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Awesome

BOOM

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YEAH

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I enjoyed the new Star Trek film so much that I will go out on a limb and say that it was the best Star Trek film since The Wrath of Khan. I feel like every character beforehand sat down and decided how there characters would react and act as if the events in their early careers where going to happen that way.

First and foremost props to Sylar, Harold, and Shaun. All of them where IMHO risky at best, and they all came through as great characters. I loved seeing Chris Pine try to act as William Shatner's Kirk, and then take his own during the times of crisis.

The movie perfectly transitioned from 'THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN IN THE ORIGINAL STAR TREK' to 'OMG TIME WIZARD MADE IT THAT WAY!' without missing a beat on J.J. Abrahms decided direction on the movie. Minor things where changed like the graphics on the teleporters to Vulcans ears, but it didn't hamper the fun of the movie at all.

I'd easily give this movie a pointless 9/10, and recommend you see it opening weekend which I predict will be well over 100,000,000 box office.

TNG it was not, as a fellow TNG fan I was expecting more of a pulp style due to it being based on the original series.



Edit: I would actually like to mention the G.I. Joe preview appeared for this movie. It actually didn't look all that bad, and I'll probably go see it.

Edited, May 7th 2009 11:58pm by LobsterJohnson

Meh, it was less about Star Trek and more about Quark. Enterprise had more of a exploration feeling, they also had Q, the borg, and Deanna Troi.

The latter is one of the most annoying characters I've ever seen on any programme ever. Just because they weren't exploring within the plot of the show itself does not mean it was not an exploration of the setting for the people watching the programme. Things never really changed in TNG - it was just a series of virtually standalone episodes stringed together into a series.

This.

Oh man... next sentence is going to spoiler tags...


SpoilerI like the part with Uhuru and Spock embracing each other, especially in the elevator, it was critical to Spocks purpose in the movie. It grounded spock to him having to deal with his human emotions, and not shunning them once and for all. Forced or not I thought it was very important for Spock to have something that really forced him to accepting both of his worlds. I think it also helped tilt spock into protecting Earth for the right reasons.

Well, duh.

DS:9 > TNG > Voyager > TOS. Never watched Enterprise.



I'm really looking forward to seeing this movie. Hopefully the crowds have died down by Monday.

You didn't miss much with Enterprise. I gave up on the show after the first season, so it could have gotten better, but I doubt it.

As to the crowds, I went to the 9:50 showing at the local theater and there were only six other people there, not surprisingly only one of whom was female. Apparently 9:50 on a Thursday night isn't the prime time to see movies. That works out great for me, I hate going to a packed theater. I like to really sprawl out with my feet up and get nice and comfortable.

Tee Hee.

Well, that certainly settles it.

DS9 was so good it didn't need movies to improve interest in the series. They only made the TOS and TNG movies because the TV shows didn't have any serious plots that lasted more then one episode; all the stuff like Data's desire to be human, Riker/Worf/Troi triangle, etc. was just backstory/filler.

Star Trek died in 1982. True story.

It wasn't so bad. I have them all on DVD. First Contact is by far my favorite though.