STAR TREK: 95% TOMATOMETER *spoilers abound*
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My youngest brother emailed me this yesterday. It's disgusting. I mean, really? He wants a 40 year old from that loser movie to play a 20 year old Kirk. I don't know how to respond to this. If it gets out, I think this will tear my family apart. But if I keep it inside, it might destroy me. Oh well, at least he didn't suggest Neil Patrick Harris.My youngest brother wrote:didn't like the Kirk kid, though. Shoulda been Casper Van Deen from Starship Troopers
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Finally saw this last night...........FANTASTIC!
Casting...was perfect.
Kirk with the green woman just had me laughing for hours!
I liked how the past was altered but things matched up again at the end.
Kirk's cheating was horrible though.
Couldn't he have played it a little less obvious?
Dumb.
I'm a diehard fan of the original series and I really just loved this "reboot".
Casting...was perfect.
Kirk with the green woman just had me laughing for hours!
I liked how the past was altered but things matched up again at the end.
Kirk's cheating was horrible though.
Couldn't he have played it a little less obvious?
Dumb.
I'm a diehard fan of the original series and I really just loved this "reboot".
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You're wrong and I hope your wiener falls off.High Lord Tolkien wrote:Finally saw this last night...........FANTASTIC!
Casting...was perfect.
Kirk with the green woman just had me laughing for hours!
I liked how the past was altered but things matched up again at the end.
Kirk's cheating was horrible though.
Couldn't he have played it a little less obvious?
Dumb.
I'm a diehard fan of the original series and I really just loved this "reboot".
And that's all I have to say about that.
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Believe me, you've said enough. Too much, in fact.Cail wrote:And that's all I have to say about that.
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I'd say more, but apparently there's been too much said already.dANdeLION wrote:Believe me, you've said enough. Too much, in fact.Cail wrote:And that's all I have to say about that.
I hate it when I'm behind the curve.
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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News in Oz this morning was that JJ Abrams is having lunch with William Shatner with a view to finding some part in the next Star Trek movie due out in 2011. How they will incorporate him?
There cannot be an easy way as he will not resemble a Kirk prior to him 'dying' and he should not have aged in the Nexus, so other than serious CGI cosmetic work it would have to be a post Nexus period with 'a' Kirk being rescued/released/manifested by or from the Nexus. Sounds like a good negotiating stance for Whoopi to start making overtures from too.
But........any other ideas of how you'd write Kirk back in????
There cannot be an easy way as he will not resemble a Kirk prior to him 'dying' and he should not have aged in the Nexus, so other than serious CGI cosmetic work it would have to be a post Nexus period with 'a' Kirk being rescued/released/manifested by or from the Nexus. Sounds like a good negotiating stance for Whoopi to start making overtures from too.
But........any other ideas of how you'd write Kirk back in????
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Since time travel and parallel universes have completely corrupted the series (gosh SRD, you think you'd have taken a lesson...), after a turbo-flush mishap in the space toilet, Kirk returns to his Starfleet Academy class an aged man.
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Turbo-flush incident? Talk about your gaseous anomalies.........
Dandelion don't tell no lies
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Blow away dandelion
I'm afraid there's no denying
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Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion
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Easy - we have a new timeline, We have time travel. *shrugs*.finn wrote:News in Oz this morning was that JJ Abrams is having lunch with William Shatner with a view to finding some part in the next Star Trek movie due out in 2011. How they will incorporate him?
There cannot be an easy way as he will not resemble a Kirk prior to him 'dying' and he should not have aged in the Nexus, so other than serious CGI cosmetic work it would have to be a post Nexus period with 'a' Kirk being rescued/released/manifested by or from the Nexus. Sounds like a good negotiating stance for Whoopi to start making overtures from too.
But........any other ideas of how you'd write Kirk back in????
And - I may have caught glimpse of some Neil Patrick Harris criticism earlier in the thread. I will not stand for it. He is an American treasure! While I certainly can't abide by the way Veerhoven hacked one of my favorite novels/writers to pieces, if one were to take the movie for what it is it's actually really not that bad. As far as lantern jawed space jockeys go, Van Deem really wasn't too bad.
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I actually found it for sale on Monday (26th) at Blockbuster!
Good to watch it again, tho' I was a bit dissoed with the "extras" as they'be been hyped up a fair bit. Some good dialogue from JJ and friends put some of the plot mechanics into perspective, but nothing earth shattering, the best stuff was from Leonard Nimoy and it was really warming to see the original Uhura and Chekhov on set to support their replacements (or should that be predecessors).
Really impressed with the casting....
Good to watch it again, tho' I was a bit dissoed with the "extras" as they'be been hyped up a fair bit. Some good dialogue from JJ and friends put some of the plot mechanics into perspective, but nothing earth shattering, the best stuff was from Leonard Nimoy and it was really warming to see the original Uhura and Chekhov on set to support their replacements (or should that be predecessors).
Really impressed with the casting....
"Winston, if you were my husband I'd give you poison" ................ "Madam, if you were my wife I would drink it!"
"Terrorism is war by the poor, and war is terrorism by the rich"
"A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well."
"The opposite of pro-life isn't pro-death. Y'know?"
"What if the Hokey Cokey really is what its all about?"
"Terrorism is war by the poor, and war is terrorism by the rich"
"A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well."
"The opposite of pro-life isn't pro-death. Y'know?"
"What if the Hokey Cokey really is what its all about?"
Huh? An American Movie is on sale (weeks earlier than the release in America) in other countries? Our release date isn't until Nov 17
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Does it matter?sindatur wrote:Huh? An American Movie is on sale (weeks earlier than the release in America) in other countries? Our release date isn't until Nov 17
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I'm definitely not a Trek fan . . . you could say that I am sometimes inspired to loathe the setting. That said, I saw this film the other night and really enjoyed it. The best Trek films seem to be the ones which are sheer entertainment, and this film succeeded on that level. Bana as the villain was really excellent - he made a fresh break from all of the aristocratic or imperialist style villains common in the film franchise. He was quite an under-stated character, and I liked that.
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Agreed. I recall not being impressed with Nero in the first viewing. However, I missed the subtlety, and he really is interesting and novel.
The movie gets 4 stars from me.
The movie gets 4 stars from me.
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