Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 12:20 pm
Saw it. Enjoyed the hell out of it. Good job, JJ Abrams.
Firefly was the greatest.Falconer wrote:Like Firefly, that was cool.
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Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 12:48 pm
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 12:58 pm
Heather and I saw it last night, and enjoyed the film---it was fun and entertaining, but neither of us are hardcore Trek fans. It seemed a bit more "generic action movie" to me---in particular in the fighting scenes (both man-to-man and starship battles)---but that is the result of the directing style vs. a fault of the subject matter. I gave it 7/10, Heather a little less.
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 7:05 pm
Saw it ... fair to middlin SciFi flick ... but definitely not TOS in theme or spirit ...
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 8:22 pm
Ahbrams Trek is to the original series as 4E is to OD&D.
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 9:19 pm
Saw it tonight, it was pretty darned good. It felt like a TOS movie to me. Kirk gets his butt kicked and he makes Kirk expressions. Yeah Kirk, I said it the character was actually Kirk. Different actor playing the character.
No one was going to make an original series storyline movie with the old cast anymore after all.
My only complaint is Kirk was in more then one fistfight and didn't have his shirt ripped open to reveal his flabby chest muscles.
No one was going to make an original series storyline movie with the old cast anymore after all.
My only complaint is Kirk was in more then one fistfight and didn't have his shirt ripped open to reveal his flabby chest muscles.
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 9:25 pm
Yeah it's sort of like someone publishing "original" D&D campaign setting material that is tied to a previously existing setting , despite how well crafted and cool it is it really isn't original and couldn't possibly hold a candle to what was done before...James Maliszewski wrote:No need to apologize. "Re-imaginings" are just a sore spot with me.
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 10:10 pm
Big thumbs up.
ETA: For reference in my tastes:
Original Star Trek: The Gold Standard
Deep Space Nine: Pretty Good
Enterprise's last season: Pretty Good
Enterprise & ST:TNG: Mediocre at their best
Voyager: The Pits
The Movies: nothing really worthwhile after Save The Whales and nothing actually good after Search For Spock. Wrath of Khan being The Gold Standard for the films, of course.
This new Star Trek film rates below only Wrath of Khan, IMO.
ETA: For reference in my tastes:
Original Star Trek: The Gold Standard
Deep Space Nine: Pretty Good
Enterprise's last season: Pretty Good
Enterprise & ST:TNG: Mediocre at their best
Voyager: The Pits
The Movies: nothing really worthwhile after Save The Whales and nothing actually good after Search For Spock. Wrath of Khan being The Gold Standard for the films, of course.
This new Star Trek film rates below only Wrath of Khan, IMO.
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 4:03 pm
This is my reaction too. Vintage, kick-ass Trek.TheRedPriest wrote:This new Star Trek film rates below only Wrath of Khan, IMO.
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 4:06 pm
Based on so many positives, I'm going to see this tonight (still reluctantly, I can't get past that first bad preview with kirk driving his motorcylce). If it is as good as you guys have said, lets hope they manage to keep the same team of writers and director for the next film.
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 4:08 pm
Keep this in mind: take the movie on its own merits.AxeMental wrote:Based on so many positives, I'm going to see this tonight (still reluctantly, I can't get past that first bad preview with kirk driving his motorcylce). If it is as good as you guys have said, lets hope they manage to keep the same team of writers and director for the next film.
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 4:42 pm
I find it hard to argue with this, but I'm weird that way.JDJarvis wrote:Yeah it's sort of like someone publishing "original" D&D campaign setting material that is tied to a previously existing setting , despite how well crafted and cool it is it really isn't original and couldn't possibly hold a candle to what was done before...
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 4:46 pm
The film trades on its association with a venerable and much beloved TV and movie series. If its creators want it to be judged on its own merits, I feel they should have come up with something wholly original. I don't see anything wrong with either praising or critiquing the new film in relation to what's gone before.Semaj Khan wrote:Keep this in mind: take the movie on its own merits.
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 5:06 pm
It’s like with The Lord of the Rings — I honestly tried to disassociate it with the books, but found it impossible. When a character on screen introduces himself as “Aragorn,” for example, I can’t not compare him with the real one.
I dunno, I think I might be happiest just not going to see ST-XI. At least I’ll be smug in my old-school purism. ;-)
I dunno, I think I might be happiest just not going to see ST-XI. At least I’ll be smug in my old-school purism. ;-)
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 6:50 pm
Well, the thread title says "no spoilers", so I can't tell you what makes me really hate this movie.
Other than the Pike/Kirk stuff is so "out-of-regs" that it would have been the end of Pike's career... and Kirk's personal "desertion of assigned post" would have had him booted from SFA and Starfleet in general... emergency or no.
Not to mention "I want to re-write the entire Federation history and future the way I want it to be" attitude of the perpetrators of this crap....
If you really want to know, read my post here:
http://www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopi ... 436#p26436
The dream is ended, the song silenced, the laughter gone.
Other than the Pike/Kirk stuff is so "out-of-regs" that it would have been the end of Pike's career... and Kirk's personal "desertion of assigned post" would have had him booted from SFA and Starfleet in general... emergency or no.
Not to mention "I want to re-write the entire Federation history and future the way I want it to be" attitude of the perpetrators of this crap....
If you really want to know, read my post here:
http://www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopi ... 436#p26436
The dream is ended, the song silenced, the laughter gone.