Rejoice Star Trek fans. Rejoice! Finally we have a Star Trek movie with some balls, a movie worthy of being called a movie. A movie finally worth the price of admission; a Star Trek movie you will want to see again.
We are the coolest virgins! No we are!
For years Star Trek fans have wanted to argue with Star Wars fans about which franchise was the best. For years “Trekkies” have had nothing but the leg of “The Wrath of Khan” to stand on, rejoice Star Trek fans with this movie, J.J. Abrams brings you hope.
To me, this was the best Star Trek movie we have had. No disrespect to the original cast members or the people that tried to make those movies great, but this movie gave us what none of those others could. Finally we have a Star Trek movie that felt like a real movie, not a made for television movie that they decided to release in the theaters, just a real damn good film.
For the record I hate time traveling movies, hate them, but I accepted a long time ago that Star Trek will always be full of crappy time travel stories. The time travel in this movie was well done and about the best possible solution for a franchise reboot that I have seen. This film is by far the best reboot/relaunch/redo movie I have seen yet. This kept the old legacy alive and the future fresh for the franchise. Star Trek fans should line up and suck the balls of J.J. Abrams thanking him for what he and the crew did for this franchise. It was nothing short of astounding. I hope the people in Hollywood make sure and sign him to the next 3 to 4 Star Trek movies, because I want more of where this came from. Until tonight I wasn’t a fan of Abrams, or I should say I never seemed to watch his works, maybe I should rethink my decision. I do not want to give the plot away on this movie so I won’t, but this is a movie you should see for yourself.
Trek You! Lucas, Trek You!
Star Trek fans be proud. Stand up. Look tough and go find that Star Wars fan that always heckled you. Look him dead in the eyes and ask him how the last 3 prequels compare to your reboot/prequel. Watch them stall and talk about the original trilogy. When this happens shout Ewoks! Watch them sweat as they try to say “The Phantom Menace” was decent. Shout Jar Jar Binks! Watch them put their heads down towards the ground as they try and convince themselves the dialog in those movies was passable. And when they are done be gentle and left their head, smile and give them “the finger” because this round belongs to you. Trek You!
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Saw it with Scott tonight. EVERYONE in the whole theatre seemed at least happy with and almost everyone loves. We will call it the Anti-Wolverine. I thought there were some plot holes but now that I have been thinking about it, a lot of them would make more sense if they continue the with the plans of the original spoiler I read a year and a half ago. So if there is something that doesn’t sit right with you, be patient, such things make be resolved in the next one. As Marzekiel (Mark) said, “It is like toast, buttered on both sides of the bread.”
CORBOMITE FOR THE WIN!!!!!
Wolverine was not bad, so if this a better movie than that I will be very happy. You should not nip pick so much, movies are for you to go to with a date and enjoy then enjoy her. HAHAHA!
I will see it tonight. Going to the movie with a hot lady friend. Not as hot as Zoe Saldana but still nice.
You wash my ass?
You touch my poo poo?
Man you gross. So you are burrito? You trying to copy cat me.
How did you get your nickname then? I won taco eating content in high school and been called Taco ever since. I was little then and could eat alot, now I eat and am big. That was 25 year ago, during the good ol days.
I have heard nothing but good stuff about this movie. I am excited to see it this weekend.
I’m pretty sure that Cornman: American Vegetable Hero was better than any of the more recent Star Wars releases.
You never heard anything about midichlorians from Cornman. His mystique is nothing but sweet corn pureness. You never heard a CGI Rastafarian ruin 97% of that release either.
Kudos, Scotty Boy. I hadn’t planned on seeing it, but for your reasoning alone I probably will now.
Dude, what are you doing to keep you from commenting as “Couch Pirate Pump”? If you’re logging in, that should come up.
I haven’t changed anything, Captain. It was coming up roses a week or two ago.
I’m kind of a dick, if that helps?
No problem, we’ll look at it the next time we get together.
