J.J. Abrams to helm the USS Enterprise

[blakjeezis]

<p>Now usually I'm not a big Star Trek guy. Not since I was a little kid have I watched the original series, I watched some of Next Generation, less of Deep Space Nine, and I don't even remember the name of the other 2, the one with the broad, and the one where Dr. Sam Beckett was running shit, but this has me interested. </p><p>J.J Abrams and his crew, the guys behind Lost, Alias, Felicity, and the next installment of the&nbsp;Mission Impossible series, have apparently been picked to do sort of a James Bond like&nbsp;re-boot of the series. The film will be about the early days of Spock, Kirk and the Enterprise crew, at the Academy, first Starfleet mission, etc. I must say I'm into it. From what I've heard Alias and Felicity are pretty good and have fairly rabid fan bases. Lost is a monster. It&nbsp;and the Sopranos&nbsp;are the only 2 shows I watch, and MI 3 looks like it's gonna be pretty good as well.&nbsp;I think this could be a cool, fresh start for the floundering series. </p><p>source: <a title="Round Headed Australian" href="http://www.darkhorizons.com/news06/060421h.php" target="_self">http://www.darkhorizons.com/news06/060421h.php</a></p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by blakjeezis on 4-21-06 @ 10:49 AM</span>

[A.J.]

<p>I too like the premise.</p><p>And I want Gary Sinese to play young(er) Dr. Leonard &quot;Bones&quot; McCoy!</p>

[Sheeplovr]

<p>no the prequel idea is from Bryan Singer that dark horizon site is wrong</p><p>i hope</p><p>i don't want prequel i want new treck</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>but
ill see anything with the JJ team on board they've been showing
regarding henry on tv alot latley thats even good he's a good egg<br />
</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Sheeplovr on 4-21-06 @ 10:55 AM</span>

[kdubya]

If they go back to an old franchise they should go TNG.

[Furtherman]

<p>Kirk and Spock have been done.&nbsp; </p><p>Can anyone that is paid million of dollars come up with something new and original?</p>

[Furtherman]

<p>From IMDB.com:<a name="2"></a></p><p><a name="celeb2"><strong class="sbheadline"><font face="Arial" size="2">Abrams Slams 'Star Trek' Rumors</font></strong></a></p><p>Mission: Impossible III director J.J. Abrams is hitting back at unauthorized reports he is directing the next <em>Star Trek</em> movie. The Alias creator is furious the news was released prematurely and is also upset that key details regarding the storyline were incorrectly reported. He explains to Empire online, &quot;The whole thing was reported entirely without our cooperation. People learned that I was producing a <em>Star Trek</em> film, that I had an option to direct it, they hear rumors of what the thing was going to be and ran with a story that is not entirely accurate.&quot; Last week, Hollywood trade paper Variety, reported Abrams was on board and that the film would center on the early days of Captain James T. Kirk and Spock and that Philip Seymour Hoffman was in talks to play the ship's doctor. Abrams won't reveal the true storyline, but hints that it won't feature characters Captain James T. Kirk or Mr. Spock at all, but doesn't rule out bringing some of the original characters back for the new film, adding, &quot;Those characters are so spectacular. I just think that..you know, they could live again.&quot; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Good.&nbsp; Maybe a fresh start?&nbsp; I think they should continue with TNG crew.&nbsp; I don't care what any trekkie says... Nemesis was a great movie!&nbsp; Let's keep it going!</p>

[JustJon]

let the franchise die.<br />

[Furtherman]

<p><a name="celeb3"><strong class="sbheadline">Abrams Confirms 'Star Trek' Movie</strong></a><br /></p><p>Mission: Impossible III director JJ Abrams has confirmed he's set to save the <em>Star Trek</em> franchise after signing on to produce the next film in the sci-fi series. The 40-year-old Lost and Alias creator, who is a longtime fan of the cult TV show and subsequent movies, is considering directing the new Trek movie too. In an exclusive interview with America's TV Guide magazine, Abrams says, &quot;It's sort of surreal but wonderful. I'm producing and may direct. I have every DVD of every <em>Star Trek</em> episode from every series. I haven't seen every episode from every series but I certainly know it well enough to be working on the movie.&quot; Abrams, who will team up with fellow <em>Star Trek</em> buff and <em>Lost</em> co-creator Damon Lindelof on the new project, initially fumed when his involvement in the new film was announced before he'd committed to it. He admits he took his time to sign up for the project: &quot;There have been 10 films and all these different (TV) series, so it was a question of finding out what they (movie executives at Paramount) were anticipating.&quot; Abrams insists the cult following Lost has found will help him make decisions about where to take the secret storyline for the latest <em>Star Trek</em> film. He explains, &quot;Fans of <em>Lost</em> don't compare to fans of <em>Star Trek</em>, but working on <em>Lost</em> gives us a view into how important it is to respect the fans.&quot; </p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Furtherman on 7-21-06 @ 10:44 AM</span>

[ChimneyFish]

<strong>A.J.</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I too like the premise.</p><p>And I want Gary Sinese to play young(er) Dr. Leonard &quot;Bones&quot; McCoy!</p><p><strong><em><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif" size="2">Wow. That is a really good choice.</font></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><font face="Georgia" size="2">Now that you brought that idea up, I couldn't imagine anyone else saying &quot;Damnit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a....!!!!&quot;</font></em></strong></p>

[patsopinion]

How mnay movies have they done about Kirk Already?&nbsp; I mean he was
a main character in Generations even.&nbsp; Let that character die
already.&nbsp; What they need to do is have a show about wesley
crusher.&nbsp; They set that guy up big time to be the future of the
franchise and then they just stopped (show does not need original
actor).<br />

[AppleBoy]

<p>As long as it's not J.J. Hazelwood at the helm of the Enterprise, everything should be alright.</p>

[Tenbatsuzen]

<p>Someone brought this up on AICN - James Franco would make an excellent Spock.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Kirk got his Captaincy at age 36, right?&nbsp; As much as I would be killed for this, I'd kinda like to see Affleck in that role.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[HBox]

Oh boy, JJ Abrams. I can't wait for them to boldly chase ever more insane storylines that make no sense and never have any payoff.<br />

[Tenbatsuzen]

<p>&nbsp;</p><strong>HBox</strong> wrote:<br /><font color="Navy"><font size="2">Oh boy, JJ Abrams. I can't wait for them to boldly chase ever more insane storylines that make no sense and never have any payoff.</font></font><br /><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Not for nothing, you waited 30 years for a payoff to &quot;Space Seed&quot;.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[A.J.]

<strong>Tenbatsuzen</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Someone brought this up on AICN - James Franco would make an excellent Spock.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Kirk got his Captaincy at age 36, right?&nbsp; As much as I would be killed for this, I'd kinda like to see Affleck in that role.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>He was 34.&nbsp; I remember that from the epsiode where they all aged due to radiation exposure.</p><p><img height="195" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/84/STDeadlyYears.jpg" width="260" border="0" /></p>

[Furtherman]

William SHatner is annoyed by Star Trek dis (http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-News-Blog/Todays-News/William-Shatner-Nimoyed/800017352)

Apparently Leonard Nimoy has been offered a cameo, but Shatner hasn't.

As much as I love Shatner and will fight anyone who gives him ill will, he should just gracefully retire the whole Star Trek thing.

Kirk is dead (I'm talking movies - not the damn books) and what would he play? Kirk's grandfather? Or just some other old wise man or something?

Leave it be Shatner. You've got an excellent career going on right now.

And when is the last time Nimoy has had some work? Let the man have his moment!

[pennington]

If they're serious about this movie, I don't think they should have Nimoy in it either (even if he's playing a different character).

It's like what they did with James Bond in "Casino Royale". They start everything fresh and bring back Judi Dench of all people.

[EliSnow]

According to IMDB(at the bottom of the page), the actor who played Sylar may be playing Spock in this movie. (http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2007-07-25/#2)

[Radioguy]

If I had to think of someone, he'd probably be the first I'd consider. There's enough of a resemblance. That said, I'm not excited by any prequels. Just let Trek rest a few years and give me a Doctor Who feature film.

[LiddyRules]

This is going to suck. Even if it's decent, it's still a dumb fucking idea.

Assignment: Earth motherfuckers!!

[buzzard]

Having never seen an episode of Lost..I don't know JJ Abrams I do however,know Star-Trek.I'm the(mostly)proud owner of all the series/movie discs.I don't disagree with much ya'll have said; Sinese is good in most that he does(don't like CSI NY)Affleck might be good If the story moves,I know it sounds ridiculous in the corporate world yet I'd like to see Paramount keep their grubby fucking hands off "the franchise" and let the writers write and the actors act & the producers produce.They've(Paramount) goddam near killed/c-blocked EVERY movie with the exceptions of STII ROK & Nemesis with their Butty Buttinsky bullshit. though I doubt they can...or will, hope springs eternal I'd like to see someone bridge the gap and let us see Roddenberry's origonal idea of a Wagon train to the stars.

[extracheese]

Anyone who has read the many Star Trek novels out there knows...that there are some AMAZING stories they could adapt for a screenplay. Some of the ST novels are the best books ive ever read of any genre. Peter David comes to mind immediatly. And believe it or not Shatners novels are a pleasure to read also.

Will they take a great novel to adapt? nooooooo they never do. They will write a new screenplay that is simple and boring. youll see.

How about introducing Mackenzie Calhoun??

[EliSnow]

It looks like we have some official news (http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/27/people.leonardnimoy.ap/index.html) on the new Spock and Nimoy's cameo.

