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The 1701 have been chosen, and their prizes revealed.

According to TrekMovie.com, packages are arriving via FedEx for those selected to be the 1701.

The AreYouThe1701.com viral campaign has ended and of the fans who participated, 1701 were chosen to receive special packages.

The packages include a card, a 1701 edition of the teaser poster, and 3-D glasses. The card directs winners to a site for a new 3D trailer for Star Trek into Darkness that will go online tomorrow.

Those who did not win, and who still wish to see the 3D trailer will need their own glasses, but the site is open to anyone and can be accessed here tomorrow at 12 PM PT.

Fans wishing to ask the cast of Star Trek into Darkness a question about the movie have a chance to do so courtesy of CNN.

All fans need to do is ask the question on video, and upload it to CNN’s site for a chance to have their questions answered.

Director J.J. Abrams and actors: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoë Saldana, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Karl Urban, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Alice Eve will be answering the questions.

Videos must be under fifteen seconds, and must be submitted by May 3 at noon ET. To upload the video, head to the link located here.

Early reviews for Star Trek into Darkness are emerging and the reviews are good.

Excerpts from several reviews appear below, and there are no spoilers for those trying to avoid them ahead of the movie release.

“The revived Star Trek films are shaping up to be the opposite of Christopher Nolan‘s Batman tales in that they’re light on bleakness and attitude,” said Time Out‘s Dave Calhoun. “There are enough gags (Simon Pegg is fun again as Scotty) and wit (the tension between Kirk and Spock is winning) between darker bouts of space fighting and ship-saving to keep the mood airy and unpretentious.”

“Director J.J. Abrams has followed up his sensational 2009 Star Trek reboot with a sparkling 3D sequel,” said The Guardian‘s Andrew Pulver. “People are unlikely to charge out of the cinema with quite the same level of glee as they did in 2009; but this is certainly an astute, exhilarating concoction.”

“If this is Abrams’ final frontier, he has left Star Trek in a good place, both in the fictional universe and as a franchise,” said Ian Freer of Empire. “In some sense, the title is misleading. Into Darkness is a blast, fun, funny, spectacular and exhilarating. The rule of great even-numbered Trek movies continues.”

Total Film‘s Matthew Leyland calls the movie “fantastic fun,” although “at a certain point, peril-fatigue starts to creep in.

“Abrams’ aim with Into Darkness was to mint a standalone adventure, one that welcomed total Trek neophytes at the door. Mission accomplished.”

Thanks to Ed Gardner for the tip!

The second IMAX Star Trek into Darkness poster has just debuted.

In this poster, The USS Enterprise is being chased by the USS Vengeance.

The USS Vengeance, Dreadnought class, is being captained by John Harrison.

This is probably an IMAX theater-only poster, and not another fan giveaway.

Click on the thumbnail for a larger-sized image.

In another John Harrison clip, the villain of Star Trek into Darkness gets into Lt. Uhura’s mind.

Following the clip in which Harrison described what makes Spock tick and Spock’s vulnerabilities, Harrison does the same for Uhura.

While Spock’s emotions could be his undoing, for Uhura, it’s her heart.

A pair of new Star Trek into Darkness commercials has been released.

The commercials, running half-a-minute in length each, are titled “Vendetta” and “World.”

In Vendetta, Kirk’s fun is interrupted by a Starfleet emergency.

In World, fists fly as “war is coming.”

A new Star Trek into Darkness clip features Chris Pine as Kirk and Simon Pegg as Scotty.

Mild spoilers are behind the clip.

In this latest clip, almost a minute in length, the pair is trying to escape with their lives as things fall apart all around them.

The fourth clip from Star Trek Into Darkness has just gone online and it is full of action during a bad day on the USS Enterprise. You can watch the "Keep Going, Scotty" clip below, but beware there are spoilers.

Clip 4 – "Keep Going, Scotty"

This new clip features Kirk and Scotty doing some Inception-like running through corridors on the USS Enterprise, some red shirts biting it, the return of Budgineering, and the bridge crew getting strapped in. And once again the new James T. Kirk uses his super-power to dangle off of things.

