We Have a Winner in the Fake Star Trek Footage Contest - io9 Comments

We Have a Winner in the Fake Star Trek Footage Contest

oldandintheway — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:55:54 PDT

I'm STILL laughing at the SHATNER clip, BTW..the recording is from the 60s and an ALbum featuring Shatner singing(wel talking anyway)...

oldandintheway

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Daveinva — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:33:30 PDT

"What's great about this short clip is that it looks like the pre-CGI animatics that Abrams is fond of using, and it also solves the mystery of where the heck they built the saucer portion of the ship (in space!)."

No, it doesn't-- the tractor-beam equipped shuttles could be pulling the saucer up from the surface to orbit for final assembly.

That's what it looked like to me. Using "eyes."

Daveinva

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Zantor — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:11:01 PDT

"When I was 17"
Pure Shatner...Pure Gold
Love it!

Zantor

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jesustonight — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:24:45 PDT

when i was 17 awsome

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DocGratis — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:25:28 PDT

@Annalee Newitz: The Nacelle crash is really cool, but the messed up the perspective...

I'm guess it is supposed to be falling from way up, but it doesn't start small enough or get bigger fast enough.. it should be approaching us at over 120 mph.

Watch the clip and it really looks like it is hovering in midair for the first second or two.. because the size isn't changing enough...

DocGratis

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dOk — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:11:02 PDT

Damn Apple and Steve Jobs' bid to rule the known universe...

the videos work if i use Safari..... lol

(btw) George Lucas' inspiration for the emperor was Steve Jobs...
He just didn't know it at the time...
Its because ol' George is psychic, look at his creation of Jar Jar... its years ahead of its time.

dOk

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dOk — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:05:45 PDT

I wish I could watch those over and over... but as usual only the top most video works for me...

And anything on youtube works....
I have no idea why the others never work beside the fact that I'm running Vista and lately it seems to hate Firefox.

dOk

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Evil Tortie's Mom — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:17:49 PDT

The nacelle crash was full of Abrams-y spirit. Perfect. Even with the sound off.

Evil Tortie's Mom

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BullfightsOnAcid — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:48:32 PDT

@vagittarius: @Grey_Area:
Claire: You know, maybe you should start living in the present instead of the 24th century.
Robert: I would never live in the 24th century. I fucking hate The Next Generation. Only the original series! Only classic!
- Free Enterprise (1999)

BullfightsOnAcid

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NcSchu — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:34:38 PDT

It would be really funny if a piece of real footage was entered into the contest.

NcSchu

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Grey_Area — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:32:48 PDT

@vagittarius: oh yeah, thanks.

Grey_Area

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vagittarius — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:21:11 PDT

@Grey_Area: 23rd century.

vagittarius

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foolish-rain — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:08:54 PDT

These totally rock. And sadly I suspect these may all prove better than the reboot.

foolish-rain

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BullfightsOnAcid — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:45:59 PDT

The William Shatner-Mego Doll one was pure genius.

BullfightsOnAcid

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Grey_Area — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:23:37 PDT

@Annalee Newitz: Yes! 24th Century bucolic farmland, meet plummeting Bussard Collector Nacelle!! Darn those flimsy pylons. Thats why I only use gridfire.
Also, the last clip with Spock on sax--priceless.

Grey_Area

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Annalee Newitz — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:14:13 PDT

@Jeff-Minor: I sort of liked the serene natural setting.

Annalee Newitz

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Jeff-Minor — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:10:46 PDT

All fun. Loved the nacelle crash. Next time lets see it take out some poor city. Maybe something on the Moon or Mars.

Jeff-Minor