Jason KingR2D2 is in Star Trek
May 18th 2009 21:15
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It has been revealed Paramount purposefully but an R2D2 cameo in the new Star Trek movie. Did you see him in there? I certainly didn’t… but now I’m going to be looking for him the next time I go.
Paramount has even made a contest out of it. Find R2D2 and you could win an official prop from the movie.
MTV gives these details:
There’s really not much more to tell you. The rules are pretty simple. Locate R2, write down where you saw him in an e-mail, and shoot it off to facebook@paramount.com with “STAR TREK Easter Egg Sweepstakes” in the subject line. I couldn’t care less about winning the prop, but it would warm this “Star Wars” geek’s heart to see the plucky little droid pop up in a “Star Trek” movie. Maybe J.J. will figure out a way to kill off Jar Jar for his second “Trek” go-round.
Paramount has even made a contest out of it. Find R2D2 and you could win an official prop from the movie.
MTV gives these details:
There’s really not much more to tell you. The rules are pretty simple. Locate R2, write down where you saw him in an e-mail, and shoot it off to facebook@paramount.com with “STAR TREK Easter Egg Sweepstakes” in the subject line. I couldn’t care less about winning the prop, but it would warm this “Star Wars” geek’s heart to see the plucky little droid pop up in a “Star Trek” movie. Maybe J.J. will figure out a way to kill off Jar Jar for his second “Trek” go-round.
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apparently godzilla was in cloverfield . . . where?
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Morgan - I know - bloody impossible - I thought he could be in a ship that flys past or something or in the hangar bay - but no luck so far. It will turn up on You Tube in a couple of weeks.
Friends of mine still tell me that Godzilla was on the poster in the clouds - rubbish!! I have the poster framed in my lounge room and there is no Godzilla - but I do remember seeing the meteor crash at the end of the film.
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I worked with the guy that built R2D2.. the film we worked on eventually tanked and got sold off after one year pre production, you would know it as Total Recall.
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Taking the parental units to watch Star Trek tonight. I just can't get enough of it and have narrowed down where I think R2 will appear - hopefully tonight I will find him.
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If this is not a hoax, then my guess is that he is not real size and that*s why no one has found him yet. I*m thinking miniture, like in a background or on a com panel or something ~ like an R2D2 shape of lights and lines? Or on some kids teddy's space jacket as the first evacuation scenes blast off the screen into your face . .
Like Disney used to have all those hidden mickey*s ~ subtle.
Bet you a googie egg I*m right, when it does
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I did some research and it appears that he may cameo at the start of the film (massive losing streak sorry Jake) At the beginning of the movie when the Kelvin is attacked by the Narada, on the top hull of the Kelvin are repair droids that look like R2 units. Pretty sure R2D2 was one of them.
Do not take this as gospel from me - until I see it with my own eyes, hopefully tonight, it will remain a mystery.
Lilla - the bet is ON!
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no, Arnold wasn't cast, we had Sam Neil lined up, but, the US dollar dropped, and De Laurentis had to answer to his backers, for the first time in his career I think, and they wanted Arnie.
Bruce Beresford was directing it, (we were based in Sydney), and we had the original sound stage built, that later became MovieWorld on the Gold Coast, but our model making and Art Departments etc were based in Sydney Show Grounds (when not in use, film makers used the buildings there).
We spent over $6,000,000- in over a year, in pre-production, then shot two minutes of film, on a panavision gold (in the middle of Sydney CBD during the day), to try and convince the backers, but, Beresford said if he had to direct Arnie, it would be the last thing he did in film.
I actually worked as a combination of 3rd AD, standby props and stunt driver on that 2 min. clip, rather fun it was too, with just a stripped down crew to get the job done.
John Steers was the guy who made Star Wars R2D2, Cp3O, light sabres etc and he also built the 007 Aston Martin, for Goldfinger, and all the gadgets on that (at the time the prototype DB5) were actual working mechanicals, not like today with the CGI stuff.
Oops, sorry Jason, I am ranting on too long, memories...
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WOW..I just looked John up on the net, and didn't know he had died...gee... I might now write a small tribute to the man I knew, winner of two Academy Awards....damn...dammit
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John Steers sounds like a very talented man - look forward to reading your tribute.
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When i watched this i thought that Scotty's little alien friend was a Jawa with its hood off. Maybe it had scavenged an R2 unit and the parts are lying around the workshop?
I'll check it out next time i watch it.
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