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JerusalemJones said:
Personally, I loved this movie. I thought they did a good job casting, the story had me hooked, I had no problem with the motivations of the bad guys, and the time-travel accident allowed them to make the changes to the series without having to start over like BSG did. Zachery Qunito was just as perfect a Spock as I expected, the story was as fast paced as anything I expected from Abrams, and the nods to the original series were priceless.
My wife was even more impressed. She was crying during the opening sequence, over characters we had absolutely no connection with minutes before. That was an amazing beginning, and if only Lucas knew how to get that kind of an emotional response perhaps the Star Wars prequels wouldn't have been so bad. I plan on seeing this movie again in the theater, and can't wait for the sequels.
I've already seen it twice. As you said, the nods to the original series were priceless, and were well executed so that if you got the reference, you enjoyed it, but if you didn't, it was still enjoyable. I particularly enjoyed the discussion about Admiral Archer's beagle.
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JerusalemJones said:
Personally, I loved this movie. I thought they did a good job casting, the story had me hooked, I had no problem with the motivations of the bad guys, and the time-travel accident allowed them to make the changes to the series without having to start over like BSG did. Zachery Qunito was just as perfect a Spock as I expected, the story was as fast paced as anything I expected from Abrams, and the nods to the original series were priceless.
My wife was even more impressed. She was crying during the opening sequence, over characters we had absolutely no connection with minutes before. That was an amazing beginning, and if only Lucas knew how to get that kind of an emotional response perhaps the Star Wars prequels wouldn't have been so bad. I plan on seeing this movie again in the theater, and can't wait for the sequels.
I've already seen it twice. As you said, the nods to the original series were priceless, and were well executed so that if you got the reference, you enjoyed it, but if you didn't, it was still enjoyable. I particularly enjoyed the discussion about Admiral Archer's beagle.
You just made me spit Mt. Dew at my computer! 
jmccarthy said:
The beagle story was about Admiral Archer? As in Captain Archer from ST: Enterprise?! I remember the story, but the connection went completely over my head. I wonder what other references I missed -- I'll definitely have to go see it a second time.
If I'm not mistaken, the fact that Captain Pike ended up in a wheelchair was a nod to the original series, wasn't it?
Call me a heretic, but I liked just about every character better than the original series. Chekov and Scotty were hilarious. McCoy was great (although I kept getting distracted by trying to remember where I had seen him before; answer=Lord of the Rings). And I loved the new Uhura.
The only discordant part for me was the Uhura/Spock lip-locking. I can suspend my disbelief for the sake of planet-destroying "red matter," but Uhura and Spock together? That's going too far....
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Well it did seem like Spock pretty much said that there wasn't going to be anything between them. So I can understand that. I mean Spock was WAY less in control of himself than later on in his life. Plus, I'm sure his human hormones had something to do with it. lol
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Guys, might want to edit your posts and denote spoilers - pretty big reveal in those posts.
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You know, I don't even know HOW to edit posts on these boards. Can you?
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Well that's dumb. Man, these forums are the whale.
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These boards are horrible, but the movie is INCREDIBLE. Saw it with a couple of guys my age and a couple of kids - and everyone enjoyed it immesnsely. The kids thought it was a great sci fi movie - and we just couldn't beleive how they nailed eveyrthing - form casting, to story, to acknowleding the existing universe....just a home run on eveyr front.
I never heard of half those actors, but they were spot on. And the plot was brilliant - so much is open to tehm, wihtout destroying the legacy of the original series or film franchise. Its been years since I have been ths excited about teh Trek universe. Years. Maybe since Generations.
I can't beleive how good this movie was. On every level. Easily the best blockbuster film I have seen in a Theater since Return of the King.
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Stag Lord said:
I never heard of half those actors, but they were spot on.
agreed. I think having a bunch of people who aren't easily reconizable was a briliant move (i didn't know spock was sylar, so that worked in my favor) as you could look at the actors and see the 'new' charcaters as oppossed to some other role they did. (all though i did have trouble with zoe saladana, who was in drum line and some other iffy movies which i've unfortunatly seen...)
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Stag Lord said:
I can't beleive how good this movie was. On every level. Easily the best blockbuster film I have seen in a Theater since Return of the King.
err......... umm............
I know.
Its not really fair to compare any film to the masterpiece that is the trilogy, Just like its unfair to compare speculative fiction to the great texts. But I couldn't come up with another example of how great i thought Star Trek was. I can't think of higher praise than to mention the two in the same breath.
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Well, noo....... that wasn't quite what I meant, though your thought there works as well. I was looking at the word "since" which really means that you're comparing it to all the movies in the interem....
Yes - I am doing that. I think this is the best movie I have seen in six years.
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