STAR TREK is BACK !!!!!!!!!!!!

[palitoy]

Saw it this weekend and all I can say is, I loved it. It was the best handling of a franchise I've seen in a very long time, it may have compromised continuity (albeit cleverly) but not the spirit and feel of the show.

The characters were all there and I truly loved the experience.

I'm an ardent TOS fan, hate the spin offs terribly (the animated show is fine) but this was my Star Trek again, I've missed it.

[trekman101]

Did anyone here see this movie yet that doesn't think it's the greatest movie ever made ?
.... I'd just like a more well rounded review.
All i'm getting from this thread is sickly sweet fluff

I saw it last night with my wife and 5 year old son(she loved it,my son didn't get board and followed the story"thats good").I wanted to take time before I posted about it(so I could give a well rounded review).That said...I'm sure every one knows I'm a huge fan of trek and get inside info some times.As I said in my other post...the studio wanted to give trek a good shot at success and correct some mistakes.They succeeded but have side tracked 40 plus years of trek history(but old history can be restarted...I will elaborate in a few)So the question was "greatest movie ever made"....NO....best trek....close(this is what "the motion picture" should have been like"which I liked")"wrath of Kahn" and "first contact"are my faves.The sequel has potential to be the best if they change some stuff.Read on for my pros and cons.Treks future is BRIGHT!!!

CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!







They really went through the last 40 years of trek and picked a lot of good stuff out!
The story line was good...a lot of thought put into it...I'm not happy that they erased every thing(history) after Kirk"s birth...it now only exists in a parallel time line in space time...events from the old time line will repeat in the new time line(in one form or another)....but now that old Spock mind melded with young kirk and spoke with young Spock,what happens in their future can be changed(Spock melds with McCoy in"wrath"..."remember")...Kirk should have old Spock's memories.... Kirk knows how he dies.....romulus doesn't get destroyed....Nero doesn't go back in time....history reboots!!!...time lines merge....parts of the past old time line return to history(more good than bad one would hope).So for now we all can enjoy the all new adventures with our old friends.

The actors were all good...the new relationships should be fun.Loved that Pike makes it to admiral(his trust in Kirk saved the federation!)I thought it would have been better for Pike to keep the enterprise as his flag ship with Kirk as his first officer for now(a little more believable in my opinion).
I'll get used to the new look of the enterprise...loved that they used elements from the 60's Pike's ship along with the more "our future" look for the interiors...but PLEASE!!! they have to stop with the BS of using factory interiors for the look of the engineering levels...it's so UNBELIEVABLE!!!!

Destroying the entire Vulcan civilization was a bit much...it's a little far reaching(okay destroy Vulcan but make it that the original home world was destroyed not most of the people...that way one of their colonies would be the new Vulcan home world with millions of it's people still around)and killing Spock's mother JUST WRONG! the end result could have been achieved another way.I did like that Spock's father validated Spock's love for his mother(this will make Spock's character less troubled,which will be a GOOD THING!)

Lets hope this is the last movie or story arc that has earth being destroyed as a plot element for a while.Its been done in every series and 3 movies before.

All in all this movie was a WINNER.They just have to be a little more creative next time and NO!! TOS redo's please.They have at least 5-10 years of pre TOS era to play on.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I didn't get to see it this weekend, and I'm bummed. But next weekend, I'm so there!!!

Chris

[Airdave817]

New Life

My wife and I saw Star Trek this afternoon. She liked it. The only problems she had with the movie were 1) The thing between Uhura and Spock, and B) Chekov's accent. She thought both were stupid. She liked everything else.

She's more of a Next Generation fan than a TOS fan. But she LOVED Iron Man - we saw it three times before we realized we were in a recession...

And she's liked all the Marvel and DC movies so far. She liked Superman Returns and both Fantastic Four movies.

I'm thinking I might be able to talk her into going to see it again maybe once or twice more before Night at the Museum and Transformers 2.

If you liked Star Trek, or are having trouble with the story, let me highly recommend Star Trek: Countdown. It is a prologue that focuses on Spock and Nero. With appearances by Picard and Data (B-4?)

(I wonder if Nero is meant to be more of a force of nature, or a metaphor of sweeping change, rather than a classic villain like Khan...in a philosophical Star Trek way...)

[The Bat]

Well...I saw it at the noon showing yesterday in IMAX...but waited to write my review to give myself time to process my thoughts and feelings about it.

I decided I have to break it down to to catagories..."what is"...and "what it isn't".

What it isn't: It isn't not Bill Shatner, Nimoy, Kelly and the rest. I'm with Mike on this one...they can NEVER be replace, they ARE those Characters! They are my old Friends that I grew up with...and this new Movie can't ever erase that! I've heard Shatner called a bad Actor...RUBBISH! Shat is the Man!!Shatner IS Captain Kirk!! And that deep voice of Nimoy's is distinctly his own style....he IS Spock!! And DeForest Kelly...well, I think they might have Cloned him for this Movie!

