Now that’s a vision of Spock. Paramount let loose two new Star Trek teaser posters today, and Zachary Quinto’s Spock sheet is damn near iconic. Chris Pine’s Captain Kirk has that old-school ‘Clooney in ER’ stare, which doesn’t call up much that has to do with the classic Shatner Kirk, but probably tells you something about the new Abrams-directed character.
If nothing else, this makes Pine look like he could get work as the stand-in for The Leader should another Hulk movie ever get off the ground.
Click each poster to embiggen, should you like that sort of thing.
UPDATE: And, as mentioned below in the comments, these are either the same shots from the original Comic Con teaser posters, albeit significantly manipulated, or else so close that the difference on Kirk’s shot is all but irrelevant. I’ll continue to like this shot of Spock more than any other — the dramatic lighting, versus the more bland Comic Con shot, does Quinto some favors.
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They are definitely targeting the group that is unsure about their sexuality with this movie. Young girls don't care about Star Trek, and old time fans will be disgusted, so all that's left are the guys who are unsure if they like boys, girrls or both. It should do very well with the tranvestite crowd.
Bones Dicquoy, you're so clever, oh I'll regale my coworkers tomorrow with tales of your not so avuncular wit, my friend.
You didn't quite manage to call it gay, I'll give you that. I take it back.
Was the Kirk poster shot by Kubrick? All work and no play makes Kirk a dull boy.
Russ, call me crazy, but aren't these just full-sized-differently-lighted versions of the exact same photos that emblazoned the original four-color insignia posters? The only reason I question is that I've had that image as my wallpaper for the last two months (yes…I'm THAT guy…)
Yeah, you're right, at least on the Kirk one — the Spock might be a different shot, and the lighting has been way tweaked on both, but even if the Spock one is a different shot, they're damn close.
Goes to show that even when I try to care about Trek, I really can't.
Kirk looks like Dexter (lit by Kubrick).
So, is Kirk supposed to be a badass or just a homicidal maniac? Oh well since i mock this movie i guess i'll never find out.
Bones Dicquoy- what you don't know could fill a warehouse. Now go drown, or something.
Kirk looks like the cover of Preacher #1, by Glenn Fabry.
So, I've noticed some people out there commenting on how this marketing campaign seems to be geared toward people "unsure about their sexuality." My question is this: if that's the first thing that comes to mind, shouldn't you be questioning that about yourself? Seriously, if that's their angle with these ads, then it's working. ON YOU.
Purple Shirt- good point, but I think we're overlooking the obvious: the idea of Warners marketing this movie toward the sexually unsure, or the "transvestite crowd" (as Bones Dicquoy so retardedly put it) is completely ludicrous. It's like saying Dark Knight was marketed to costume and makeup fetishists. Or that Quantum Of Solace is trying to sell to the Guns And Ammo crowd. Or that the High School Musical 3 ads were for the statutory rapists out there. Fucking know-it-alls, man. You know you're gonna go see it REGARDLESS of the ads, so please, do us all a favor and shut the fuck up.
Seems to me Bones touched a nerve. Good for you Bones.
Bones touches his own "nerve"… when he looks at these pictures.
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