[Furtherman]

Word on the street is that Russell Crowe is being courted to play the bad guy in this new movie. I couldn't see him playing one of the alien species, but... that would be very cool.

[Ay Kay Forty2]

I could honestly see Nathan Fillion being Captain Kirk. Seems a little typecasted because he was the captain in Firefly but I think he could pull it up.

[Furtherman]

Nathon Fillon would be a good choice, but I feel you can't be captain of two ships. He's just too good as Mal in order to just drop it and be Kirk.

[Furtherman]

Bana to Play Star Trek Villain Nero (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/startreknews.php?id=38213)

Eric Bana will play villan Nero in Paramount Pictures' new Star Trek movie.

[EliSnow]

Bana to Play Star Trek Villain Nero (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/startreknews.php?id=38213)

Eric Bana will play villan Nero in Paramount Pictures' new Star Trek movie.

Does anyone now if Nero is a new character? Or has their been some appearance or reference to him in previous Trek shows or stories?

[Freitag]

As a suggestion....

Since she has been a part of Abrams' TV shows before (What About Brian)... and she's not really integral to the plot... may I suggest for Nurse Chapel...


Stacy Kiebler.

[Freitag]

I have an idea for Kirk.

Currently unemployed.

Has worked with JJ Abrams before.

Young enough for the role:

Ian Somerhalder.

[Furtherman]

Does anyone now if Nero is a new character? Or has their been some appearance or reference to him in previous Trek shows or stories?

I'm not sure if he has, but I'm guessing he might be Romulan? Only because the name Nero might have been chosen because of the Roman Emperor Nero, one of the last before Rome fell. And the last movie Nemesis, had the planets Romulus and Remus, named after the two brothers who founded Rome.

Then again, I'm not familiar enough with the original series to even know if Romulans were around then, as I'm guessing this movie is supposed to take place before in the timeline. Or is it just a total re-boot of the series?

[EliSnow]

I'm not sure if he has, but I'm guessing he might be Romulan? Only because the name Nero might have been chosen because of the Roman Emperor Nero, one of the last before Rome fell. And the last movie Nemesis, had the planets Romulus and Remus, named after the two brothers who founded Rome.

Then again, I'm not familiar enough with the original series to even know if Romulans were around then, as I'm guessing this movie is supposed to take place before in the timeline. Or is it just a total re-boot of the series?

I don't know either if it's a re-boot or a prequel. However, in the ST:OS ep, Balance of Terror, the Enterprise encountered Romulans, who had never been seen physically by anyone outside of their empire. At that time, the Romulans had been quiet for 60 years after the end of a war with Earth. This is the ep that they determined that Romulans looked like Vulans.

So, if Nero's a romulan, then the show has to be a re-boot because it would conflict with this ep.

[badorties]

SULU will be harold (john chu) of harold & kumar

SCOTTY will be the might, mighty simon peg

[Freitag]

SULU will be harold (john chu) of harold & kumar

SCOTTY will be the might, mighty simon peg

It's Cho.

And Pegg.

That being said, the only two left are Kirk (the aforementioned Chris Pine, who looks like a cross between the aforementioned Ian Somerhalder and John Mayer) and McCoy.

[TheMojoPin]

SULU will be harold (john chu) of harold & kumar

SCOTTY will be the might, mighty simon peg

Shit. I really like them and Bana. I might have to see this, even though Abrahms is an overrated, unbearable douche.

[stinkbud]

Jason Priestly should play Kirk....he looks like a young william shattner.

Well not so young anymore....

[EliSnow]

AICN (http://www.aintitcool.com/node/34452) is reporting that this guy will be James Tiberius Kirk:

http://www.aintitcool.com/images2007/pinebw.jpg

[EliSnow]

AICN (http://www.aintitcool.com/node/34463) also is reporting that that the man who played Cupid, Ceasar, and Eomer, aka Karl Urban, will play Leonard "Bones" McCoy:

http://www.aintitcool.com/images2007/urbanbones.jpg

This one feels odd.

[Freitag]

AICN (http://www.aintitcool.com/node/34463) also is reporting that that the man who played Cupid, Ceasar, and Eomer, aka Karl Urban, will play Leonard "Bones" McCoy:

http://www.aintitcool.com/images2007/urbanbones.jpg

This one feels odd.

This whole movie feels odd. There's not a recognizable name in the cast outside of Sylar and Bana, and even they are niche character actors.

[EliSnow]

This whole movie feels odd. There's not a recognizable name in the cast outside of Sylar and Bana, and even they are niche character actors.

I agree with the overall point about recognizable names. My point about the oddness is Karl Urban, who has been an action guy in the big things he's done, as Bones, the irrascible "country" doctor.

Also, I think within their niche, Urban is as recognizable as Sylar (whose name I don't even know.)

[LiddyRules]

I still think this is a stupid idea and I'm not even a Trek fan. With the exception of Sylar I don't like any of the character choics. Cho doesn't have the stoic humor of Takei; he's far too neurotic. Pegg just doesn't strike me as Scotty. I don't know if Pine has the total smarminess + presence that Shatner mastered in. These are characters famous because of the actors, not the characters themselves.

[TheMojoPin]

the stoic humor of Takei

The hell-?

I always thought we were actually laughing AT Takei.

[Freitag]

I agree with the overall point about recognizable names. My point about the oddness is Karl Urban, who has been an action guy in the big things he's done, as Bones, the irrascible "country" doctor.

Also, I think within their niche, Urban is as recognizable as Sylar (whose name I don't even know.)

Zachary Quinto. I had to think about it for a second. I know the names of all the Heroes except for Sylar, who is probably the most interesting and best character of the entire cast.

"Golly!" - Sylar

[cougarjake13]

i like sylar as spock but not too thrilled about the other choices

[Furtherman]

Bruce Greenwood has been cast as Christopher Pike, the Starship Enterprise's first captain, in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek at Paramount. (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/startreknews.php?id=39137)

The character of Capt. Pike appeared in the original unaired pilot that Gene Roddenberry created. The pilot was rejected by CBS and then shown to NBC, which turned it down, though it liked the concept enough to commission a second pilot. (Only the character of Spock survived the redevelopment.)

Pike was later weaved back into Star Trek lore as the ship's first captain and appeared in a two-part episode.

------------------------------------------


Seems to me this move makes the movie a "reset" of the series.

[LiddyRules]

Newest Rumor- Rachel Nichols (a very fine looking lass) has been cast as that Janice Rand.

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/34733

Still think it's all around a horrible idea, but Nichols is hot.

[Tall_James]

First pic of Quinto as young Spock...

http://www.jfxonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/newspock-403.jpg

[Furtherman]

http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/080716/Comic-Con/new-star-trek-poster_l.jpg

[Furtherman]

Aint it Cool was able to catch two scenes from the upcoming Star Trek film and believe it or not it was not at Comic Con. Here is what he saw: (http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer-news/82)

[Furtherman]

Sulu, Scotty, McCoy and Chekov.

http://img.trekmovie.com/images/lv08/st09lv08posterstt.jpg

[TonyStark]

Poster looks really cool I think. Quinto is just a carbon copy of Nimoy, the resemblance is uncanny.

[Furtherman]

AMC's SciFi Scanner talked to Star Trek director J.J. Abrams, who explained why you won't see William Shatner reprising the role of Captain James T. Kirk:

Q: How do you react to William Shatner's ire at not having a role in the movie?

A: It was very tricky. We actually had written a scene with him in it that was a flashback kind of thing, but the truth is, it didn't quite feel right. The bigger thing was that he was very vocal that he didn't want to do a cameo. We tried desperately to put him in the movie, but he was making it very clear that he wanted the movie to focus on him significantly, which, frankly, he deserves. The truth is, the story that we were telling required a certain adherence to the Trek canon and consistency of storytelling. It's funny -- a lot of the people who were proclaiming that he must be in this movie were the same people saying it must adhere to canon. Well, his character died on screen. Maybe a smarter group of filmmakers could have figured out how to resolve that.

Excellent point J.J. Leave him dead.

[foodcourtdruide]

I'm hoping this Star Trek movie will be shot with a hand-held camcorder and feature 30 minutes of pointless drivel between 20-somethings that resembles a Party of 5 episode. I'd also like if the movie did not reveal anything regarding the antagonists origin and ended by trying to describe the origin by the main character amazingly having pointed his camcorder at the statue of liberty weeks earlier.

Oh, and if one of the characters could survive being impaled and a helicopter crash all in the same day, and still manage to run I'd appreciate it.

[razorboy]

I'm hoping this Star Trek movie will be shot with a hand-held camcorder and feature 30 minutes of pointless drivel between 20-somethings that resembles a Party of 5 episode. I'd also like if the movie did not reveal anything regarding the antagonists origin and ended by trying to describe the origin by the main character amazingly having pointed his camcorder at the statue of liberty weeks earlier.

Oh, and if one of the characters could survive being impaled and a helicopter crash all in the same day, and still manage to run I'd appreciate it.

I'm just hoping for a hatch. Maybe a smoke-monster too.

[Slumbag]

I'm hoping this Star Trek movie will be shot with a hand-held camcorder and feature 30 minutes of pointless drivel between 20-somethings that resembles a Party of 5 episode. I'd also like if the movie did not reveal anything regarding the antagonists origin and ended by trying to describe the origin by the main character amazingly having pointed his camcorder at the statue of liberty weeks earlier.

Oh, and if one of the characters could survive being impaled and a helicopter crash all in the same day, and still manage to run I'd appreciate it.

I doubt it. That sounds a lot like Cloverfield.

