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By: cgrest (Odo's file, contact) @ 14:45:29 on Jul 07, 2007

This is probably the best news I have heard so far about Trek XI. Star Trek movies always looked better, and did better at the box office, when ILM did the effects. And at the very least, hopefully this is one area we won't be able to criticize about the movie.

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By: cdydatzigs (Odo's file, contact) @ 12:30:22 on Jul 05, 2007

I am going to have to disagree with you on your CGI take Chaotic. The effects for Insurrection and Nemesis were made by CGI houses that have very good resumes. The reason they may have looked "worse" than First Contact, is because 90% of what you saw in that flick was still physical models that always look better on film than CGI does.

My only gripe about Nemesis was that green cloud the main battle took place in. Let's face it, most of what we consider "space" is vast amounts of black with little white dots in it.. don't add the gimmick of a nebula in the background of every battle, just to make the still shots look better. The briar patch in Insurrection looked beautiful I thought..

As for Star Wars? it's hard to say if the CGI in those new films were good because the whole damn thing was CGI. I made the mistake of watching Attack of the Clones on a digital screen because you could TELL it was all blue screen. Might as well be watching the "actors" dance around in front of a TV station weather map as far as I am concerned.

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By: Chaotic Asimov (Odo's file, contact) @ 07:33:00 on Jul 05, 2007

I thought the FX for INSURRECTION and NEMESIS were awful. The CGI for Trek movies seems cheap and doesn't come off well. Where as the FX for the modern age Star Wars movies were, I thought, great....

I think the ENTERPRISE is going to rock in this new movie...and I am very happy ILM will be at the helm..I think it is no mere chance of fate that Trek movies that don't have ILM effects just don't do well...Nemesis-Insurrection-Final Frontier have all suffered from bad FX...

THis...is good

Chaotic

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By: cdydatzigs (Odo's file, contact) @ 07:51:20 on Jul 03, 2007

I would think that this film would take place fairly recently before "Where No Man Has Gone Before?" right? I don't have my Star Trek Chronology handy so I don't remember how far before that episode that Kirk became Captain.. maybe a year or so?

That means if they follow canon we can look forward to the gold and light blue velvety turtleneck type uniforms -- not the red, gold and blue ones that followed. The again, a reboot/reimaging can nagate all that too ;)

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By: IamKirok!!! (Odo's file, contact) @ 00:27:59 on Jul 03, 2007

Anybody else find it funny how we're all hanging on these somewhat obvious tidbits of info that are being released about this film? I mean, sure I'm looking forward to it, but when there are headlines like "Starship Enterprise to Appear in Next Star Trek Movie", as if its some kind of earth shattering revelation, I have to laugh. "

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By: HotStove (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 22:23:56 on Jul 02, 2007

As long as everyone else is speculating, I guess I will, too.

I hope we get to see the first voyage of the Enterprise under Kirk. Quite often, the most successful movie of a series is the "origin" story, and for all of Trek's history we've never seen, on film, what could be one of the best Trek stories ever. I'd love to see a seasoned Christopher Pike relinquishing command to the young maverick Kirk. Let's see Spock and Scotty adjusting to their brash new commanding officer. Maybe see why McCoy isn't on board to begin with. Anyway, it might be the one story that would satisfy (almost) everybody.

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"Let's make sure history never forgets the name Enterprise."

Jean-Luc Picard, Yesterday's Enterprise

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By: DevlinC (Odo's file, contact) @ 18:52:41 on Jul 02, 2007

Well they said it's "not necessarily a prequel", which suggests either what I originally posted or perhaps filling in the gap between Cage and Where No Man Has Gone Before, as that could still be considered within our knowledge.

The inclusion of the Enterprise suggests to me that it's not Starfleet Academy at least.

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By: jimbtnp (Odo's file, contact) @ 18:16:35 on Jul 02, 2007

thank you

gotta keep some of these poster in line

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By: DevlinC (Odo's file, contact) @ 16:04:03 on Jul 02, 2007

Based on the recent information, I think we're looking at a film continuation of the original 5 year mission from year 4.

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