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Vote and chat about Star Trek Into Darkness all week in sticky open thread. Sticky 4: Into Darkness Opening USA/Canada Weekend Opening weekend is behind us and Star Trek Into Darkness is now entering its first week (domestically). Fans continue to buzz about the movie so once again we have a special sticky open thread for opening week. TrekMovie.com has already posted a review and now it is your chance. TrekMovie has created a new fan reviews page for Into Darkness. Previous Into Darkness Spoiler Discussion Threads May 17 – Open Weekend May 15 – Domestic Fan Sneak Open Day May 8 – Early Countries Open Day POLLS Here are our current polls for those who have seen Into Darkness, including a new one on what the movie needed more of (if anything). Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. DISCUSS STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (WITH ANY SPOILERS) Below chat about the movie, including discussing any spoilers. WARNING: This open thread is for people who have seen the movie. If you haven’t seen the movie you really shouldn’t be reading this as you are sure to get spoiled.

Trivie, the leading trivia app for mobile has launched a new category of games, Spotlight, that features officially licensed trivia games, with one of the new games being a Star Trek-themed trivia game app. The Star Trek game will feature “tens of thousands of exclusive trivia questions.” Trivie is a multi-player, turn-based game. “Each game includes three rounds of trivia that increase in difficulty with each round. The questions are timed, so the faster one answer, the higher the score, and the more tokens are awarded. The last round is Final Trivie, with just one question that could change it all. Each player can place a bid to select the category and increase his or her chance of winning.” “Trivie is free to play, but players can purchase tokens to get cool upgrades — like new question packs, and more points for each answer.” The Star Trek question pack will cost ninety-nine cents. The Star Trek Trivie game app is compatible with the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation) and the iPad. The game requires iOS 5.0 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5 or later. Trivie and the Star Trek game app can be downloaded from the iTunes store.

Some interesting interviews from Star Trek actors and people associated with the show can now be seen at the Archive of American Television website. The interviews, other than one with LeVar Burton, are from the original series. Included are regulars Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, LeVar Burton, Nichelle Nichols, and George Takei; as well as guest actors Elinor Donahue (Metamorphosis), Ricardo Montalban, Diana Muldaur, William Schallert (The Trouble with Tribbles), and Jane Wyatt (Journey to Babel). Some topics include: Shatner on why Star Trek had such a strong following, Nimoy on Spock’s make-up, Burton on getting cast for Star Trek: The Next Generation, Takei on Star Trek going off the air, and Montalban on Khan. Others associated with the franchise; including writers, composers, directors and special effects people include: Joseph M. Wilcots, Fred Steiner, Herbert F. Solow, Ralph Senensky, Hank Rieger, Richard Matheson, Robert Justman, Gerald Fried, Dorothy Fontana, George Clayton Johnson, Robert Butler, Leo Chaloukian, Alexander Courage, Elinor Donahue, and Gerald Perry Finnerman. The interviews can be found here. Specific Trek-related parts of the discussion are highlighted, but fans can go back to the beginning of the interviews (which are usually several parts long) and watch the entire interview, which will include non-Star Trek work.

ILM Visual Effects Supervisor Roger Guyett explained how ILM wanted to improve the special effects for Star Trek into Darkness. “We wanted to find that number eleven on the dial,” he said. “It gave us a great opportunity to revisit these pieces—keeping them very familiar but to reinvent them every so slightly and give them a new level of energy.” Set extensions and virtual environments were used to make things seem bigger and more complex. For the red forest seen in the beginning of the film, “the budget for the forest got smaller as the jungle got more complicated,” said Guyett. “J.J. is very good at using small sets and making them feel big.” On the Enterprise, set extensions brought scale to the Enterprise interior. “This time, we decided to built a much more complex series of corridors, which allowed [the audience] to travel with the crew around the ship a little bit more,” said Guyett. “There’s large atrium that allows you to see down to the multilevels of the ship and it gives you an understanding of the scale of the ship.” Guyett took advantage of the 3D filming to bring warp to the audience. “We added a dimensional element to warp,” he said. “When the ship goes into warp we do a camera movement, which is a play on the concept of the Hitchcockian dolly zoom. [Just before] the ship goes into warp you get this lens distortion; In 3D we were able to pull the ship off the screen and into the audience and when it is released we created these trails left behind and [the audience] travels through it.”