[Furtherman]

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2008/10/Startrekpage.jpg

J.J. Abrams is leading the charge to save us from the over-extended 3 hour movies of late. His Star Trek film will only be two action-packed hours. Abrams told MTV that, “I’m sick of these two hours and forty-five minute movies. Seriously, it’s like I don’t have enough time to stay two hours and forty-five minutes. I’m exhausted just saying that twice. I can’t stand it.” And we thank you for that. The new Entertainment Weekly Star Trek issue (pictured) will be out this Friday. [MTV]

[KingGeno]

Guess he didn't take too kindly to douche Kirk.
http://www.aintitcool.com/images2008/bigspock.jpg

[TheMojoPin]

J.J. Abrams is leading the charge to save us from the over-extended 3 hour movies of late. His Star Trek film will only be two action-packed hours. Abrams told MTV that, “I’m sick of these two hours and forty-five minute movies. Seriously, it’s like I don’t have enough time to stay two hours and forty-five minutes. I’m exhausted just saying that twice. I can’t stand it.” And we thank you for that. The new Entertainment Weekly Star Trek issue (pictured) will be out this Friday. [MTV]

Says the hack doing a fucking Star Trek movie. Fuck him.

[KingGeno]

http://blog.ugo.com/images/uploads/new-trekkie-photo.jpg
http://www.joblo.com/newsimages1/excltrekpic-big.jpg
http://www.mtv.com/movies/photos/s/star_trek_080123/star_trek_400x765.jpg
http://img.trekmovie.com/images/st09/usskelvin1.jpg
http://moviesmedia.ign.com/movies/image/article/920/920323/star-trek-20081015025340385.jpg

[Furtherman]

Says the hack doing a fucking Star Trek movie. Fuck him.

Big fan of the three hour movie are ya?

[TheMojoPin]

Big fan of the three hour movie are ya?

If done well, sure. His stupid comment was making it sound like any long picture is automatically doing somthing wrong by not being shorter.

[Doctor Manhattan]

http://blog.ugo.com/images/uploads/new-trekkie-photo.jpg

Looks like JJ took a page from the Spiderman/Superman design book. Re-make a solid colored costume with a textured pattern and it's updated for the 21st century.

I didn't realize that the guy who made "MILF" famous (and played Harold of Harold & Kumar) was Sulu in this. Wow, does the enterprise bridge look a lot more modern than the original show!

And is Kirk's uniform Black, or is this some "off duty/casual" thing he's wearing (like he did on the show I think)

[Doctor Manhattan]

http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/1209/startrekcoverfr7.jpg

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/7933/30307ky4.jpg

[west milly Tom]

I can not wait to see this. I have allergys and live in my moms basement...no seriously.

[NYHCmikeX]

J.J. Abrams is leading the charge to save us from the over-extended 3 hour movies of late. His Star Trek film will only be two action-packed hours. Abrams told MTV that, “I’m sick of these two hours and forty-five minute movies. Seriously, it’s like I don’t have enough time to stay two hours and forty-five minutes. I’m exhausted just saying that twice. I can’t stand it.” And we thank you for that. The new Entertainment Weekly Star Trek issue (pictured) will be out this Friday.

Apparently, he's not sick of awful, shaky cam monster movies that dont get a good look at the monster...

I like Fringe, and dont watch Lost, but Cloverfield was so bad, I'll never watch one of this cunts movies again.

[Furtherman]

but Cloverfield was so bad, I'll never watch one of this cunts movies again.

Really? One movie that you don't like will keep you away from all other movies?

[west milly Tom]

I didn't know Fringe was his. I've caught all three episodes. Last nights was kinda silly but the first two were good.

[NYHCmikeX]

Really? One movie that you don't like will keep you away from all other movies?

Well, not always but if it's as bad as Cloverfield was, yeah it will. I didnt just dislike that movie, i thought it was one of the biggest pieces of shit I ever saw.

I wouldnt see this movie anyway, because Star Trek is not my thing, but it makes it easier for me to further my dislike of JJ Abrams movies. Maybe he should stick to TV, since everyone loves Lost so much and Fringe is not bad.

I didn't know Fringe was his. I've caught all three episodes. Last nights was kinda silly but the first two were good.

I think there's been like 4-5 episodes so far..maybe more. The one that ran last night (with the speed aging) was the first one after the pilot.

[Furtherman]

I didn't know Fringe was his. I've caught all three episodes. Last nights was kinda silly but the first two were good.

There have been 6, and last nights was a rerun (due to the World Series cancellation) of the 2nd episode. They get better.

[MisterSmith]

I didn't know Fringe was his. I've caught all three episodes. Last nights was kinda silly but the first two were good.

Actually, there are 6 episodes of Fringe that have been on so far. I think next week is a replay of the first episode so there isn't anything new going up against election coverage.

***Edited - I am wrong; it looks like episode #2 will be on, not the pilot. Sorry.

[NYHCmikeX]

I think next week is a replay of the first episode so there isn't anything new going up against election coverage.

The pilot? Are they supposed to show the whole thing, cause it was two hours, right? I turned alot of my friends onto this show and was hoping they would re-air the pilot to fill people in, because alot of stuff that is pretty crucial to the story line happened in it.

[Gmann]

http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/1209/startrekcoverfr7.jpg

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/7933/30307ky4.jpg


Both pics look like Spocks just about to nibble Kirks' ear.

[MisterSmith]

The pilot? Are they supposed to show the whole thing, cause it was two hours, right? I turned alot of my friends onto this show and was hoping they would re-air the pilot to fill people in, because alot of stuff that is pretty crucial to the story line happened in it.

Sorry, it was my mistake. They are going with episode 2 and not the pilot. Myh wife told me the pilot was running but I just checked Fox and it's "The Same Old Story" which is #2.

[Furtherman]

http://popwatch.ew.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/11/11/enterprise579_l.jpg

[TheMojoPin]

Bootleg of the trailer:

<embed src="http://www.trailerspy.com/videoplayer.swf" FlashVars="config=http://www.trailerspy.com/flvplayer.php?viewkey=4e989123f9620c1d09c0" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="550" height="370" loop="false" align="middle" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" scale="exactfit" ><br/><div style="width:550px; text-align:center; margin-top:-10px; font-size:10px;"><a href="http://www.trailerspy.com/trailer/1329/Star-Trek-Trailer-Bootleg"><span class="title">Star Trek Trailer (Bootleg)</span></a></div></embed>

Not a ST fan, but I'd watch that. Simon Pegg and John Cho FTW.

[HBox]

Bootleg of the trailer:

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Not a ST fan, but I'd watch that. Simon Pegg and John Cho FTW.

I think I can do without Dawson's Creek: The Fast and Furious Clone Wars.

[TheMojoPin]

Better than Nerd Trek: The Two Hour Long Science Lesson That Turns Into an Even Longer Nap.

I just like that it looks like shit is actually happening in somthing resembling a fully realized world/setting as opposed to the old series and movies that seemed afraid to delve into anything of that future besides the stupid boring ship.

[HBox]

I have the only Star Trek I'll ever need: Wrath of Khan. Everything else is nonsensical junk, and this just looks like a different variety of it.

Although if they put talking whales in there just for the goof factor I'll go and see it.

[King Imp]

I can't look at this new Kirk without seeing that filthy, inbred hick from Smokin' Aces.

[pennington]

At this point I think I'll wait until it comes out on DVD. I'm sure, though, there'll be lines to see it on opening night.

It looks like it's going to be one of those movies that's so loud you can hear it in the parking lot.

[sr71blackbird]

I love seeing this stuff, it was the first TV show I was addicted to as a kid. But I get puzzled with continuity when events take place in the supposed past and this look more modern than they could have. The ship should not be cooler than anything on TOS and this almost seems more modern than TNG Enterprise, yet it would have suppose to be 100 years behind TNG

[TheMojoPin]

I love seeing this stuff, it was the first TV show I was addicted to as a kid. But I get puzzled with continuity when events take place in the supposed past and this look more modern than they could have. The ship should not be cooler than anything on TOS and this almost seems more modern than TNG Enterprise, yet it would have suppose to be 100 years behind TNG

Who cares? Throw out the old crap.

[LordJezo]

Who's the chick?

http://www.78west.com/board_images/chick.png

HD trailer direct download links:
http://movies.apple.com/movies/paramount/star_trek/startrek-tlr2_h720p.mov
http://movies.apple.com/movies/paramount/star_trek/startrek-tlr2_h1080p.mov

And just because..

http://www.78west.com/board_images/2.png

[Tall_James]

I'm actually looking forward to this. I won't see it in the theatre but I will check it out on DVD.

[scottinnj]

I'll see it in the theater. I've always been a sci-fi dude, and Star Trek always topped Star Wars for me.

And if I can sit through three POS prequels to episode IV: A New Hope, then nothing that Paramount throws at me will make me turn my head away in shame.


Edit: and Star Trek: TMP fucking rules-to this day.

"Vger has transmitted data-Vger requires response"

[scottinnj]

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o217/themarshal/image001-1.png

[IamFogHat]

I'm not a big Star Trek guy, I watched TNG when I was younger and would be willing to Netflix it and give it another go, but I watched the new trailer and I gotta say, it looks pretty fucking good. I almost want to go back now and watch all the series' to understand the mythology before going into this thing cause I definitely want to see this movie.

[furie]

I have the only Star Trek I'll ever need: Wrath of Khan. Everything else is nonsensical junk, and this just looks like a different variety of it.

i agree.

i did like the dominion war from ds9 though

[LordJezo]

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o217/themarshal/image001-1.png

I hear that William Shatner was pretty miffed when he was not given any role in the movie while Leonard Nimoy gets a staring role.

