Saw the New Star Trek Trailer World Premiere!

Just a quickie here from WonderCon Day 2. The Star Trek Panel was GREAT. JJ was there, came out and rapped excitedly for a bit, then made us promise to put away our video recording devices. He'd convinced Paramount to let him show the new (and final?) Trek trailer. The audience (including me) went nuts!

It was STUNNING! Really breathtaking music, I wish I knew if it was from Michael Giacchino’s upcoming score or from some other film. This trailer is much like the previous trailers in terms of content, but “more” and "turned up to 11". A little more of Pike’s speech to Kirk, this time talking about his father. A little more visuals of Starfleet Academy, and Spock speaking to what I guess must be new cadets aboard the Enterprise (”You will be afraid.”), more Nero (”FIRE EVERYTHING!!” ), more of the skydiving scene and the fight on the platform, McCoy saying something like “Well this is great! We’re on a starship and we have no Captain and no First Officer” and Kirk replies “Oh yes we do” and takes the seat, Nero's weapon turning a planet inside-out and into rubble, and more More MORE absolutely astounding shots of starships (including nice closeups of the 1701 and Nero’s) in battle.

The crowd went totally wild. The trailer and the crowd's reaction alone was worth my $40 3-day pass! I may write more about it later today, along with details of the panel itself. After the trailer, JJ brought out Chris Pine (Kirk), Zachary Quinto (Spock), Zoe Saldana (Uhura), Bob Orci (producer and co-writer) and Bryan Burk (producer). It was mostly just Q&A and I wish the audience had asked some better questions, but JJ & Co handled it all with grace and it all went by so fast!

What a great day to be a Trek fan!