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Tuesday, May 5, 2009

This Friday, Look For Me In The New Star Trek Movie

Greetings fellow mutants, aliens, humanoids. Now, finally, is the time.

This Friday, please go see the new Star Trek film and look for me in it: I'll be either running or sitting with a gaggle of other red-uniformed cadet folk. Below is a handy guide for spotting me in the film (No Spoilers):

The White Briefcase
There's a scene, part of which is visible in the trailers, of a bunch of people running on a field on a campus towards the water and a big crazy light in the sky. I was holding a white briefcase. We took the scene about 20-30 times. After the first or second take, one of the A.D.s came over and asked me to drop the white briefcase as I was running. So you may or may not be able to pick me out dropping the aforementioned briefcase and running. Disclaimer: I do not intend to disrupt your enjoyment of the film, please do not try to hard to notice me. I am one of a hundred or so fellow classmen of the Kirk, and was probably worrying about when Drop/Add ended when the light appeared in the sky.

I wonder though what was in that white briefcase? Thoughts?

There is also a scene or two in a hanger where we alternately ran around and marched in formation, and a scene in a courtroom-type environment where I am seated in the audience.

If you know anything about me, you know that I have loved Star Trek since I was 4 (as evidence I give you this excerpt of a ST movie of my own that lensed when I was about 11) , and that the experiencing of working 10 days on the film was sort of a dream come true, even if it may seem the role was not a vital one. JJ Abrams and the cast & crew (that I observed) gets an extreme high-5.

May you all live Loud and Proper.



[By the way, I am totally not supposed to have this photo, but it was the first day before they had said not to bring anything, and I went into a porta-let and did my business; just had to. I have sat on it til now and know that the uniforms are public knowledge as included in all the trailers, so please do not set me on fire because I can keep a secret and I love you.]

Signed,
Cadet William Maier
M-78, Proud Member of Echo Squad

3 comments:

Claire said...

This makes me so happy. I will definitely look for you.

You've come a long way since we sat together listening to William Fucking Shatner at that small con in Tally.

Carla said...

ECHO SQUAD!

Claire said...

I saw YOU!!!

How awesome is that?