Star Trek into Darkness did well this weekend, dethroning Iron Man 3 from the top spot. However, the movie fell short of Paramount Pictures’ expectations for the domestic opening. Star Trek into Darkness took in $84.4 million since it opened on Thursday, finishing ahead of Iron Man 3 ($35 million), The Great Gatsby ($23 million), Pain and Gain ($3.1 million), and The Croods ($2.7 million). Paramount had been expecting larger numbers though, hoping for figures in the $100 million range. Star Trek into Darkness had cost $190 million to make. The figures for Star Trek into Darkness are higher than those from Star Trek (2009), by six percent. Ratings are decent too, with 87% at Rotten Tomatoes (compare this to 78% for Iron Man 3), and an average grade of “A” according to CinemaScore, a market research firm. Star Trek into Darkness is doing very well abroad too, with $80.5 earned this weekend, for a total of $164.6 million earned thus far abroad. “That’s where we put the emphasis, educating the international market on what Star Trek is today,” said Paramount Pictures Vice Chairman Rob Moore.

UK Fans can now pre-order Star Trek Into Darkness on Blu-ray through Amazon.co.uk! Head on over there now to secure your pre-order!

TrekMovie continues our deep dive of analysis into Star Trek Into Darkness. Today we bring you a closer look at the USS Enterprise from the movie, including a surprising details you may have missed. We also have some exclusive insider details. Check it out below (beware of spoilers). Enterprise gets refit in Star Trek Into Darkness In Star Trek Into Darkness the USS takes some serious damage. They even played up this notion in the marketing often showing a ship crashing into the ocean and the Enterprise falling toward Earth was featured on the posters for the movie. Domestic poster featuring falling Enterprise But if you have seen the movie you know that in the end the ship makes it through, albeit with serious damage. The final scene of the movie jumps forward almost a year after the battle with the USS Vengeance with a ceremony to ‘re-christen’ the USS Enterprise. We then see the crew on the bridge as they set off on their new five-year mission and then the ship warps away. While the bridge itself appeared to be exactly the same, if you looked closely the ship’s exterior you would spot differences. Just compare the images below (taken from one of the movie trailers and from a behind-the-scenes video about the music) USS Enterprise in "Star Trek Into Darkness" (right before encountering USS Vengeance) "refit" USS Enterprise from end of "Star Trek Into Darkness" A source confirms with TrekMovie that ILM did make changes to the digital model of the Enterprise in order to show it has been ‘refit.’ According to the source there are "big and subtle changes" to the Enterprise. The most obvious change is to the impulse engines. While the nacelles do appear different in the above image that is mostly due to the pre-warp effect distorted angle, however the source did say there are subtle changes to the nacelles as well. The following video gives you a better look at some of the changes. The original ‘refit’ While there are differences for the new universe Enterprise ‘refit,’ they are not nearly as pronounced as the original ‘refit’ Enterprise from Star Trek: The Motion Picture. In that case the ship had gone through a complete redesign to transition from the 60s TV series to the big-budget 1979 film. Original TV series USS Enterprise and ‘refit’ from movie era Obviously we will see more of the new refit when the Blu-ray comes out and of course we will have to wait for the next movie to see the refit completely, and find out if the ship has any new technologies or features.

Is it too early to start talking about the Blu-ray for Star Trek Into Darkness? Well Best Buy doesn’t think so and they will give you $8 coupon for a ticket to see the movie if you pre-order an Into Darkness Blu-ray/DVD Bundle. More details below. Pre-order Blu-ray and get $8 Off movie tickets plus more bonus content Starting today (May 19) through to June 1, you can pre-order Star Trek Into Darkness Blu-ray/DVD combo pack (2D or 3D) and receive a $8 coupon towards an adult admission at participating theaters nationwide. You can also get access to exclusive content from Star Trek: Into Darkness on CinemaNow and the ability to watch Star Trek: Into Darkness via CinemaNow approximately 2-3 weeks before the movie is available in-stores. The 2D Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack is selling for $22.99 and the 3D version is selling for $29.99. Go to BestBuy.com to pre-order yours. As of now there is no release date.

Fans in the UK can Pre-Order Season Two of Star Trek: Enterprise for just £24.95 now at Amazon.co.uk. The 6-disc set is released on August 19 in the UK and is loaded with special features including a cast reunion! Don't miss out on this awesome pre-order price - grab yours today!

Amazon are now accepting pre-orders for Star Trek Into Darkness. There are multiple options available, including DVD, Blu-ray and special gift packs with props included. Head on over there now to secure your pre-order!