The New Star Trek Movie

[matcat]

OMG It was so awesome! I really did not think paramount would be able to pull off anything descent after 10 movies, 5 series (the last being a flop in my opinion), and so much rehashing of the same story lines, man was I wrong! Admittedly I watched a version I downloaded, so quality wasn't all that good, but I tell you what, the moment I get a chance I WILL go to the nearest IMAX theatre and watch it in full IMAX glory.

If you liked the original Star Trek, I think you will really enjoy this movie, they did a damn good job of recapturing the magic of the original, and with the modern graphics, it is really good!

[Syncrosonix]

even though i'm more of a star wars fan, i'm gonna go see star trek tomorrow. judging from the trailer itself, it definitely looks infinitely better than star wars episodes/trainwrecks 1 through 3.

[matcat]

even though i'm more of a star wars fan, i'm gonna go see star trek tomorrow. judging from the trailer itself, it definitely looks infinitely better than star wars episodes/trainwrecks 1 through 3.

The Star Wars 1 to 3 lacked the story that the original trilogy had that made it so good, they just filled it with graphical 'fluff' to make up for it. This new Star Trek movie both contains a good story, and all the nice graphical fluff you could need . Now personally I don't think the story followed cannon of the Star Trek line how I would of liked to of seen it, but I am a die hard Star Trek fan, BUT the story they did at the same time didn't overwrite the cannon either unlike Enterprise series did. But at either rate I really think they did a hell of a job on it.

[geomon]

Am seeing it tomorrow with GF who's a BIG SciFi fan. Will be second time for her (she n her kids stood in line on opening night)...I was out of town on biz trip

[ohiomohawk]

The movie was great and I was never a Star Trek fan.

[matcat]

The movie was great and I was never a Star Trek fan.

Yeah the goal of this movie was to make it really appealing to a wider audience, most of the trek films, espially the last couple of them, where really designed for the core Star Trek fan, and they wouldn't of made much sense to someone that never really watched the newer star trek series. But what I think really makes this one shine even for the non-trek fans, is that it captured the magic of the original series from the 60s.

[Syncrosonix]

The Star Wars 1 to 3 lacked the story that the original trilogy had that made it so good, they just filled it with graphical 'fluff' to make up for it. This new Star Trek movie both contains a good story, and all the nice graphical fluff you could need . Now personally I don't think the story followed cannon of the Star Trek line how I would of liked to of seen it, but I am a die hard Star Trek fan, BUT the story they did at the same time didn't overwrite the cannon either unlike Enterprise series did. But at either rate I really think they did a hell of a job on it.

the ending result is that the empire wasn't the true enemy. it was george lucas' storytelling. also, the half-assed laziness of shooting the entire prequel series behind a damn blue screen was rather lame. by doing that, it ruined any hope of realism that episodes 4 - 6 have. they were corny, but at least they were somewhat believable .

[matcat]

[matcat]

ROFL! Watch this video, but pay attention to it at 2:10

[Orangetxguy]

Just saw this one! Very good!







They done good! Plus....they left it open for more new Trek movies to be made!

[Uturn2001]

With the way the chose to write this story they left the door wide open for the future of Trek, which seems to be one thing a lot of hard core Trek fans can't seem to get past.

[Cyanide]

With the way the chose to write this story they left the door wide open for the future of Trek, which seems to be one thing a lot of hard core Trek fans can't seem to get past.

Similar problem applies to a lot of die-hard G1 Transformer fans who think that the robots should look exactly as they did in the cartoon series and don't wanna grasp the fantasy concept that they are an alien robotic race. You should see some of the arguing that goes on over on the Transformers movie forum!



Speaking about Transformers, is it June 24th yet?! "Revenge is Coming...."

[matcat]

With the way the chose to write this story they left the door wide open for the future of Trek, which seems to be one thing a lot of hard core Trek fans can't seem to get past.

I used to be a die hard trekkie, guess I grew out of it for the most part. But at any rate, what die hards don't like is when they change the cannon. I.E. if in the original series they said Kirk did one thing, then in a newer movie they show him doing something else, it destroys the storyline of the entire franchise. One of the most amazing things about star trek is how over 35 years eveything for the most part, matches up across all of the series and movies, makes for a very indepth and rich storyline and story world. One of the most interesting things is how in the original series Klingons looked much more 'human' then they did many years later when makeup artistry was much better. They weaved in a storyline about it, explaining how an experiment during the original series left many klingons looking a lot like humans, and that story has been touched up on across nearly all of the series and one of the movies.

There was a time when text based fantasy role playing games where fairly popular, and there where a couple of ST based ones I used to live... err play on . Ahh those where the days... I was the richest independent trader on 2 of them! On the one I even bought the friggin Romulan empire and ran its economy Bear in mind that game had literally about 10,000 players, and at any given time usually a few hundred where on at a time, the entire game was ran by real people, no NPC's. Similar in concept to something like world of warcraft, except it was text based, and the entire system was ran by people. If you bought a phaser, someone on that game owned a factory that made it, which transported it on a merchant ship, to a warehouse somewhere, where it would of got sold to someone, again a real person, who would of loaded it into a vending machine to sell it. Then to take it even further, that factory required raw materials, so someone in that game owned and operated mines, which mined raw material, then someone else would of transported the raw material to a warehouse, where someone else who owned refineries and factories would of produced the materials needed to manufactor that item. Very similar to the real world in setup. Man I miss that game . I spent a good solid 4 or so years playing that game more hours than any person should ever spend playing a game. Hell I produced nearly half the starships for the independents, a good majority of the starships for smaller empires, and even had contracts with the Federation, Romulans, and Klingons to produce starships for them! Not to mention I owned 20 asteroids, mining rights on 10 different planets, mined all of my own raw materials, and had all of the factories and refineries to produce every single part needed to manufactor a ship. Also owned 2 of my own starbases, had my own military, and employed nearly 50 real people who played the game and worked for me .

Ok that is enough ranting about the game...

[Syncrosonix]

Similar problem applies to a lot of die-hard G1 Transformer fans who think that the robots should look exactly as they did in the cartoon series and don't wanna grasp the fantasy concept that they are an alien robotic race. You should see some of the arguing that goes on over on the Transformers movie forum!



Speaking about Transformers, is it June 24th yet?! "Revenge is Coming...."

that comes out 6 days after my 26th birthday. i wanna see it! i hope it turns out better than crap-ass terminator salvation.

[dle]

I've been a follower of Star Trek and Star Wars since they first came out.

My big complaint about 'prequel's" is that the displayed technology seems to always be more advanced than the orignal shows/movies.

Haven't had a chance to go see the movie yet.

[matcat]

I've been a follower of Star Trek and Star Wars since they first came out.

My big complaint about 'prequel's" is that the displayed technology seems to always be more advanced than the orignal shows/movies.

Haven't had a chance to go see the movie yet.

You are right about that, the bridge of the Enterprise looked way more advanced then in the original series!

[Uturn2001]

One thing people need to realize about the new Trek is that this is not a prequel, and it really is not a re-imaged version of the show either. For lack of a better term it is a reboot of the entire franchise.


I find it highly ironic though that many self proclaimed Trek and/or sci-fi fans are having such a difficult time accepting and wrapping their heads around the alternate time line concept. This is something that has been explored in numerous Trek episodes as well as many other sci-fi venues. The only real difference is this time the time line was not restored as it typically is.