New Star Trek movie kicks ASS!!!

[BellaRisa]

Saw it this afternoon. SO FULL OF WIN Really, I'm hard to please with reboots of a beloved series but this scored on all points, especially the romance I've wanted to see since 1982; get your best buds and GO

 

[SlaverTickler]

They Blew up Vulcan, Pike is to old, Kirk is to young, JJ Abrams is a loser, and needs to be punched in the face.

I am glad you liked it though
ST

 

[BellaRisa]

Damn 5th Dentists...

They Blew up Vulcan, Pike is to old, Kirk is to young, JJ Abrams is a loser, and needs to be punched in the face.

I am glad you liked it though
ST

When Child Services finally took you away from whoever made you like this, didn't they set up counseling or a Dr. Phil session or something?

It's a reboot of the story and it was awesomesauce with fries in a theater thank you...

 

[fordtech30]

All in all I would say a really epic movie!!!

I saw it today as well. Man! i can't say enough about how good it was!

It Fucking Rocked!!

 

[Jumper13000]

I just saw the movie last night here in Baltimore!!

I loved Zoe Saldana

Only thing I didn't like was the bridge-too bright. Looked like a hollywood backstage dressing room.

I loved Zoe Saldana

Loved the close-ups of the ships!

I loved Zoe Saldana

Loved the way they showed engineering!

I loved Zoe Saldana

 

[karategirl18]

I FRICKIN LOVED IT!!!!!!

 

[SlaverTickler]

When Child Services finally took you away from whoever made you like this, didn't they set up counseling or a Dr. Phil session or something?

It's a reboot of the story and it was awesomesauce with fries in a theater thank you...

A great Sci-Fi movie it maybe, but a great Trek flick is something else. There was no need to reboot it, if it ain't broke don't fix it. You watch way to much Oprah if you think a hack like Dr. Phil could ever fix me. All Abram had to do was actually watch a few episodes of the show, and come up with a story. Nick Myer did just that, and Star Trek II is still the greatest of them all. I think you may have been overwhelmed by the special effects (that were no doubt impressive) but I am a hardcore trek geek and J.J. sucks ass.

 

[Goodieluver]

I am torn on this movie
I would suggest not reading this if you dont want spoilers











Since they established the time travel loophole, its ok to say "Yeah, everyone is different now because Kirk's father was seemingly the focal point." So with that i can allow a lot of the tweeks.

Some problems i had

I felt Eric Bana was TERRIBLE as Nero. His voice\character was NEVER consistent. He would have a rough mysterious villain style voice in one scene and then when he is talking to someone else(namely when he hailed pike) He is laid back and speaking very loosely.

I disliked the changes to Spock, with the issues over him controlling his anger. Also the whole teacher\student thing with him and Uhura.

To be Nerdy, if a drop of red matter could cause a black hole in a planet, i think all of it would end up black holing the entire galaxy.

Karl Urban was spot on as McCoy.
More geekness, i enjoyed the references for the Kobayashi Maru and the Ceti Eels, both from ST:2
I also really enjoyed the Industrial look they gave the ship. It looked like a factory\dockyard at times. Not bad\interesting approach

 

[Goodieluver]

A great Sci-Fi movie it maybe, but a great Trek flick is something else. The was no need to reboot it, if it ain't broke don't fix it. You watch way to much Oprah if you think a hack like Dr. Phil could ever fix me. All Abram had to do was actually watch a few episodes of the show, and come up with a story. Nick Myer did just that, and Star Trek II is still the greatest of them all. I think you may have been overwhelmed by the special effects (that were no doubt impressive) but I am a hardcore trek geek and J.J. sucks ass.

Trek 2 also changed Trek into a more naval\war styled genre. Gene Roddenberry had a completely different vision to which the studios removed him. Hell look at TNG before and after he died and you can see how they made things militaristic for the masses

 

[Korastus]

(unnessecary spoiler), Pike is to old, Kirk is to young, JJ Abrams is a loser, and needs to be punched in the face.

I am glad you liked it though
ST

Yeah, the movie is considered both a reboot and a prequel, so your point of Kirk being too young is off.

The movie actually does an excellent job of addressing the rest of the canon, rather than ignoring it, as well as compensating for differences within the overall storyline brought about by said reboot. JJ Abrams did an excellent job with the film, and the cast was absolutely fantastic, all around. One of the best films I've seen all year. 😀

 

[Myriads]

Trek as a franchise was a burt out hulk on the side of the road. Used up, stripped and mined. Cobwebs lived on the rusted frame.

