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Star Trek (2009)

2009-04-22, 1:43 PM #1

Detty

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Bloody excellent.

Given the significance of a certain planet in the series and previous films, my jaw dropped when I saw what happened to it.

Casting was excellent. Spock was perfect. Scotty was hilarious.

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2009-04-22, 1:47 PM #2

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WANT.

nope.

2009-04-22, 1:55 PM #3

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I only have a couple questions:

1) Would you consider yourself a Star Trek fan/geek? (as in have you seen a significant number of the series/movies prior and enjoyed them?)

2) If yes to the above, does this movie feel "Star Trek" to you? I'm mostly concerned that it opted for dark and gritty action over the optimistic future and social commentary aspects.

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2009-04-22, 2:03 PM #4

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1) Yes, seen everything
2) Yes and No. The film is dark (you don't get much darker than what happens in it), but it's also very lighthearted. It's very much in the spirit of TOS and the earlier films character-wise. I'd call it a cross between TOS, Wrath of Kahn and First Contact. It doesn't get into the politics of things (at all), but it does convey a sense of general optimism.

It works both well for newcomers and fans (the people I were with had never seen Star Trek and loved it), and also as a standalone film or the beginning of a new series of films.

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2009-04-22, 2:21 PM #5

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Hmm, I see. In any case, I'm sure the movie will be enjoyable when I see it. Thanks!

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2009-04-22, 2:31 PM #6

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And how did you see it? I see the release date as May...

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2009-04-22, 2:36 PM #7

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I went to the Paramount building in London and saw a press screening, they had snack and nibbles!

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2009-04-22, 3:44 PM #8

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I never cared for Star Trek, but the movie has me intrigued.

2009-04-22, 7:01 PM #9

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Indeed. I've never liked Star Trek, but this looks fantastic.

I'm definitely going to have to go see it.

2009-04-22, 8:15 PM #10

TimeWolfOfThePast

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How was the score?

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2009-04-22, 9:07 PM #11

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Kirk: 1, Anyone Else: 0

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2009-04-22, 9:09 PM #12

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is this the one with sylar in it?

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2009-04-22, 9:29 PM #13

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I cant wait for this movie. I have one question though:

I recall reading a few weeks ago that the TNG crew might show up in it.. Specifically Data and Picard. Now I know that this is an absolute impossibility for the two to show in the film, but there was something to do with a web comic featuring these two characters that ties somehow into the film. Does it get mention in the movie at all? Or is the web comic something just totally unrelated?...(might not have been a webcomic either but some sort of comic)

2009-04-22, 10:04 PM #14

TimeWolfOfThePast

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Originally posted by happydud:

Kirk: 1, Anyone Else: 0

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2009-04-22, 11:43 PM #15

Detty

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No mention of TNG, Voyager or DS9 in the movie at all. Only previous character is Old Spock

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2009-04-22, 11:51 PM #16

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Originally posted by Greenboy:

is this the one with sylar in it?

YES!!

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2009-04-23, 2:40 PM #17

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Anyone know the comic/rumor I was talking about then? I'm looking everywhere and can't seem to find anything but the rumor pages.

2009-04-23, 3:09 PM #18

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Originally posted by Temperamental:

Anyone know the comic/rumor I was talking about then? I'm looking everywhere and can't seem to find anything but the rumor pages.

http://io9.com/5197025/countdown-offers-much-more-than-a-prelude-to-trek-movie

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2009-04-23, 3:18 PM #19

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Thanks Genk, that's it. Although that's a ton of detail more than I heard before..

CAPTAIN DATA? Wtf? Can someone that's read this explain that to me.. I thought Data was dead after Nemesis, in the comic do they do something with B4 to bring Data back, or did the writers just ignore Nemesis's ending altogether?

2009-04-23, 3:25 PM #20

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I'm sure they've said before that theres a bunch of ways that they could bring data back, but the cast are getting far too old to make the films anymore.

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2009-04-23, 4:02 PM #21

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Originally posted by Temperamental:

data and proto-data switched places?

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2009-04-23, 4:29 PM #22

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Yes, we need fat Riker and his skinny stunt-double to come back and do some more bad acting for us.

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2009-04-23, 5:07 PM #23

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This movie will be great, if only to hear the howls of anguish from 30yo Trekkies. Not even out yet and their *****ing about almost non-existent product placement and how the franchise, a huge shining beacon of intelligent media :rolleyes:

, is being sold out.

It can only get better...

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2009-04-23, 5:13 PM #24

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The product placement is pretty glaring, even if it's very brief

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2009-04-23, 5:18 PM #25

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Originally posted by TimeWolfOfThePast:

How was the score?

thats a great concern of mine as well

2009-04-23, 5:31 PM #26

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What product?

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2009-04-23, 5:39 PM #27

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I haven't seen the movie, but I think Nokia?

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2009-04-23, 5:58 PM #28

Detty

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yes Nokia, in the scene with Kirk driving the car that's shown in the trailer

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2009-04-23, 6:11 PM #29

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Yknow for a film thats out in 2 weeks, I haven't seen any ads for it whatsoever.

nope.

2009-04-23, 9:52 PM #30

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^ This person has been living under a rock.

2009-04-23, 11:52 PM #31

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i'm looking forward to the new trek film as much as stargate universe

ie. A LOT

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2009-04-24, 3:44 AM #32

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Originally posted by Temperamental:

^ This person has been living under a rock.

This person doesn't live in your... continent.

nope.

2009-04-24, 6:41 AM #33

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Quote:

This person doesn't live in your... continent.

I was just kidding. I've never seen any posters or billboards and magazine ads either, but the TV is littered with commercials for it, I don't know how you've missed them.

Regarding the score... Is the traditional "Star Trek" Theme in there? (TNG And the later original ST Movies, 4-6? maybe) Might be a silly question but hey, you never know the direction some directors / studios choose to go with the music. I remember a story when Fox wanted a rockish sounding score for Star Wars, rather than John Williams' classical sounding instrumental music.

2009-04-24, 6:52 AM #34

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It has the music from TOS, and only at the end

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2009-04-24, 9:45 AM #35

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Originally posted by Temperamental:

i havent watched TV since december, but ive seen all sorts of stuff for it on the interweb.

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2009-04-24, 9:57 AM #36

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Nerds watch regular tv? On the actual tv?

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2009-04-24, 10:01 AM #37

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I'm actually excited for it, despite not being a big star trek fan.

I should try TNG again. I like all of the heady metaphor episodes, but the soap opera episodes are painful.

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2009-04-24, 12:22 PM #38

Temperamental

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Quote:

I should try TNG again. I like all of the heady metaphor episodes, but the soap opera episodes are painful.

TNG is my favorite tv series of all-time. You really should try it again, get the DVD's, they're super cheap now.

2009-04-24, 12:42 PM #39

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Hmm, the complete DS9 set dropped about $60 in price on Amazon from what it was a few days ago when I checked. Tempting...

2009-04-24, 1:23 PM #40

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Originally posted by JediKirby:

I like all of the heady metaphor episodes, but the soap opera episodes are painful.

This is how every TNG fan feels; we just pretend the Troi episodes don't exist.