Comments on: Fascinating… it was a good Star Trek movie.

By: Alex Everett

Alex Everett — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:33:22 +0000

I happen to believe the movie was a complete and utter farce and an insult to true Trekkies one of which I proudly call myself. The powers that be are (as Dr. McCoy so elequently stated) “Not Runnin On All Thrusters”.How on earth can it possibly be called a prequil when the story line is nothing related to Trek History other than a few names? Blahh,blahh, blahh……… I feel ripped off!

By: Trea

Trea — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:55:24 +0000

I did like the new movie, but it isn’t anything more than a nice Sci-fi action-flick. I don’t think I would have cared for it if I hadn’t seen the original. It’s not really a brain-movie and it’s far less controversial than the classic show, but a good movie non the less.

I’ll definitely watch the next movie on the big screen if Shatner’s in it though. Say what you want about his hammy acting and… weird pauses, but I think he made a great Kirk

By: imaginativefig

imaginativefig — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 06:03:37 +0000

me too. *sniffle* well, actually I didn’t know he existed until he was dead…can i still miss him?

By: imaginativefig

imaginativefig — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 05:50:55 +0000

Bwahahahahaha!! Love it!
Never did care for Kirk. I watch TOS for Spock

By: fran

fran — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 05:43:50 +0000

there are so many comments, and i honestly didnt read them all, so idk if someone has already said, but ill say it anyway.

i think with something like the most recent star trek movie, it needs to be taken as a separate entity from its original. i think this goes for every movie adaption of any book, comic, tv series, video game, etc. sometimes its hard to separate the two, especially if you’re such a huge fan of the original work, but i do think it key. if you take it all as a separate entity you might find yourself enjoying it.

By: Duke

Duke — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 03:58:37 +0000

Oh yeah; I’m _way_ late on this, and usually just enjoy the pretty pictures and keep moving when I’m digging through the old stuff, but there’s one bend in this conversation that gets under my skin:

“Canon.”

“It didn’t follow the canon!”

I’m a _huge_ fan of TOS, to the point that I can’t abide any of the sequels.

However, it is completely impossible to dismiss this movie on the basis of canon, simply because the original series didn’t follow canon!

Yeah, sure: a bunch of writers given forty-ish years can stuff in enough stuff through novels, movies, comic books, and who knows what else that they can manage to jiggle the handle until everything flushes, but face facts: it was a 1969 TV show, and continuity was _not_ a strong point. It wasn’t even a consideration!

Even as the show opens: How does a “five-year mission” become an “on-going mission” and still be the same?

Get over it, people. It’s just entertainment. Like it or don’t, but don’t confuse it with actual art.

By: IknowNothing

IknowNothing — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 09:37:20 +0000

Personally? I was miffed by the UhuraSpock thing… other than that, the lights were pretty and so were the actors *shrug* I’d watch Trouble with Tribbles over the new movie any time.

By: Rowann

Rowann — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 21:29:53 +0000

Well i’m not saying that Spock doesn’t or shouldn’t care that he is bonded with T’Pring, but if you rewatch Amok Time closely you can see that it never stopped HER from frolicking about (in a totally dignified vulcan way of course) with other guys and Spock doesn’t seem to care for her a great deal…
And for Uhura, you should take a chill pill, it’s not as if she had jumped his bones in front of everybody, the guy has just lost his mom and she just showed her concern in the most expressive way possible. I know from experience that people don’t want to talk after something so traumatic happens to them, and Spock isn’t the most open guy ever in case you haven’t noticed…
Anyway your defense of Old!Uhura is irrelevant cause I’m far as we know we never see her in a romantic relationship with anyone in Old Trek. Who knows how she behaves in private, with the man she loves? Not kissing and being mild-mannered in EVERY circonstance is not being ladylike, it’s being a cold fish.

PS: Anyway this movie achieved its purpose as most old fans loved it and I enjoyed it so much that I decided to catch up with them by watching every series from the beginning. I’ve almost finished the first season of TOS and a few episodes here and there :3 I won’t call myself a trekkie until I’ve watched them all

By: Gawain

Gawain — Wed, 05 May 2010 05:26:45 +0000

I’ll take you home again, Kaaaaaathliiinee….

>> Sorry, it had to be done.

By: bionelly

bionelly — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:00:05 +0000

Maybe true, but it’s largely by parodying himself.

By: attorney

attorney — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 03:19:26 +0000

shatner still rakes in the bucks!

By: Quarxyz

Quarxyz — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:46:47 +0000

I personally enjoy all Star Trek movies…… well…. besides Star Trek V The Final Frontier(HATED IT!). I think it’s funny how trekkies are complaining about “it not being canon” and such, when in reality I found MUCH more discontinuity errors in TNG than I did anywhere in the series. Again, I’m a fair fan of the series, but “Trekkies’” wouldn’t call me a Trekkie.
I also thought the acting in the new one was really good. Though I wasn’t really a huge fan of Kirk, Chekov, and Uhura’s actors. The only things I didn’t like in the movie was that Chekov should’ve been a preteen at the time, and(this is the part I really hated) PIKE WAS ONLY SLIGHTLY GRAYING IN THE ORIGINAL SERIES NOT COMPLETELY GRAY!!!!
But yeah, the movie was good, despite I prefer the Original Series, you really cannot compare them;they’re so different!
Also, my favorite movie was Star Trek IV the Voyage Home.
“We are looking for the nuclear WESSELLS in Alameda, can you tell use where the naval base is??”