[brettmojo]

i agree.

i did like the dominion war from ds9 though
DS9 edges out TNG in my opinion as the best Star Trek series. Especially the later seasons after they encountered the Dominion. Excellent stuff.

[scottinnj]

I'm not a big Star Trek guy, I watched TNG when I was younger and would be willing to Netflix it and give it another go, but I watched the new trailer and I gotta say, it looks pretty fucking good. I almost want to go back now and watch all the series' to understand the mythology before going into this thing cause I definitely want to see this movie.

I know the stuff from the sixties has effects that are at best Commodore 64 technology, but some of the stories Roddenberry wrote were quite good.

For instance, The Omega Glory (http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/The_Omega_Glory_%28episode%29) where Kirk struggles with another Starfleet Captain and his personal issues regarding The Prime Directive.


Also check out Space Seed (http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Space_Seed_%28episode%29) the episode that introduces Khan Noonien Singh to the Star Trek world, and also sets up the story for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

[IamFogHat]

I know the stuff from the sixties has effects that are at best Commodore 64 technology, but some of the stories Roddenberry wrote were quite good.

For instance, The Omega Glory (http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/The_Omega_Glory_%28episode%29) where Kirk struggles with another Starfleet Captain and his personal issues regarding The Prime Directive.


Also check out Space Seed (http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Space_Seed_%28episode%29) the episode that introduces Khan Noonien Singh to the Star Trek world, and also sets up the story for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

Exactly why I want to go back, I don't care about the cheesiness, cause according to everyone I talk to who likes the franchise, it's all cheesy, but it has great stories and some very good performances, despite most of the writing and special effects. So I'm willing to give it a chance, knowing what I have to come up against.

[Furtherman]

Shot for shot breakdown of the trailer. (http://io9.com/5091679/trailer-reveals-whos-hooking-up-with-kirk-and-why-scottys-all-wet)

[King Imp]

Shot for shot breakdown of the trailer. (http://io9.com/5091679/trailer-reveals-whos-hooking-up-with-kirk-and-why-scottys-all-wet)

I loved this comment.
"Based on reports from the press preview, the three are Kirk, Sulu, and Chief Engineer Olsen. If you’re wondering why you’ve never heard of Olsen before, bear in mind that he’s wearing a red shirt."

[Reephdweller]

Link to trailer

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1562587978/bctid2541780001

[LordJezo]

lolz.

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[Doogie]

See I am wondering if they are going to make the bad guys in this the Romulans...in "Balance of Terror" in the original series, they state that no one has seen a Romulan until 2266. Despite the fact that Earth and Romulus fight a war in the 2160's.

Also, I wonder if there will be any references to Archers explorations from Enterprise.

[TheMojoPin]

See I am wondering if they are going to make the bad guys in this the Romulans...in "Balance of Terror" in the original series, they state that no one has seen a Romulan until 2266. Despite the fact that Earth and Romulus fight a war in the 2160's.

I thought they threw all that crap out the window and were starting fresh.

[Doogie]

I thought they threw all that crap out the window and were starting fresh.

Hmmmm...Interesting. I guess we will have to see where the movie goes. Roddenbury did write some good stuff with the original series, even though the special effects stunk.

[TheMojoPin]

Hmmmm...Interesting. I guess we will have to see where the movie goes. Roddenbury did write some good stuff with the original series, even though the special effects stunk.

Eh...they're keeping the key characters and the premise and all that stuff. They're just not getting bogged down with nerd law and such. I hope they kill time going to the Wookiee fights and then have to invade the planet of the T-1000's.

[Doogie]

See the character Eric Bana plays looks almost like a Reman...and the class of ship we see in the Trailer (the Kelvin) is the class the replaced the NX class in the 2160's.

And wow...I cant believe I am that much of a dork that I know that shit.

Ohhh and for the record the wookie fight comment had me dying laughing. I agree with an earlier poster, Paramount has to put out something better than those three piece of shit prequels Lucas made.

[TheMojoPin]

Pops and buzzes

Baby.

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/90/pics/90ksinatra1.jpg

[King Imp]

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[brettmojo]

In the trailer Vulcan is being attacked... So the antagonists being Romulan/Remans would be a logical conclusion.

[Furtherman]

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OK, that might be best Star Trek thing ever.

[TheMojoPin]

Wow, Shat was rocking some serious man-teets back in the day. Girdle, combover/toupee, guyliner...how did he still manage to kick so much ass? Truly impressive.

[MisterSmith]

OK, that might be best Star Trek thing ever.

:lol: That is fantastic, and exactly how I imagine the real William Shatner reacted. :clap:

[Furtherman]

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2008/11/startrekcomic.jpg

IDW Publishing has released the first cover of the four-issue limited comic book series that leads into next summer’s new Star Trek movie and featuring the Next-Gen chracters. The comic, starting in January, will be written by Mike Johnson and Tim Jones based on a story by J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, and features the art of David Messina.

So TNG will have something to do with the movie? Not on screen that is....?

[A.J.]

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I agree. The trailer looks boring.

[cougarjake13]

I love seeing this stuff, it was the first TV show I was addicted to as a kid. But I get puzzled with continuity when events take place in the supposed past and this look more modern than they could have. The ship should not be cooler than anything on TOS and this almost seems more modern than TNG Enterprise, yet it would have suppose to be 100 years behind TNG

unfortunately that stuff is gonna happen when the original show was in the 60's and we've gotten better technology as the years past


same thing with star wars prequels



but should we suffer through older tech just b/c it may not line up ??

[Furtherman]

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There is a line in this trailer that has deeper meaning to it if you're reading the "prequel" comic books for the movie.

In fact, Kirk, Shatner's Kirk, makes an appearance. As does TNG crew!

[booster11373]

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There is a line in this trailer that has deeper meaning to it if you're reading the "prequel" comic books for the movie.

In fact, Kirk, Shatner's Kirk, makes an appearance. As does TNG crew!

I will supergeek out if the TNG cast shows up

[Furtherman]

I will supergeek out if the TNG cast shows up

Only in the comic book, not the movie.

[booster11373]

Only in the comic book, not the movie.

it supposedly leaked that they were in the film I knew about the comic

[Doogie]

Is it me or is the audio way off sync in that trailer??

[TripleSkeet]

I have never liked Star Trek. Ive never seen one tv episode. Not of the ones with Shatner in them, The bald guy from X-Men, the dude from Quantum Leap or any other Star Trek show theyve put out. Ive also never been able to watch more then 5 minutes of any Star Trek movie, including Wrath of Khan which from what I understand is like the Empire Strikes Back of Star Trek movies.

But I can honestly say the trailers for this movie make me want to see it. I have no idea why. Im sure there will be 50 inside little remarks that I wont get because I never saw the previous shows. But it just looks like a really entertaining pop corn movie. Its like they finally made a Star Trek movie for people besides uber-nerds and virgins.

[TheMojoPin]

I have never liked Star Trek. Ive never seen one tv episode. Not of the ones with Shatner in them, The bald guy from X-Men, the dude from Quantum Leap or any other Star Trek show theyve put out. Ive also never been able to watch more then 5 minutes of any Star Trek movie, including Wrath of Khan which from what I understand is like the Empire Strikes Back of Star Trek movies.

But I can honestly say the trailers for this movie make me want to see it. I have no idea why. Im sure there will be 50 inside little remarks that I wont get because I never saw the previous shows. But it just looks like a really entertaining pop corn movie. Its like they finally made a Star Trek movie for people besides uber-nerds and virgins.

Same here.

Not a big ST fan at all, but I want to see this.

[brettmojo]

I have never liked Star Trek. Ive never seen one tv episode. Not of the ones with Shatner in them, The bald guy from X-Men, the dude from Quantum Leap or any other Star Trek show theyve put out. Ive also never been able to watch more then 5 minutes of any Star Trek movie, including Wrath of Khan which from what I understand is like the Empire Strikes Back of Star Trek movies.
Deep Space Nine is probably the best Star Trek series ever. It's a lot deeper than any of the other ones. A lot of political/racial undertones.

[furie]

http://trekmovie.com/2009/03/04/trek-spring-collection-preview-first-look-at-genki-star-trek-fragrances/

Genki Wear, known for its licensed science fiction jewelry and perfumes, has produced what might be the most unusual Star Trek product ever: Star Trek colognes and perfume based on the original 1960s television show. In our latest look at Trek’s big Spring Collection, TrekMovie has all the exclusive first details and images on this unique addition to the pantheon of Star Trek merchandise.

[furie]

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2008/11/startrekcomic.jpg



So TNG will have something to do with the movie? Not on screen that is....?

i thought Data was dead....

[STC-Dub]

Well if the movie is a prequel to the Original he isn't. Then again, he isn't built yet either.

[furie]

Well if the movie is a prequel to the Original he isn't. Then again, he isn't built yet either.

no, that cartoon has data, alive an incommand of a starship, which looks like it takes place after ST:X

[STC-Dub]

Well, I am lost then. I have never read the comics so I am not sure if their universe is exactly the same as the regular universe. There are a few Star Trek books that deal with alternate timelines/universes though.

[Furtherman]

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[Furtherman]

Orci & Kurtzman: Why they don't call Star Trek a reboot (http://scifiwire.com/2009/03/orci-kurtzman-why-they-do.php)

Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, co-writers of J.J. Abrams' upcoming Star Trek movie, told SCI FI Wire that they don't consider the movie a "reboot" of the franchise or the original series and argue that the film's time-travel element was necessary to bridge the new story with everything that has come before. They also told us why this Trek may have more Star Wars in it. (Spoilers ahead!)