I shall see it, but I’m a Next Generation fan. I don’t know if I can actually think of someone as Capt. Kirk without a girdle on.
Shat will always be TJ Hooker.
I don’t know if I can put an actual pic up in this response, here is the link? Let me see if this works.
http://inlinethumb60.webshots.com/45499/2546488940103338626S425×425Q85.jpg
Pouts because The Next Generation Crew will continued to be denied the cinematic greatness it deserves. There is no Capt. Picard, No Data, No Number One, no Geordi and his nanner clip glasses, no Troi and no Worf. No Peace Treaties or Meetings with long, dramatic speeches by Picard while drinking tea. No Holi-deck with Picard and the gang and their fantasy role -playing. You know it is just Larping! They are just doing it in costume.
Did you know they had to let out on the Next Generation’s uniforms because Patrick Stewart’s manly bulge was being crushed by the polyester? I bet you didn’t!
“Warp, Engage!” “Make it so.”
Wow, that’s a lot of NG information. I will let a little spoiler slip. There is a prequel-esque reference to Next Generation in this movie that you will not know unless you read the apocryphal publications.
I am a fan of most Trek settings and I too love the Next Generation, though almost all that cast’s movies are horrid. I have said for years, dating back to when Enterprise sent the franchise tits up, that they should do a “Generations” type show. One arc could be set in Original Series time, the next in next in NG, the next could be an academy story, the next a political story, they could even do something with Riker as a captain or Sulu, they could do original ships, or even sinlgeton stand alone episodes; none of them connected. That way you could go around and get the Continued Greatest Hits of Era “X”. You don’t have to nail down a troublesome cast to a full series and the stories will be more crisp since they don’t need a over arching, unifying theme. It would just be good Trek fun in whatever setting they wanted each week.
Ok. I have to admit that I went into this movie planning to do a review about how Roger Cormans “Battle Beyond The Stars” was much better just to piss people off, but I cannot bring myself to do it. Star Trek was everything I had heard it was and more. I really liked it. Not only was it a great movie but it also made the break from original continuity that this series badly needed.
Lets take off work monday and see it again!
I sure wish you’d pretend like you hated it and give us that Battle Beyond the Stars review!
How about Space Mutiny with Reb Brown instead?
Look Out for the Railings!
I’ll see your Space Mutiny with Reb Brown and raise you Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone with Peter Strauss and Molly Ringwald!!! That shit was in 3-D!
Atlantis Interceptor. So bad I only watched it once.
I think you’ve trumped me. That’s so bad I’ve never even heard of it!
Ew, Ew, Ew….. How about Flash Gordon with Max Von Sydow and Topol ! Come out now… who didn’t like Topol?
…..and Timothy Dalton - my favorite James Bond - dressed like Peter Pan
No, Not the Bore Worms! - Princess Aura and her shiny catsuit.
At least Queen did the soundtrack.
Actually, I have a confession to make. I love Flash Gordon. I love the costumes and the set design. I love the soundtrack by Queen. I love Max Von Sydow as Ming the Merciless. I love it all!
Dale Arden is okay, but I’ll take Princess Aura’s hot ass any day! I’ll show her MY bore worm!
Okay…. Alrighty. That was impressive. I must say…
Hopefully they won’t let Karl Urban fuck up a good thing. He actually was a very good Bones.
Sorry to all the Kirk/Shat fans, but frankly I think Shatner would have ruined this. Nimoy was the right person. He has a level or grace and dignity that was needed to bring forth the new crew.
Ok I saw the movie and liked it alot. Not sure I like the new guy for Dr. McCoy. He was good sometime, and other time he bugged me. My date liked it too, but she was a Shatner fan and was hoping he would show up like Spock. So I did like the movie a whole bunch, but Star Wars is still better overall movies.
I shave your balls?
You eat my poop?
What sci - fi movie had ball shaving in it? We should watch that.
I’m not sure about the poop eating though. I couldn’t get through one minute of - Two Girls and One Cup.
