Star Trek movie

dar512 · 05-29-2009, 12:53 PM

I saw the Star Trek prequel with my brother over the holiday weekend. I enjoyed it quite a bit. Some nice twists on the original, but including the requisite throwbacks: "I'm a doctor, Jim, not a physicist."

classicman · 05-29-2009, 01:00 PM

"I'm givin' ya all she's got, Captain!"
That was a good one too. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie.

Pie · 05-29-2009, 01:06 PM

Spock bumping uglies with Uhura was not an approved change. Grrrr.

Beestie · 05-29-2009, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Pie

Spock bumping uglies with Uhura was not an approved change. Grrrr.

It was, in fact, highly illogical. Sorry, had to do it.

Otherwise, an outstanding movie with excellent casting. Young Spock was perfect. Chekov and Scotty were great also. They managed to squeek in a scene where Chekov's inability to pronounce the letter V created comic relief and a nod to the real geeks who remember that.

regular.joe · 05-29-2009, 02:36 PM

The guy in red on the "away" team is killed. Perfect!

Pie · 05-29-2009, 03:14 PM

And Sulu isn't Japanese this time; he's Korean. But you know, us Asians, we all look the same.

dar512 · 05-29-2009, 03:51 PM

It's a two-edged sword (speaking of Sulu). When people know enough Asians to differentiate, you'll cease to be 'exotic'.

Pie · 05-29-2009, 07:36 PM

Although, to be fair, Roddenberry wanted Sulu to be "pan-Asian"

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George Takei recalled Gene Roddenberry wanted the character to represent all of Asia, which symbolized the peace of the Trek universe in spite of the numerous wars in the continent. Roddenberry did not want a nationally specific surname, so he looked at a map and saw the Sulu Sea. "He thought, 'Ah, the waters of that sea touch all shores'," the actor recalled, "and that's how my character came to have the name Sulu."

He didn't end up with the more-clearly Japanese given name till ST:VI.

Elspode · 06-06-2009, 11:59 AM

Finally saw it last weekend, and speaking as a Trekkie since the show originally ran on TV when I was a lad, I enjoyed it thoroughly and have zero problems with anything they did.

The whole notion Abrams came up with to portray Trek's universe and history as having changed because the new film begins on a different/parallel timeline was brilliant, and frees future films from the fetters of what we've known before. This allows new ideas to be built upon the framework and characters we know and love.

I wish I was that smart.

richlevy · 06-07-2009, 12:40 AM

I have deliberately not read this thread since I am holding out on seeing Star Trek in Imax. I was hoping to see it down the shore in July, but it looks like the theatre will be switching to Transformers.

If I can't see it in Imax, then I will wait to buy it used for $7. There is no way I'm going to pay $12 a ticket to see it in a regular theatre. It's IMAX or home video.

Pie · 06-07-2009, 08:47 AM

rl -- just make sure it isn't Imax Digital.

ZenGum · 06-07-2009, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

The whole notion Abrams came up with to portray Trek's universe and history as having changed because the new film begins on a different/parallel timeline was brilliant, and frees future films from the fetters of what we've known before.

You mean they can boldly go ... where ... no ...

sorry.

richlevy · 06-07-2009, 07:40 PM

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rl -- just make sure it isn't Imax Digital.

Let me guess. Is "IMAX Digital" like digital zoom where optical clarity is faked using algorithms instead of truly being achieved through better optics or larger film stock?

bluecuracao · 06-07-2009, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by regular.joe

The guy in red on the "away" team is killed. Perfect!

I saw the movie in a packed house--when the camera panned over to that guy, just about everyone in the theater groaned at the same time.

Pie · 06-07-2009, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by richlevy

Let me guess. Is "IMAX Digital" like digital zoom where optical clarity is faked using algorithms instead of truly being achieved through better optics or larger film stock?

I went on a bit of a rant over here. In short(!), the screen is not the towering seven-story monster of yore; it's a brazen rip-off.

05-29-2009, 12:53 PM	#1
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Star Trek movie I saw the Star Trek prequel with my brother over the holiday weekend. I enjoyed it quite a bit. Some nice twists on the original, but including the requisite throwbacks: "I'm a doctor, Jim, not a physicist." __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

05-29-2009, 01:00 PM	#2
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	"I'm givin' ya all she's got, Captain!" That was a good one too. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

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Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Spock bumping uglies with Uhura was not an approved change. Grrrr. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

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regular.joe Старый сержант Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NC, dreaming of large Russian women. Posts: 1,464	The guy in red on the "away" team is killed. Perfect! __________________ Birth, wealth, and position are valueless during wartime. Man is only judged by his character --Soldier's Testament. Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. - Marcus Aurelius.

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Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	And Sulu isn't Japanese this time; he's Korean. But you know, us Asians, we all look the same. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

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dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	It's a two-edged sword (speaking of Sulu). When people know enough Asians to differentiate, you'll cease to be 'exotic'. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

06-06-2009, 11:59 AM	#9
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Finally saw it last weekend, and speaking as a Trekkie since the show originally ran on TV when I was a lad, I enjoyed it thoroughly and have zero problems with anything they did. The whole notion Abrams came up with to portray Trek's universe and history as having changed because the new film begins on a different/parallel timeline was brilliant, and frees future films from the fetters of what we've known before. This allows new ideas to be built upon the framework and characters we know and love. I wish I was that smart. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

06-07-2009, 12:40 AM	#10
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I have deliberately not read this thread since I am holding out on seeing Star Trek in Imax. I was hoping to see it down the shore in July, but it looks like the theatre will be switching to Transformers. If I can't see it in Imax, then I will wait to buy it used for $7. There is no way I'm going to pay $12 a ticket to see it in a regular theatre. It's IMAX or home video. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

06-07-2009, 08:47 AM	#11
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	rl -- just make sure it isn't Imax Digital. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

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