Star Trek: The New Enterprise Revealed

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on November 11, 2008

Star Trek: The New Enterprise

The folks over at Entertainment Weekly have released the first full-body photo of the new Enterprise, model NCC-1701, which can be seen above. In an excerpt from the article, EW uses a quote from director J.J. Abrams to explain exactly what he is going for in this new Enterprise for a new generation:

Abrams wanted to take the original TV series Enterprise and the movie franchise Enterprise and fuse them together into a new yet familiar Enterprise. His ambition was a ship that felt very realistic, that could “stand up” to today’s f/x standards—and beyond. “If you’re going to do Star Trek there are many things you cannot change. The Enterprise is a visual touchstone for so many people. So if you’re going to do the Enterprise, it better look like the Enterprise, because otherwise, what are you doing?”

Star Trek hits theaters on May 8, 2009.

What do you think of the new Enterprise?


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  • Brad
    I'm no Trekker by any means...been resisting for years, although have a few of the movies on DVD, but I am sooooo looking forward to this.

    The new Enterprise should sit okay with fanboys...even though it's a prequel, the new shape should hurt too many feelings.

    Just hope there no dodgy camcorder filming like Cloverfield though...:(
  • Brad
    Oh, and I meant "shouldn't" hurt too many...
  • TL
    The ship looks pretty cool.

    I am looking forward to this reboot of the Trek film series.

    I just wish I didn't have to wait so damn long! I hate that they pushed the release date to Summer 2009!
  • David
    Preposterous. Straight out of GalaxyQuest.
  • um, 2 questions

    1) this being a "prequel" when pike had the ship and then kirk takes command, shouldn't the ship look oh I don't know something like the constitution class that we all grew up with during that time and not a kit bash from the one from the 80's movie and something else?

    2) wtf did they fire the ship designers that work on star trek or something?

    this is just as bad if not worse design then the upside down akira class ship that they used in the enterprise series. no body learns from past mistakes. I hope there is a story because right now I'm not feeling like 25 bucks to see this one when it hits the theaters next spring.
  • Eric
    to answer dave's questions

    1 Yes it should

    and 2 I do believe anyone related to any trek previous to this is been removed from any creative position for this film.

    I have no hope
  • djjeffhall
    I have to admit that the ship looks sharp. However, it isn't the effects I'm worried about on this film. It's the, "CW version of Trek for the tween crowd," vibe that I'm worried about.

    I'm still hoping for the best and expecting the worst......
  • Seems like 75% of the FSR front page today is all James Bond and Star Trek. Which pretty much means THIS IS THE BEST SITE EVER!

    I am such a geek. I really don't deserve to live.
  • ALK950
    I have lost all hope for this movie. If they wanted to do something new and original, they should have gone back to when the Enterprise (NCC-1701) was first built in SanFransisco yards ORBITING earth (not on it). And they should have captain Robert April taking the helm for the ships first 5 year mission. That would be something to see. We would have gotten a look at the Enterprise fresh out of drydock on her maiden voyage with her first captain on a brand new voyage. We would all get something new out of something old. Instead we got what..... a floating peice of space garbage that leaves everyones hopes for the franchise uncetain. What boggles my mind is that they thought the ship needed updating... but the uniforms are the same... What the heck were they smoking?!?!? I don't think i want to even see this film, and i've loved star trek scince i was in 5th grade. I'm almost 30 now.
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