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The end of the AreYouThe1701.com viral campaign has now been fully revealed. The "chosen" 1701 fans who participated are just now getting special packages that direct them to a site for a new 3D trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness (with special 3D glasses to watch it). The trailer goes online on Thursday. See below for pictures of what the "chosen" are getting.

The Chosen 1701 Packages Arriving Today

Back in December the URL for www.areyouthe1701.com was hidden in the first domestic teaser trailer. That site lay dormant until a week ago when it sprang to life and asked fans to submit photos and videos via Instragram and Vine to be "chosen."  And now the 1701 have been chosen. Today 1701 fans across the USA are starting to ‘You’ve been chosen’ packages via FedEx. Each consists of a card, a ’1701 edition’ of the teaser poster and some 3D glasses.

Contents of the "You’ve Been Chosen" packages arriving today

The 3D glasses are for the chosen to watch a new 3D trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness. The packages direct the chosen 1701 winners to www.areyouthe1701.com/3DTrailer to see the trailer at noon on May 2nd.

Card directing you to site for 3D trailer

Special Star Trek Into Darkness 3D glasses

Detail on limited edition poster

So there you have it. Mystery solved on the whole "Are You The 1701?" thing. Congrats to all the chosen ones. If you weren’t chosen you will still be able to watch the 3D trailer online but you will have to find your own 3D glasses.

Thanks to James, Scott and Randy for sending in the above pictures.

The third and final "Disruptions" viral video message from John Harrison is out. This time the Star Trek Into Darkness bad guy has Uhura all figured out. Check out the video below, which includes some new Uhura footage – including a major first look at some characters (but beware of spoilers). [UPDATED: Screencaps with first look at new character]

John Harrison Has Uhura All Figured Out

Paramount International has sent out their third (and final) "Disruptions" viral video. This time John Harrison turns his keen analysis on Uhura.

Harrison’s message:

Lieutenant Uhura – the soul of the Enterprise. A master of communication with the frequencies of the entire universe at her fingertips. She is the force of compassion holding the entire crew together. But look deeper and you will see a woman whose love makes her a liability. Is her duty to the mission or to her own personal relationship. How can she watch someone put their life on the line when her heart needs him to be safe…None of you are safe. 

First Look At JJverse Klingons Unmasked!

The Uhura video includes some distorted footage of a mission to the Klingon homeworld, and for the first time in the new movie universe we see a Klingon without his mask!

Klingon with Bat’leth

Klingon without his mask (note head ridges are pierced with rings)

More Messages From Harrison

If you missed them, here is Harrison analyzing Kirk and Spock.

There are two new USA TV spots for Star Trek Into Darkness, both of which have new bits of the movie and new bits of dialog. Watch them below with some caps and analysis (but beware of spoilers).

2 New TV Spots

Here are the two latest USA TV commercials for Star Trek Into Darkness.

"Vendetta"

"World"

TV Spots Analysis  (SPOILERS)

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The commercials contains a few new elements, here is a breakdown of what’s new.

Vendetta

23rd century Bar

Admiral Buzzkill blocks Kirk’s move

Pike gets a call

Dialog

Pike: Emergency session…suit up Kirk

Spock sees something go boom on Qo’noS

Spock yells at a window

World

Kirk wears himself out on John Harrison-shaped punching bag

John Harrison gets menacing

Dialog

Harrison: War is coming

Uhura talks to Spock

Dialog

Uhura: Go get him!

UPDATE: Admiral Buzzkill GIF

More Trailers/TV Spots and Analysis

Check out TrekMovie’s other analyses:

• Announcement Trailer (International Teaser)
• Teaser Trailer (Domestic)
• Super Bowl Commercial
• Alternative Teaser (Domestic)
• International Trailer
• TV Spot ‘Go’
• Japan Trailer
• Latin America TV Spot
• TV Spot "Reputation"

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There is yet another poster for Star Trek Into Darkness (actually two). First up today Bad Robot revealed the official Into Darkness IMAX poster. Also the official Star Trek app is sending fans to Mazda dealers to scan a picture of their new cross-promotional poster and we have a shot of that too. [UPDATE: Hi-res version of IMAX poster added]

IMAX Poster

Earlier today the official Bad Robot twitter account tweeted this new Star Trek Into Darkness IMAX Poster, which features the little itty USS Enterprise being chased by the big giant mean ol USS Vengeance. The poster may not be to actual scale, but it is still pretty cool.

