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I'm lookin' forward to it!

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That's like... spitting on it.

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Or, as Kirk puts it...before his PAIN helped make him who he is, if you get my meaning.

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This alone

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This horrified me in particular re: Kirk...

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Or, as Kirk puts it...before his PAIN helped make him who he is, if you get my meaning.

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Oh no- you don't actually like ST5, do you? Tell me it's not true...


The laughing Chrisisall

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We NEED our pain. It defines us, makes us who we are.

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But this is a YOUNG Kirk, so how could it even be Shatner ? I know, we watched the original when Kirk was youngER, but not THIS young. That's the trick about these prequels, as we're seeing characters before they became who we knew, later on in their lives. Or, as Kirk puts it...before his PAIN helped make him who he is, if you get my meaning.

Least, that's the attitude I'm taking w/ me into the movie. We'll see how good a job they did.

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It's a first of it's kind, an in-continuity reboot of a franchise.

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Maybe I'll try again later. But . . . ugh.

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It moves FASTER? How can that be?

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Robert Wise added new FX & tightened it up- it comes in at a shorter running time.

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the Director's Edition actually runs 4 minutes longer than the theatrical cut.

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After 30 minutes, they were FINALLY leaving the space port - after I swear what seemed like a 10 minute tour of the outside of the Enterprise

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And the film's director was Robert "The Day The Earth Stood Still(original recipe)" Wise.

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Not only am I going, but I'm taking my kids!

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I don't want to harsh anyones buzz but the writing team of Roberto Orci, and Alex Kurtzman's biggest claim to fame has been The Transformers. now as a movie goes it was pretty good to look at, but the story...ughh!


They were also the main writers for the show Alias.
A show I would describe as lackluster at best.

Like I said, I'm looking forward to seeing Star Trek, but I'd be very surprised If I actually like it.

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In TMP, is Commander Willard Decker (Stephen Collins) related to Commodore Matt Decker ( William Windom) from The Doomsday Machine? I haven't seen TMP in a long while so I forget if any relationship is mentioned.

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Hey, JewelStaiteFan....where was that Thurs 7pm showing of yours? There was one in my area, too. Small 'verse?



Serenity flies
At a hundred per
Is Wash nervous?
Tsai-bu-shr!
FIREFLY

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Thursday, May 07, 2009 19:46
Star Trek review! Will be scanning my ticket stub for a review update later. Here is what I wrote on the stub:
* Visual A
* Action C+
* Timing d
* Pacing F
* Plot D
* Plot is one big string of Star Trek clichés!
* Boring!
* Wait for the Video!
* Don't spend your $11.00. (Century Theaters, Daly City, CA)

The theater was in perfect form btw. Only the movie had issues.

I predict that Star Trek will not be a counted as a big win for this weekend.

Overall this "reboot" of Star Trek does not fulfill the promise of Star Trek as a series. Bleak outlook. Forced Comedy. Thoughtless and implausible action and plot development. Even for a cheesy SciFi flick.

Scene to scene the film appears as a collage rather than a montage. As to my rating the pacing as an F. The reason I give it this score is this. Most films give you a break in between the emotional sequences or the action sequences. There are scenes that act as interludes so that you can absorb or react to what you just saw. The interludes also allow you to come down from your highs so that you can react to and appreciate the next scenes presented. Neither JJ Abrams nor any of the editors understands this bit wisdom. Instead, they run up Star Trek to warp speed and leave it there as they zoom from one implausible scene to the next. The very height of poor directing and editing.

I rate Starship Troopers as more fun and enjoyable than Star Trek

Bits of advice. If you go to Star Trek then do two things.
1) Go to the IMAX showing to get the best visual possible.
2) (and do this no matter what) Get food for the movie. Your tongue and mouth will need to provide some distraction for your brain during this movie.
I rate Starship Troopers as more fun and enjoyable than Star Trek

Bits of advice. If you go to Star Trek then do two things.
1) Go to the IMAX showing to get the best visual possible.
2) (and do this no matter what) Get food for the movie. Your tongue and mouth will need to provide some distraction for your brain during this movie.

I've enjoyed the hell out of Star Trek for long time (30+ years). The producers can shove this version up their black hole.

As I mentioned above, this is one film that you can wait on for the video.


Serenity definitely kicks Star Treks' ass!

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Originally posted by Vectrexer:
Star Trek review! Will be scanning my ticket stub for a review update later. Here is what I wrote on the stub:
* Visual A
* Action C+
* Timing d
* Pacing F
* Plot D
* Plot is one big string of Star Trek clichés!
* Boring!
* Wait for the Video!
* Don't spend your $11.00. (Century Theaters, Daly City, CA)

The theater was in perfect form btw. Only the movie had issues.

I predict that Star Trek will not be a counted as a big win for this weekend.

Overall this "reboot" of Star Trek does not fulfill the promise of Star Trek as a series. Bleak outlook. Forced Comedy. Thoughtless and implausible action and plot development. Even for a cheesy SciFi flick.

Scene to scene the film appears as a collage rather than a montage. As to my rating the pacing as an F. The reason I give it this score is this. Most films give you a break in between the emotional sequences or the action sequences. There are scenes that act as interludes so that you can absorb or react to what you just saw. The interludes also allow you to come down from your highs so that you can react to and appreciate the next scenes presented. Neither JJ Abrams nor any of the editors understands this bit wisdom. Instead, they run up Star Trek to warp speed and leave it there as they zoom from one implausible scene to the next. The very height of poor directing and editing.

I rate Starship Troopers as more fun and enjoyable than Star Trek

Bits of advice. If you go to Star Trek then do two things.
1) Go to the IMAX showing to get the best visual possible.
2) (and do this no matter what) Get food for the movie. Your tongue and mouth will need to provide some distraction for your brain during this movie.
I rate Starship Troopers as more fun and enjoyable than Star Trek

Bits of advice. If you go to Star Trek then do two things.
1) Go to the IMAX showing to get the best visual possible.
2) (and do this no matter what) Get food for the movie. Your tongue and mouth will need to provide some distraction for your brain during this movie.

I've enjoyed the hell out of Star Trek for long time (30+ years). The producers can shove this version up their black hole.

As I mentioned above, this is one film that you can wait on for the video.


Serenity definitely kicks Star Treks' ass!

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In TMP, is Commander Willard Decker (Stephen Collins) related to Commodore Matt Decker ( William Windom) from The Doomsday Machine? I haven't seen TMP in a long while so I forget if any relationship is mentioned.

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Yes, they were father and son - it was mentioned in several sources but not explicitly on screen. (I took it to heart a bit since TDM is my livelong favourite Trek episode ever.) If it was brought up on screen, the scene and/or the dialogue was deleted - but it would have been interesting if Decker Sr.'s death was referred to and then went on to shadow Kirk and Decker Jr. for the rest of the movie.

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