I was lucky enough to get a look at the spoiler photos of the
shuttlecraft from the Trek XI movie, before Paramount's lawyers got the
photos removed from the websites.

I can't vouch for the authenticity of the photos. But if they're real,
then it looks like Abrams agrees with Cawley that TOS-compatible
productions should have a retro look, rather than a modern 2008 look.
The shuttlecraft cockpit panel even had toggle switches just like old
sci-fi from the 1950s and 1960s:

http://tinyurl.com/3e3ad2


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In article <13utubcge7qssc2@corp.supernews.com>,
"Steven L." <sdlitvin@earthlink.net> wrote:

> I was lucky enough to get a look at the spoiler photos of the
> shuttlecraft from the Trek XI movie, before Paramount's lawyers got the
> photos removed from the websites.
>
> I can't vouch for the authenticity of the photos. But if they're real,
> then it looks like Abrams agrees with Cawley that TOS-compatible
> productions should have a retro look, rather than a modern 2008 look.
> The shuttlecraft cockpit panel even had toggle switches just like old
> sci-fi from the 1950s and 1960s:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3e3ad2

From what I read about the scene, the shuttlecraft was to be used by a
construction crew. That accounts for it's more utilitarian design.

Warchild wrote:
> In article <13utubcge7qssc2@corp.supernews.com>,
> "Steven L." <sdlitvin@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> I was lucky enough to get a look at the spoiler photos of the
>> shuttlecraft from the Trek XI movie, before Paramount's lawyers got the
>> photos removed from the websites.
>>
>> I can't vouch for the authenticity of the photos. But if they're real,
>> then it looks like Abrams agrees with Cawley that TOS-compatible
>> productions should have a retro look, rather than a modern 2008 look.
>> The shuttlecraft cockpit panel even had toggle switches just like old
>> sci-fi from the 1950s and 1960s:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/3e3ad2
>
> From what I read about the scene, the shuttlecraft was to be used by a
> construction crew. That accounts for it's more utilitarian design.

I was referring to the controls on the cockpit panel, not to its
exterior look.


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I thought the shuttle looked more like something you'd see in a Starship
Troopers type movie.

"Steven L." <sdlitvin@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:13utubcge7qssc2@corp.supernews.com...
> I was lucky enough to get a look at the spoiler photos of the shuttlecraft
> from the Trek XI movie, before Paramount's lawyers got the photos removed
> from the websites.
>
> I can't vouch for the authenticity of the photos. But if they're real,
> then it looks like Abrams agrees with Cawley that TOS-compatible
> productions should have a retro look, rather than a modern 2008 look. The
> shuttlecraft cockpit panel even had toggle switches just like old sci-fi
> from the 1950s and 1960s:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3e3ad2
>
>
> --
> Steven L.
> Email: sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net
> Remove the NOSPAM before replying to me.