In this final part of our three-part exclusive interview, Orci said, "We couldn't imagine not having this movie somehow fall within some degree of continuity. We don't accept the word reboot. Reboot does not actually describe the fact that this movie would not be possible without the 10 movies that came prior to it. The very events of the movie themselves are caused by Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock and his story, which picks up essentially after the last movie, Star Trek 10 [Nemesis]. ... So our movie is both a prequel and a sequel. It's a sequel if you're a fan, and a prequel if you're not."

Following is the edited version of our Q&A with Orci and Kurtzman. Star Trek opens May 8.

[fezident]

They changed the name, yes? From ENTERPRISE to STAR TREK?

[disneyspy]

They changed the name, yes? From ENTERPRISE to STAR TREK?

yes and the trailer looks fuckin awesome

[A.J.]

They also told us why this Trek may have more Star Wars in it.

I've heard talk of that before: some ST/SW crossover.

[TheMojoPin]

yes and the trailer looks fuckin awesome

Fuck yes.

It's the first ST thing in, well, ever, that looks watchable to people who aren't immersed in all of that nonsense.

I'm going to act like this, STII and Kirk yelling "double dumbass on YOU" are the only Star Trek anything that ever existed.

[Doctor Manhattan]

Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, co-writers of J.J. Abrams' upcoming Star Trek movie, told SCI FI Wire that they don't consider the movie a "reboot"...Reboot does not actually describe the fact that this movie would not be possible without the 10 movies that came prior to it. The very events of the movie themselves are caused by Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock and his story, which picks up essentially after the last movie, Star Trek 10 [Nemesis]. ... So our movie is both a prequel and a sequel. It's a sequel if you're a fan, and a prequel if you're not."

I really doubt they actually touch on the events in ALL 10 of the earlier films, and how is Spock tied to Nemesis?

They also told us why this Trek may have more Star Wars in it.Do they mean the new Star Wars? because they stink...


Oh well, I still will check them out, I love Star Trek, even the bad ones (except 5 and that one with the Fountain of Youth planet)

[Furtherman]

I really doubt they actually touch on the events in ALL 10 of the earlier films, and how is Spock tied to Nemesis?

He's not, read it again:

The very events of the movie themselves are caused by Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock and his story, which picks up essentially after the last movie, Star Trek 10 [Nemesis]

Spock's story starts after the events of Nemesis, which is now being told in the comic book prequels. TNG crew is featured. The final issue isn't out yet, but I'm guessing it's TNG crew that sends Spock back in time.

[Furtherman]

Early 'Star Trek' Reviews Seem Very Positive (http://www.cinematical.com/2009/04/07/early-star-trek-reviews-seem-very-positive/)

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2008/11/treknew10.jpg

[Furtherman]

Spock's story starts after the events of Nemesis, which is now being told in the comic book prequels. TNG crew is featured. The final issue isn't out yet, but I'm guessing it's TNG crew that sends Spock back in time.

The final issue of Star Trek: Countdown came out last week. I'm not a comic book guy but I enjoyed the backstory to the new movie's setup.

If you want to know what happens, this article will help. Spoilers aplenty.

Countdown Offers Much More Than A Prelude To Trek Movie (http://io9.com/5197025/countdown-offers-much-more-than-a-prelude-to-trek-movie)

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2009/04/countdown1.jpg

The final issue of Star Trek: Countdown was released this week, completing the prologue to this summer's Star Trek movie. If you skipped the series, then you missed a lot... including some old friends. Spoilers!

Countdown - plotted by the movie's Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, and scripted by Tim Jones and Mike Johnson from Orci and Kurtzman's production company - doesn't just set up next month's JJ Abrams-led reboot in style (complete with great art by David Messina); it also offers what may be the final canonical Next Generation story, as well, and it's one that satisfies even without knowing that a movie was coming out to follow it.

[IamFogHat]

So I've been watching the trailers for this movie, and I'm interested, but are Star Trek fans interested in this particular version? I don't know how to ask this other than to say it looks like a good sci-fi action flick, and not a campy Star Trek flick, so I think I'll enjoy it, but are Trekkie's looking forward to this? Am I wrong that tonally and stylistically this goes totally against ST from previous incarnations?

[TheMojoPin]

To hell with old ST fans. This movie looks better than all their old shit put together.

[brettmojo]

So I've been watching the trailers for this movie, and I'm interested, but are Star Trek fans interested in this particular version? I don't know how to ask this other than to say it looks like a good sci-fi action flick, and not a campy Star Trek flick, so I think I'll enjoy it, but are Trekkie's looking forward to this? Am I wrong that tonally and stylistically this goes totally against ST from previous incarnations?
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.

[STC-Dub]

I am going.

[Doogie]

To hell with old ST fans. This movie looks better than all their old shit put together.

How dare you speak such blasphemy against the "Wrath of Khan" sir...Be gone heretic!! Be gone!!

[Judge Smails]

It opened in England already and so far has a 100% at Rotten Tomatoes (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_trek_11/)

[thepaulo]

All indications are that Star Trek will be the movie of the summer.
Trekkies will finally get the respect they deserve.

[ADF]

It must have buzz for a summer blockbuster if even Ron is considering going to it. I'm certainly interested.

[A.J.]

Trekkies will finally get the respect they deserve.

We did after Wrath of Khan -- the greatest Trek film of them all.

[TheMojoPin]

Man, I so agree that this stunning insight couldn't be buried in the already-existing ST thread.

[disneyspy]

Man, I so agree that this stunning insight couldn't be buried in the already-existing ST thread.

looks like paulo started a sequel,a gee gee gee

[Foster]

the Stars of this film will Trek their way to the Oscars

[Drunky McBetidont]

We did after Wrath of Khan -- the greatest Trek film of them all.

i really like first contact.

[thepaulo]

my intention for this thread was a more generic Star Trek discussion.....not a J.J. Abrahms
has done it again thread.

[hammersavage]

JJ Abrams has done it again!

[thepaulo]

JJ Abrams has done it again!

Crap.

[razorboy]

JJ Abrams has done it again!

Crap.

I haven't seen it yet, but I'm guessing that's the case.

[STC-Dub]

I will be trekking to the theater to see the starts in start trek. Boldly going where I have not gone in 3 years -- I am too cheap to go to the theater.

[Fallon]

I've never seen a Trek movie or TV show, but the trailer looks dope.

Would I be lost watching it?

[razorboy]

I've never seen a Trek movie or TV show, but the trailer looks dope.

Would I be lost watching it?

You might be on the fringe.

[Doogie]

the Stars of this film will Trek their way to the Oscars

Ok...I appreciated this line.

:clap:

[Fallon]

You might be on the fringe.

Maybe I'll go under a different alias.

[razorboy]

Maybe I'll go under a different alias.

An alias? What about Brian?

[disneyspy]

the Stars of this film will Trek their way to the Oscars

looks like oscar better wipe that klingon off his ass,a ghe ghe ghe

[razorboy]

Watched Zach Quinto on Letterman. He seems like an insufferable douche.

[TooLowBrow]

i just saw a trailer of kirk running from the fakest cgi snow monster.

:sad:

[fezident]

Dear CGI,

Please do not ruin this movie.


Sincerely,
People who give a shit.

[LordJezo]

Tickets get.

Event Information
Event
Saturday 5/9/2009 6:45 PM IMAX Star Trek
Site West Nyack
Location West Nyack

Delivery Information
Method Hold for Pick-up at Will Call

[STC-Dub]

I wish there were an IMax theatre within 200 miles of here.:thumbdown:

[cougarjake13]

i'll still see it

[Gerald]

It might be the movie of the summer in terms of quality it's anybody's guess what kind of dough it's going to make. The highest grossing film of the series was part 4 (The Voyage Home) which made 110 million - a handsome figure in 1986 but something that would be snickered at today with the inflation of production budgets and marketing campaigns. These films have always had niche audiences and never really connected on a Star Wars scale so it will be quite a feat if J.J. Abrams can extract a blockbuster out of the property. I heard rumblings that the studio was panicking because the film was tracking poorly with those crucial youth demos so they responded by fashioning some tv ads with nu-metal music and nothing but quickly cut scenes of cgi action to make the rounds on channels like MTV.

[Foster]

I'm sure J.J. Abrams name won't be LOST at the Oscars, ghe ghe ghe

[jab]

We did after star trek the motion picture -- the greatest Trek film of them all.

fixed :D

[disneyspy]

looks like spock is gonna be vulcan oscar right up his stupid ass, ghe ghe ghe

[jab]

space boo

[razorboy]

space boo

In space no one can hear you boo.

[jab]

hahaha

[IamFogHat]

Holy shit, I know this will go down a bit as all critics see it, but we're pretty close so I thought this was damn impressive. Rotten Tomatoes gives Star Trek 100% positive reviews.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_trek_11/

[STC-Dub]

Not sure I can handle going to something that everyone likes...

[AKA]

Holy shit, I know this will go down a bit as all critics see it, but we're pretty close so I thought this was damn impressive. Rotten Tomatoes gives Star Trek 100% positive reviews.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_trek_11/

Yeah, based on the UK reviews.

I really wonder if the movie holds up on its own, or if people are just excited that something with the name "Star Trek" doesn't just blow complete balls.

[badorties]

I wish there were an IMax theatre within 200 miles of here.:thumbdown:

go to imax.com, there might be more theatres than you think

[Freitag]

I just found out that the incredible music that was in both trailers is actually NOT in the movie.

It was composed by a company that specifically does music for trailers and nothing else.

They also did the music in Wall-E's trailer.

I am so, so, so SO disappointed in that.

[EliSnow]

Newsarama has a really positive review of the movie. Minor spoilers abound in the article.

