Star Trek as Fulfillment of 70's Sci-Fi Dreaming

posted by Jett Loe

I think Wall-E has had a huge impact in film visualization.  It legitimized the introduction into cinema of the great 70′s science fiction book cover aesthetic.  Take a look at the frame-grabs above from the new Star Trek movie and then compare and contrast to some Chris Foss covers below.

However the film itself might turn out, the new Trek picture is shaping up to a triumph of production design, (though I’m not too sure about the iBridge; but that is balanced out by those fantastic looming structures seen in the hazy distance of the Iowa horizon).

(Update: I must also mention how much harder the new tech, (hi-def, the Red Camera, digital film projection in cinema, etc., it makes for production designers/art directors to carry things off – you can see everything now.  I particularly like the big ol’ roll of duct tape sitting on the Bridge at 1:17 into the trailer)

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