I finally seen Star Trek (the new movie)

[kryptosmaster]

OK! I finally saw this. Guess I was the last one left? LOL
I thought it was great. J.J. Abrams seems to have the Midas Touch on everything he does.
I thought the way they handled it was brilliant. I think it was the ONLY way they could have approached this movie without totally alienating all the rabid fans. To make it a "Back to the Future"-ish story where basically everything that came before still happened but someone went back and "stepped on a butterfly" and changed the course of events was absolute genius.
I liked a lot of the little touches and I'm sure I missed a million little homages but they were cool nonetheless. Pike in the wheelchair at the end and in a ST:TMP suit was cool.
I also hated the Spock?Uhura thing. Just didn't feel right. The ship, while odd-looking at first was still unmistakably the Enterprise.
I did not like the Romulan advesary and I didn't even realize he was a Romulan until someone said he was in the movie. For them to make the bad guy in this film look so much like the bad guy in Nemesis was kind of stupid in my opinion.
I guess the only part that actually didn't feel right to me was the part that they really couldn't do....make everything "all better" at the end by having Spock (Nimoy) fix the the timeline like pretty much any movie would have as the outcomewhen dealing with time-travel in this manner. If they did that then the whole point of rejuvenating the franchise would be moot.
I'm not sure where they are going with the sequels but at the very least no fan of what came before can truly say they got rid of or changed the continuity that came before. It still happened and Spock(Nimoy) is the proof.
Rich

[Jerry68]

I just saw this. I like dit. It was interesting that even in the alternate reality everyone still came together. Iwas a bit disapointed in the fact Kirk never really one a fight, oh well there is always the sequel.

[clemso]

Lol! I've just looked at Daniel Dae Kim's Filmography, not only was he born in South Korea, he has also starred in Star Trek: Voyager (2000) as Gotana-Retz (in episode "Blink of an Eye") & Star Trek: Enterprise (2003-2004) as MACO Corporal Chang. He has Star Trek pedigree

[clemso]

that's because Hollywood still thinks all asians look the same.
Sulu is supposed to be japanese. John Cho is Korean (actually born in South Korea). Koreans can pass for southern Chinese but not for Japanese the facial features are too different.
It's almost as bad as George Takei being cast as a Vietnamese in Green Berets or Soon-Tek Oh (a Korean) as the VN col in Missing in action 2 (he also played vietnamese in magnum)

I personally think the guy from Lost, Daniel Dae Kim (Jin Kwon) would have been a better fit.

[jds1911a1]

There is an extra on the DVD where JJ Abrams says that he called George Takai and asked him his thoughts on casting John Cho. Apparently George said OK.

even if that is true he was probably judging on the acting ability of Cho which is actually very good. I was commenting on why fans may not have liken him as much - he simply doesn't look japanese

[Mikey]

George probably said, I need to see a picture of him first preferably nude before I can decide ...

Oh, My

[UnderdogDJLSW]

Sulu is supposed to be japanese. John Cho is Korean

There is an extra on the DVD where JJ Abrams says that he called George Takai and asked him his thoughts on casting John Cho. Apparently George said OK.

[wolfie]

No, there is two of us.

[kennermike]

Im probably the last member here who has not seen it

[The Toyroom]

I got this DVD for X-Mas and just watched it yesterday. I really enjoyed it. I was able to get in to the new portrayals and quickly forgot about William Shatner as soon as Chris Pine hit the screen. The essence of Kirk was still there and considering this is an alternate timeline made it easy to accept the reboot for me. Nicely done! Great popcorn flick IMO! Looking forward to the next one...and I've NEVER been excited about seeing TOS movies when they 1st hit the theatre so that's saying something right there.

[jds1911a1]

Because the execs at paramount figured they could make more money by taking advantage of a "captive" audience on the heels of a successful movie.......so they cut the budget on special effects and more focused screen writing/adapting....I hope the next film doesn't have this problem.

Which is why ST V works till about halfway through when the effects need to carry the weight of the shots

[jds1911a1]

Ive just watched it for the first time, I was pleasantly surprised. I did not buy the Uhura making out with Spock. Chris Pine was better than I thought. Sulu looked all wrong to me, but look forward to the next one.

that's because Hollywood still thinks all asians look the same.
Sulu is supposed to be japanese. John Cho is Korean (actually born in South Korea). Koreans can pass for southern Chinese but not for Japanese the facial features are too different.
It's almost as bad as George Takei being cast as a Vietnamese in Green Berets or Soon-Tek Oh (a Korean) as the VN col in Missing in action 2 (he also played vietnamese in magnum)

[mego73]

Because the execs at paramount figured they could make more money by taking advantage of a "captive" audience on the heels of a successful movie.......so they cut the budget on special effects and more focused screen writing/adapting....I hope the next film doesn't have this problem.

I remember the commentary by Nimoy for 3 and him talking about how the budget was limited and how it affected the scenes like Spock's rebirth scenes.

Nimoy throught the backdrop on the set looked really fake and decided to throw the background out of focus in most shots.

And about the future new Trek movies, the original Trek movies were made to take advantage of the people's nostalgia and love for the original Trek cast.

With these new Trek movies, they are in the process and establishing a new cast and they would be fools to not go bigger after the success of the first one.

[trekman101]

You gotta wonder why coming off the most successful of the films he got his
budget cut.

Because the execs at paramount figured they could make more money by taking advantage of a "captive" audience on the heels of a successful movie.......so they cut the budget on special effects and more focused screen writing/adapting....I hope the next film doesn't have this problem.

[huedell]

Nimoy (Star Trek 3 and 4) had the luxury of spending money.
If not, those movies would have been crap too.

You gotta wonder why coming off the most successful of the films he got his
budget cut.