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When it was announced that "Lost" creator J.J. Abrams was going to reboot the "Star Trek" franchise, fanboys were cautiously optimistic (which is like "ecstatic" in their world). After all, here was a guy who understood geekery, even though he was an admitted "Star Wars" fan (which, after we saw the movie, became abundantly clear). The result was a movie that brought some fun back to the U.S.S. Enterprise. It's a must-own on Blu-ray for all guys. Here are some little facts you non-rubbber-ear-wearing audiences members might not have caught.
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10. Some of the Enterprise's interiors were, in fact, a brewery. Abrams shot several scenes at the Budweiser Brewery in Van Nuys, Calif. It's most notable in the sequence when Kirk (Chris Pine) wakes up in sickbay and eventually discovers Uhura (Zoe Saldana) in a room with several large, silver tanks. Those are lagering tanks. The "engine room" features several fermentation tanks as well.
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9. Zachary Quinto struggled so much with his signature Vulcan salute that, in order for it to be absolutely perfect onscreen, Abrams eventually just glued his fingers together.
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8. In "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan," Captain Kirk (William Shatner) explains how he beat the Starfleet Academy's legendary Kobayashi Maru test, and chomps on an apple as he tells the story. Chris Pine is eating an apple in the scene where he beats the test.
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7. "Star Trek" marks the first live-action mention (not including comic books or novels) of Lt. Uhura's first name. It starts as a joke -- Kirk claims he's going to make up a name if she refuses to tell him in the opening bar scene -- but eventually she utters it for the first time: Nyota.
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6. This is actually the first "Star Trek" film ever to win an Oscar. It won for Best Makeup.
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5. Abrams couldn't help himself. During the scene in which the Enterprise is maneuvering around the wreckage of the other Federation ships, you can see R2-D2 floating through space amidst the rubble.
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4. When we first meet Scotty (Simon Pegg), you can see he has a pet Tribble in a cage in his remote lab. You can even vaguely hear the iconic creature's distinctive purr.
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3. When Captain Pike (Bruce Greenwood) stops the bar fight in the beginning of the movie, he does so with a very distinct boatswain's whistle. This is the exact pitch of the whistle made when the crew would page each other via intercom on the original "Star Trek" show.
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2. Several of the Romulans on Nero's (Eric Bana) ship were actually voiced by an uncredited Wil Wheaton. The geek icon and "Star Trek: The Next Generation" vet was not credited.
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jdmfilmreviews.com11 of 11Next: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Top Gun
1. Captain Pike challenges Kirk in the opening scene with the line, "Your father was captain of a starship for 12 minutes. He saved 800 lives, including your mother's and yours. I dare you to do better." From the moment Kirk assumes captaincy until the point at which Spock foils Nero and destroys the space drill: twelve minutes. And he saved the entire planet Earth.