Star Trek (8 May 2009)

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STAR TREK (2009)

Synopsis:
From director J.J. Abrams ("Mission: Impossible III," "Lost" and "Alias") and screenwriters Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman ("TRANSFORMERS," "MI: III") comes a new vision of the greatest space adventure of all time, "Star Trek," featuring a young, new crew venturing boldly where no man has gone before.

Website:
http://www.startrekmovie.com/

The trailer in HD:
http://www.youtube.com/v/rZiR-NETDr0&hl=en

The cast:
http://screenrant.com/images/star-trek-crew.jpg

http://screenrant.com/images/enterprise-first-thumb.jpg

I'm IN!

[KillBill20]

Simon Pegg! I'd like to buy five tickets to this one, please.

~Kyle

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The Trekkies are already totally shitting themselves about little rumors. I read a long diatribe by one that claimed that this flick was going to suck because the teaser trailer made it seem like the ship was built by humans, and that everyone knows that aliens had a bigger hand in building it. Plus they are freaking about the way the ship looks, with the turbines and such.

THATS how I know this flick should be good. ;)

http://screenrant.com/images/awesome-kirk.jpg

[KillBill20]

The Trekkies are already totally shitting themselves about little rumors. I read a long diatribe by one that claimed that this flick was going to suck because the teaser trailer made it seem like the ship was built by humans, and that everyone knows that aliens had a bigger hand in building it. Plus they are freaking about the way the ship looks, with the turbines and such.

THATS how I know this flick should be good. ;)

http://screenrant.com/images/awesome-kirk.jpg

You know as much as us horror fans like to bitch and moan about things, we've got nothing on The Trekkies.

I'm going to be the first to admit, I'm not that much of a Star Trek fan. I've seen the original show, and I honestly don't understand why its put on the proverbial pedestal the way it is. Its just as cheesy as 60's Batman.... but I guess that’s its charm.

I've only watched very little of The Next Generation. Its one of those TV shows that I'm sure I'd enjoy if I sat down and started watching from episode 1... but for some reason or another I just haven't.

I've never seen any of the previous Trek films. Haven't really interested me.

Basically I feel like this new Star Trek film is made for people like me. I'm familiar enough with the characters to be interested in the movie. But I also don't have such strong ties with the series that "obviously the ship was done wrong". Basically I think that puts me right within the target audience of this one. I'm defiantly looking forward to it, though!

~Kyle

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I think I've seen every Star Trek film at least once but I'm not too familiar with the series. My dad used to watch them all the time, so I caught a lot of them as well, but it never really grabbed me the way other science fictions have. I guess they were always a bit too feel good and corny for me.

This film is an attempt to relaunch the franchise. I hope it works.

[KillBill20]

I hope it works too. I dug up some quotes by JJ Abrams about the new Trek film that are pretty interesting.

It was an opportunity to take what I think has been a maligned world to sound crass, a franchise and treat it in a way that made it something that I wanted to see. To take the characters, the thoughtfulness, the personalities, the sense of adventure, the idea of humanity working together, the sense of social commentary and innovation, all that stuff. To take it and apply it in a way that felt genuinely thrilling.

The whole point was to try to make this movie for fans of movies, not fans of `Star Trek,’ necessarily. If you’re a fan, we’ve got one of the writers who’s a devout Trekker, so we were able to make sure we were serving the people who are completely enamored with `Star Trek.’ But we are not making the movie for that contingent alone. You can’t really make a movie for them. As soon as you start to guess what you think they are going to want to see, you’re in trouble. You have to make the movie in many ways for what you want to see yourself, make a movie you believe in. Then you’re not second-guessing an audience you don’t really have an understanding of

I feel like this is so unlike what you expect, so unlike the `Star Trek’ you’ve seen. At the same time, it’s being true to what’s come before, honoring it, I can say the effects for `Star Trek’ have never, ever been done like this. … I can only tell you the idea of the universe of `Star Trek’ has never been given this kind of treatment

I think its cool that JJ will admit that he was more of a Star Wars fan, as apposed to Star Trek. And that he hopes to make the new Trek film as meaningful as the Star Wars franchise. Thats what I like to hear.

~Kyle

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duhhhhhhhh.....sorry I'm retarded....