Oh, question I have:
What exactly is the connection with the Vulcans and Romulans? I know they have some sort of common ancestry but not sure what is it, and was there some sort of separation of the species ?
I forgot to mention earlier about Eric Bana as Nero. I doubt judging the ending we will see Nero again, but he was so good as the broken and insane Romulan. There could have been a lot more scenes with him.
Winona Ryder? Really? From what ass fold did she come from and why?
Did anyone recognize Spock’s dad (Ben Cross ) as Barnabas Collins from the Dark Shadows remake series from the 90’s?
Also, this movie was packed full of possible hot guy on guy action. I wanted Spock to plant one on Kirk in some sort of angry but lust filled, pretty boy fight.
OH yeah…. Is it at all alluded to that Kirk is dead by the time the young Kirk meets old Spock? I didn’t notice if that was even touched on, or are they going by the storyline of Star Trek Generations where Kirk died after he and Picard kicked ass together? .. Or is it just that it is unspoken that Spock has just outlived Kirk because Vulcans live longer than humans??
When Surak’s reforms of embracing logical principles and rejecting emotions spread rapidly across Vulcan in the 4th century, a minority rejected Surak’s ideals. They departed Vulcan in the 4th century; later, some of their descendants established settlements on the planets Calder II, Dessica II, Draken IV, Yadalla Prime and Barradas III, which might have become a center of this new offshoot civilization, called the Debrune, which later died out. (TNG: “Gambit, Part I”)
At some point, another group settled on twin planets that became known as Romulus and Remus. While Romulus was a Class M planet, Remus was a harsh planet notable only for its dilithium deposits. These two worlds were the foundation of an interstellar empire that expanded to many worlds, reaching across some of the Beta Quadrant. Eventually that power came to be known as the Romulan Star Empire. (TNG: “Gambit, Part I”, “Gambit, Part II”; Star Trek Nemesis
Got that from Trek wiki. Spock had theorized that Vulcan had been colonized by Romulus in TOS but above is the canon Romulun origin story.
Kirk is dead. Spock mentions that he came from 126 years in the future. James T Kirk is awesome but not that awesome. Btw, Shatner resurrected Kirk from the Generations death in a book. Not sure when or where he popped back up, but he did live again in EU canon.
Found it, this sounds worse than I could possibly imagine.
Outside of filmed canon productions, the character of Kirk has appeared in many novels, comics, games and collectibles. While Kirk is the hero of nearly every TOS novel, he is notably the star of a series of novels by William Shatner (with Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens) which stars Kirk, reborn after his 24th century death when the Borg-Romulan alliance resurrects and brainwashes him, intending to use Kirk to kill Picard. However, surgery performed by Doctor Julian Bashir, aided by Admiral McCoy, removes the implant controlling Kirk’s actions, and the residual ‘programming’ is removed thanks to a mind meld with Spock. After his condition is stabilized and the Borg-Romulan alliance is destroyed, as well as a fatal blow delivered to the Borg Collective, Kirk goes on to form a close, albeit sometimes strained, friendship with Picard, as well as once again encounter the mirror universe as his other self returns to kill him. He even goes on to have a child with Teilani, a genetically-engineered Romulan/Klingon hybrid.
WTF is a Borg-Romulan alliance?
Borg having an alliance with anyone doesn’t make sense. Their purpose was to assimilate life to increase and perfect the Collective.
So I’m guessing Shat was given permission to use the characters for a book, or was he just a figure head with a ghost writer actually doing the work?
I believe he had some ghost writers but he has authored books before. It was one of the officially licensed Star Trek books. There are tons; I think Peter David has written most of them.
I finally knocked this one down. I think it’s easily the best incarnation of Star Trek, television or film, ever. The brilliance of J.J. Abrams is his ability to focus on the characters in his work, and that makes all the difference in the world.
It could have easily become a caricature of itself, or too sentimental, or too hard, and it was none of those. Abrams, and the exceptional cast, was respectful of what existed previously, but really pushed it to another level.
I doubt I’ll see a better film this summer.