J.J. Abrams' Star Trek


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I was surprised at the showing I saw yesterday to see the theatre only about 1/3rd full. No sell outs and my local AMC even canceled a couple of showings. How were the crowds at other showings?

Boss took us out over lunch at 11AM, was full...then went to a 9PM one and that one was packed too.

I just got back from a late night showing and I am in awe. This movie was simply amazing. Everything about it felt like Star Trek, and better. I went with two of my friends, both of whom aren't Trekkies. And guess what? They both loved it! Kudos to J.J. Abrams for making such an amazing movie. I'm definitely looking forward to a sequel.

Seen it, absolute rubbish I'm afraid. Star trek is now officially an american teen, action soap, directed by morons who I doubt have ever watched an episode.

LOL what the hell have they done to the romulans? Vin diesel tattoos?

Black hole bombs? Shoot first and be damned attitude?

Sorry, that was not Star Trek, that was dumbed down over glossed CGI tosh to rake in the cash. In other words, exactly what I was expecting....

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I thought it was allright. Not the best as they pulled that whole alternate reality stuff. Now they could expand on that and say any old thing and get away with it!! :p

Er that was the whole point of a reboot so the story isnt constrained by startrek canon timeline, now they have free reign to do whatever stories they want.

I thought it was allright. Not the best as they pulled that whole alternate reality stuff. Now they could expand on that and say any old thing and get away with it!! :p

Poor Vulcan :/

Alternate timeline, not alternate reality. ;)

Seen it, absolute rubbish I'm afraid. Star trek is now officially an american teen, action soap, directed by morons who I doubt have ever watched an episode.

LOL what the hell have they done to the romulans? Vin diesel tattoos?

Black hole bombs? Shoot first and be damned attitude?

Sorry, that was not star trek, that was dumbed down over glossed CGI tosh to rake in the cash.

I'm a huge fan of Star Trek and I strongly disagree. I'm so glad that this movie was made. It's what Star Trek needed for a long time. A nice reboot. Now, it's more mainstream and that means more popularity. Guess what? More popularity = more Star Trek. :)

By the way, that "Expendability" image cracked me up. :laugh:

Alternate timeline, not alternate reality. ;)

I'm a huge fan of Star Trek and I strongly disagree. I'm so glad that this movie was made. It's what Star Trek needed for a long time. A nice reboot. Now, it's more mainstream and that means more popularity. Guess what? More popularity = more Star Trek. :)

By the way, that "Expendability" image cracked me up. :laugh:

Exactly, more crap, just like the latest movie which was more than enough all by itself :)

Only my opinion of course but Star Trek died for me yesterday :(

Seen it, absolute rubbish I'm afraid. Star trek is now officially an american teen, action soap, directed by morons who I doubt have ever watched an episode.

LOL what the hell have they done to the romulans? Vin diesel tattoos?

Black hole bombs? Shoot first and be damned attitude?

Sorry, that was not Star Trek, that was dumbed down over glossed CGI tosh to rake in the cash. In other words, exactly what I was expecting....

I cant think of one point in the movie where the Federation/Enterprise shot first. The Romulans were not part of the military so it makes sense that they weren't all clean cut. How is a black hole bomb any more insane of an idea then the Genesis device from Wrath of Kahn?

Star Trek by J.J. Abrams

Ok but no... I went to the teather last night and I did this after a long tme I didnt go. But before I'd begin I would like to say Im a treker... Why that?. Because to go to the cinema I have to walk 5 kilometers going and 5 kilometers back. Making this 10 kilometers for star trek in one night. Yes, Im poor and I dont have the money to have a car. Yes, was too late to take a bus. And YES I dont have friends to go with... Only the money to pay my ticket and nothing more.

About the movie, well, if you have the chance to watch it with "other" methods, do it and save money. Doesnt worth. Just the sounds effects but nothing more. Its pure CGI and a bad script. The acting? Well what could you expect from the ppl that came from tv?. No much, of course. But this movie is based on a series, so...

