Members Naterel Posted May 18, 2009 Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 Seen the new movie? Felt like it was an instant classic? Maybe because it was based on a Classic! http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1910892 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members frankiej Posted May 18, 2009 Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 Is the movie kinda funny? Because they casted that british dude from Shawn of the dead and one of the Asain dudes from Harold and Kumar. Just seemed a little odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members matterday Posted May 18, 2009 Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 Why is the Star Trek sequence all out of order? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Blitzraptor007 Posted May 18, 2009 Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 Is the movie kinda funny? Because they casted that british dude from Shawn of the dead and one of the Asain dudes from Harold and Kumar. Just seemed a little odd. I thought that Simon Pegg was the funniest guy in the film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Naterel Posted May 18, 2009 Author Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 Why is the Star Trek sequence all out of order? to show the slight variation that JJ Abrams pulled off so that no one would notice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members matterday Posted May 18, 2009 Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 If Nero was Kirk's father you'd have an argument...but that's not the case. Kirk also wasn't asked to join in on some crazy space mission. He was talked into enrolling in Starfleet. He defied orders and went on the crazy mission himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frankiej Posted May 18, 2009 Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 I thought that Simon Pegg was the funniest guy in the film Well I haven't seen it. I was just asking because it seems odd they would cast two guys known for comedy into the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Naterel Posted May 18, 2009 Author Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 The Nile is a river in Egypt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Blitzraptor007 Posted May 18, 2009 Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 Well I haven't seen it. I was just asking because it seems odd they would cast two guys known for comedy into the movie. Well then you should go see it soon...:poke: The casting for ST was very good IMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members johnrambo Posted May 18, 2009 Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 i'm not a huge fan but i went to see it and thought it was really good. so many action movies fail to deliver when the time comes. this one did not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Naterel Posted May 18, 2009 Author Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 Learn the way of the Force Enroll in Starfleet Theyre both reluctant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members matterday Posted May 18, 2009 Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 The Nile is a river in EgyptThere were too many fallacies in that short clip. Just found another:It said something about a rebellious farm boy living with step parents. Luke Skywalker lived with aunt and uncle, James Kirk lived with his real mom and stepfather. Oh and another, it said evil large ship that destroys planets. In Star Wars, yes that's true. In Star Trek, no. The ship Neru commands didn't destroy planets, the red matter they injected into the planet did. The large ship just drilled holes.This is just a retarded attempt by whoever put together the clip Lots of movies can be made to sound similar if you nitpick at it enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Naterel Posted May 18, 2009 Author Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 There were too many fallacies in that short clip. Just found another: It said something about a rebellious farm boy living with step parents. Luke Skywalker lived with aunt and uncle, James Kirk lived with his real mom and stepfather. Oh and another, it said evil large ship that destroys planets. In Star Wars, yes that's true. In Star Trek, no. The ship Neru commands didn't destroy planets, the red matter they injected into the planet did. The large ship just drilled holes. and destroyed a planetThis is just a retarded attempt by whoever put together the clip Lots of movies can be made to sound similar if you nitpick at it enough. Shake your spear at shakespeare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members matterday Posted May 18, 2009 Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 So any movie about a boy who grows up with non biological parents and goes on to stop planet destroying ships is automatically ripping off of Star Wars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Agreed Posted May 18, 2009 Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 Wait, you mean that both of the protagonists undergo a hero's journey?! Man, I hate it how every story has the same basic plot devices. John Cho plays Sulu totally straight, no comedy there, and he does a great job too. Simon Pegg plays young Scottie pretty well; he's definitely comic relief and in a scene or two it's a little heavy-handed but it never disrupts the flow of the movie. Overall it is extremely well-paced and succeeds where most Star Trek movies fail - it is cinematic, larger-than-life, where most Star Trek movies come off more like a long episode with better production values than a truly cinematic experience. To me, it's an extremely exciting film. I am overjoyed that my generation is going to get its own Star Trek, get a chance to meet these characters totally anew (huge financial success so far and everyone involved has already signed on for a sequel that I'm already anticipating like mad)... The new movie doesn't kill the 43-year history of the franchise. That is the star trek corpus vitae, still intact for all of the old-school fans. It's sad that some old fans are taking the alternate-reality aspect so poorly, as Gene Roddenberry used the device all the time himself, and what Star Trek needed right now if it was going to have any life left at all was precisely this - a chance to start over. It's not like they gathered up all the existing material and burned it, this is just a Star Trek for a new generation of fans. And fans aplenty there are, its box office success has been amazing. America wasn't tired of Star Trek, just tired of what Star Trek had become. I raise a toast to new beginnings, and my wife and I will be seeing it again this week. Edit: I wouldn't call myself a Trekker, but I do have all of the movies and my wife and I watch them yearly; I was born too late to see the original series as it aired, but I've watched it on DVD, and I did follow all of the versions from The Next Generation up to Voyager. The Next Generation and Deep Space 9 are my favorites. Voyager was... alright... and everything since has been mediocre. My favorite movie is Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan, and the new Star Trek ranks right up there with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Snufkino Posted May 18, 2009 Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 IT'S A SAB-A-TAAGE!!! [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Naterel Posted May 18, 2009 Author Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 So any movie about a boy who grows up with non biological parents and goes on to stop planet destroying ships is automatically ripping off of Star Wars? If it follows a similar plot with video evidence, then I'd have to say yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members matterday Posted May 18, 2009 Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 If it follows a similar plot with video evidence, then I'd have to say yes You're a sad little man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Naterel Posted May 18, 2009 Author Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 You're a sad little man. Bravo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members matterday Posted May 18, 2009 Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 Bravo +3 indie cred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Josh S Posted May 18, 2009 Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 Wait, you mean that both of the protagonists undergo a hero's journey?! Man, I hate it how every story has the same basic plot devices. You mean someone else here has studied film and/or done a little reading? Thank god ...That being said, I'm a Star Wars man all the way, and I still quite liked the new Star Trek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Naterel Posted May 18, 2009 Author Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 Hero's Journey, whats that like the Diatonics of story telling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Marmoset King Posted May 18, 2009 Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 In the April edition of Total Film magazine there was an article about the new Star Trek where JJ Abrams 'confessed' as they put it to a childhood preference for Star Wars over Star Trek. I copied this section from the article: Crafting a galaxy as gorgeous as George's fulfils something of a long nursed fantasy for Abrams. Dissecting the appeal of origin stories, he readily references Episode IV: "One of my favourite things about those kinds of movies is that you see someone beginning as you or me - a farmboy in Star Wars, for example - and by the end of the film you see them defeat the evil that seemed so much larger than them. There's a really empowering aspect to that". As it's already been said though, Star Wars was far from original and borrowed heavily from many stories and tales. That's why it was so popular around the world, it's a familiar story that everyone can relate to and understand. Good overcoming evil is a pretty universal idea. That said, i really enjoyed the new Star Trek, i thought they made a really good job of it. I always loved the originals so i'm glad they didn't mess it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rushfan Posted May 19, 2009 Members Share Posted May 19, 2009 Was excellent. The change in history was quite significant. I don't wanna give it away, but it's huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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