We saw the new Star Trek last night and my Trekkie wife was absolutley thrilled. She said it was the best one ever.
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The New Star Trek....
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Leolaia
Arghh, plz no spoilers or plz give a warning that one is coming...
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rmt1
Plausible spoiler.
"Star Trek 2009" is Star Trek in HDADHD. I value Abrams for consistently delivering Edmund Burke's principle of the "sublime" on LOST and Cloverfield, but in the Kirk building scenes this offering panders to a Fast-And-The-Fewest-Neuron denominator. In every other scene, the movie moves too recklessly for the stateliness of the classic source material. The scene with Kirk's dad and mom was spastic and trite. There are other ways to involve and integrally incorporate women into science fiction plots, and Abrams should know those better ways, because he has consistently used them on LOST. Maybe it's just a problem with time limitations.
Having said all that, and allowing for the above choices as calculated generational target market constraints, I dare say the movie is not just a decent addition to Trek, but in fact quite good. Urban steals his scenes, and Quinto's command of the Spock character is shocking. I do hope for more of this ensemble.
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Elsewhere
Saw it today. Excellent movie, a definite "Go See".
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I have to say I was sorely disappointed to see the Vulcan home world destroyed... really destroyed. In the "other time line" Vulcan played a very important roll in the movies and series. I hope, should there be a new TV series and subsequent movies, that we will get to explorer temporary "other time lines" that will allow use to see Vulcan again.
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Wasanelder Once
No one seems to be saying much about Bones. I think he was probably the most acceptable of all the embryonic versions of these characters. At last someone who knows how to direct an old star trek episode as if it were new and modern. It was time travel, I felt 11 years old again. W.Once
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RR
We saw it, my wife loved it!
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truthsetsonefree
There were nothing but twenty somethings at the theater I went to. And they all loved it. Truly amazing.
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Scully
I watched some interviews with a few of the actors in the last couple of weeks, and I thought it interesting that none of them had a real awareness of the Star Trek canon prior to taking on these roles. I never would have guessed that having watched the movie - all of them came across as highly authentic representations of the characters.
The special effects were fantastic and I enjoyed the JJ Abrams twist on the prequel. Michael Giacchino's soundtrack is excellent.
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XJW4EVR
I am a bigger fan of TOS than the newer shows. I was very hesitant when it was first announced, but figured that if anyone could reboot Star Trek, it would be J.J. Abrams.
Well, I just got back from watching it, and it was just what the doctor ordered. Excitment...non-stop. Loved every moment. Had a few gasps of surprise. Loved the re-fit Enterprise.