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Trek II is a classic for a reason. I think you were looking for CGI and got a good story.
Indeed - one of my favorite weekend-afternoon movie marathons to do is Trek II, III, IV.
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Just wanted to make sure you said Star Trek: Nemesis on purpose and didn't mean a different Star Trek movie altogether.
No, I really did mean Nemesis. I thought it was a good movie. The end was quite sad, and I enjoyed the story line a lot. I didn't realize until after I posted it that it got crap reviews...although it was against stiff competition, being released with Die Another Day and the second Harry Potter movie.
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Spock does NOT kiss! (the scenes with him and Uhurou (don't know how to spell her name)) irked me. It just seemed wrong.
I agree, although I think that the whole Spock-kissing thing was supposed to be in the same vein as the whole Spock-fighting thing. It was showing that in his youth, Spock hadn't yet accomplished the complete embrace of pure logic, and still gave into his human side sometimes.
Question: The tv series 'Enterprise', is that before Kirk?
Dude. Enterprise was before the Federation of Planets even existed. It was before warp drive, holodecks, and transporter technology. Enterprise was the first ship of its kind.
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Seriously, I was going to say.... I remember Khan as having been one of the best movies EVER and held it in that esteem for many many years, but I rented it again recently to show someone how good Star Trek movies "used to be" and was quite shocked. It's just terrible by any modern standard. It's as hokey as those 50's movies that my mom says are so great. Makes me think that moviemaking has improved exponentially over the years and that even the lamest modern movie would be celebrated as a revolution in the history of film if released 20 or 30 years ago. For example, imagine if this new Star Trek movie had come out instead of "The Motion Picture" back in the 70's. Not just the geewhiz special effects (I still prefer analogue actually) but the way the story keeps moving along rather than the snail's pacing of the old one. Try watching Kahn again and you'll be amazed at how nothing happens for 15 minutes at a time again and again and how nobody says anything remotely intelligent at any point.
The plot is, indeed, good, but the special effects are way shittier than I remembered from when I was a kid.
Some of the acting is a little mediocre, too. It's still one of the best TOS-cast movies (personally, I prefer The Voyage Home, mostly for the lulz), but I liked this new one better, for sure.
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The effects are SHITTY? Um, people are so spoiled by whiz-bang CGI.
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No, I really did mean Nemesis.
Just checking. It's my 3rd least liked Star Trek film, following Motionless Picture and Star Trek V.
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It was before warp drive, holodecks, and transporter technology. Enterprise was the first ship of its kind.
It's after warp drive. Enterprise is the second warp ship, after the Phoenix.
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Wrath of Khan's Genesis Effect raised the bar for CGI. AFAIK, it was the first complete 3D CGI sequence in a major movie.
Remember, this movie was made 27 years ago. At that time, we were still using the Apple ][+.
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It's after warp drive. Enterprise is the second warp ship, after the Phoenix.
Enterprise was the first Warp 5 ship. There were lots of slower (warp one and two) ships between Enterprise and Phoenix.
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I noticed and HATED product placements. Especially the Nokia placement. But I got over it because the rest of the film was awesome enough.
Seriously?? PRODUCT PLACEMENT??? In a film set far enough in the future that the companies/products featured will likely not exist-- if not because of the time factor, but certainly because of the Third World War we're supposed to have between now and 2063 according to Trek History.
Man... when I see the movie this weekend I'm going to be looking for the product placement now!
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Yeah, the product placement was quite jarring. However, it wasn't as jarring to me as Kirk's (first) promotion.
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Originally Posted by Eug
Yeah, the product placement was quite jarring. However, it wasn't as jarring to me as Kirk's (first) promotion.
So... what exactly does Nokia do in the 23rd century?
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So... what exactly does Nokia do in the 23rd century?
They make…communicator thingies.
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Not flushing tradition. Khan has not aged as well as you think it has.
It hasn't? Must have aged quite a bit in 1 year, which was the last time I watched it.
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They make…communicator thingies.
Oh, so the handheld communicators are made by Nokia?
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Dude. Enterprise was before the Federation of Planets even existed. It was before warp drive, holodecks, and transporter technology. Enterprise was the first ship of its kind.
No. there had been warp drive and transporter technology for a long time before the NX-01. In fact, Cochran built the first warp drive 100 years before, which is what led the Vulcans to make first contact.
