'Star Trek'09: An Exclusive First Look at the Enterprise

EW.COM ^ | 11/11/2008 | Jeff Jensen

[Dallas59]

JJ Abrams wasn't a huge fan of the original Star Trek TV series as a kid, but he does have one unabashed gee-whiz Star Trek memory: watching the first feature film (1979's Star Trek: The Motion Picture) and marveling over the big reveal of the Enterprise during a long sequence in which James T. Kirk takes a slow-boat tour around the iconic starship. "The coolest thing about it—maybe the coolest thing in the movie—was when you flew around the ship, you could see all the different panels that made up the ship," says the director of the forthcoming Trek reboot, slated for a May 8, 2009 release. "It was the first time I had ever seen that level of attention, that love of detail, given to the tangible, practical reality of the ship."

[Jet Jaguar]

Cool.

[kalee]

ping

[unkus]

ping

[MeanWestTexan]

Still my favorite Star Trek ship (although I did not care for DS9):

[chippewaman]

After Jan. 20, I’d like to get on this ship so I can go to another planet.

[Names Ash Housewares]

I reject this whole rehash as non-canon anyways.

So the Fuglyprise happily is no disappoinment to me.

[Dallas59]

The back end I could do without.

[aft_lizard]

Well since DS9 was a space station and not a ship I can understand why, lol. Anyways I thought the USS Defiant was a good ship, a bit tiny but packed a whole lot of fire power.

[Rocko]

NCC-1701.

[MeanWestTexan]

The picture was the Defiant.

I despised the SERIES DS9, not the space station itself.

[exist]

Can I say ‘friggin’? That is friggin’ awesome!

[12th_Monkey]

SWEET!! First time I’ve seen that shot of the ship.

Hope the re-boot is good. Things aint been the same since Star Trek went off the air.

[12th_Monkey]

How about Mr. Sulu, lock photon torpedoes on the Whitehouse..

[12th_Monkey]

Me too. I guess we are all fix’n to be on DS9 come Jan 20th...

[HossB86]

One word:

No.

[apastron]

I was looking at the promo photos linked in the story. How can a 16 year-old run a starship? ...learners permit?

[Dr. Sivana]

After Jan. 20, I’d like to get on this ship so I can go to another planet.

It won't do you any good...

The Wrath of Farrakhan

Warning, kind of salty language/lurid situations and NOT for the kids.

[Dr. Sivana]

Of all the Star Trek movies to be inspired by, the FIRST one?!

Granted, the Save the Whales movie and the one where Kirk wins an argument with some force masquerading as God (using 20th cebtury pop-psychology, no less) were even more lame, but that first one was a snooze fest, and utterly forgettable. I just remember some bald lady in it. After that movie they didn't try that again until Sigourney Weaver (with even WORSE results).

[BenLurkin]

SciFi ping.

[BenLurkin]

Speaking of Star Trek canon......I was in a Barnes and Noble today and there was shelf after shelf of Star Trek fiction!

[6SJ7]

Funny stuff. Jim Carrey as Capt. Kirk.

[NCC-1701]

You rang?

Her I am.

Overall, the new Enterprise looks great. One thing that struck me was how thin it is on the lowers secondary hull. Could that area be in shadow or is it really that thin. Also, since this is supposed to be a pre-quel, why are the warp engines similar to the one in “Star Trek:The motion Picture”? They should have looked more like the ons in the Original Series. The Saucer shaped primary hull looks fairly close to the Original NCC-1701.

All that aside, I can’t wait to see what they’ve done to my namesake. Should be an interesting flick.

[JoJo Gunn]

Say what you will of the first movie itself, but the model is considered by many to be the single best film miniature ever.

 

[Rocko]

Kirk: “What...Do. You. Want?”

[JoJo Gunn]

Things aint been the same since Star Trek went off the air.

Good. Berman's done enough damage. 

[Pyro7480]

The first movie also introduced the awesome Klingon theme: Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Klingon attack

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

I’m surprised that nobody has yet built a life sized model of the Enterprise as a hotel. The original Enterprise was spartan, so they would probably base the design on TNG Enterprise.

Many of the processes could be duplicated, such as issued locater-communicators that are small walkie-talkies, with RFID chips in them to quickly locate an individual. There could also be some voice recognition so that you could ask or talk to computers.

The “Ten Forward” restaurant could be very creative with both food and drink. Etc.

[Cheapskate]

yup! “Wrath of Khan” was the best IMHO!

[kickonly88]

There is only one Capt. James T.Kirk just like there is only one Batman.All others are poor imitations.

[SunkenCiv]

The first movie was fun to see, mostly due to the audience members who dressed up, but it stunk almost as bad as the last two series (of the five). I think the upcoming movie recasts the original series characters using new actors. Lucky them, eh?

[Charles Bronson Forever]

Yaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnnnnnn!

[Future Snake Eater]

I get the impression this isn’t a prequel but rather a full reboot.

[curling]

THIS IS TOTAL BS!!! I wan’t the Classic Trek look!!! If that’s NCC-1701, then I wan’t no part in it.

[JoJo Gunn]

And that’s another thing about Berman. As soon as Roddenberry died, the music on TNG turned.... how to say it? The last three seasons, and actually a fair bit of the fourth, the music sounded exactly the same, especially when going to a commercial break. It was bland, lifeless, and you certainly didn’t hear any classic references. It was as if Berman didn’t want to acknowledge TOS in the least. DS9 was the same way, and I gave up on it rather quickly for that reason.

[Grizzled Bear]

A new Star Trek! I hope this one has lots of Ewoks and Wookies!!!

***Ducks and runs out the door***

[Dead Corpse]

Coolest Ship Reveal EVER. Joss Whedon’s Serenity. Less majestic than the Star Trek:MP reveal, but more poignant for a Browncoat-fanboy like me.

[tacticalogic]

Pimp my starship!

[ExGeeEye]

"An' stay out!"

:)

[Snurple]

Neato!

[Snurple]

The federation needs to get some kind of slick cloaking device like in that one episode of TNG.

[thefactor]

cant wait to see it. i am a TNG fanatic. too young for the original series. but this should be pretty cool. ohura is hot in this one! do you think 7 of 9 will be in it? ha!

[uglybiker]

Pimp my starship!

YO! YO! YO!

[al_c]

LOL! Time to unpimp ze starship ... Ooooh, snap!

[MeanWestTexan]

“I’m surprised that nobody has yet built a life sized model of the Enterprise as a hotel.”

You mean, like this one?

http://www.pcap.com/startrek.htm

[MeanWestTexan]

Ah, but treaty with the Romulins forbids it.

(Aparently, pussies weren’t all killed in that not-fleshed-out world nuclear war they talk about in hushed tones.)

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Makes you wonder how it will “fly”.

Can you imagine having to spend an hour every day putting on Klingon makeup? Being a Vulcan is easy.

[MeanWestTexan]

Well, it’s been around for 10 years or so. Think it’s flying pretty good.

I got drunk on Romulan Ale (beer with die) 5 years ago.

[MeanWestTexan]

Posted too soon, it closed September after about a decade-long run.

[dr_who]

Wow. Now it looks less like a 1960’s era kitchen appliance and more like a late 1950’s era kitchen appliance.