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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2009 15:53:11 GMT -4
I saw it this weekend, and it was awesome! Even more awesome because I didn't know it was a brand new timeline. Right to the very last second I expected the writers to pull some time-travel technobabble whatsit out of their asses and press the big reset button, but it never happened! Kudos. I'm glad that, even though the focus was on Kirk and Spock, everybody got something to do. I'm also glad they didn't try to duplicate 1960's future tech Although I do remember hearing some of those distinctive sound effects a few times. Some plot holes and silly science, but I forgive them. This was a fantastic rebirth of a dying franchise.
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Post by Atreides on May 11, 2009 16:02:50 GMT -4
Ok, I know the fandoms of Star Trek and Star Wars have a bit of a beef. But is there some X-Men and Star Trek feud I'm unaware of? I've noticed in some other boards X-Men fans bashing Star Trek and trying to make it out to be some sort of financial and critical failure while Wolverine is biggest movie ever. It's amusing but kinda sad there are people that take these things so seriously! Not that I'm aware of. Most likely, this feud is because of the two movies opening within a week of each other. Wolverine made more in its opening weekend but Star Trek has far greater critical and public support and should make more money in the long run.
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Post by angelaudie on May 11, 2009 16:40:21 GMT -4
Ok, I know the fandoms of Star Trek and Star Wars have a bit of a beef. But is there some X-Men and Star Trek feud I'm unaware of? I've noticed in some other boards X-Men fans bashing Star Trek and trying to make it out to be some sort of financial and critical failure while Wolverine is biggest movie ever. It's amusing but kinda sad there are people that take these things so seriously! Not that I'm aware of. Most likely, this feud is because of the two movies opening within a week of each other. Wolverine made more in its opening weekend but Star Trek has far greater critical and public support and should make more money in the long run. I figured that's it but wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something. Jeez, people it's a couple of movies!
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Post by GoldenFleece on May 11, 2009 19:54:08 GMT -4
I love following box office and the wars between fandoms about box office supremacy can get pretty intense. There's all kinds of jawing back and forth ("LotR made more with each movie-suck on that, Spider-Man!", "Try having two movies make $500 million worldwide and then you can call yourself a franchise, Narnia!", "Stupid Potter movies can't touch Connery-era's James Bond tickets sales!" and so on), but the fanboys all seem to agree on discrediting/downplaying Titanic's popularity. So when Star Trek wins this battle, I can't wait to see what the X-Men fans will say (probably that Wolverine was the wrong character to give his own movie).
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2009 20:19:57 GMT -4
I saw it this weekend, and it was awesome! Even more awesome because I didn't know it was a brand new timeline. Right to the very last second I expected the writers to pull some time-travel technobabble whatsit out of their asses and press the big reset button, but it never happened! Kudos. I was so happy they didn't hit any reset buttons, I freakin' hate it when that happens. It'll make it so much easier to enjoy any subsequent movies because they don't have to be beholden to the canon. I wonder why no one ever thought of this before. Honestly, after the travesty that was Nemesis I didn't think there was any hope for this franchise. Thanks be to J.J. Abrams.
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Post by HotLips on May 12, 2009 2:06:30 GMT -4
I'd love to be a fly on the wall in the writer's room and find out what they're cooking up for the sequel. It can't come fast enough, if you ask me. I wonder if they ever get confused while writing Lost and Star Trek at the same time. "Then Kirk goes back to the island...shit. Wrong show." I agree that they shouldn't bring back Khan. It's a different reality. Do something new.
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Post by Atreides on May 12, 2009 9:39:09 GMT -4
I'd like to see a first contact situation with a new civilization. We don't see a whole lot of the "to boldly go to seek out new life and new civilizations" stuff in Trek, despite the mantra.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2009 9:44:38 GMT -4
I'd love to be a fly on the wall in the writer's room and find out what they're cooking up for the sequel. It can't come fast enough, if you ask me. I wonder if they ever get confused while writing Lost and Star Trek at the same time. "Then Kirk goes back to the island...shit. Wrong show." Hee. And I was thinking -- due to Lindeloff and Quinto -- that Spock II would do the mind-meld thing and steal Kirk II's powers.
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Post by Witchie on May 12, 2009 9:45:13 GMT -4
Absolutely-freaking fantastic! I loved it! It had everything I could ever hope for in a movie. I had sworn off the franchise after Enterprise's series final. I was worried the Beebs had destroyed the franchise for good, but JJ has done it. The cast was great. Pike was kickass sexy. He makes me want to do naughty things to him. He'd return the favor. Karl Urban was hilarious as McCoy. He really embodied DeForrest. Quinto...to be honest, I'm not a fan of his acting on Heroes, but here, he has found his role. He was excellent. I loved his entire story. Surprised by that bit of non-canon with Uhura, but it worked to my everlasting surprise. Great movie. Can't wait to see it again.
As far as a sequel, I hope they go with the Klingons, but not Kahn. There's a wealth of stories for how they went from enemies to allies.
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Post by kostgard on May 12, 2009 11:30:10 GMT -4
I'm with you on Quinto. I think Sylar is a cheesy moustache-twirling villain I never found scary because he is so ridiculous (though the writing has a lot to do with that). I thought Quinto would go over the top with Spock's coldness or would just end up doing a Nimoy impersonation, but I was really pleasantly surprised by his performance. He really did add something different to the character and I think he'll do well playing a slightly more emotional Spock.
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