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I caught the late showing last night.Theater was full bu not overcrowded and I was able to actually sit back and enjoy the movie.It was really good and I enjoyed it.I thought everyone turned in solid performances and Chris Pine did a fine job as Kirk without being too Shatnery)but you could see some lines delivered with a Shat-feel too 'em).Quinto as Spock was excellent and Pegg as Scotty was brilliant.However,I do see where some of the purists will go apeshit over what the new reality is now set as for the series and can't wait to see the lamentation.I was right in saying before that this a reboot of the series because it's continuity is now it's own and cannot follow the previous one.Whether this turns out to be a good thing or not remains to be seen but I don't really care too much because I just liked seeing a good Trek movie.
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I caught the late showing last night.Theater was full bu not overcrowded and I was able to actually sit back and enjoy the movie.It was really good and I enjoyed it.I thought everyone turned in solid performances and Chris Pine did a fine job as Kirk without being too Shatnery)but you could see some lines delivered with a Shat-feel too 'em).Quinto as Spock was excellent and Pegg as Scotty was brilliant.However,I do see where some of the purists will go apeshit over what the new reality is now set as for the series and can't wait to see the lamentation.I was right in saying before that this a reboot of the series because it's continuity is now it's own and cannot follow the previous one.Whether this turns out to be a good thing or not remains to be seen but I don't really care too much because I just liked seeing a good Trek movie.
RAWK!! Bana's Nero was paper-thin, I have to say. Other than that, I'm damn good with this movie. I think Karl Urban wins the award for this one, though. At the same time, seeing Sulu actually kick some ass for once was awesome!  I've been reading other scifi boards to get a feel for the fandom reaction. About 98% of Trek fans seems to be loving this movie, while the other 2% are writhing in their "Shatnerverse Only!" bile, hating how successful and mainstream this movie makes Trek. The Onion's report seems to actually be accurate, concerning that small faction of extremists. Also, JJ's got some balls on him to make the "big changes" like he did in this movie. Removing an entire planet from play, and also bringing a romantic subplot to the surface that may have always been there. That takes guts when messing with the Holy Bible of Geekdom...
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Decent movie. But I'm not sure that I appreciate what it does to Star Trek's continuity--or that whatever it did do would yield good future stories since the 'younger version from the tangent universe' novelty would only last for one showing.
It almost feels like they're saying, "Well, all the old one's are dead and gone and this continuity's all dried up, so we might as well just make a new one filled with teenagers and twenty-somethings."
My only consolation is that it didn't mess with the Star Trek: Enterprise continuity.
As usual, Scot was the most enjoyable character. But Chekov's hair was all wrong!
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As reported by Variety, Star Trek XI, which opened at 7 P.M. Thursday night, grossed an estimated seven million dollars as of Friday morning. Not expected to gross as much as Wolverine or Iron Man, Star Trek XI nonetheless held its own over the other two recent releases. Wolverine grossed almost five million dollars in its midnight showings and Iron Man grossed somewhat over four million dollars. To read the article, head here.
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They're estimating between 65-72 for the weekend. That would be damn good for a Star Trek movie...
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25mil in for friday, alone.
i think the previous trek film totaled around $40
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this movie kicked ass.
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and the playing of the original series music at the end was a nice touch
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It was very good. I liked how they respected the original material and can go on their own way now.Bones and Spock were the 2 best roles.
I also agree that Bana was the worst part of the movie....horrible villain IMO.
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I didn't think Bana was horrible.....he was just the vehicle villain.Something to fight against I guess.A shame though,he coulda been Spock's Khan if they showed the personal vendetta angle up more in his role(aside from blowing up Vulcan....that was pretty personal).
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Saw it Thursday this week. Liked it apart from the nauseating intro and Captain Nero. Didn't feel like Star Trek but it was a good sci-fi action film.
Cool moments (warning: spoilers!!!):
Kirk in the bed with a green woman, who just happens to be Uhura's roommate. Priceless.
Nimoy-Spock meeting Zachary-Spock. Loved the fact that Nimoy-Spock had fooled young Kirk into believing that the universe exploding if young and old Spock would meet.
Captain Pike being in the movie.
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- 'Star Trek' beams up $76.5 million
Paramount’s “Star Trek” successfully left space dock to gross $76.5 million in its domestic box office debut, including $4 million in Thursday night shows.
J. J. Abrams’ reboot of the classic sci-fi franchise came in on the upper end of expectations, and all but guarantees that Par will pursue a next installment.
“Star Trek” took a bite out of 20th Century Fox holdover “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” which debuted to $87 million last weekend, the best opening of the year.
“Wolverine” fell a steep 68% in its second sesh to $27 million from 4,102 runs for a 10-day domestic cume of $129.6 million. Fanboy-driven titles often see sizeable drops in the second weekend, although “Wolverine’s” was on the higher end. “X-Men: The Last Stand” likewise declined 67% in its soph sesh on its way to cuming $234 million domestically. ("Last Stand" had no direct competition in its second weekend.)
Summit Entertainment’s “Next Day Air,” the weekend’s other wide opener, strugged to find an aud. Urban comedy grossed $4 million from 1,138 runs.
“Star Trek” led another up weekend at the domestic B.O., with revs running as much as 22% over the same weekend last year.
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One thing I didn't like too much was the music score.I was kinda hoping for a James Horner/Jerry Goldsmith kinda thing but it fell kind of flat with me.The end of the movie with the original theme was good but that was it.