By: that1person

that1person — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:34:36 +0000

it may not have been the best prequel, but it was an excellent movie. Nice special effects, good acting, substantial plot….

By: UHM,SWEENEYTODD?!

UHM,SWEENEYTODD?! — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:40:19 +0000

*BEFORE YOU SLAM, THIS IS COMING FROM A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL*

My dad was really into the Star Trek series in high school (Read: NOT A TREKKIE). So, when the movie came out, he dragged my mom and I to see it. I had planned on smuggling my iPod in and sleeping through the entire thing, but within the first ten minutes I was HOOKED. This is just a flat-out enjoyable movie, from start to finish. The thing about it is that you really didn’t have to know ANYTHING about Trek to get it.

IDK. My personal opinion.

By: CaptMcNeil

CaptMcNeil — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:18:37 +0000

I’m sorry, but the new movie sucked epically. They ruined my favorite characters, killed off one redshirt instead of the multitudes that TOS did, and had a FAIL villian. But it’ll get worse people; they’re thinking about adding in Khan to the sequal. Shoot me now.

By: Happy k/s shipper

Happy k/s shipper — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:48:09 +0000

The Reboot was one of the best things Paramount could have possibly given the Star Trek fan-girl community. It gave us a massive amount of new parings and new avenues to explore in our fanfics without completely annihilating cannon. It was hard to write angst!Spock before, the new cannon has made that a lot easier. Thank you JJ Abrams.

By: Nickel

Nickel — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:43:30 +0000

Hey, now! No need to insult the rest of us teenage girls. Not all of us are “wanna-be’s”. I’m seventeen and I’ve latched onto pretty much anything Star Trek related since my dad introduced it to me when I was a kid. I may not have seen them when they were new, but I still love ‘em.

By: Curious

Curious — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:44:08 +0000

*Takes a drink and begins singing* Roll out the barrel, we’ll have a barrel of fun! Roll out the barrel, we’ve got the blues on the run…!
(Wow, that’s an old song. It came out of WWII)

By: Curious

Curious — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:33:50 +0000

Yes! Exactly! I wonder what the chances are that now they will give us a new series…

By: Curious

Curious — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:27:46 +0000

I agree, it certainly isn’t canon, but they at least do admit it is what happened. I went in expecting a horrible movie with messed up characters, but they did good at keeping the people who they’re supposed to be. This movie was epic, not canon, but still epic in my opinion.

By: GreyArt

GreyArt — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:39:15 +0000

I love Star Trek in all it’s incarnations. I’ve been watching since 1967. That said, I loved the movie too. It was fun and exciting must like the series was back then. Sure TOS is dated now but it is over 40 years old.

You newbies that have shunned Star Trek until the movie cannot call your self Trekkie or Treckers. You can call yourself a teenage girl, because that’s probably what you are.

By: LennieFish

LennieFish — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:24:15 +0000

I agree with you their Lily. I’ve been by Star Trek and the Beatles since birth and it’s just an insult that all the new fans are immediately calling themselves Trekkies in the case of Star Trek. They’re newbs, not full blown fans.

By: Billybob

Billybob — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:45:29 +0000

Turned 53 this month, I’ve watched Star Trek since it was first on TV. I’ve seen this movie 3 times. I loved it. I’m bored with the old Star Trek, I’ve seen every show at least a dozen times.

By: Igloo McCoy

Igloo McCoy — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:45:55 +0000

That episode was f’ed up. The entire thing was just weird.

By: Eero

Eero — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:13:15 +0000

Shatner rules!

By: DeathWyrmNexus

DeathWyrmNexus — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:13:29 +0000

Sad to watch some people age…

By: Becky

Becky — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:58:52 +0000

I don’t know, if your a layman and seeing that movie I guess it’s okay but I’m a real fan and I hated it. They did not convey what star trek was about and there was virtually no plot and violence up the wazzu. And what’s with the going through the black hole. You can’t go through a black hole that’s like gothing through a thrash conpactor.

By: nell

nell — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:59:35 +0000

*face palm* that would be his OWN hero image. spelling fail.

By: nell

nell — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:58:07 +0000

I actually loved the “reboot” and I have been a fan for pretty much my entire life. I have to admit, I like the new Kirk better. I don’t know if that makes me a “bad” fan, but then I lost a lot of respect for William Shatner after I got to meet both him and Nimoy. Nimoy rocked he was awesome! But William Shatner was a bit of a boob and pretty much proved that he has bought into his on hero image and is in love with himself.

By: DeathWyrmNexus

DeathWyrmNexus — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:17:45 +0000

But Uhura wasn’t a teenager or shouldn’t have been… She was a grown woman last I checked.