I give you GORN!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a0/StarTrek-Gorn.jpg

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I think the main thing he want to inject is a sense of fun and adventure. These are the things that the geeks killed. They'd rather argue about how warp drive works, or how to say "your mother's a whore" in Klingon. Movie goers don't want that. They don't care about that. They don't need something really dumbed down either. A movie can be fun and smart. It can still be revelant, especially when space travel becomes more and more real for us. Science becomes more and more popular.

I mean, this pretty much sums it up....

http://echosphere.net/star_trek_insp/insp_continuity_preview.jpg

[AnalBreeze]

I'm lookin' forward to this but we still have awhile to wait.
The way you guys are goin' on about this.... I smell Trekkies! :D

[KillBill20]

I'm lookin' forward to this but we still have awhile to wait.
The way you guys are goin' on about this.... I smell Trekkies! :D

You actually smell the shit on my bottom of my boot, lodged up your ass because of comments like these. :D

~Kyle

[AnalBreeze]

You actually smell the shit on my bottom of my boot, lodged up your ass because of comments like these. :D

~Kyle

No, I don't think that's what it was it all. Did I hit a nerve, TREKKIE? ;)

[KillBill20]

No, I don't think that's what it was it all. Did I hit a nerve, TREKKIE? ;)

No... I just felt like being a dick. :D

If I'm a anything its a Star Wars... ekkie. What do you call an obsessed Star Wars freak anyhow?

~Kyle

[AnalBreeze]

No... I just felt like being a dick. :D

If I'm a anything its a Star Wars... ekkie. What do you call an obsessed Star Wars freak anyhow?

~Kyle

A Dork! Just kiddin' :D

[KillBill20]

A Dork! Just kiddin' :D

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i191/westman00/tyson.jpg

Lets see you top my photoshop... :cool:

~Kyle

[AnalBreeze]

I was just kiddin' because of the whole boot up my ass thing, that's all! :D

[KillBill20]

I was just kiddin' because of the whole boot up my ass thing, that's all! :D

Well you can bet anytime I'm posting pictures of Mike motherfucking Tyson... I'm not being all that serious either!

~Kyle

[AnalBreeze]

Kyle, for the record when my son went to Iron man a said he saw a movie poster with a big X and a shadow. Here it is!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v69/Analbreeze/Movie%20Posters/x_files_two.jpg

[KillBill20]

Ah! The fucking X-Files movie. Now I feel like a dumbass for not thinking of that.

~Kyle

Edit: I like the way we've hijacked the Star Trek form. What should we crash it into?

[AnalBreeze]

Lets not crash it into anything. Lets just pull over, get out and run like hell! :D

[KillBill20]

**clears throat**

It's been a while since I've post a whole shit load of news... let's see if I still remember how to do this 8)

I've got a whole shit load of stuff that needs to be post for Star Trek. Instead of hitting you all with the proverbial brick to the top of the head at once... I figured we'd start off small and go with these two teaser posters:

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i191/westman00/Spock_CharacterPoster_72DPI.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i191/westman00/Kirk_CharacterPoster_72DPI.jpg

Yes... the fucking dude from Heroes will be playing Spock. That (and Simon Pegg!) is reason alone to watch the movie. I'm still not sold on the dude whose playing Captain Kirk. But I suppose it'll make due. I have seven more photos that I'll be posting tomorrow. I'd do it tonight... but its 12:38 and I'm tired. So fuck off.

~Kyle

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http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=23640

http://www.empireonline.com/images/news/temp/star-trek-enterprise.jpg

Not too shabby. It's not different enough to get old school fans in an uproar and stylish enough to get people new to the franchise interested.

[KillBill20]

CHUD... without actually looking at the old ship, I can't even tell what they changed on the new one. 8)

Now... here are the next batch of photos to wet your whistle:

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i191/westman00/mm2352142195.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i191/westman00/ll01010300206.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i191/westman00/chq_pub_stills_100708_g798486.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i191/westman00/bz0200183574.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i191/westman00/bs1202071656.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i191/westman00/bb3601704275.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i191/westman00/bb3450420834.jpg

Beam me up... these photos look pretty cool!

~Kyle

[silvahalo68]

I'm a HUGE fan of Star Trek. As a child watched the old series religiously. All movies and new series I own....LOVE, can't get enough!