To be honest I couldnt stand the fact that were all aged teens (aka 20 going to 30s playing like teens, a lil pathetic) in the role that we used to see a "captain" of the fleet called James/Jim with talent to start and finish a fight. The director (??) I think he try to recreate this and more, with 'old' jokes that only the one that used to follow the series/movies could understand, if not, you dont lose a thing, its just a detail (for example when "kirk" hits with his head that part of the dock or when "kirk" 'hits' that green chick, old jokes, nu ppl).

Everthing is too white and blured that could make you sick of the bridge in no time. The poor excuse to use the real spock in this movie could make you sick too. The idea used over and over again of time travel (more on this series/movies) caught J.J. Abrams by surprise!. Hehe... Now used in lost. Oh yea, time travel, pretty original.

The movie was too long but what could you expect?. The ppl was waiting for this ages and they have to feed them. Nokia makes an "investment" on this movie. The only thing that was ok was to see that the beastie boys were alive... Somehow. The bad guy is like the last star trek movie bad guy and his ship is bigger too. Seems like hit a bigger ship and another in the space never blow up. We should keep that in mind when we go to the space and attack someone from another part of the galaxy with a bigger ship.

I couldnt get my money back because the ppl who sell the tickets went to home, it was too late. The complain office seems like was closed too (aka doesnt exist)...

I give once again my money to J.J. Abrams that never, ever would came back again...

Well... This was just my opinion that worth nothing...

Seen it, absolute rubbish I'm afraid. Star trek is now officially an american teen, action soap, directed by morons who I doubt have ever watched an episode.

What are you banging on about american teen soap, this is an origin story theres only so much they can put in 2 hours of film, i didnt see anything "soap".

LOL what the hell have they done to the romulans? Vin diesel tattoos?

Go read the prequel comics, when a loved one dies they get tattoos to symbolise the pain they are going through and as the tattoos fade the pain and anguise fades also. Romulus went pop so they all got tattoos to symbolise the loss.

Black hole bombs? Shoot first and be damned attitude?

Not black hole bombs, again if you bothered to take note during the film its all explained, a star went supernova and the red matter was used as a device to create a black hole to try and contain the shockwave. nero adapted this to turn it into a planet killer.

Sorry, that was not Star Trek, that was dumbed down over glossed CGI tosh to rake in the cash. In other words, exactly what I was expecting....

It was Startrek, i am a long time Trekkie i have all the movies and tv shows in multiple formats and the story in this film while condensed into 2 hours was more than worthy of having a startrek title. The first 10 minutes alone were well worth the admission fee.

Roflmao!

I don't like it, and it's clear you don't like that I don't but I still don't, sorry :)

Edit: My house doesn't have a basement.

Couple more random replies..

The difference between 'black hole bomb's and 'the genesis device' is that one creates something from nothing while the other creates nothing from something. A rather fundamental difference I think. And yes I did watch and hear the explanation as to where the Red matter e.t.c came from, but the romulans clearly dropped a 'bomb' into the hole they drilled and there was a definate impact from said bomb when it struck home, unless I was watching a different film?

Take a deep breath and relax.

The romulans still looked ridiculous too ;)

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Come to the review thread!

While I don't think I'm feeling quite that brutal towards the film, I can definitely appreciate Malkii and Pitt's sentiments. When many comments are of the 'I hate Trek but love this film' variety, well, there ya go. I didn't feel that they completely threw out the baby with the bathwater however.

You need to state why though you cant just come in and say looloolool soap opera and thats it, you need to justify it or people will bash you like they are doing.

I don't need to justify anything.

I made it quite clear that it was only my opinion and that is indeed what I think about the film.

If people want to 'bash' me they can be my guest ;)

i got a question , if this is a prequel , and Vulcan went Kaput if we then go to Start Trek I - The Motion Picture ( isnt Spock on Vulcan planet ? ) or the next movie is going to put them back to the "correct timeline"

I did enjoyed the movie except for the guy they put as the russian one :p ( come on at accent sucked )

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