Just Came from A Star Trek Screening

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[QUOTE="Jandurin"] a youthful group of adventurers explore the universe with lazors and aliens!xxDustmanxx

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[QUOTE="Jandurin"] a youthful group of adventurers explore the universe with lazors and aliens!Sajedene

It is the excessively young hot cast that gives me that impression. I'm all for some young hot folk but it seems they're selling something else there and toss the Star Trek label on to bring in another demographic or group of fans for more money. duxup

[QUOTE="Sajedene"][QUOTE="duxup"] It just looks like The OC: Star Trek. Not my cup of tea.

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[QUOTE="Sajedene"][QUOTE="duxup"] It just looks like The OC: Star Trek. Not my cup of tea.

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[QUOTE="duxup"]It is the excessively young hot cast that gives me that impression. I'm all for some young hot folk but it seems they're selling something else there and toss the Star Trek label on to bring in another demographic or group of fans for more money. Jandurin

[QUOTE="duxup"][QUOTE="Sajedene"] It's not that at all. I hated The OC -- I wouldn't use that analogy on it. smokeydabear076

[QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="duxup"]It is the excessively young hot cast that gives me that impression. I'm all for some young hot folk but it seems they're selling something else there and toss the Star Trek label on to bring in another demographic or group of fans for more money. smokeydabear076

xxDustmanxx

[QUOTE="xxDustmanxx"]Jandurin

crap Jandurin is back

crap Jandurin is back

kemar7856

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crap Jandurin is back

Jandurin

lol at the title.

lol at the title.

Optical_Order

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lol at the title.

Sajedene

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lol at the title.

Jandurin

Now I am thinking about watching it.

One of the main reasons Im even going to see it is because it is J.J. Abrams Star Trek and not the Star Trek of the past.SaintLeonidas

While I'm not as lucky as Saje in seeing it this early I will be able to see it with the rest of the Bay Area film critic group tomorrow night. I'll enjoy this film to a degree even if it does turn out to be less than what the trailers are promising. I've been a fan of the franchise right from the original series even up to the end of Enterprise. From others I know who have seen it already through early screenings I'd say Saje's thoughts on the film is dead to rights. It's a way to reboot the franchise without alienating the huge base of fans (except for the zealous, almost jihadist inner-inner hardcore who thought the franchise stopped being quality after TNG) but at the same time bringing in new fans who always thought the franchise was a nerdfest with technobabble only the Trekkers squeed at.

So what if Abrams and Paramount wants new fans to check out the franchise. I don't really see that as a bad thing since if it succeeds then the franchise continues to live beyond the conventions and TV reruns. Some here have already proclaimed the film to be garbage without seeing it and that has less to do with how good the film is since they've never seen it and more their personal feeling to what they think is something being done to their baby. I say to these people. The people who own Star Trek would be glad to lose some of you if it means gaining ten new fans for each.

I.m not huge Abrams fan and think he's done better as a writer than as a director. If there's something he's good at it would be knowing what sells and find a way to do it good enough that it's not pandering to the audience but also not trying to be the critics darling.

[QUOTE="kemar7856"][QUOTE="Jandurin"] I've tried and tried to figure out what was funny. I finally get it >_>xxDustmanxx

Simon Pegg is Scotty? That is ****ing epic!

Simon Pegg is Scotty? That is ****ing epic!

Raikoh_

Should've hired Nick Frost as Ensign Redshirt.

I thought he was in it.... I heard him in a commercial but when i do pay attention to them and confirm it was pegg, its not the right one....

While I'm not as lucky as Saje in seeing it this early I will be able to see it with the rest of the Bay Area film critic group tomorrow night. I'll enjoy this film to a degree even if it does turn out to be less than what the trailers are promising. I've been a fan of the franchise right from the original series even up to the end of Enterprise. From others I know who have seen it already through early screenings I'd say Saje's thoughts on the film is dead to rights. It's a way to reboot the franchise without alienating the huge base of fans (except for the zealous, almost jihadist inner-inner hardcore who thought the franchise stopped being quality after TNG) but at the same time bringing in new fans who always thought the franchise was a nerdfest with technobabble only the Trekkers squeed at.

So what if Abrams and Paramount wants new fans to check out the franchise. I don't really see that as a bad thing since if it succeeds then the franchise continues to live beyond the conventions and TV reruns. Some here have already proclaimed the film to be garbage without seeing it and that has less to do with how good the film is since they've never seen it and more their personal feeling to what they think is something being done to their baby. I say to these people. The people who own Star Trek would be glad to lose some of you if it means gaining ten new fans for each.

I.m not huge Abrams fan and think he's done better as a writer than as a director. If there's something he's good at it would be knowing what sells and find a way to do it good enough that it's not pandering to the audience but also not trying to be the critics darling.