Can't wait!

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CHUD... without actually looking at the old ship, I can't even tell what they changed on the new one. 8)

~Kyle
Give me your nerd card right now.

[KillBill20]

Give me your nerd card right now.

Haha... you're misunderstanding me here, I was saying that I can't see how the new ship is any different from the old one. They look exactly the same to me.

~Kyle

[KillBill20]

New Trailer... bootleg style!

YouTube - Star Trek Movie Trailer http://teaser-trailer.com

The "official" one is supposed to be released on Monday.... but this one gets the job done.

~Kyle

[Lizard]

So, is this the one where Kirk and Spock have anal sex?

[Lizard]

Haha... you're misunderstanding me here, I was saying that I can't see how the new ship is any different from the old one. They look exactly the same to me.

~Kyle

Ya fuckin' baby. All of us old people see it immediately.

[Morbid]

I HATE Star Trek. Even as a kid, I couldn't stand it. Hate the films (although Wrath of Kahn is comedy gold) and all of the spin-offs. It would actually make me smile whenever any form of Star Trek failed. Was only hating the news of a Star Trek reboot because I hate the thought of the franchise actually becoming...viable...again.

That being said, I aw the trailer last night in front of 007. Eh. Looked ok. Might even go check this one out. The fact that I liked it means that hardcore fans are probably bawling their eyes out and bashing their Cheeto stained fingers all over their keyboards, in Klingon speak no less, on every Trekkie message board around the world. The thought of that makes me happy.

[Lizard]

I HATE Star Trek.

So, is there sci fi that you DO like? Tell.

I was an adult before I got hooked on sci fi, so maybe that explains why I'm looking forward to this.

[Morbid]

I cant think of much Sci-Fi I don't like. I just hate Star Trek.

[KillBill20]

Well... if you want to know what people are saying then one needs to look no further than YouTube video comments:

This film has Thunderbirds written all over it.

I never thought I'd get to see the Enterprise 1701 in drydock once again. Beautiful.

This next one is my personal favorite:

How come Enterprise galaxy class starships are still welded together?...Surely everyone knows that the best spaceships are grown from the perfect carbon-crystalline alloys obtained at the langhrian zero net gravity points between the Moon and Earth, in a geostationary Earth orbit. I thought this was common knowledge?.

I dont care what you say. This looks like its gonna be good, but unfortunately it will probaly just come out a giant heaping over funded steaming pile of c r a p, thanks to J.J. Abrams. As you may tell, no, i dont like J.J. Abrams.

BOOOO!!!!

J.J. Abrahams crapped all over "Star Trek". They should've made a Deep Space Nine movie, this will bomb! Since when was James Kirk a rebel, in trouble with the law! Since when was they're sex appeal in space!

Come next summer, Uwe Boll will be safe from the title of worst overall director. A new hack has entered the building.

Looks like The OC in space. Pass

Shocking, people who do not like Trek and/or rarely watch it LOVE the Trailer. where are the REAL trek fans? Those are the people that matter. I for one think it looks horrendous!

Yes, Kirk is a Rebel, but what is with Spock's emotions? That is annoying. This looks like it should be on the CW after Smallville. This does not resemble Star Trek. Throwing away FORTY years of Trek Canon to make a quick buck. Disregarding the fans. GARBAGE

Well... actually the first part of that guys post IS pretty spot on. Star Trek fans seem to HATE this new film, while everyone else thinks it looks pretty cool. I guess I can kind of see there side of things... it'd be like if they where to remake The Evil Dead, without Sam Raimi or Bruce Campbell. I'm sure I'd hate it no matter how it turned out.

~Kyle

[Sea Hag]

I'm a fan of TOS & TNG & when it was released that actors besides Shatner & Nimoy were playing their respective parts I loathed the idea. That trailer did nothing to make me feel any differently.

Public Enemies & The Hobbit, those are the only flicks on the horizon that have me amped. (one of which is 3 years away) I'm completely indifferent towards Watchmen.

[CPL CHUD]

I think the trailer looks pretty exciting. I'm guessing this flick is going to score low on the IQ exam and high on popcorn fun and flash; I'm hoping for more balance. I think that this generation of geeks need some sci-fi to collectively get behind. Star Wars dumped gallons of stupid on our heads.

