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Post by GoldenFleece on May 10, 2009 22:24:07 GMT -4
Not much of a Trek fan at all, but I really enjoyed the movie and was surprised by how much Trek knowledge I had managed to pick up through the years, because more things were familiar to me than I would have expected. Wikipedia reports Uhura's first name as Nyota. The miniskirts seem like a nod to the original series and more cynically, a way to appeal to male audiences, but they gave us that nice scene with Chris Pine in his underwear, so I'm not complaining too much. I'm not sure which cameo took me out of the movie more: Tyler Perry, Winona Ryder (unless she's some sort of superfan, why not hire a more mature actress?) or Cameron from House. Not that there's any reason Jennifer Morrison is too big a star for a role like that, but I spent way too much time deciding whether it was her or one of those deals where there are two B/C-list actors who look almost exactly alike and would be cast in the same sort of projects).
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Post by angelaudie on May 11, 2009 0:00:22 GMT -4
HEE! That's the part that ultimately won me over as well! It was quite endearing! And yes more Chekov and Scotty next time! And McCoy as well!
I must admit my favorite part of the film may be though when Spock makes the phrase "Live Long and prosper!" code for "Screw all of you!" when he talks to the Vulcan council. It was all in Quinto's delivery!
Well, one of the trailers there was scene of Winona cuddling a baby so I think the original plan was to show Spock's birth as well. That may be why they decided to hire a younger actress. An actress in her 50s giving birth to a baby would probably taken people out of the movie as well. Though, that all became a mute point since his birth wasn't shown for whatever reason.
I must admit when Jennifer Morrison first appeared I did spend a minute debating if that was indeed Cameron or if I was imagining things. I didn't recognize Tyler Perry at first but I did keep asking myself where I recognized him from.
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Post by kostgard on May 11, 2009 0:15:37 GMT -4
That bit with Chekov won me over too (I liked the bit where the voice recognition/password computer was having a hard time with his ridiculous accent, but I thought they might drive that into the ground, instead they made him all eager and cute and capable).
McCoy had me with his initial rant about how space was all darkness, death and diseases. And then he really won me over with the way he got Kirk onto the ship and kept injecting him with crap.
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Post by angelaudie on May 11, 2009 0:46:47 GMT -4
Oh yeah, those moments were awesome as well! Really, I think I enjoyed the supporting characters more than I did Kirk. That's not a slam against Chris Pine because he was great in this movie and I certainly liked Kirk. But, for some reason, I was bit more interested in McCoy, Sulu, and Scotty. Maybe it's because we didn't get as much background on them (aside from McCoy being divorced and Sulu fencing) as we did on Kirk.
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Post by Maddiemoo on May 11, 2009 6:32:01 GMT -4
The balloon hands! That whole scene of him constantly getting shots was completely hilarious.
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Post by crivens on May 11, 2009 8:12:07 GMT -4
The balloon hands! That whole scene of him constantly getting shots was completely hilarious. Thop it!
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2009 9:11:55 GMT -4
Dear Those Who Are Hesitant About Seeing This,
Go. See.
No, really. This from someone who was exceedingly meh about all of the television serieseses and hated all of the movies. It's actiony, it's bombastic and, more than anything else, it's clever.
Also? Eric Bana: Hottest Bad Guy in Star Trek History.
XOX
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2009 9:15:52 GMT -4
The continual shots were awesome, Chris Pine seems to be really pretty good at physical comedy. McCoy was awesome from start to finish. Karl Urban totally nailed it even in his first moments, it's so great that he got to say all of McCoy's signature lines and they didn't sound completely cheesy.
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Post by incognito on May 11, 2009 9:40:46 GMT -4
Wikipedia reports Uhura's first name as Nyota. Uhura technically didn't have a first name in TOS; I believe Nyota is a fan-given nickname (or something) that Nichelle Nichols said that she liked. And that was the name that the new movie went with -- I definitely heard Spock (and then Kirk) calling her "Nyota." I'm gonna have to see this in IMAX again, that is if I can get tickets.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2009 9:51:40 GMT -4
Not much of a Trek fan at all, but I really enjoyed the movie and was surprised by how much Trek knowledge I had managed to pick up through the years, because more things were familiar to me than I would have expected. Ditto, this. I enjoyed it and was happily surprised how warm and funny it was. I thought the homages (and gentle return) to it's 60s kitsch roots were well done, and I'm so glad Shatner did not wind up in the movie. There would have been no way to shoehorn him in without throwing the balance off completely. I met Leonard Nimoy a few times as a kid and he made such a positive impression on me that I've been a fan ever since. Or at least a fan in theory since I haven't seen him in anything until now. What a fantastic job he did! Are we sure Nimoy and Shatner are from the same planet in real life? Winona Ryder. Oy. I was not so secretly relieved when she tumbled into the imploding planet. I've had a *heart* on for Simon Pegg since Big Train and Spaced so I kept asking "Where's Scotty? When do we meet Scotty?" but his intro was awesome and totally worth the wait. Hee. And speaking of sequels, Alex Kurtzman is listed as the screenwriter for the sequel on it's IMDB page. Anyone know if that's already in the works or just wishful thinking? More please! [blue]Cinemablend talks sequel[/blue] and what they'd like to see happen.
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