Guest Sundancefisher Posted November 27, 2009 Posted November 27, 2009 I thought the new movie was good but was surprised that the invented a whole new time line. No Enterprise..no Voyager...no Deep Space Nine. Still good acting...good plot. Quote
reevesr1 Posted November 27, 2009 Posted November 27, 2009 New timeline=they can do whatever they want with no constraints from the old series. Quote
Pythagoras Posted November 27, 2009 Posted November 27, 2009 Ya, They had to figure out a way to be able to tell a new story without breaking canon...I thought they did it in a cool way. Quote
headscan Posted November 27, 2009 Posted November 27, 2009 The guy that played McCoy was perfect, the new Spock was pretty good, but the new Chekhov was damn annoying. The rest were meh, though Uhura is hot. Wasn't impressed by the story (wow, time travel in a Star Trek story - how inspired) or anything else about it really. And I'm not a big Star Trek fan, so it isn't like I'm some geek who's upset by the changes they made. Quote
Guest Sundancefisher Posted November 27, 2009 Posted November 27, 2009 The guy that played McCoy was perfect, the new Spock was pretty good, but the new Chekhov was damn annoying. The rest were meh, though Uhura is hot. Wasn't impressed by the story (wow, time travel in a Star Trek story - how inspired) or anything else about it really. And I'm not a big Star Trek fan, so it isn't like I'm some geek who's upset by the changes they made. LOL Uhura pinning down Spock...the teenage hormone plot line. Chekhov was annoying. the voice was too over the top. Sulu was good. Overall I rated the story and everything quite highly. I would actually be looking forward to seeing the next one in the theatre... Quote
reevesr1 Posted November 27, 2009 Posted November 27, 2009 Liked the movie, though the plot was totally secondary. The point was to introduce you to the new characters, and set things up so they can do what they want. My 12 yr old daughter LOVED it. We have since rented most of the old movies (can't find a few of the original movies, and 1 of the next gen movies) and watched them together. She watches the old series and new ones. Finally, I got my science fiction geek. That and vampires. Quote
headscan Posted November 27, 2009 Posted November 27, 2009 Battlestar Galactica was the best sci fi in recent years and a great example of how to relaunch something the right way. Might be a little too much for a 12 year old, though. Quote
reevesr1 Posted November 27, 2009 Posted November 27, 2009 Might be a little too much for a 12 year old, though. Uhh, yeah. Quote
headscan Posted November 27, 2009 Posted November 27, 2009 Uhh, yeah. It varies. I saw Blade Runner in the theatre when it first came out, so I would've been 10 at the time. Still one of my favourite movies. Quote
reevesr1 Posted November 27, 2009 Posted November 27, 2009 It varies. I saw Blade Runner in the theatre when it first came out, so I would've been 10 at the time. Still one of my favourite movies. Marc-If you were my 12 yr old daughter you would not have seen bladerunner! Quote
headscan Posted November 28, 2009 Posted November 28, 2009 Rick, if I were your 12 year old daughter there would be all kinds of other things wrong with that! Quote
birchy Posted November 28, 2009 Posted November 28, 2009 I watched it on the plane home from Europe last month and didn't catch anything about an alternate timeline/reality (although I had already heard that). Did they actually explain IN the movie that it was an alternate timeline? Or was that just stated by the producers or whoever..? Quote
Guest Sundancefisher Posted November 28, 2009 Posted November 28, 2009 I watched it on the plane home from Europe last month and didn't catch anything about an alternate timeline/reality (although I had already heard that). Did they actually explain IN the movie that it was an alternate timeline? Or was that just stated by the producers or whoever..? warning... spoiler... Vulcan was blown up... only 10,000 Vulcans left alive in the Universe Never happened in the original time line. Vulcan was always a major player in the future... Therego...new time line. Quote
Guest Sundancefisher Posted November 28, 2009 Posted November 28, 2009 It varies. I saw Blade Runner in the theatre when it first came out, so I would've been 10 at the time. Still one of my favourite movies. My 8, 10 and 12 year old kids loved Woody Harrelson in Natural Born Killers Quote
reevesr1 Posted November 28, 2009 Posted November 28, 2009 Many questions remain unanswered Are Tribbles still Trouble? Is Capt. Pike going to ever go to the Butthead planet and meet that old woman except the Buttheads will make him think she is young and hot so they can have mental, uhh, relations? Are the Klingons going to look like the original series Klingons or the Next Generation Klingons? I would go with Next Gen if it was me. Quote
Guest Sundancefisher Posted November 28, 2009 Posted November 28, 2009 Many questions remain unanswered Are Tribbles still Trouble? Is Capt. Pike going to ever go to the Butthead planet and meet that old woman except the Buttheads will make him think she is young and hot so they can have mental, uhh, relations? Are the Klingons going to look like the original series Klingons or the Next Generation Klingons? I would go with Next Gen if it was me. ...and will senior officers half to walk around with their chests sticking forward abnormally far...and I am referring to Riker...not Troi! Quote
Rp3flyfisher Posted November 29, 2009 Posted November 29, 2009 My Wife and I LOVE Star Trek. We both thought that the new one is the BEST ever. Maybe not as good as The Voyage Home but......... :whoot: Rick Quote
duanec Posted November 29, 2009 Posted November 29, 2009 the trek franchise had become very tired, dull and pedestrian. was in desperate need of a reboot, and taking a cue from the battlestar galactica 're-imagining' was a wise move. they really needed to return to the character-driven basics as the typical storylines/bad guys/federation is so wesley crusher. the last series enterprise had a dog on the show??? even t'pol the superhawt vulcan couldn't save that mess. i think abrahms did a good job, even my kids liked it and they don't dig on sci fi. Quote
duanec Posted November 29, 2009 Posted November 29, 2009 Battlestar Galactica was the best sci fi in recent years one of the best things on tv in recent years period. Quote
Guest Sundancefisher Posted November 30, 2009 Posted November 30, 2009 one of the best things on tv in recent years period. It was good because it was fresh and new and just a little wrong each episode to make you wonder what is around the corner next. It too can become lame I think. Contant weird stuff happening just becomes a high tech soap opera. There has to be some believability in shows to really hold someones attention. What I mean is just enough known truth combined with imagination to say...hey...this could one day happen. Quote
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