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It's after warp drive. Enterprise is the second warp ship, after the Phoenix.
No. There had been many warp ships made by humans before the Enterprise NX-01, of all types and sizes. Enterprise was the first "warp 5" class ship, fast enough to make exploration feasible.
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No. There had been many warp ships made by humans before the Enterprise NX-01, of all types and sizes. Enterprise was the first "warp 5" class ship, fast enough to make exploration feasible.
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Pre-Enterprise class "delta" warp ship
You get a good view of them here, in the opening of the "mirror universe" episodes of Enterprise in formation with the bad NX-01.
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Oh, so the handheld communicators are made by Nokia?
Not the ones used by the crew, but one in a car when Kirk is little.
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That makes no sense.
Why doesn't it make sense? They state right off the bat that the new Star Trek movie takes place in an alternate dimension. Kirk's ego could get away from him and he could become Emperor Tiberius.
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Why doesn't it make sense?
The idea of a mirror universe was an entire history full of evil instead of good.
Unless you're talking making **** up as we go. In which case, still no go unless you'd like take a nice fat dump on Roddenberry's idea of a positive future.
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Originally Posted by Dakar V
The idea of a mirror universe was an entire history full of evil instead of good.
It wasn't all evil. DS9 showed that many people in the mirror universe were just victims of circumstance. They were organizing a resistance against the Federation (or Empire, or whatever it's called.)
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Unless you're talking making **** up as we go. In which case, still no go unless you'd like take a nice fat dump on Roddenberry's idea of a positive future.
Roddenberry's ideology was lost when he died and lost creative control over the show. The latest Star Trek film was completely removed from ideas established in TOS and earlier TNG.
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My brother told me that Spock says the gender neutral version of the captain's creed, which pisses me off. Where no man has gone before at least specifies it's talking about humans, whereas "no one" could be talking about an alien race. Poorly thought out 1990s politically correct crap.
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Originally Posted by olePigeon
Roddenberry's ideology was lost when he died and lost creative control over the show. The latest Star Trek film was completely removed from ideas established in TOS and earlier TNG.
Completely removed? I thought Abrams did a very good job of keeping the core elements – like a diverse crew, and a hopeful future.
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My brother told me that Spock says the gender neutral version of the captain's creed, which pisses me off. Where no man has gone before at least specifies it's talking about humans, whereas "no one" could be talking about an alien race. Poorly thought out 1990s politically correct crap.
What's wrong with it possibly including alien races when the speaker himself is an alien?
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Originally Posted by Big Mac
My brother told me that Spock says the gender neutral version of the captain's creed, which pisses me off. Where no man has gone before at least specifies it's talking about humans, whereas "no one" could be talking about an alien race. Poorly thought out 1990s politically correct crap.
What's wrong with going where nobody has gone before? The federation is several races so if I Vulcan federation officer went to a new place he doesn't get the street cred?
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Well, that's true, it doesn't apply as much to Spock so I guess that's marginally okay, but usually it's a human captain saying it, and there's no question that it was changed for the sake of political correctness to a line that doesn't make as much sense for humans to say in relation to other life forms that most often got to those places first.
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Um…yes. And yet a black hole failed to cause any damage whatsoever to two ships. That's what we were talking about. Like, two days ago. Now we're talking about Vulcan.
Keyword here is the MIDDLE.
A black hole opening in the centre of a planet tore it to shreds from the inside. The same would have happened if it had opened in the MIDDLE of a ship.
Obviously in a Trek universe a ship can pass through an already opened hole unharmed.
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Well, that's true, it doesn't apply as much to Spock so I guess that's marginally okay, but usually it's a human captain saying it, and there's no question that it was changed for the sake of political correctness.
That's your opinion, but at least cite the correct decade, as it was changed in the 80s.
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The change to "no one" is all about inclusion, not PC. Think about all the prejudice dealt with in Undiscovered Country; the use of wording that can imply that it only means humans is not helpful and serves to alienate (excuse the pun) any non-human listener.
Kirk and Spock also made an important point about what it means to be "human." In Spock's quarters, Kirk says "everybody's human," to which Spock replies "I believe I am insulted," and Kirk goes on to explain that everybody (sentient species) is equivalent, whatever their species.