The last series died to bad ratings. The 1st cast too old to carry a new film, and policy had restricted the writers from developing all new characters to cary on for them as they aged out.

There was no place to go, and no way to make new coin from the series. Bad management of the franchise had killed it.

So we got a reboot. One that seems to have pleased the masses, and now given the franchise a new life. It's how things work.

Some folks will hold that nothing is ever as good as the original and how it's crap because it's different. And they will hold this view just BECAUSE it's different and it offends their memories of something they love.

A valid view but a short one. Trek is a cash machine. The bank just pulled up and refilled it. Deal. It's how hollywood works.

And to the poster who spoiled some major plot points in post #2 thanks. Nice work. You could have made your point without dong that. Some of hoped to see the film without pre-knowledge.

Myriads

 

[BlackestLily]

Great movie! Got applause in the theatre I went in!

 

[-Hari-]

havent seen this yet, but ive heard nothing but good things, might take a trip to the cinema soon 😀

 

[Cosmo_ac]

I admit, i'll probably go see this movie, but i still have my reservations about Syler playing Spock. It just seems too polar opposite for me.

 

[syzygy]

The new Trek was a mass amount of epic win. Leonard Nimoy as Spock again, brilliance! As for it destroying all the back story known from previous Trek materials...well that's explained in the movie. And...well...it makes perfect sense. Thouuuuuuuugh...did anyone else get a deja vu of Cloverfield anywhere during the second act? I know I did!

 

[BellaRisa]

I admit, i'll probably go see this movie, but i still have my reservations about Syler playing Spock. It just seems too polar opposite for me.

I think you'll be pleasantly surprised, I had the same reservations but he blew me away

 

[SlaverTickler]

Yeah, the movie is considered both a reboot and a prequel, so your point of Kirk being too young is off.

No it's not, because it was stated in an episode called the Menagerie that Kirk and Pike are close in age. You can recast it, you can improve the effects, and tell the story of Kirks first mission on the enterprise, but the Reboot wasn't needed. Abram had plenty of good stuff to work with from the old show. Abram totally disrespected fans who have invested time and money into something they love.

The movie actually does an excellent job of addressing the rest of the canon, rather than ignoring it, as well as compensating for differences within the overall storyline brought about by said reboot. JJ Abrams did an excellent job with the film, and the cast was absolutely fantastic, all around. One of the best films I've seen all year. 😀

I never said it was bad movie, nor did I say the casting was bad. Abram simply *****d out the Star Trek name to make money on a film that might not have done so if he had used original characters and a different title. They blew up Vulcan for fuck sake!!!!!

 

[SlaverTickler]

I think you'll be pleasantly surprised, I had the same reservations but he blew me away

I've heard he is great, I believe it. He said in an interview he got some great advice from Lenard N. and he even read "I am not Spock".

 

[SlaverTickler]

Trek as a franchise was a burt out hulk on the side of the road. Used up, stripped and mined. Cobwebs lived on the rusted frame.

The last series died to bad ratings. The 1st cast too old to carry a new film, and policy had restricted the writers from developing all new characters to cary on for them as they aged out.

There was no place to go, and no way to make new coin from the series. Bad management of the franchise had killed it.

So we got a reboot. One that seems to have pleased the masses, and now given the franchise a new life. It's how things work.

Some folks will hold that nothing is ever as good as the original and how it's crap because it's different. And they will hold this view just BECAUSE it's different and it offends their memories of something they love.

A valid view but a short one. Trek is a cash machine. The bank just pulled up and refilled it. Deal. It's how hollywood works.

And to the poster who spoiled some major plot points in post #2 thanks. Nice work. You could have made your point without dong that. Some of hoped to see the film without pre-knowledge.

Myriads

You don't have to destroy the entire Star Trek Universe to tell it's back story. If J.J. Abram was as great as everybody seems to think he is then he would have found a way to respect the long time Trek fans and telling a story new or none Trek fans could still enjoy. If he can't do that then he is in the wrong line of work.

As I understood it Enterprise was getting decent ratings. the channel it was on was changing formates and didn't want it anymore, and Paramount didn't want to do business with the Sci-Fi channel for some reason.

Like I've said, I have invested time and money into this franchise and to have some ass hole hack excuse for a director (anyone see that sappy MI:3) ***** it out because he can't come up with something of his own pisses me off. They didn't have to "reboot" it to tell the origin of Kirk, Spock and company, all they had to do was some actual research and work at it.