Click here (http://www.newsarama.com/film/090504-star-trek-review.html) for itl

[cougarjake13]

Newsarama has a really positive review of the movie. Minor spoilers abound in the article.

Click here (http://www.newsarama.com/film/090504-star-trek-review.html) for itl

ill wait to read after i see then

[STC-Dub]

I just found out that the incredible music that was in both trailers is actually NOT in the movie.

It was composed by a company that specifically does music for trailers and nothing else.

They also did the music in Wall-E's trailer.

I am so, so, so SO disappointed in that.

Why? What is wrong with using the music in the movies? Did they go cheap on the composer for the movie or something?

[thepaulo]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/05/06/entertainment/e033742D47.DTL

I predict Trekkies and Trekkers will lose their minds.

[fezident]

First 20 mins were a bit silly. Too campy... even for ST.

The rest of the movie f'ing delivered the goods. Non-stop.

[Contra]

I know right, there's actually an opening arc, crazy!

[TripleSkeet]

Paul when you say "movie of the summer" do you mean quality-wise or money making wise?

[HBox]

Just saw it. It was good. Not great, not OK, just good. There were a lot of nitpicky things that didn't make sense all throughout the film but I can't remember most so it didn't ruin the movie. the big ones I remember though:

Why the hell is a woman who is about to give birth on a military vessel in deep space? But that whole first scene was horrible. In fact, everything up to Starfleet Academy was pure shit besides Spock on Vulcan.

I think they gave the audience too little credit in explaining the time travel portion of the plot. They went way over the top to explain it to the point of Spock saying essentially "this is an alternate reality." Who the hell calls their own reality an "alternate reality?"

Kirk on snow planet was way too similar to Hoth. From the cold, the monsters, the cave, the weird creatures at the outpost, I felt like I was watching Empire Strikes Back.

But the worst was the last scene. Hey, a black hole is destroying the enemy's ship and if we don't leave soon it will destroy us but hey, let's hang around and shoot off some torpedos just for shits and giggles!

But most of it was very well done, even if JJ Abrams got a bit Michael Bay-ish here and there. The characters were very well done. Kirk, both Spocks, Scotty, Chekov, Pike, Sulu and Nero were all very good. Ohura was the only one that felt blah to me and I think they recognized that. She was prominent in the beginning and just about forgotten by the end. The story held together and stayed interesting. The end was a bit anti-climactic but was good enough. It was a good summer movie. I'm glad it didn't blow like I thought it would.

And I'm glad they didn't lock themselves into a sequel. I was expecting the last line to be "Set a course for Ceti-Alpha 5" or something similar even though that wouldn't make sense since they haven't met Kahn yet.

[thepaulo]

Paul when you say "movie of the summer" do you mean quality-wise or money making wise?

quality-wise....blockbuster-wise.

[britneypablo]

<font color="deeppink"> im going out to see it tonight YAY!

[Doctor Manhattan]

I saw Star Trek last night and it was fantastic.

Chekov's accent was the worst thing about the movie. Imagine Walter Koenig's accent x10 (And Koenig's was intentionally over the top at the request of Gene Roddenberry for comedy relief)

Lots and lots of references to the original series and movies

Sulu's fencing skills
You get to see Kirk take and pass the Kobayashi Maru on his third try
Kirk and a green woman
Pike in a wheel chair

I don't quite understand how in 3 years these cadets can be put in command of the flagship. Pike tells Kirk that he could be an officer in 4 years and get a ship in 8, so I can see Kirk getting there faster, but so do Bones, Uhura, Sulu and Chekov who seems to have joined right around the same time. Spock is already a Commander when the Enterprise but Kirk is promoted above him. No big deal just seems odd.

This movie is a reboot and a sequel at the same time. The whole idea that an alternate timeline has been created really seems to work and as a result many things are very different (Kirk's father is killed right as Kirk is born, Spock's mother is killed just as Vulcan is destroyed) which also lets them do whatever they want in any sequels they make.

I guess any time they dealt with time travel in the past (and they have done it many time in Star Trek, at least twice in movies before this one) they created an alternate timeline.

[TripleSkeet]

quality-wise....blockbuster-wise.

Oh ok. Because I was gonna say theres no way this movie is beating out Transformers or Harry Potter as far as making money is concerned.

[AKA]

Lots and lots of references to the original series and movies

Sulu's fencing skills
You get to see Kirk take and pass the Kobayashi Maru on his third try
Kirk and a green woman
Pike in a wheel chair

OH! But you left out three of my personal favorites:

The guy dressed in red is the first (and only) one who gets killed when they jump to the drill!
Nero looking up and screaming "SPOOOOOOOCK!"
And when the two Spocks meet and, they basically admit that it was a big lie that they couldn't meet and interact.

Loved, loved, loved this movie, btw - yeah there are flaws, but to nit pick it is to deprive yourself of pure, pop, summer fun.

[thepaulo]

Oh ok. Because I was gonna say theres no way this movie is beating out Transformers or Harry Potter as far as making money is concerned.

money wise it is definately a question mark...none of the Star Trek movies were huge huge.

[Contra]

I don't understand the hate towards the beginning of the movie. Ok, some parts were a little campy, but overall I thought it was a good start. And whoever asked why a pregnant woman was on a starship has obviously never watched star trek TNG. Most of the ships are "peacekeeping" vessels and have entire families on board.

I LOVED the film. The only thing that bothered me was the damn light flare that JJ seems to use in EVERYTHING he does anymore. It was interesting on lost, it gives a cool and eerie effect on fringe, but by the time I saw this its just played out.

[HBox]

I don't understand the hate towards the beginning of the movie. Ok, some parts were a little campy, but overall I thought it was a good start. And whoever asked why a pregnant woman was on a starship has obviously never watched star trek TNG. Most of the ships are "peacekeeping" vessels and have entire families on board.

I LOVED the film. The only thing that bothered me was the damn light flare that JJ seems to use in EVERYTHING he does anymore. It was interesting on lost, it gives a cool and eerie effect on fringe, but by the time I saw this its just played out.

It was also the fastest labor in recorded history. It was later mentioned that Kirk was captain for 12 minutes. In the course of 12 minutes the woman went into labor, got evacuated from the ship, had the baby and named it. Not to mention the ridiculous "Let's discuss the baby's name while I go on this suicide run" discussion. Or the fact that the ship could take a ridiculous barrage of ordinance and still stay intact long enough to evacuate the ship and ram it into the mining ship. That ship wiped out 6 federation warships in minutes but a ship from 25 years earlier can take a ridiculous barrage of torpedos. I'm not sure why a mining ship was so loaded with weaponry either for that matter.

I still liked the film though. The rest of it made up for the first scene. it was just too much nonsense for me to take.

[fezident]

I don't understand the hate towards the beginning of the movie. Ok, some parts were a little campy, but overall I thought it was a good start. And whoever asked why a pregnant woman was on a starship has obviously never watched star trek TNG. Most of the ships are "peacekeeping" vessels and have entire families on board.

I LOVED the film. The only thing that bothered me was the damn light flare that JJ seems to use in EVERYTHING he does anymore. It was interesting on lost, it gives a cool and eerie effect on fringe, but by the time I saw this its just played out.


I have a pet peeve against movies that go overboard explaining things to us.
FOR EXAMPLE:
At the beginning, when young Kirk is driving the 50ies vette (and INEXPLICABLY listening to the F'ing Beastie Boys!!), does there HAVE to be voiceover on his spacephone "Kirk, stop driving that stolen car! You know it's an antique!! Just because your mother is off-planet, doesn't mean you can steal a car from your uncle and drive away! If you so much as scratch that car.... why I outta....!!"
And of course, he damages it, as if on cue, one second later.

It's pandering. It's cheeeesy.

Kirk's ultra swagger & libido was just a bit too cartoony as well. I mean.... come on.

As for the lens flare. I rather liked it. It's an effort to make the film more stylized. In a film like ST... it worked. IMO... it fit quite well in that setting.

[fezident]

I'm not sure but, I think the OG Star Trek theme was being played in reverse during the black hole sequence.
If that's true... that's f'ing cool. A new geekboy-record has been set.

[Contra]

No one is as pandering, cheesy, and libido swagger filled(back when he was doing the series of course) as Shatner and the show and I enjoyed that so different strokes for different folks I suppose. I did acknowledge there was campy things in that part, like the convo HBox was talking about.

As for the flare I didn't say I didn't like it actually I thought it looked good. I was just saying WE GET IT!

Ok the wshole baby delivery time and evac time thing. You know things are much more efficient in the future! And they gave mommy Kirk in the future drugs they have that make labor faster! Am I the only one that can suspend this much disbelief!

[hammersavage]

Never seen a single second of Star Trek ever but I thought the movie was awesome.


Nothing overly cheesy, just enough action and exposition for the franchise. Really well done summer movie

[fezident]

Karl Urban as McCoy was so damn good.

[Tenbatsuzen]

I was amused by the color of Olsen's space-jump suit.

[razorboy]

I just realized that the new Capt. Kirk shares my Birthday. That makes me feel old.

[brettmojo]

A+++

Really enjoyed it. Only think I didn't like was the Nokia product placement and the music playing when little James Kirk was in the car. That kinda' took me out of the movie for a second and made me think,"Uh oh... ruined it already..." but it didn't fortunately and since both things were just quick at the beginning it didn't detract from the rest of the movie. The musical score was excellent especially the end credits and really helped make a connection to the original series and original series movies... It kinda' had the same feel but at the same time was something new. I was worried it'd end up being a Dawson's Creek version of Star Trek since the were going with such a young cast but it wasn't at all. The cast overall was great. The guy playing McCoy was great... Probably my favorite out of all the cast. I liked Chekov's character because it was true to the original... I loved Pegg as Scotty and how they mix some humor into this movie, which also, is true to the original series. Pine did a believable job as Kirk. Very well done.

