Star Trek trailer description and why William Shatner is not in the film
Like every other Star Trek fan, I'm hungry for the first trailer to Star Trek which is rumored to be coming out in front of Eagle Eye.
Apparently Ain't It Cool News received a description of the trailer.
Star Trek – We saw the teaser trailer and then we saw what looked to be a very very early version of the full trailer – It showed more footage of Quito as Spock, much more Chris Pine and also some John Cho and Simon Pegg footage. The film looks like immense fun and there seems to be a lot of action in it. There look of the crew and the bridge is spot on and the costumes look like the original but with a more modern and practical twist. We got to see Spock talking to his parent as well and Kirk being told to take more responsibility. There were also a lot of montage scenes involves spaceship battles, gun fights and hand to hand combat. I especially like a short clip where we see the crew running through the corridors of the Enterprise – reminded me of next generation loads.
I can't wait to see what the Enterprise looks like, I can't wait to see the new actors in the old characters... I can't wait for basically anything Star Trek. I hope we also see a glimps of Leonard Nimoy as Spock again.
Speaking of the original actors; JJ Abrams spoke with AMCtv while promoting Fringe and gave a more solid explaination on why William Shatner isn't in Star Trek. "We actually had written a scene with him in it that was a flashback kind of thing," says Abrams. "But the truth is, it didn't quite feel right. The bigger thing was that he was very vocal that he didn't want to do a cameo," which is something you can't blame him for. He is after all the original Captain Kirk. "We tried desperately to put him in the movie, but he was making it clear that he wanted the movie to focus on him significantly, which, frankly, he deserves," Abrams continues. "The truth is, the story that we were telling required a certain adherence to the Trek canon and consistency of storytelling. It's funny - a lot of the people who were proclaiming that he must be in this movie were the same people saying it must adhere to canon. Well, his character died on screen. Maybe a smarter group of filmmakers could have figured out how to resolve that."
So there you have it. William Shatner didn't want to do a cameo and I don't blame him. It would have been a cheat if he shown up for just a couple of minutes.
-Phil
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