** Star Trek **

[andysayshi]

Was it just me, or did anyone notice the Wrath Of Kahn reference from Eric Bana: his "Spock!! SPOCK!!!" scream was such a "Kahn! KAHN!!" moment...

Aussie Chris Hemsworth as Kirk's dad - fucking hot!!

 

[chatolandia]

I saw it as a different possibility in the same timeline, very quantum physics...


if you change something in the past, the future changes, but the original future stays the same... you just go a different path...


I loved the movie, it was really good!


I think it had enough of everything in a good balance, action, drama, character building, and sexy scenes


I loved the original series, and frankly I was worried that they would be so respectful to the original as to take out any new impetus to the new series... (like they did in Watchmen)


or so out of sync as to turn anyone who loved the original off (as in the first Hulk film)


but they did a good enough job

 

[CaptainRush]

I saw it and loved it. Chris Pine was great for the main role.

 

[Spiff]

Who wants to watch a reboot of future movies when we know how it will end?

I don't think they will attempt to reboot past Star Trek movies. This movie ends where the original episodes began (evident from Captain Pike's role.) If anything in the next movies will be borrowed, it would be the stories from the original episodes from the 60's. The first Star Trek movies' stories started after the happenings of the original episodes.

 

[aijalon18]

This movie was awesome. Wish there was a little more Sulu.The one weak link for me was Chris Pine. He did a credible job, but the played-out, hotshot ladies' man thing was kind of annoying to me.

Plus on a merely superficial level, Chris Pine is not cute. In still photos and magazine spreads he looks good, but not in motion and up close. On the big screen, his skin looks so horrible it was distracting. William Shatner was fine as hell when he was younger. The guy that played Kirk's father was pretty damn hot though.

 

[GL]

i just got back from watching it again!!

i took my mom, dad and brother to it and they just loved it.

 

[mike_n_herrin]

i noticed the face/skin thing on pine also, but i finally decided he was beat up and unshaven for most of the movie and that was the "look" they were trying for. so he might look more "pretty boy" good later movies or whatever if they do more.

and yes chris h as kirk's father was hot.

 

[thevofl]

I saw it twice and loved it both times. Two plot holes were WAY more evident the second time around. They actually changed my opinion of the film.

SPOILER ALERT

1) Black holes consume the area around it. It does for huge distances more than what was in the movie. Also, when a star goes supernova, a black hole could result; so it doesn't make sense to use a black hole to stop a supernova.

2) The timeline doesn't make sense. It takes about 10 minutes to go from Earth to Vulcan at maximal warp, but the trip away takes a day or two. Kirk gets stranded on a sister planet to Vulcan (because Spock watched Vulcan from the surface). After hanging with Spock, walking a total of 14km (approximately 9 miles), having fun with Scotty, and adapting a standard transporter into a transwarp transporter, Kirk and Scotty transport back on to the Enterprise en route back to the Laurentian system. Was the crew of the Enterprise walking to the Laurentian system? I did not know that Scotty had the knowledge to develop transgalactic transporter.

 

[Sausy]

slips, strips, bars, or bricks? lol

Bars,of course.....bricks are just too cumbersome to deal with!And the others won't get you much!

 

[bluedragon4]

I saw it twice and loved it both times. Two plot holes were WAY more evident the second time around. They actually changed my opinion of the film.

SPOILER ALERT

1) Black holes consume the area around it. It does for huge distances more than what was in the movie. Also, when a star goes supernova, a black hole could result; so it doesn't make sense to use a black hole to stop a supernova.

2) The timeline doesn't make sense. It takes about 10 minutes to go from Earth to Vulcan at maximal warp, but the trip away takes a day or two. Kirk gets stranded on a sister planet to Vulcan (because Spock watched Vulcan from the surface). After hanging with Spock, walking a total of 14km (approximately 9 miles), having fun with Scotty, and adapting a standard transporter into a transwarp transporter, Kirk and Scotty transport back on to the Enterprise en route back to the Laurentian system. Was the crew of the Enterprise walking to the Laurentian system? I did not know that Scotty had the knowledge to develop transgalactic transporter.

People who analyze movies like this scare me. The science in these movies never make sense. Can't you just enjoy it for the fun that it is?

 

[hollywood19]

yay! i think you'll like it! i can sort of see how the purists might get upset and all but you know what? the concept did need a reboot imho. it worked for bond...



uh... i had to fight the urge to spank my captain's log right there in the theater!