New IMAX Poster

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Mazda Poster

And in other poster news, the official Star Trek app has a new mission sending fans to Mazda dealers to scan a a new poster. I visited a So Cal Mazda dealer who had a few posters up and even gave me a couple.

New Mazda Into Darkness poster

At the Berlin Star Trek Into Darkness premiere the celebrities spent most of their time taking pictures, being interviewed for the live webcast and talking to the big national TV press. But a few took a moment to stop by TrekMovie.com’s spot to just say before being whisked away by the PR people. See the video below for JJ and stars sending a greeting to TrekMovie readers.

Berlin: JJ Abrams and Into Darkness stars say hi to TrekMovie readers

Tuesday’s Star Trek Into Darkness premiere was a huge event in Germany with a massive throng of press in attendance. TrekMovie.com is a David among the Goliaths  in the TV media pen (we wanted to shoot video), but with the celebs spending time signing for fans, taking photos, and doing the live webcast interviews, there was little left for them to work the press line. However a few Star Trek celebs spotted the TrekMovie.com sign (with a joke noting Nacelles Monthly as well). And some (notably Quinto, Abrams, Eve and Pegg) stopped by to send a greeting to the fans who frequent TrekMovie.com. Watch the video from the red carpet below.

More photos

Had enough of Berlin? Well if not, here are even more photos by yours truly.

Fish-eye perspective on Berlin black carpet with Alice Eve (back to camera)

Zachary Quinto takes a pic with a fan

The Into Darkness celebs  pose for the cameras

Zach and Chris talk to national TV press

That’s it for Berlin – on to London

Next Stop London on May 2nd.

Video, photos and editing by Thorsten Wulff

On Thursday Star Trek Into Darkness has its world premiere in London – with a press event over the weekend. TrekMovie will be there. We also want to give fans a chance to ask JJ Abrams and his cast a question. Details below.

Ask JJ Abrams and the stars of Star Trek Into Darkness a question

TrekMovie is offering fans a chance to get their question asked at the Star Trek Into Darkness World Premiere and junket in London this weekend. TrekMovie will be conducting interviews with:

• JJ Abrams
• Chris Pine
• Zachary Quinto
• Benedict Cumberbatch
• Zoe Saldana
• Karl Urban
• Simon Pegg
• John Cho
• Alice Eve

TrekMovie will pick one fan-submitted question for each interview.

How to submit questions

You can type your questions into the comments below. You can suggest one question for each person listed above (so up to nine total questions for each fan submission). Format your questions thusly:

Q FOR [CELEB NAME]

[Your Question]

- [Your First Name + City, State (or Country)]

Please focus your questions on things related to Star Trek and avoid any major spoilers.

Questions must be submitted by midnight Thursday at noon (Pacific Time).

Yesterday was the big Berlin premiere of Star Trek Into Darkness and for the event Paramount Germany broadcast live interviews with the cast and crew (which we had here at TrekMovie). Recordings of the interview clips are now available and you can watch those below along with a report and pix from yesterday’s press conference. 

[UPDATE: Press conference video]

UPDATE: Press conference Video

Here is video from the press conference (via Fashionandfaces)

original article

Star Trek Into Darkness Berlin Premiere Live Stream Interviews

Here are recordings of Paramount Germany’s live stream interviews from Monday’s Berlin live stream (thanks to  TheBibliotheca).

JJ Abrams

Simon Pegg

Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto

Bryan Burk

Alice Eve

Zoe Saldana

Report & Pix from Into Darkness Berlin Press Conference

Report by Constantin Hirsch

Before the stars hit the red carpet, Paramount Germany held a press conference with director J.J. Abrams along with Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana, Zachary Quinto, Alice Eve and Simon Pegg.