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I agree, and I've heard that from other sources. A lot fans and non-fans alike have said they expected a better scrore, especially from a Star Trek movie (which is known for its classical, operatic epiphanies). This had....and I really hate myself for thinking this way.....this had a decidedly "Starship Troopers" sound to it, musically. However, the scene where they beam Pike, Kirk, and Spock back to the Enterprise is awesome for the little Alexander Courage homage, lightly playing the four-note Star Trek signature tune. And the use of the entire original TOS score for the closing credits was just damn cool...
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One thing I didn't like too much was the music score.I was kinda hoping for a James Horner/Jerry Goldsmith kinda thing but it fell kind of flat with me.The end of the movie with the original theme was good but that was it. I agree, and I've heard that from other sources. A lot fans and non-fans alike have said they expected a better scrore, especially from a Star Trek movie (which is known for its classical, operatic epiphanies). This had....and I really hate myself for thinking this way.....this had a decidedly "Starship Troopers" sound to it, musically. However, the scene where they beam Pike, Kirk, and Spock back to the Enterprise is awesome for the little Alexander Courage homage, lightly playing the four-note Star Trek signature tune. And the use of the entire original TOS score for the closing credits was just damn cool...
scoring a flick is such a touchy endeavor; basically you've gotta capture the spirit of the film in every musical gesture and nuance. perhaps the composer was trying to maintain the same sort of separation abrams has been going for in other aspects of the film? I still haven't seen the movie yet, but when I do I will as always be listening intently to the score to hear it for myself...
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If they need to capture the spirit of the film, they shoulda got the Village people to score it!
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Then Nowhereman would have been the first in line to see it.
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BTW they wouldn't build a ship like that on Earth.
You build it in space.
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You should check it out, it's great! I waiting for a chance to go with my dad. TOS is/was his favorite show. So much so that he could instantly identify the episode by the color of the planet the Enterprise was orbiting in the opening scene.
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You should check it out, it's great! I waiting for a chance to go with my dad. TOS is/was his favorite show. So much so that he could instantly identify the episode by the color of the planet the Enterprise was orbiting in the opening scene. That is awesome!  I'm like that with episodes of M*A*S*H, for some reason...
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But, remember the marketing tagline of "This isn't your father's Enterprise!" (or something like that). So, he may not like it...
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It's articles like these that give Star Trek fans a bad wrap. Fucking whack-jobs...
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rap.
A "bad wrap" is what almost caused Sammitch and Mocha to be joined as parents for eternity.
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That's terrible. Not in the tasteless sorta way. It's just unfunny.
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Do you expect more from him?
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It's articles like these that give Star Trek fans a bad wrap. Fucking whack-jobs... Oh, it's the articles? It's not the people who dress up in the costumes in non-con situations? Or the people who walk around, speaking Klingon to each other? Or the people who pepper what should be normal conversations with Trekisms? How's about this person: I went to see Trek with my friends on Monday night thanks to favors that were called in. We sat and, for the most part, things in the theater were pretty durned normal - no one dressed up, no one commenting throughout the movie, no one having conniption fits about continuity issues. It was a pretty non-Trekfan crowd. Except for this one guy... The movie ends and we're sitting through the credits because my friends want to see who played this guy and who played that girl - standard nerd stuff (I do the same with horror flicks). Behind us, this guy is talking to his son(? nephew? twink?) about all sorts of "when I was young, Trek..." stuff. It was like having Beardguy in the theater. Credits end, and we (and the other remaining groups of viewers) get up to leave when East Coast Beardguy says to all of us, "Hey, did anyone catch who played Nurse Chapel, or will she be in the sequel?" He starts snort-chuckling (yes, he was snorting and chuckling at the same time) at his witty joke while the rest of us look at each other and silently file out. I head into the men's room to take a piss when ECB comes in, lines up at the stall next to me, and starts blabbing about when he was young and Trek and how awesome that movie was and blah blah blah. In the men's room. At the stalls. THERE'S NO TALKING IN THE MEN'S ROOM!!! THAT'S A FUCKING RULE!!! IT'S A FUCKING MAN LAW!!! I quietly wash my hands and move towards the door when ECB asks me something about how new Trek compares with...whatever. I cut him off and, as politely as possible, say, "I'm sorry. I've never been a big fan of Trek. I'm just here with friends." To which he replies something about loving Trek and Star Wars, about being a rocker and a shit-kicking country fan, and not knowing whether to shit or go blind, about...well, I had rejoined my friends by this point and we had left the scene. The movie wasn't awful, but it had enough flaws to keep me from calling it "great." But my enjoyment of the film was greatly tempered by this idiot's babbling and general nerdity. I realize that people like this guy are part of the reason I hate Trek as much as I do. So I asks ya, Pro, is it the articles that give Star Trek fans a bad name, or is it Star Trek fans that give Star Trek fans a bad name?
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That's terrible. Not in the tasteless sorta way. It's just unfunny. Yeah, I'm not proud of that one. But, you know, even Carson bombed sometimes. Maybe: "No, a 'bad wrap' is what rex calls especially itchy wool"? hmmmm. nah.
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A "bad wrap" is the difference between Sammitch getting laid, and Sammitch having to hold some whales hair back while she pukes in his dorm bathroom?
Nah...got nuthin'.
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That's terrible. Not in the tasteless sorta way. It's just unfunny. Yeah, I'm not proud of that one. But, you know, even Carson bombed sometimes. Maybe: "No, a 'bad wrap' is what rex calls especially itchy wool"? hmmmm. nah. Did you really just compare yourself to Carson?
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