In the 1960s, Star Trek taught a huge audience that "race" was a poor choice of words for describing people with different color skin and such, when we're all humans. In the 1990s, they taught us to look beyond preconceptions yet again, and to judge based on actions, not appearance.
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Does anyone here recall any references that Vulcan had been destroyed, during or since TNG? Or during the original 60's series for that matter?
I'm not sure why that issue bothers me a bit... Maybe because they showed the planet a few times during Enterprise series and it was an awesome-looking planet.
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Does anyone here recall any references that Vulcan had been destroyed, during or since TNG? Or during the original 60's series for that matter?
I'm not sure why that issue bothers me a bit... Maybe because they showed the planet a few times during Enterprise series and it was an awesome-looking planet.
Alternative universe, dude. That was like the whole point of the movie.
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Originally Posted by dzp111
Does anyone here recall any references that Vulcan had been destroyed, during or since TNG? Or during the original 60's series for that matter?
I'm not sure why that issue bothers me a bit... Maybe because they showed the planet a few times during Enterprise series and it was an awesome-looking planet.
That's where the altered time line comes into play. We are at the point where we could see an entirely new incarnation of the original series, because everything that happened after Nemo showed up in the past has diverged from the time line we are familiar with.
I think I've figured out what's bugging me the most about the movie. If Nemo wasn't a bad guy, just a work-a-day Romulan who lost his shiznit when he saw his planet destroyed, wouldn't it have made more sense for him to go directly to the nasty star in question and use his magic black hole maker? He could have waited the 25 years to get Spock's ship, saved his world and then could've given Spock a good beating for being a dumbass. But he destroys Vulcan instead. Hell, he could have saved his planet, then boned Spock's for messing up in the first place, if he was so inclined. Instead he seeks revenge for something that doesn't need to happen.
As I said, I've never been much of a fan, so I don't know, but is Romulus getting destroyed canon in the franchise?
And why is it that Abrams and his ilk feel the need to explain stuff that should be part of the story in comic books. I'm a grown-ass man, I haven't read a comic since I was a kid. And rarely then. My friend and I both wondered why a non-military mining ship would be so heavily armed that it could take out a fleet of Starfleet ships. How many people that went to this movie saw these comics and knew it was using Borg tech?
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Alternative universe, dude. That was like the whole point of the movie.
The alternative universe thing was pretty obvious from EARLY in the movie b/c TOS James T. Kirk was supposed to be born in Riverside Iowa, and the Enterprise was supposed to be built in San Francisco. So it seems that Nero changed a lot of stuff.
I thought it was a pretty good flick, and I'm an original TOS-rerun trekk er. (FYI, trekkies are google-eyed fanatics; trekkers are the civilized, intellectual types who appreciate the show for the societal significance. Whatever.)
Again, it was pretty good, certainly better than 9/10 flicks I've seen in the past 10 years. I'll try to see it a couple more times before it leaves the big screen, and I haven't done that in a while.
It oversimplified some things, but was very enjoyable. I kept thinking "They're going to make A MILLION DOLLARS with this."
Simon Pegg gets short shrift as Scotty, but they'll fix that in sequels I'm sure. I like the filming of the engine room in a brewery, much more realistic this time. I went back and watched some of the others this weekend, and most of them are schlock. Fun, interesting in places, but just extended TNG episodes. This was a "big" picture, with all that implies.
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Originally Posted by mrtew
Seriously, I was going to say.... I remember Khan as having been one of the best movies EVER and held it in that esteem for many many years, but I rented it again recently to show someone how good Star Trek movies "used to be" and was quite shocked. It's just terrible by any modern standard. It's as hokey as those 50's movies that my mom says are so great. Makes me think that moviemaking has improved exponentially over the years and that even the lamest modern movie would be celebrated as a revolution in the history of film if released 20 or 30 years ago. For example, imagine if this new Star Trek movie had come out instead of "The Motion Picture" back in the 70's. Not just the geewhiz special effects (I still prefer analogue actually) but the way the story keeps moving along rather than the snail's pacing of the old one. Try watching Kahn again and you'll be amazed at how nothing happens for 15 minutes at a time again and again and how nobody says anything remotely intelligent at any point.
Trek II is a classic for a reason. I think you were looking for CGI and got a good story.
