I recently came across some teaser posters, supposedly released at a comic convention, that are connected to the upcoming Star Trek movie. Its a set of four, with each poster focusing on one character per poster... and as of this time, I can easily recognize three of the four, but I draw a blank with one of them. I can't place the character (or for that matter, the race - assuming this is an alien race being represented). Each poster is also presented in a monochrome color, with Uhura in red, Spock in blue, Kirk in Gold and the mystery person in Black... and by the way, these colors mean something in Classic Trek - Gold for command, Blue for Science and Engineering, while Red is for Support (including Security and Communications). Later, in the next generation, for some unexplained reason, they interchanged Gold, Blue and Red to now represent Engineering, Science and Medicine and Command - though in the latter case, it now looks more Maroon than Red.
So who are the characters I can name? Well there's Spock (the Vulcan), as Portrayed by Zachary Quinto of the Heroes TV fame - though I must sat that this Spock looks somewhat surprised ar at awe, as his eyes seem to portray. I wonder... does this mean he's a bit more emotional than he should be?
Then there's James T. Kirk (Human) as portrayed by Chris Pine (hey! I remember his name, guess he's getting more famous for this role!), and followers of the classic Trek series know that Kirk was the Captain of the USS Enterprise - the youngest ever in the history of Starfleet.
The last one I recognize is Nyota Uhura, the communications officer of the Enterprise... and the name of the actress escapes me right now, but Nyota is suppoed to be really pretty, and I think this lady chosen to prtray her does not dissappoint. I look forward to the fact that the classic uniform for ladies were really short skirts, and I would like to see this new Uhura in it. Call it a natural male fantasy.Now, one other aspect of these poster is the fact that they can be placed in a quadrant to form a large symbol of the Star Trek logo, with the unrecognized character at the upper left, Uhura at teh upper right, Spock at the lower left and Kirk at the lower right.
One more thing, each poster has the expected relaese date of Star Trek XI, which is 05.08.09 (or May 8, 2009 for those who find the numbers slightly confusing), in ohter words, an early summer release.