I hope they churn out at least 5 of these movies.

[brettmojo]

Karl Urban as McCoy was so damn good.
He was fucking awesome.

[hammersavage]

A+++

Who are you, Ralphie's teacher?

[RingWraith]

I'm not much of a Star Trek fan, but that movie was AWESOME!!!

I'm definitely gonna see it again.

[brettmojo]

Who are you, Ralphie's teacher?
I expected the worst. Seems appropriate.

[brettmojo]

It was also the fastest labor in recorded history. It was later mentioned that Kirk was captain for 12 minutes. In the course of 12 minutes the woman went into labor, got evacuated from the ship, had the baby and named it. Not to mention the ridiculous "Let's discuss the baby's name while I go on this suicide run" discussion. Or the fact that the ship could take a ridiculous barrage of ordinance and still stay intact long enough to evacuate the ship and ram it into the mining ship. That ship wiped out 6 federation warships in minutes but a ship from 25 years earlier can take a ridiculous barrage of torpedos. I'm not sure why a mining ship was so loaded with weaponry either for that matter.

I still liked the film though. The rest of it made up for the first scene. it was just too much nonsense for me to take.

I think she was already in labor before the battle started. Why else would she have been in sickbay? Yeah and Starfleet isn't a military organization. As it was explained in the movie it's a peace keeping federation.

As for the other stuff, I think you're just looking for reasons to complain.

[HBox]

I think she was already in labor before the battle started. Why else would she have been in sickbay? Yeah and Starfleet isn't a military organization. As it was explained in the movie it's a peace keeping federation.

As for the other stuff, I think you're just looking for reasons to complain.

I don't care what they call it, it's a military. A ship full fully prepared and ready for battle is not a smart place for a pregnant woman to be in. And the first thing she said was she was going into labor.

As for the rest of the stuff, none of it makes any sense whatsoever. It was an awful, nonsensical start to a movie.

[Melrapuo]

I don't care what they call it, it's a military. A ship full fully prepared and ready for battle is not a smart place for a pregnant woman to be in. And the first thing she said was she was going into labor.

I'm not much of a trekkie at all really, but from what I remember (at least from the small bits that I did remember from some of the next generation series) civilians and other non-Federation officers did live aboard the ships. Some may have even been family of members of the Federation. I'm not 100% sure on that, but I'm pretty positive that this was true. And if thats the case, then it does fit the way in which Star Trek was set up. The situation is unethical, but I guess not improbable in terms of how situations had been set up in previous movies/television series.

I'll admit the beginning was campy. But I think it helped set up how the lamely described "alternate reality" took place. If the whole beginning wasn't explained (granted, the Kirk's father asking about the baby was very campy, but I guess it was a decent attempt at making the viewers feel a crapload of adrenaline and sadness to start off the movie) you wouldn't really get how the movie was going. Even I was confused about it.

I think people nitpicking at the way the characters are set up is rather odd. It's an alternate reality, so obviously there could be differences. The characters might act a little different. Kirk might be more rebellious, Spock a little more quiet. People have to come into the movie going "this isn't Shatner, Nemoy, or Roddenbury. This is a reimagination, as it has been advertised." But that's just me getting fed up with Trekkies I guess.

[Landblast]

Never seen a single second of Star Trek ever but I thought the movie was awesome.


Nothing overly cheesy, just enough action and exposition for the franchise. Really well done summer movie

enough action and exposition for a franchise, but you've never seen a second of the franchise. ok, weird.

fantastic, just saw it in IMAX.

[hammersavage]

enough action and exposition for a franchise, but you've never seen a second of the franchise. ok, weird.

fantastic, just saw it in IMAX.

Enough exposition to start a franchise

[Friday]

loved every moment.
no complaints.

[CurseoftheBambi]

same as above and i saw it in imax...and for the person who said they over explained the altenrate reality thing...well they had to explain that because some people are "dumb" they cant get the time travel stuff in LOST so they defintely would have needed the explaination.

[TooCute]

Like, really?
Have any of you people who are complaining that it was too campy never actually seen the original Star Trek???

I thought it was fantastic. There were enough little (but very general - I mean not stuff that only uber geeks would get) nods to the original series in it without making it feel like it was totally pandering. I think the actors generally did a good job convincing me that they in fact were these characters, but they didn't feel like impersonations (like really. How the hell are you going to play freaking James T. Kirk and convince me that you're him, without... making me... cringe... every... time you... speak... and sound... like... William Shatner...???)

And story and stylewise, I am glad that they kept a lot of the look and feel or the original series and didn't fancy it all up beyond recognition. The outfits and makeup are all total 70s. And one thing that I kept noticing was the music. For the most part (except for when it was all operatic which was just annoying to me) it also seemed totally 70ish to me but not like a total ripoff.

Whatever. I thought it was clever, highly entertaining, and did an excellent job catching the camp and humor and also general optimism of the original series.

[JohnnyDaytona]

I was a bigger Next Gen fan. Can't wait to start enjoying Star Trek all over again. I was a little young for the original series. This my be the only true Sci Fi left. Everything else had been Science Fantasy.:laugh:

[Friday]

I was a bigger Next Gen fan. Can't wait to start enjoying Star Trek all over again. I was a little young for the original series. This my be the only true Sci Fi left. Everything else had been Science Fantasy.:laugh:

as we walked from the theatre to the bar, my friend turned to me and said..."Wait... does this mean that it's no longer going to be nerdy to be a Star Trek fan?" :ohmy:

they really did do a great job of creating an opening for possible future adventures... without compromising the original.

[MisterSmith]

I am not sure if a lot of people in the general public know this, but there is a 4 issue comic book prequel called "Countdown" that does an excellent job of setting up the movie. It passes the franchise from STNG back to the original and gives all of the necessary background on Nero, Spock, the destruction of Romulus, etc. It really allows some of the movie to make more sense.

If you aren't into comics, the Wikipedia article gives you the basics. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_trek_countdown) [Although the comics are very good and offer a lot more detail than wikipedia provides]

[Contra]

Nice mistersmith, I'm going to check that out

[brettmojo]

I don't care what they call it, it's a military. A ship full fully prepared and ready for battle is not a smart place for a pregnant woman to be in. And the first thing she said was she was going into labor.

As for the rest of the stuff, none of it makes any sense whatsoever. It was an awful, nonsensical start to a movie.

Starfleet's main agenda is exploration. The Enterprise wasn't even a military ship. In the original series every show started with the line,"It's five year mission... To explore strange new worlds... To seek out new life and new civilizations... To boldly go where no man has gone before." That's not a military mission, that's a mission of exploration. It's like a United Nations. Their focus is peace keeping and humanitarian efforts. A military's only purpose is to attack and defend. Not all ships have the same mission either. There are hospital ships, science ships etc. Ships like that are not expected to see hostile action. The possibility is there yes but it's a accepted risk. Especially since these ships were away from Earth years at a time it'd be the only way to even have a family if you're an officer in starfleet.

There is a short series of comic out there that set up the movie that explain the whole back story of Nero, Spock and the destruction of Romulus in the future. That would answer your questions about the ship being so jacked up. But you complain about them over explaining the whole alternate time line thing then you complain about this other stuff that wasn't explained to you? At least complain consistently.

Complaining that the ice planet looked like Hoth? Seriously? I didn't notice gigantic crab-like monsters on hoth. Any planet covered in snow is gonna' look like any other planet covered in snow. Talk about senseless bitching.

[oh_kee_pa]

im not a big science fiction fan... but I did enjoy Star Trek immensly....

I was able to catch all the little catch phrases and got a chuckle... my only question is where is Omar Burton's character... I kept expecting him to pop up and he never made it

[STC-Dub]

Good movie. Not so happy about the whole reboot thing to restart the series but the movie was good. (Insightful, I know.)

[PatFromMoonachie]

I don't care what they call it, it's a military. A ship full fully prepared and ready for battle is not a smart place for a pregnant woman to be in. And the first thing she said was she was going into labor.

As for the rest of the stuff, none of it makes any sense whatsoever. It was an awful, nonsensical start to a movie.

Your thinking is sooo "21rst Century"! :innocent:

I looooved it! :clap:

[HBox]

Starfleet's main agenda is exploration. The Enterprise wasn't even a military ship. In the original series every show started with the line,"It's five year mission... To explore strange new worlds... To seek out new life and new civilizations... To boldly go where no man has gone before." That's not a military mission, that's a mission of exploration. It's like a United Nations. Their focus is peace keeping and humanitarian efforts. A military's only purpose is to attack and defend. Not all ships have the same mission either. There are hospital ships, science ships etc. Ships like that are not expected to see hostile action. The possibility is there yes but it's a accepted risk. Especially since these ships were away from Earth years at a time it'd be the only way to even have a family if you're an officer in starfleet.

There is a short series of comic out there that set up the movie that explain the whole back story of Nero, Spock and the destruction of Romulus in the future. That would answer your questions about the ship being so jacked up. But you complain about them over explaining the whole alternate time line thing then you complain about this other stuff that wasn't explained to you? At least complain consistently.

Complaining that the ice planet looked like Hoth? Seriously? I didn't notice gigantic crab-like monsters on hoth. Any planet covered in snow is gonna' look like any other planet covered in snow. Talk about senseless bitching.

