TightWind is written by Kyle Baxter. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

The new Star Trek trailer is going around the web today, but I don’t want to point that one out (although it is worth watching). I want to point out the teaser trailer, which is dark, close-up shots of the U.S.S. Enterprise being built, overlaid with audio from our own space exploration.

The teaser trailer, more than the full-length trailer which is accompanying Quantum of Solace, is incredibly powerful. I am a sucker for Star Trek: The Next Generation because of how overwhelmingly hopeful and philosophical it is. As a kid watching the Next Generation, I couldn’t help but imagine space, the future, and what is possible.

The J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek teaser trailer has that same feel. As the camera moves upward along the ship and reveals it to be the U.S.S. Enterprise, and the voice-over declares, “Space: the final frontier,” I get the same feeling I did as a child. I can’t wait to see this film.