Buck_Hotep

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While I'm not as lucky as Saje in seeing it this early I will be able to see it with the rest of the Bay Area film critic group tomorrow night. I'll enjoy this film to a degree even if it does turn out to be less than what the trailers are promising. I've been a fan of the franchise right from the original series even up to the end of Enterprise. From others I know who have seen it already through early screenings I'd say Saje's thoughts on the film is dead to rights. It's a way to reboot the franchise without alienating the huge base of fans (except for the zealous, almost jihadist inner-inner hardcore who thought the franchise stopped being quality after TNG) but at the same time bringing in new fans who always thought the franchise was a nerdfest with technobabble only the Trekkers squeed at.

So what if Abrams and Paramount wants new fans to check out the franchise. I don't really see that as a bad thing since if it succeeds then the franchise continues to live beyond the conventions and TV reruns. Some here have already proclaimed the film to be garbage without seeing it and that has less to do with how good the film is since they've never seen it and more their personal feeling to what they think is something being done to their baby. I say to these people. The people who own Star Trek would be glad to lose some of you if it means gaining ten new fans for each.

I.m not huge Abrams fan and think he's done better as a writer than as a director. If there's something he's good at it would be knowing what sells and find a way to do it good enough that it's not pandering to the audience but also not trying to be the critics darling.

Sajedene

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[QUOTE="Sajedene"] Actually that is a spoiler. So good job. Sajedene

The third trailer already gave this away, around 1:40

Nero says "James T. Kirk was a great man... but that was in another life". It's quite obvious what this means.

Leonard Nimoy makes some very valid points about why hardcore trekkies shouldn't write off the movie without seeing it.

I'm seeing it Thursday at 8pm, it's the first screening in my country. Can't wait!

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The third trailer already gave this away, around 1:40

Baranga

Nero says "James T. Kirk was a great man... but that was in another life". It's quite obvious what this means.

Leonard Nimoy makes some very valid points about why hardcore trekkies shouldn't write off the movie without seeing it.

I'm seeing it Thursday at 8pm, it's the first screening in my country. Can't wait!

He cheated? He didn't cheat he murdered it literally. It doesn't fit into continuty, hell what he did wasn't even Star Trek. He only left one series intact when he was finished and that one isn't even considered Trek by a lot of fans anyway. All he did was turn this into an above average action film. Congrats JJ you got your new fans you just lost the old ones in the process.lucky326

Have you read Nimoy's interview?

The original series always had a lot of adventure, and so do the books (yes, I know most of them are non-canon). Paste from imdb: Episodes normally unravelled like this - Enterprise invesigates some sort of abnomily or distress call - Enterprise under threat - - Kirk in peril - Kirk has a fight then a snog (sometimes with the same person)- Kirks quick mind saves the day - Kirk returns the bridge and sits in his captains chair makes a profound observation about the day - Spock raises one eye-brow. Kirk and the lads all have a chuckle on the bridge.

Thanks, Saje. I haven't been so excited since the last Star Wars:lol:

He cheated? He didn't cheat he murdered it literally. It doesn't fit into continuty, hell what he did wasn't even Star Trek. He only left one series intact when he was finished and that one isn't even considered Trek by a lot of fans anyway. All he did was turn this into an above average action film. Congrats JJ you got your new fans you just lost the old ones in the process.lucky326

[QUOTE="lucky326"]He cheated? He didn't cheat he murdered it literally. It doesn't fit into continuty, hell what he did wasn't even Star Trek. He only left one series intact when he was finished and that one isn't even considered Trek by a lot of fans anyway. All he did was turn this into an above average action film. Congrats JJ you got your new fans you just lost the old ones in the process.Sajedene

[QUOTE="Sajedene"][QUOTE="lucky326"]He cheated? He didn't cheat he murdered it literally. It doesn't fit into continuty, hell what he did wasn't even Star Trek. He only left one series intact when he was finished and that one isn't even considered Trek by a lot of fans anyway. All he did was turn this into an above average action film. Congrats JJ you got your new fans you just lost the old ones in the process.lucky326

I was surprised by how important Nemoy's opinion on the movie is. If he didn't like the script and turned down his reprise, Abrams was set to rewrite the entire thing. :shock:

I was surprised by how important Nemoy's opinion on the movie is. If he didn't like the script and turned down his reprise, Abrams was set to rewrite the entire thing. :shock:

Theokhoth

Movie looks interesting, and I loved JJ Abraham's Cloverfield.. Though I would not consider my self a Star trek fan, I did enjoy the majority of the Startrek movie (though I cared little for any of its series that spawned from them). How does it compare to First Contact? I thought that one had to be one of the best of all the movies.sSubZerOo

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[QUOTE="Jandurin"] That, and that it's so obviously directed at non-fans.Sajedene

I have a few reasons to go see it, some of my friends want to go, I'm curious to see how they make the appeal to a wider audience, and the visual effects look awesome. I'm glad to hear that there will be some easter eggs for fans of the shows to find--that's just icing on the cake. I think I'll be able to enjoy it, even if it doesn't represent Star Trek word for word, and all of that.