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Post by Martini Girl on May 8, 2009 19:04:18 GMT -4
Yeah... isn't it amazing what a real director can do for a franchise?
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HotLips
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Post by HotLips on May 8, 2009 19:30:24 GMT -4
Oh my God. Awesome. It went by so fast - it definitely didn't feel like two hours. I can't wait to see it again. They better get to work on a sequel asap.
Chekov is so cute I want to put him in my pocket.
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Post by bklynred on May 8, 2009 21:38:40 GMT -4
Peggy Lane, Trek wouldn't wait!
Top notch! Casting, throwback music and dialogue! Wait, there's Grunberg, bad robot! And Sala Baker, the orc from LOTR in the credits! My franchise geek head exploded.
LOVED IT. Although it literally gave me a headache (Can a screen ever be too hi def? I thought I was on deck).
Pine ended up gritter than I imagined. Yum. Spock, no contest. And Nimoy kept it classy. I'll definitely see this one again. This is what a great summer movie looks like. And I loved being knee-deep in fans who got every joke.
I also giggled at the Chris Pike reference.
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Post by Atreides on May 8, 2009 21:53:14 GMT -4
Note to self: buy stock in Nokia. This company will last for a long time!
I'll chime in with my love for Bones and Uhura. Karl Urban was Bones but without copying DeForest Kelley. Zoe Saldana did more with Uhura than was ever done with her before. I was shocked yet loved the new development in her character with, uh, a fellow officer.
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Post by bklynred on May 8, 2009 22:01:36 GMT -4
Seeing Urban as Bones reminded me why I liked him back in the Price of Milk. Saldana rocked too. Although I enjoyed the obvious, I was also entranced by her high leaps through the corridors (those girls jumped!) and making sure that ponytail kept swinging through all her dialogue.
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ElleCee
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Post by ElleCee on May 8, 2009 22:07:21 GMT -4
That was absolutely amazing. I saw it this afternoon and I'm going to go and see it again tomorrow.
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Post by codert on May 8, 2009 22:33:08 GMT -4
I just got home from the theater. I loved it!
Can I explain the ins and out of how things happened? No, but I loved it anyway. I will be seeing this in IMAX.
What else has the new Kirk been in? I have never seen him before.
Zachary I hate as Sylar but loved as Spock.
Some things I could not computer due to years of watching and reading Star Trek stuff but I still loved the movie.
I was like I must buy a new flat screen TV so I can watch this over and over again at home when it is released on DVD.
It was funny, sad, awesome, and entertaining all rolled in to one. I couldnt believe I teared up at the one really sad part.
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Post by cabbagekid on May 9, 2009 3:01:42 GMT -4
I just watched this and loved it! I've never watched a Star Trek movie before not even the series on TV, and I loved this. I loved it so much, I'm kind of curious to watch anything Star Trek related. And the hot actors made the movie a lot easier to watch. Honestly, the movie did not feel like 2 hours, the previews actually felt longer to me.
Awesome movie! I want to watch it again, does that make me an unofficial Trekkie even though I can't do the "Live long and prosper" hand sign thing?
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Maddiemoo
Landed Gentry
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Mar 7, 2005 20:45:36 GMT -4
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Post by Maddiemoo on May 9, 2009 3:03:37 GMT -4
I am completely unoriginal because I also just got home and also freaking loved it!
I should say that I am not a Star Trek gal at all -- never seen an episode of the show or any of the movies, and yet I still completely understood everything that was going on, and I never felt lost.
I'm trying to think of all the things I loved but there are just too many. So I stay on the shallow end of the pool and just say: Prettiest. Cast. EVER.
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Post by kostgard on May 9, 2009 3:04:30 GMT -4
Okay - I was going to wait on this one, but y'all have convinced me. I'm going tomorrow.
It also helps that the reviews have been very positive as well - especially for Quinto. That kinda surprised me, mostly because while I like him, I find Sylar completely ridiculous. Did folks here think he did a good job?
As I was reading some reviews, and saw tidbit from an interview Leonard Nimoy did in September 2008:
Heh. The president is a Trekkie.
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