First of all I'm not reading a fucking comic book to explain one little nitpick about this movie. But yeah, when they go out of their way to to say that Nero's ship is not a military ship it does lead one to wonder why the hell it has so much weaponry.

And the Hoth thing wasn't really a complaint, more an observation. That whole portion was a pretty cool part of the movie however much it reminded me of Star Wars.

And fine, whatever about the pregnant woman in the ship. Even if it was done consistently in the series like you guys say then it's consistent but doesn't make the idea of it any less stupid. Neither is it the only awful part of that first scene.

[STC-Dub]

I want to know what happened to the original "number one". The butch chick who was Pike's first officer. I liked the movie but the Enterprise's command chain was Pike then Spock then no one? Really? No second officer, not other officer above the rank of lieutenant, really? Good movie but there are a few problems with the plot -- but then again, I guess that is the case with all movies.

[MisterSmith]

First of all I'm not reading a fucking comic book to explain one little nitpick about this movie. But yeah, when they go out of their way to to say that Nero's ship is not a military ship it does lead one to wonder why the hell it has so much weaponry.

And the Hoth thing wasn't really a complaint, more an observation. That whole portion was a pretty cool part of the movie however much it reminded me of Star Wars.

And fine, whatever about the pregnant woman in the ship. Even if it was done consistently in the series like you guys say then it's consistent but doesn't make the idea of it any less stupid. Neither is it the only awful part of that first scene.

If you aren't going to read the comic, then you should at least check out the wikipedia synopsis I linked above.

The short story on the ship is:

It was originally the mining ship commanded by Nero. After the destruction of Romulus, Nero and his crew "rescue" members of the council and find out about a special military projects depot. They go there for supplies and to take what they need when they find a new weapon based on Borg technology; the Borg tech essentially bonds with a ship, reconfigures it, and allows them to assimilate the tech, weapons, etc. of other ships they fight and capture/destroy. Nero takes his newly upgraded ship and starts taking out Klingon, Cardasian, and other ships in the area in order to improve the ship and make it possible to attack and destroy Vulcan (because their refusal to ace directly lead to the destruction of Romulus).

That is how a mining ship became a massive war ship.

[LordJezo]

i am in the line now for the imax in west nyack. less than an hour to go. just had explosive poops at the target next door. hopefully that will not come back in the middle of the show.

[LordJezo]

wow that movie beat all expectations. tons of stuff for fans of the original series and more action than all the old movies combined. also:slusho

[brettmojo]

I want to know what happened to the original "number one". The butch chick who was Pike's first officer. I liked the movie but the Enterprise's command chain was Pike then Spock then no one? Really? No second officer, not other officer above the rank of lieutenant, really? Good movie but there are a few problems with the plot -- but then again, I guess that is the case with all movies.
They did explain that the bulk of the fleet was off somewhere and not available. That's why they grabbed up all the best cadets from the academy and quickly assigned them to the ships available. The Enterprise wasn't even officially commissioned yet so I'm assuming they grabbed whatever ships they had at hand and put a crew on them. They may not of had enough people available to completely man the ships. They were planning for an evacuation, not to go into battle or anything like that, so they probably just filled with skeletal crews. That might explain the lack of command officers.

[STC-Dub]

Yeah, I thought of that after I posted. Still wouldn't you defer to officers who have actually had some experience? Not every one on the ship was a cadet.

[brettmojo]

Yeah, I thought of that after I posted. Still wouldn't you defer to officers who have actually had some experience? Not every one on the ship was a cadet.
Like I said, I think there was a lack of personnel. That why they pushed all those cadets into service.

[WampusCrandle]

just watched it and it was damn fun. this is the first time i have ever seen a Star Trek movie and i have never seen the show. the characters were great and i really had fun.

[WampusCrandle]

just saw the movie and it was fucking great. i am seeing it again on tuesday.

[Devo37]

haven't seen the new movie, but i'm watching "The Doomsday Machine" as i type this.

Engage...

[conman823]

First of all I'm not reading a fucking comic book to explain one little nitpick about this movie. But yeah, when they go out of their way to to say that Nero's ship is not a military ship it does lead one to wonder why the hell it has so much weaponry.

And the Hoth thing wasn't really a complaint, more an observation. That whole portion was a pretty cool part of the movie however much it reminded me of Star Wars.

And fine, whatever about the pregnant woman in the ship. Even if it was done consistently in the series like you guys say then it's consistent but doesn't make the idea of it any less stupid. Neither is it the only awful part of that first scene.

Without even looking at the Wiki answer, how about the ship is almost 150 years more advanced then anything Starfleet has in the movie. And a Mining ship would have to be that big to mine planets.

Hoth my ass. So any movie with a snow planet is a Hoth rip off? Please, then Tattoine is a rip off of Vulcan (Hoo-Hoo) since it was first.

[conman823]

As a life long fan I liked all the "fan service" moments.

Also:
I was great to see this legendary character of Captain Pike in action. I liked that they made him live up to his legendary character. Instead of just going over to Nero's ship and dying like the captain in the beginning, he had a real plan. I was also glad to see they saved him at the end. At least he wasn't rolling around 'Beeping'.

[britneypablo]

<font color="deeppink"> it so fantastic!!! my dad who has been a hard core fan of star trek since it began even loved every bit of the movie and he loved the timeline and he loved the new emotion part of one particular character....

i laffed
i cried
i ate an entire bucket of popcorn
i held my pee in till the very end

[thepaulo]

Estimates for the weekend were $50million and they got $76 million so everyone is happy.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ia1FPSxXY_CtWNU2djwNxRbGiU3wD983FIDO0

[HBox]

Without even looking at the Wiki answer, how about the ship is almost 150 years more advanced then anything Starfleet has in the movie. And a Mining ship would have to be that big to mine planets.

That has nothing to do with it. Of course its more advanced. But why would a ship with no reason to have weapons have an arsenal like that? THAT was the point. Or are we to assume that taxis 20 years from now will be equipped with vulcan cannons?

[HBox]

Estimates for the weekend were $50million and they got $76 million so everyone is happy.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ia1FPSxXY_CtWNU2djwNxRbGiU3wD983FIDO0

I'm surprised it didn't beat that piece of shit Wolverine movie.

[brettmojo]

That has nothing to do with it. Of course its more advanced. But why would a ship with no reason to have weapons have an arsenal like that? THAT was the point. Or are we to assume that taxis 20 years from now will be equipped with vulcan cannons?
Well, you gotta' figure that a guy who went through all the trouble of traveling through time in order to fuck some people up might have something better than a sling shot on him to do so with.

[Contra]

Vulcan cannons? HBox you so crazy!

[thepaulo]

I'm surprised it didn't beat that piece of shit Wolverine movie.

It will open Star Trek to a wider audience and be the most successful Trek movie of all.

[drusilla]

i haven't seen it yet but didn't paul o say that anton yelchin did a bad job with the russian accent? wasn't he born in russia? that's been bothering me since i heard it on the show. or did he just not ham it up like on the old show?

[HBox]

i haven't seen it yet but didn't paul o say that anton yelchin did a bad job with the russian accent? wasn't he born in russia? that's been bothering me since i heard it on the show. or did he just not ham it up like on the old show?

He hammed it up far beyond anything the old Chekov did. I didn't think it was bad, he was used mostly for comic relief anyway.

[thepaulo]

i haven't seen it yet but didn't paul o say that anton yelchin did a bad job with the russian accent? wasn't he born in russia? that's been bothering me since i heard it on the show. or did he just not ham it up like on the old show?

I'm no Henry Higgins but I was proabably just taking a cheap shot at Yelchin's hammy accent.

[happytypinggirl]

i thought it was a really good movie, but i prefer the lighter side of star trek. In TNG the big enemy heavy episodes particularly with the borg or the klingons never interested me much and this movie had a lot of that kind of feel to it. What i would normally call a 'guy' episode, even though i realize plenty of women dig that stuff too.

So for my personal taste it was a little too much machines and fighting-- and reminded me of batman and terminator 3 and the later matrixes but with better storyline and dialog. But overall a really good movie.

The one thing that really did turn me off though was scottys little merchandisable sidekick (who will clearly be back in future movies and maybe even take a more prominent role). Oh and a few of the star wars looking aliens that showed up here and there-- i could have done without them.

[MC Pee Pants]

It was alittle too epic at times. Like when they first unveiled the Enterprise and the Orchestral music blew my eardrums out.

[jab]

just saw it. the cast was great (except for sylar's giant bottom lip) and it certainly was the prettiest star trek. but gluh. this one had all the heart but none of the mind.

red matter? really? stupid.

[jab]

oh and fucking we get it your trying to star wars star trek. ew. you make me sick abrahms. fucking putting a stupid ughanaut in there and the duplicate shot empire hoth bit its fucking stupid. let characters be characters, every time a scene gets a flow going you have to fucking add some stupid haha goofy bit in there. god i hate you. asshole.

[fezident]

oh and fucking we get it your trying to star wars star trek. ew. you make me sick abrahms. fucking putting a stupid ughanaut in there and the duplicate shot empire hoth bit its fucking stupid. let characters be characters, every time a scene gets a flow going you have to fucking add some stupid haha goofy bit in there. god i hate you. asshole.

that sure was hard to read. wow. are you really so angry that your unable to type. ha. lol. oh you sure did take this movie personally.

[jab]

you are absolutely right in every aspect. and it was well written.

and that gang, is what we call a time paradox/ story reboot.

[fezident]

every time a thread gets a flow going you have to fucking add some stupid haha goofy bit in there. god i hate you. asshole

[jab]

my god...your right...i must hate myself! i ruined star trek! what a breakthru! damn you, mirror.