Sorry about the Spoilers Myriads, but they were key to my points.

 

[SlaverTickler]

Trek 2 also changed Trek into a more naval\war styled genre. Gene Roddenberry had a completely different vision to which the studios removed him. Hell look at TNG before and after he died and you can see how they made things militaristic for the masses

The changes Myer made improved Star Trek, but he stayed true to the history and respected the characters. All Gene Roddenberry ever wanted to do was make a film where the crew travels back in time to save Kennedy. Not that it wouldn't have been and interesting film, but who would go to see it. Star Fleet is a military, they fight wars in outer space, remember the Klingons and Romulans. Next Gen was a bunch of suck ass diplomats flying around in a space ship. I remember when Kirk's brother died on the show, he didn't lock himself in his room and cry like a bitch, he sucked it up and got the job done (and probably cried later), unlike Captain "Punktard" who blubbered like a fool in front of Troy when he had a job to do, not to mention taking it out on Riker... who I didn't like either.

Don't piss me off, cause my spelling only gets worse lol.

 

[SamuelKhan]

Any chance...

Star Wars could be reinvented?

I thought about Earth becoming the setting for a fugitive Jedi who has to fend off Vader's agents. His Jedi Starfighter is stored in Hangar 18 at Area 51. The men in black are actually sith agents who warn people not to report the probe droids seen in California, Texas and New York.

The Jedi stud would be a Corellian who falls in love with a beautiful FBI agent who gets captured by the MIB's who is first warned by them about the Probot, then she gets nosy. Later the apprentice of Vader eventually locks into an epic lightsaber battle with the Corellian, and finding a force-strong girl that becomes his Padawan.

The Jedi cannot return to his old galaxy, because his hyperdrive is damaged. He constantly bitches about the "primitive technology" and his love for the FBI babe is a risk of falling to the dark side of the force, because of his fear of losing her.

Corellian Jedi are somewhat rebellious. They wear green cloaks, often marry, and rarely leave their system. This one Jedi, however, had a close relationship with Yoda and because of a brilliant military mind, served in the Clone Wars as a general of a powerful clonetrooper force on Hoth. He taught some moves to a young Anakin Skywalker, and was a good friend of Obi-Wan and Mace Windu. His vice is women.

It's worth a try, though some Star Wars geeks are against bringing Earth into the canon.

 

[SlaverTickler]

Star Wars could be reinvented?

I thought about Earth becoming the setting for a fugitive Jedi who has to fend off Vader's agents. His Jedi Starfighter is stored in Hangar 18 at Area 51. The men in black are actually sith agents who warn people not to report the probe droids seen in California, Texas and New York.

The Jedi stud would be a Corellian who falls in love with a beautiful FBI agent who gets captured by the MIB's who is first warned by them about the Probot, then she gets nosy. Later the apprentice of Vader eventually locks into an epic lightsaber battle with the Corellian, and finding a force-strong girl that becomes his Padawan.

The Jedi cannot return to his old galaxy, because his hyperdrive is damaged. He constantly bitches about the "primitive technology" and his love for the FBI babe is a risk of falling to the dark side of the force, because of his fear of losing her.

Corellian Jedi are somewhat rebellious. They wear green cloaks, often marry, and rarely leave their system. This one Jedi, however, had a close relationship with Yoda and because of a brilliant military mind, served in the Clone Wars as a general of a powerful clonetrooper force on Hoth. He taught some moves to a young Anakin Skywalker, and was a good friend of Obi-Wan and Mace Windu. His vice is women.

It's worth a try, though some Star Wars geeks are against bringing Earth into the canon.

Ah ha! But you don't have to blow up an importan planet for it to work, nor does it really mess up current continuity... episodes 1-3 already did that lOl.

 

[Barlow]

They blew up Vulcan for fuck sake!!!!!

Technically it imploded.

 

[Korastus]

I admit, i'll probably go see this movie, but i still have my reservations about Syler playing Spock. It just seems too polar opposite for me.

Typecasting makes me sad.

He does a really fantastic job, not only respecting the original portrayal of the character, but making it his own, which is an absolutely crucial part of everyone's performance in this film: they respect the origins of the characters without being mired in trying to redo the performances of other actors.

 

[SamuelKhan]

Ah ha! But you don't have to blow up an importan planet for it to work, nor does it really mess up current continuity... episodes 1-3 already did that lOl.

True. This would be an improvement over Jar Jar Binks.