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Post by mrfatso on May 15, 2013 11:10:08 GMT
I saw Star Trek Into Darkness over the weekend in IMAX 3d, I know it`s not out in the States until tomorrow so I `ll avoid spoilers, but just want to say it was a great movie, in my opinion.
It looked glorious with plenty of J.J. Abrahams lens flare, and the 3d was good.
The minor quibbles about Star Trek physics are still there, even at warp speed it should take sometime to great from Earth to ..........., not almost like a Wormhole as in the movie. But that aside there are some nice touches for Star Trek Fans, F-4 frigates from Starfleet Battles are mentioned, Tribbles, lots of little touches.
The core plot I can`t touch saying anything will give too much away when you see it, I know there are two reactions to it though some like me loved it others disliked it as it reworked too much. But the end credits as "Space the Final Frontier..." is quoted and the theme begins to play brought the hair on my neck standing up.
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Post by the light works on May 15, 2013 13:37:33 GMT
revisionism males my hair stand up, and not in a good way. but I will see it when it comes to netflix.
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Post by GTCGreg on May 15, 2013 17:39:04 GMT
I always say I see them when they come to a theater near me. As in my former family room that I converted into a home theater.
No annoying talkers, not sticky floors and all the free popcorn I want.
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Post by srmarti on May 15, 2013 23:16:44 GMT
I saw the first one he did once it was available outside of going to the theater. I thought is was OK. I thought some of the revision of the character relationships was pointless or maybe driven by marketing and focus groups. Like many movies these days, it seemed FX heavy to me. Visuals more impressive than what reality would be. Trying not to be biased against remakes, but I'd say it mostly showed that Abbrahms had a bigger budget and more technology at his disposal than showing him to be a great story teller.
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Post by the light works on May 16, 2013 3:56:14 GMT
I saw the first one he did once it was available outside of going to the theater. I thought is was OK. I thought some of the revision of the character relationships was pointless or maybe driven by marketing and focus groups. Like many movies these days, it seemed FX heavy to me. Visuals more impressive than what reality would be. Trying not to be biased against remakes, but I'd say it mostly showed that Abbrahms had a bigger budget and more technology at his disposal than showing him to be a great story teller. good way of putting it. |
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Post by User Unavailable on May 16, 2013 19:24:02 GMT
I look forward to seeing it. I'm just a ST fan, I'll have to see what they "reworked", but that type thing typically doesn't bother me. Besides, it can all be explained by the Temporal Cold War.  en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Temporal_Cold_War |
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Post by srmarti on May 16, 2013 19:42:38 GMT
I'm a ST and general sci-fi fan too, but not one that has all sorts of memorabilia hanging around and goes to conventions. More like the default choice for entertainment in various media is sci-fi, as well and science, technology, sometimes history.
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Post by WhutScreenName on May 20, 2013 16:07:24 GMT
I'm a long time ST fan. It took me awhile to warm to the 1st of the new movies. I saw the 2nd this weekend and loved it immediately. I think what I appreciated most was the nods to the original series. In fact, my favorite part of the movie was one of those nods (no, I'm not going to give spoilers)
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Post by srmarti on May 20, 2013 21:08:24 GMT
I just saw JJ's first movie again on TV. The science part of the science fiction isn't getting in the way of the story that's for sure. They escape from the Romulan ship that's collapsing into a black hole by ejecting and detonating the warp engine core. So how does the ship then manage to speed away without it? After all, the impulse engines are sub-light.
Still can't figure out why the Enterprise has water turbines other than for the special effects scene.
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