Klingon propaganda video

[prog]

This is nice:

Interesting pattern develops here, if this is a viral for the next J.J. Abrams Trek film (which it almost surely is, since it looks too polished, and its credit roll is too absent, to be a fan video). It follows the same precedent for superhero-story reboots set by the Nolans' Batman films: in the first installment, pit the hero against a canonical but somewhat lame villain. This keeps the focus on how you've revitalized the hero - or, in Trek's case, the heroic ensemble. If that goes over well, then you can sustain fan-glee by rolling out the arch-nemesis for part two.

rikchik points out to me that the latter-day Dr. Who TV series follows this pattern as well. The first Eccleson episode had him shining as he dealt with the obscure-but-canonical Autons, and they waited a few episodes before the ol' Daleks showed up to steal his spotlight away.

Edit Oh, the glyphs at the end are totally a URL passed through a simple latin1-to-klingon-character cipher. I am too lazy to figure it out though.

Edit 2 OK, fine: it goes here. (Ripped from an IO9 comment. whee...)

Comments

[pseudomanitou.livejournal.com]

If only I could get a translation.

...no tribbles though. That would have been fun to see the troops skeet shooting them or something.

Also -- who said the future of animation will kill 2-D :)
...though, does Flash count?

[rikchik.livejournal.com]

There's a serviceable translation in the youtube comments (amazing, useful content in youtube comments!)

[prog.livejournal.com]

Hah, they've scrolled away for me. All I see is "The pronunciation is AWFUL." Ah... Gene bless and keep you, Trekkies.

[rikchik.livejournal.com]

It's what you'd expect, "Your small arms (NB: weapons) put-down-ness hearts scattered around cause-to-be-open-ness" etc.

[pseudomanitou.livejournal.com]

...that was a translation? I'm more confused than ever. No wonder the those two armies went to war. Next trekkie movie will be about how the war began over a mis-communication during a conversation about the price of coffee beans :P

[prog.livejournal.com]

Or the Federation president will crack a nervous joke about beginning orbital bombardment in five minutes, and it'll all be downhill from there.

[prog.livejournal.com]

I understand "2-D" versus "3-D" animation to describe the visual style of the finished product, moreso than the production techniques used to get there. So, yes, 2-D Flash totally counts in my book.

(I'm also sure there that "2-D animation has been REBORN!!" headlines will nonetheless continue to appear for as long as animation exists as an art form. :) )

[pseudomanitou.livejournal.com]

Good. I fully support the evolution boost that format competition brings about. May the many mutations of 2-D overwhelm their inbred 3-D Pixar predators :)

[radtea.livejournal.com]

That would have been fun to see the troops skeet shooting them or something.

Thank you for the biggest laugh I've had all day!