[swivel]

As a kid, I preferred Star Wars. Now, as an adult, I realize that Star Trek was always the superior fictional world.

My fear is that they are going to turn Star Trek into Star Wars. Make it accessible and fun, instead of focusing on the ethical dilemmas that made Star Trek compelling.

I don't get the extreme youth of the cast. I can't imagine trusting the fate of space to a bunch of college kids. Why wouldn't they pick the people with the most experience, instead of those with the most potential? If you are going to choose a cast for their longevity, foreseeing a long run with the franchise and TV episodes, then at least do some make-up to add 10 years to their visages. This way you could let them age into their characters, do some youth-makeup 20 years from now, and give them a 30-year run.

I'm going to have an impossible time getting over their ages, and the casting of Spock was a tragedy. Epic failure. You can't cast the most likable character, the most ethically-driven, with a dude that is universally loathed by everyone who has seen even a single episode of his former work. CAST UNKNOWNS in these re-makes.

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I can see this being more fluffy than being hard physics science fiction; which is kind of what I expected. I agree, I want to see a cast that is a better mix and could mesh with real world sensibilities, and I'd like to see something with less flash and more substance. This kind of looks like that Lost in Space flick we were subjected to a while ago, which worries me. I want it to be a good movie, but I think they are more worried about impressing teens not familiar at all with the franchise than impress old and new geeks alike.

Why does it have to be one extreme or the other?

[swivel]

Why does it have to be one extreme or the other?

Because, when they balance it perfectly, a'la "Firefly", the show gets canceled.

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Because, when they balance it perfectly, a'la "Firefly", the show gets canceled.
I honestly have not seen a single episode. I liked the movie though.

[KillBill20]

You can't cast the most likable character, the most ethically-driven, with a dude that is universally loathed by everyone who has seen even a single episode of his former work. CAST UNKNOWNS in these re-makes.

Just because an actor played the villain in Heroes doesn't me he won't be good at playing a likable character in a Star Trek Film. I mean... Heath Ledger went from the gay cowboy in Brokeback Mountain to The Joker in The Dark Knight. Now is Zachary Quinto as good an actor as Heath Ledger? Probably not. But the point still stands.

~Kyle

[swivel]

I honestly have not seen a single episode. I liked the movie though.

WHA?

Dude. Do yourself a favor. Buy, rent or steal the entire season on DVD today and watch them back-to-back. I don't think a more addictive show has ever been produced.

It would be a tragedy if you died next month having not seen them. Seriously. Get on it. I'm not talking to you until you're halfway through the episodes.

[CPL CHUD]

WHA?

Dude. Do yourself a favor. Buy, rent or steal the entire season on DVD today and watch them back-to-back. I don't think a more addictive show has ever been produced.

It would be a tragedy if you died next month having not seen them. Seriously. Get on it. I'm not talking to you until you're halfway through the episodes.

The idea never hooked me. It looks to me like a Western with sci-fi elements. I'll definitely track it down based on your advice though.

[Mikey B]

The idea never hooked me. It looks to me like a Western with sci-fi elements. I'll definitely track it down based on your advice though.

He's not going to respond to that...:lol:

[Morbid]

The idea never hooked me. It looks to me like a Western with sci-fi elements. I'll definitely track it down based on your advice though.

It's really good, CHUD. One of the few television series I own on DVD.

[CPL CHUD]

He's not going to respond to that...:lol:

Haha.....I guess we aren't talking anymore! I will eventually see it. I've heard good things from several sources, I just get weary when geeks hype something up to unbelievable levels. It's like a setup for disappointment.

Plus, Left 4 Dead was released today and I haven't beaten any of the other games I purchased in the last month or so. My life is being dominated by programing code at the moment.

[Mikey B]

Haha.....I guess we aren't talking anymore! I will eventually see it. I've heard good things from several sources, I just get weary when geeks hype something up to unbelievable levels. It's like a setup for disappointment.

Plus, Left 4 Dead was released today and I haven't beaten any of the other games I purchased in the last month or so. My life is being dominated by programing code at the moment.

Completely understand that. I was able to snag an hour to play Gears 2 yesterday before rushing out to class. Tonight I won't be able to play because I'm seeing the new Resident Evil film.