The press conference started with a bang when Abrams being shocked by the first journalist took the microphone. Journalist:" As a fan, I’m f–king angry about the movie! So f–king angry that I want to hit you in your face!” J.J. looked scared. The whole cast was wondering, is this really happening? J.J. seemed to start with an apology. Journalist: "…cause after a hundred and thirty minutes, the movie is over.” All started to laugh.

There were a number of questions for J.J. Abrams about Star Wars but he pushed those away by saying it was too early for decisions, however he did say that he expects John Williams to return and compose the score for Episode VII (something long-time Arams collaborator Michael Giacchino has said he supported).

When asked what it was like working with J.J. Abrams, the actors  actors were entused. Quinto noted “When you do a movie, you’re working 18 to 24 hours. And J.J. is working three more. So you have to do the same.” Zoe added: “He (J.J.) stays your friend. The J.J. you meet at the set is the same J.J. you talk to after the shooting.” Even Alive Eve felt part of the family very early. When it came to Simon’s chance to ask the question he showed his British wit by sarcastically saying “I didn’t like it.”

Discussing the relationship between Spock and Kirk in the new movie, Quinto said. “They are the opposing ends of a perspective.” He also tried to comment about Spock and Uhura’s relationship, but Zoe jumped in, saying: [Minor Spoiler] "When we have the scene in the small alien shuttle. Spock and Uhura have a serious talk, ‘cause Spock can’t run away. But it is in front of their boss [Kirk].”

The cast also recalled a funny anecdote about a practical joke that Chris Pine and Simon Pegg played on the rest of the cast when they were filming at Lawrence Livermore Lab. Simon and Chris convinced the rest of the cast that they needed to put on a "neutron cream" (which was really just sunscreen) in order to protect themselves from radiation while they were working at the facility. The joke grew and grew, till Benedict – with white cream dots on his face – tried to talk seriously with J.J. about his role. The joke ended with Karl recording a short video with advice for the use of the "neutron cream." J.J. and Simon gave us some hope that we will see the “Cream Stuff” on the DVD/Blu-ray extras.

Even More Berlin to come

TrekMovie has one more fun video from our man on the scene coming up.
 

Last night, Star Trek into Darkness premiered in Berlin, Germany and photos of the event have been released.

In attendance were J.J. Abrams, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, and Alice Eve.

Click on the thumbnails for larger photos. More photos can be found at the referring site.

A new Star Trek into Darkness TV ad shows some new material.

The short ad, barely over half-a-minute in length, mostly shows previously-seen scenes, but new material features Kirk/Pike and Kirk/Marcus.

“You’re much clever than your reputation suggests,” Marcus tells Kirk.

“I have a reputation?” says Kirk in surprise.

For fans attending the first US IMAX showing of Star Trek into Darkness, a free giveaway will accompany the movie.

IMAX will be giving away posters to fans attending the May 15th 8 PM Star Trek into Darkness showing.

The poster, seen below (click on thumbnail to enlarge), was created by artist Mark Englert.

“We’re excited and honored to collaborate with Paramount Pictures, Bad Robot and Gallery 1988 to unveil the first edition in the series: a special Star Trek into Darkness print from artist Mark Englert,” said IMAX on their website. “Fans attending the 8pm IMAX show on Wednesday, May 15th at participating locations will receive this original print.”

A list of participating theaters can be found here.

In a short clip, Carol Marcus introduces herself to James T. Kirk.

There are slight spoilers below the cut.

In the clip, Marcus introduces herself as Science Officer Wallace, and Spock is not happy about the addition of another Science Officer.

A new clip from Star Trek into Darkness features Scotty.

The short clip, barely over a minute in length, shows some new footage from the film.

In the clip, Simon Pegg gives fans insight into the character of Scotty. Like the Scotty of the original series, this Scotty likes a wee bit of alcohol. But while he’s away, trouble occurs and the engineer finds out that he can’t be away from the ship for even one day!