It's a quarry.

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It's a story device for the scene, nothing more. LMAO

Full STAR TREK trailer indicates hands against glass scene is actually Spock and Cumberbatch. If he’s Sybok… Well, kudos.

That said, Cumberbatch does NOT have Vulcan ears. Hands against glass scene seems to be Cumby in the brig.

Trailer opens with Pike VO, telling Kirk he has courage but no humility, and someday that will get him and his crew killed.

Oh yeah: there’s space stuff in the full TREK trailer. Space combat. Guy in a space suit zooming around.

In addition friend (and sometimes contributor to) TrekMovie Jordan Hoffman confirmed a few more details via Twitter DM:

Cumberbatch was definitely shown in some sort of brig

Chekov (Anton Yelchin) appears in a red tunic (instead of his regular gold tunic)

Someone wears a EVA space suit with similar design to the one used in Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Well, it was Abrams, after all.

About 50% of movies in the genre have utilized this Plot Device (Imprisoning the antagonist) since the release of The Dark Knight (The Avengers and Skyfall come to mind.)

Completely random thought -

Does Lucas ever sell the rights to Star Wars to Disney had Abrams' Star Trek reboot fallen on its face? I mean, 4 billion is 4 billion, but still..... Lucas seems to be (read: is incredibly) hyper defensive of his baby, and you wouldn't think he'd just sell it off to the highest bidder because he could. He'd want the story to live and be prosperous in future showings, so would he have ever gotten to that place without Star Trek v 2.0 (and Avatar, just to be fair)?

Abrams well knows the mantle he's inherited, this will be a somewhat darker chapter, his ESB, in some way.

All the news about Into Darkness has me Trekking out. I re-watched Wrath of Khan last night. Then watched Where No Man Has Gone Before (TOS episode), then watched like four hours of DS9.

Star Trek is awesome.

But if anyone thinks that JJ's version is more flawed or full of holes or ludicrous or eye roll worthy than any previous incarnation, I'm not sure they're seeing/remembering clearly.

Still, I love it all. I don't care how flawed or unrealistic any of it is. It's just so much fun. I can't wait for Into Darkness.

Also, why are we so sure Cumberbatch is playing a character we've seen before? Isn't it possible that he's a new character?

Absolutely.

JFC, they just gave away one of the iconic scenes in Star Trek history. :facepalm:

Which means it's a red herring.

Supposedly it's actually Cumberbatch in the brig, with Spock outside. But who knows.

My thoughts exactly.

But is it really giving anything away? If you've seen Wrath, you get the reference and it's super cool. If you haven't see it, then you don't get it and it doesn't mean anything nor ruin anything.

Have you even seen Star Trek VI?

It's a very good film with great performances and one of the best plots in any Science Fiction film I've ever seen.

It's the berlin wall coming down in outer space.

JJ has never made a film that could compare.

It would have been even better if they'd stuck with the original idea of having Saavik be the betrayer, but sadly Roddenberry shot it down.

I love Star Trek VI. It's always been my favorite in the series. I saw it in the theater like four times. My dad and I started a tradition of seeing the ST movies together. The tradition started with Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. The new reboot in 09 was the first one since then that we didn't see together in the theater.

Star Trek VI will always hold a special place in my heart.

My personal top 5:

1. The Undiscovered Country
2. First Contact
3. Star Trek (2009)
4. The Wrath of Khan
5. Generations

But it's really close between 2 & 3. Star Trek might over take First Contact in a couple of years. I really love it.