tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106168338684595290.post1382054041835390941..comments2024-01-11T22:49:23.215-05:00Comments on Welcome to the Vundacast!: Trek Talk: STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS TEASER TRAILER!!!Vundabloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00792232489281099822noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106168338684595290.post-64993610434456217912012-12-06T18:50:33.471-05:002012-12-06T18:50:33.471-05:00Interestingly enough, we've only seen "Ea...Interestingly enough, we've only seen "Earth" in Captain Kirk's era once and only once before the movies: in a Talosian illusion in the Menagerie (only two-parter from the original series), where we saw the Mojave desert, which is now green. <br /><br />The notion the Enterprise can go underwater makes for a great visual but makes no goddamn sense...which is what I'd say about a lot of the Orci/Abrams take.<br /><br />Reminds me of a bit from Futurama:<br /><i><br />"We're at 20 atmospheres of pressure!"<br /><br />"How many atmospheres can the Planet Express ship take?"<br /><br />"Well, it's a spaceship. So somewhere between 0 and 1."<br /></i><br />If the bad guy turns out to be Khan - the most banal choice imaginable - there is no end to how disappointed I'll be. Lots of this movie will be based on mining visual imagery from Trek's past.<br /><br />"Hey, remember this, you fat fuck fanboys?"<br /><br />Who is the bad guy? We know it's someone from Trek, so here are my Vegas style odds:<br /><br />Odds: <br /><br />Khan: 2 to 3<br />Gary Mitchell: 5 to 1<br />Garth of Izar: 20 to 1<br />Finnegan: 10 to 1<br />The parasite aliens from the TNG episode "Conspiracy:" 500 to 1Julian Perezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16276143599750947248noreply@blogger.com