That's it? And I actually thought about shelling out 9 bucks to see Cloverfield so I could watch that? Sheesh...
At least I passed on Cloverfield though. 
You and me both, my friend.
On the plus side, the trailer/teaser/whatever you want to call it wasn't horrible. Not great, not very informative, but not horrible.
And the welding issue. It makes sense to me, growing up I had all the Trek stuff: Blueprints, ship diagrams, etc... I remember that
Enterprise was built on Earth at San Fansisco fleet yards, however my data at the time didn't really say how it was assembled or launched or what have you, just built. Little digging
here finds:
The vessel registered NCC-1701, which was constructed in San Francisco and launched in 2245, was christened the Enterprise. Larry Marvick was one of the designers of the Enterprise. (TOS: "Tomorrow is Yesterday", "Is There in Truth No Beauty?")
According to The Making of Star Trek, the Enterprise was built on Earth but assembled in space.
While actually
welding pieces of the space frame does indeed seem odd, especially knowing what stresses will be exerted on the beasty, its not too far fetched. J.J., however, seems to be taking this a tad far, and it looks as if the ship herself will be launching from Earth. That I don't buy. Saucer launched from the planet to meet up with the eng. section, maybe. Major pieces flown up and put together in space is more believable knowing what we know of ol' 1701.
There's also the name scribbled into the hull already... I'm pretty sure it would be one of the last things to go onto the hull, after it's been sealed. Kind of like painting the walls in your new construction house; you're going to wait until all the drywall is up in the room before you start. There would be plenty of other things around to let you know which ship it is/will be.
(Note the brow banner. I have more examples if they are needed.)
I'm pretty sure that Earth of the future wouldn't paint the name on in pieces. Unless, of course, it is speciall colored metal that is used to keep the yard workers from mucking up the hull job; forcing them to, at the very least, keep those labled panels alligned. No one wants a U.
S.S. En
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iseSpecial thanks to Stephen for linking us the trailer and saving some of us a few $. I'm surprised it was available so quickly on the web; yet, not.
Czar "I'll stop rambling now," Mohab[/color]
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