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Star Trek's Ice Monster More Fully Revealed (*SPOILER*) 
One part crab, two parts primal fear
By Robert Falconer | Monday, April 20, 2009
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Wired has your first detailed look at Star Trek's ice monster, which you can check out below. There's no xenological name yet, like Itia Monstrum, or anything like that, but we're pretty sure this is the creature Kirk encounters while on Delta Vega. Created by Neville Page, it's an interesting blend of animal characteristics we're all familiar with, all intended to evoke fear (200 eyeballs will do that).

The blink of an ominous eye. The flash of a feral fang. The flapping of a grotesque limb. Creature guru Neville Page knows we're scared. Every peek at monster flesh is part of the deliberate ploy to pull audiences into a film and set them up for a terrific payoff—the satisfaction of finally seeing the beast in its full-screen glory. How does Page keep us captivated from peekaboo shots to the big reveal?

By drawing on plenty of experience, for starters. Page was tapped by J.J. Abrams for Cloverfield and the new Star Trek movie. He also created the killer fish in the forthcoming Piranha 3-D, as well as the bizarre animals and aliens he developed for James Cameron's Avatar, slated for release in December.


To see all seven images, click here or on the image below.

Star Trek opens in theaters and IMAX May 8.



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