There was something packed in that overnight sack...LOL

 

[thevofl]

People who analyze movies like this scare me. The science in these movies never make sense. Can't you just enjoy it for the fun that it is?

Well, apparently I scare you. Boo. People who go to films solely for entertainment value scare me too. Tit-for-tat aside, if you read my first sentence you will see that I loved it both times. Yes I understand that a suspension of disbelief is needed for all films. But, this is a science fiction film here, which means there is a certain level of science involved. It would have been so easy to just to say, "It's a micro black hole." JJ Abrams should know that his film is going to be dissected by the fans. It was an easy item to correct.

 

[versatastic]

Well, apparently I scare you. Boo. People who go to films solely for entertainment value scare me too. Tit-for-tat aside, if you read my first sentence you will see that I loved it both times. Yes I understand that a suspension of disbelief is needed for all films. But, this is a science fiction film here, which means there is a certain level of science involved. It would have been so easy to just to say, "It's a micro black hole." JJ Abrams should know that his film is going to be dissected by the fans. It was an easy item to correct.

Not really. They always make up a lot of different particles to explain various phenomena, i.e gravimetric particles or chroniton particles. And of course the sensors have always been able to pick up every new particle the writers make up. Likewise they can use the main deflector to recreate or manipulate almost any phenomena.


It's just like magic, except they use "sciencey" technobabble and technology instead of arcane languages, incantations, and magical objects.



Either way, I still love it all. I don't pay too much attention to the science of Star Trek or other scifi shows as long as there's some logic to it.



From your previous post, according the to the Memory Alpha wiki, transwarp transport beaming from a standstill onto a ship traveling at warp speed, not so much ultra long range transport. And the older Spock from the future/alternate timeline helped young Scotty with the calculations for it.

 

[thevofl]

It's just like magic, except they use "sciencey" technobabble and technology instead of arcane languages, incantations, and magical objects.

Technobabble I would welcum. But using something concrete like a black hole grounds it in science.

Imagine a film about common folks living amongst the backstabbing politics of ancient Rome. Suppose the main character witnessed the Emperor--suspicious of the Senate--kill half of them. It could make an interesting pic. Now suppose that the writers used Julius Ceasar as said Emperor. Historians would shouting saying it didn't happen.

I wish that the writers would have just taken one more go through with the script.

 

[bluedragon4]

Did it get awfully nerdy in here all of a sudden or is it just me? lol

 

[versatastic]

Technobabble I would welcum. But using something concrete like a black hole grounds it in science.

Imagine a film about common folks living amongst the backstabbing politics of ancient Rome. Suppose the main character witnessed the Emperor--suspicious of the Senate--kill half of them. It could make an interesting pic. Now suppose that the writers used Julius Ceasar as said Emperor. Historians would shouting saying it didn't happen.

I wish that the writers would have just taken one more go through with the script.

I drool over technobabble!

Did it get awfully nerdy in here all of a sudden or is it just me? lol

I drool over technobabble!

 

[GL]

There was something packed in that overnight sack...LOL

damn! i loved that scene!

anyhow, the movie did pretty damn good for its opening weekend!

'Star Trek' has galactic $76.5 million opening

 

[darkhelios1977]

I wasn't much of a fan of the original series, though I did like the movies, but damn....I'd hump every one on that ship. lol I have to agree that Kirk's dad is much better looking than Kirk himself and I loved Karl Urban's McCoy and how cute was Chekov....I just wanted to pinch his cheeks (on his face that is. lol)

 

[MisterMajestic]

Saw the Flick last night...It was really good...The B-List actors pulled their parts off in Spades...Very RARE that I say this about ANY film but "Star Trek" is worth a 2nd trip to the theatre...

And I LIKED those kisses Uhura planted on Spock....I would like to see more of the 2 of them together in the next film..You guys noticed how Uhura sorta-kinda convinced Spock to place her on his time and he sorta-kinda found room for her? He's all about the Rules but you see he broke the rules for his Baby-cakes...LOL..

 

[hotatlboi]

Technobabble I would welcum. But using something concrete like a black hole grounds it in science.

LOL, I just had to laugh at this. The movie had plenty of non-science technobabble.

Starting with "an exploding star that threatened to destroy the galaxy".