What it is: It Is STAR TREK on a GRAND SCALE!! Star Trek LIVES I loved this movie more than I can put into words! I am really impressed with the dialog in the script...how they managed to include CLASSIC lines said by the Characters without it seeming forced. The dialog is only included as fits the characters personalities...and the Actors NAIL their parts PERFECTLY!!

And one fact comforts me in enjoying this Movie guilt free(without feeling like I'm betraying my old Friends)...is the alternate reality that is created...means ALL the original history still exists. So...these really are the NEW voyages of the Star Ship ENTERPRISE!!!!!

[Hector]

It took in an estimated 76.5 million. Industry estimates were expecting something more in the 60-65 million range, so it performed beyond expectations but still it made about 10 million less than Wolverine. But Wolverine dropped off big this week due to bad word of mouth and press. I am hoping the overall good buzz on Trek will give it "legs" for a couple weeks, at least.

Man, I'll tell you, it's been a while that I felt invested in a Trek movie doing well. That's the way it was in the 80's, routing for it to win against the movies against it.

Trek will have legs...Wolverine is pretty much done for.

Look at Titanic...it didn't brake any records in the beginning...but look at its final box office tally...word of mouth does wonders for films.

[mego73]

It took in an estimated 76.5 million. Industry estimates were expecting something more in the 60-65 million range, so it performed beyond expectations but still it made about 10 million less than Wolverine. But Wolverine dropped off big this week due to bad word of mouth and press. I am hoping the overall good buzz on Trek will give it "legs" for a couple weeks, at least.

Man, I'll tell you, it's been a while that I felt invested in a Trek movie doing well. That's the way it was in the 80's, routing for it to win against the movies against it.

[Nostalgiabuff]

I went and saw it last night at the drive in. I absolutely loved it....it's right up there with Wrath of Khan. The atlernate timeline bit is explained well and all of the cast was great. Karl Urban really nailed De Kelly. He sounded just like him. Simon Peg as Scotty was casting brilliance. I just wish they had more of Scotty in the movie. I'm sure he will have a much expanded role in the next one.
Agree, Bana was not great, but he was not bad either, his character was not really developed enough

[Steeler80]

It was a terrific movie. Hands down the best besides Khan (still my favorite but only by a little). Really did a nice job of capturing the essence of the series that got everyone so excited in the first place. All of the actors did a good job of capturing the characters without falling into caricature (with Dr. McCoy the best at this).

And while this was clearly an action movie, it still had lots of the character moments and humor that we've come to expect with Trek. There were a few things I didn't care for but nothing that interfered with my overall enjoyment of this movie.

And T1K, I think some of us (myself included) may be gushing a little because this movie exceeded our expectations and gave us some hope for the future of the franchise. I know I didn't think they could ever revive the franchise (early I know but I think this movie will do it) in this spectacular a fashion.

[huedell]

From one STAR WARS fan to another, I really think you're gonna dig it, Hue.

I know Abrams has been mentioning STAR WARS as an influence---
but it's funny you mention it after having just spoken to my brother
and him bringing up the SW comparison/context as well...it's interesting
because my brother has no clue about what Abrams has been saying----neat

Thanks for the recommendation, man

[darklord1967]

From one STAR WARS fan to another, I really think you're gonna dig it, Hue.

[huedell]

My brother is far from a fanboy (like us) and yet he's GUSHING over it.
(i.e. he loved it)

Looks like we got another "IRON MAN crossover success" on our hands
with this STAR TREK movie!

I wasn't that big of a fan of IRON MAN though----so I'll check STAR TREK
out and get back to you guys

[VintageMike]

Did anyone here see this movie yet that doesn't think it's the greatest movie ever made ?

I'm not knocking it (because I haven't seen it) .... I'd just like a more well rounded review.

All i'm getting from this thread is sickly sweet fluff

I don't even think it's gratest Trek movie ever (still go with Wrath of Khan). But it was very, very good. There were a couple of minor things I didn't like but I don't want to go into spoilers.
I think the heavy praise is because many of us saw the trailers and were worried about liberties would be taken. Turns out (IMO) many of the worries were unfounded. This was a GREAT movie and probably the best I've seen this year. If I was to guess I believe you'll like it less than the majority do but much more than you think you will if that makes sense.

[K]

I've gotta say: my feeling is/was that it's a good movie on its own but it didn't feel like a Trek film to me. *shrug* I didn't have a huge affinity to any of the characters and it simply didn't feel like My Trek and I know it's not supposed to. I guess I just miss the Trek of the past, in all its various incarnations.

[jessica]

I have only seen the original ones from the TV series, and I love some of them, but I have never seen a Star Trek movie. I have been known to traverse outside of Ape City on occasion.