How can you quote every word I said and not read a word of it? I said I like real special effects better than CGI and I always considered it one of the best movies ever. Why act like I'm a teenager that was expecting something different? I'm just saying by todays standards it pretty much sucks and I don't even think that todays standards are that great. Gone With the Wind, Casablanca, and Lord of the Rings are even bigger classics and they suck WAY more than Kahn.
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The change to "no one" is all about inclusion, not PC. Think about all the prejudice dealt with in Undiscovered Country; the use of wording that can imply that it only means humans is not helpful and serves to alienate (excuse the pun) any non-human listener.
Kirk and Spock also made an important point about what it means to be "human." In Spock's quarters, Kirk says "everybody's human," to which Spock replies "I believe I am insulted," and Kirk goes on to explain that everybody (sentient species) is equivalent, whatever their species.
Then I suppose I have been misinterpreting the phrase all this time, and the Enterprise has largely not lived up to that standard, which would be to boldly go "where no sentient life has gone before."
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How come nobody has mentioned Kirk's giant swollen hands as the worst part of the movie?
Did everybody just block that out until now like I did?
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How come nobody has mentioned Kirk's giant swollen hands as the worst part of the movie?
Did everybody just block that out until now like I did?
I think that was meant as humorous.
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How come nobody has mentioned Kirk's giant swollen hands as the worst part of the movie?
Because it wasn't. I can think of several things that bothered me more than that.
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How come nobody has mentioned Kirk's giant swollen hands as the worst part of the movie?
Did everybody just block that out until now like I did?
I thought it was dumb as well, but the plot holes bugged me more.
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Finally saw it, so I should eat some crow about starting the thread in such a downer fashion (but I still say that photo sucks).
I enjoyed the movie a lot. I think the entire main crew is wonderfully cast.
The first 20 minutes or so bordered on brilliant.
I was expecting the rest to follow through, and it kind of didn't. I'm not saying it was bad past that point, but it took awhile for my expectations to get in line with what the movie was going to provide. I certainly wouldn't mind watching it again.
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Originally Posted by Shaddim
No. there had been warp drive and transporter technology for a long time before the NX-01. In fact, Cochran built the first warp drive 100 years before, which is what led the Vulcans to make first contact.
I'll admit that I've only recently started watching Enterprise (BFF has all the Treks but TOS on DVD, so I've been borrowing them for monster marathons), but IIRC, didn't they always use shuttle crafts to go down to planets, because either transporter technology didn't exist or was still very rudimentary?
I think I may have been thinking of photon torpedoes when I wrote warp drive. I've seen First Contact.
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They didn't use transporters very much because it scared them. However, the technology had been approved for people for quite some time.
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Originally Posted by dzp111
Nice wrap-up of conflicts. I can't say I understand the whole timing of Nero/Spock Prime either, although it made sense at the time.
Also, there were several teary moments for me. Abrams did a good job at whipping up the emotions. None of the references to the original series were gratuitous.
Remember, Kirk is all about the green chicks.
OK, though, seriously, for those who've seen it, answer this please if you can:
Why can't Spock Prime just go back in time and fix everything? He was too late for Romulus, can't he just whip around the Sun or use the red matter or whatever and travel back in time and STOP everything, thus saving his mother and Vulcan, etc.? Heck, the Borg figured it out! Is this Spock Prime guy the same Spock who saved a whale, or what?
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Originally Posted by starman
The effects are SHITTY? Um, people are so spoiled by whiz-bang CGI.
Not really. Jason and the Argonauts is one of my favorite movies in terms of special effects, because the effects were completely revolutionary for its time. The Wrath of Khan has pretty cheesy effects - they're about on par with special effects in TNG episodes, which isn't saying much - it just seems low-budget.
Originally Posted by Eug
Yeah, the product placement was quite jarring. However, it wasn't as jarring to me as Kirk's (first) promotion.
I don't remember any product placement aside from the Nokia bit right at the beginning...
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Originally Posted by shifuimam
Not really. Jason and the Argonauts is one of my favorite movies in terms of special effects, because the effects were completely revolutionary for its time. The Wrath of Khan has pretty cheesy effects - they're about on par with special effects in TNG episodes, which isn't saying much - it just seems low-budget.
Yeah, that ILM just sucks....
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Originally Posted by shifuimam
I don't remember any product placement aside from the Nokia bit right at the beginning...
That's the one I was talking about.
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