look. Nice
Ehhhhh…..well, maybe on the NEXT star trek reboot, we’ll get to see a crew that actually look like normal, average grown ups, instead of teenage look-a-likes.
Pretty soon, the way movies and shows are down-aging everyone, it won’t be long before we see our first Pakistani, female, beauty-queen toddler ship commander.
Well, this IS supposed to be the crew not long after leaving Starfleet Academy.
After digesting the images above, I’m thinking my cautious optimism on this film may have been justified.
My two favorite images are Quinto as Spock choking that guy and the combined cast shot. Karl Urban looks like he’s channeling DeForest Kelly so well it’s eerie.
What I’m not too jazzed about is the look of the bridge. It’s too bright. From everything I’d heard about an updated, yet faithful reproduction, I was truly expecting that the color scheme of the new bridge would match that of the old.
It looks too “Star Wars”-ish to me. Take that set and put it in the reds, tans and blacks of the original and it would look a lot more like TOS.
Vic
Yeah I thought the same thing Vic, the bridge is too bright.
Since when is Black a captains color.
I remember the Green macho shirt but never black…
Spock looks bewildered on the cover shot… What’s Kirk doing to him?
I grew up on the 60′s Star Trek. Had a hard time excepting TNG, Felt like I was being unfaithful but got into it after giving it a chance. This looks to be good and am more than willing to spend the money to go see it. I wish I could go back as a kid waiting for Star Trek to come on the TV. Maybe I will with this movie.
Is that Chris Pine In the neck pinch scene ?
same hair at least.
Also the person Spock is pinching is wearing A BLACK SHIRT.
The Captains supposed to wear black in this film right?
Vic said, “It looks too “Star Wars”-ish to me. Take that set and put it in the reds, tans and blacks of the original and it would look a lot more like TOS.”
Compare Ackbar’s bridge in ROTJ…
http://shootagainamusements.com/itsatrap/akbar.jpg
to the new Enterprise bridge, seen above; any questions?
Oh, and as to Gary’s comment?
What, you never heard of a power struggle?
The pics from the new Star Trek movie are looking awesome and I loved how they updated the TOS uniforms, yet retain the classic look. They also capture the look and essence of the original series characters, which is what all we asked for. The only thing I’m not crazy about is the bridge, but I want to see what the Enterprise looks like in the new film.
are we sure that’s the bridge of the enterprise? Or something other ship or something in starfleet training?
As for age, these characters are based in or just out of starfleet academy, so that’s a non-issue. We don’t know the ranks of anyone yet so Kirk perhaps is not captain yet.
PhotoShopLifter Dan,
I recall one bathroom and only one – from TNG when Riker and Data were looking for a strand of hair for the older doctor in order to make her healthy with the use of the transporter – forgive my lack of details, but it had to do with something when she was taking a shuttlecraft somewhere because she was afraid of transporters. Ironic, that is was the transporter that saved her in the end.
Yeah Rob that could be a bridge simulation,,, prob on a Holodeck..
There’s a bathroom shown in the offical blueprints of the Next Generation Enterprise bridge plans. But there was no bathroom on the original bridge. Just that elevator.
The shot is confirmed as being the bridge, no simulator.
Spock is choking Kirk in that picture.
Love the Pike era touches on the bridge ie the gooseneck lamps and the silver solid uniform rank braids on the sleeves.
Is it wise to hand over a multi-trillion dollar star ship to an entire group of “just graduated” starfleet officers? Don’t they usually surround new graduates with veterans who can kind of show the “new kid” around? I mean, seriously, when have you seen a crew of a US Naval Aircraft carrier where EVERYONE on the bridge is fresh out of the academy? You might see a few, but most of them would be older…
I agree Ken J,,,
Sheesh if you watch Star Trek Enterprise, the officers are older than Kirk and his motley crue…
Its an Abrams teen friendly film.
Another thing, in the cast pic, the one right after the Nero pic, can you guys believe McG has that snot-nosed brat looking guy on the left play Kyle Reese in Terminator Salvation??? Way to pansify one of the bad-a**es from pop culture… Thanks McG, he better not look like how I think he would look in the role…
Agree with Ken J above. Totally thought the same thing.
Regarding this film, I can’t say I’m a trekkie, but I’ll watch it for Eric Bana.
What’s with the dual barcode scanners at in the bridge pic. The station in the background. Those look like Metrologic barcode scanners. Is that the Starbucks register to pay for their espresso or decaf?
Is it me or does Simon Pegg, (scotty) look really angry on that crew shot! On that same image it looks to be the large view screen behind them which also seems to indicate “warp factor” at the top. 4.3 by the looks of it in the hi-res image ive seen.
Im not sure about the recpetion desk on the bridge however!
P.S. and whats going on with the Celvin in this photo? http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20233502,00.html
The ship looks great but cant make heads nor tails of that blue thing on top.
@Mark
That looks like an homage to the development of the original Enterprise. The next to final design idea for the NCC-1701 was essentially what we saw on the show, but flipped upside down.
That’s what that image appears to convey.
Vic
i guess and hope that the black shirt kirk is wearing is perhaps just the “undershirt” part of the uniform. I’m guessing that the yellow tunic part was taken off perhaps during a fight or battle scene. (Think of the white turtle neck type “under” shirts the original crew wore in the star trek movies . Look at the shape of the neck line matching the others so i think i may be right…