By: Aliencubster

Aliencubster — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:12:30 +0000

I’m so happy I have never been a Trekkie/Trekker yet.. The best part about that being I don’t care about plot inconsistencies, ‘ruining of a good canon’, franchise milking or any such fanboy/girl complaints.. I just paid for my ticket, enjoyed the movie, and left the hall satisfied..
Ah..the luxuries of not being anal about details

By: glory

glory — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:12:10 +0000

I believe you are very wrong. As a teenager I was hell. Its what girls do. However I believe that I have class and grace now. AGE changes people. I was raised as a hick who towed the line. teenager i was very irrational and now i believe i have good manners and civility that i would not have had when i was younger. I thought it made sense

By: DeathWyrmNexus

DeathWyrmNexus — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:34:56 +0000

It’s called a trap and tell me one thing she actually revealed.

By: hee hee

hee hee — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:15:51 +0000

Yes, I remember the dance, it was a ‘trap’ she set- probably dreamed up by one of the men. And had she not been a discrete person she would have flashed them and yelled ‘come and get it baby’ (the censors would have had a FIT). Sexy without showing anything- fandances, very old fashioned alluring. For all we know, she was fully dressed behind those fans, except for her bare legs.
Mini-skirt and boots were the uniform- ALL of the women wore them on the ship- it was considered ‘regulation’.
In the original, Spock was ‘marriage material’- he was bonded to T’Pring- she just wanted to be with someone else (name is escaping me at the moment).
I do not remember the Charlie X mocking… anyone have a vid?
I think I would be highly entertained by your family.

By: DeathWyrmNexus

DeathWyrmNexus — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:56:09 +0000

Yaaaa, especially since one would think Kirk would get a burial at home instead of resigned to a shallow grave on a random planet. But in Picard’s circumstance, I can’t say I would have done much better. He did have other things to worry about and for all we know, wrote a touching memo to Starfleet marking the location and getting him a proper burial.

By: Banana

Banana — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:43:10 +0000

I liked Generations too! It may not have been the best, but it certainly isn’t bad.

Actually, I think the reason most people don’t like Generations is because it was released like two months after Next Gen went of the air, and ‘All Good Things…” was still very fresh in peoples minds. “All Good Things…” is a hard act to follow up, and because Generations was like the real finale to the series, it failed to live up to many peoples expectations. That and Kirk died. I think a lot of people hate it just for that.

By: hee hee

hee hee — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:14:55 +0000

Nope, not arguing, just trying to be clear on where he was born. I had heard he was a real russian, just confirming or denying. He should be able to do a good Russian accent (from his parents) though, right?

By: Lilly

Lilly — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:01:41 +0000

I AM INSANE WITH ANGER! =D

By: Mossad

Mossad — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:53:05 +0000

fanboy.
It is a great flick and it “ruined” canon on purpose (they didn’t screw up) so they can launch a new tv series. This will allow the franchise to continue but not have to go by the old trek history which has so much content it is more limiting then anything else.

By: Lilly

Lilly — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:03:31 +0000

And so they had that skinny little 16 year old play her in the movie.

*facepalm*

By: Lilly

Lilly — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:53:07 +0000

Are you sure it isn’t the time for a colorful metaphor?

By: Lilly

Lilly — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:49:43 +0000

I knew this would happen. Like after “Across the Universe” people were running around saying they were Beatles fans when they had Hey Jude, Let It Be, Strawberry Fields Forever, and maybe Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds on their iPod.

By: DeathWyrmNexus

DeathWyrmNexus — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:23:46 +0000

Mmm, oh and since I forgot, I will state my view on old school Uhura.

Class, poise, style. She was strong and independent but she didn’t see the need to beat you with it to prove it. I haven’t watched the series in over a decade but I have seen the old movies in recent memory. Uhura always had a soft strength that was amazing to me.

She was sweet, playful, and clever as hell. I personally love how she helped them steal the ship to get back Spock. Okay, turning off geekness. /geek

By: DeathWyrmNexus

DeathWyrmNexus — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:18:05 +0000

Haven’t seen the movie yet so I am not going to make any decisions except for an opinion on Spock from what I am hearing so far.

Sure Spock was young but Vulcans don’t let their young off planet before they have their emotions in check. It is part of their upbringing.

Also, for those saying that Kirk was horribly womanizing, I invite you to actually go back through the series and see how many times he actually did what he is being accused of. It is an old hat insult that does nothing but grate my brain these days…

By: Jane St.Clair

Jane St.Clair — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:10:48 +0000

Aw, I love Shatner too, I just find the level of debate going on extremely humorous. Especially when one remembers some of the ridiculous fight scenes in the original series. I think some people want to hate the new movie as a way to demonstrate their trekkie snobbery, kind of like how I rip on the Harry Potter movies for not being as good as the books. However, it’s possible to love the old series and movies for what they were, and like the new movie for what it is without suffering a conflict of interest.

By: DeathWyrmNexus

DeathWyrmNexus — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:59:34 +0000

Deforest Kelly was the man who played Bones, btw.

Thanks for defending Shatner. I loved Kirk played by Shatner. He was a go getter from the start then a old hero dealing with slowing down. Kirk was conflicted at the end, wanting to bow out gracefully while simultaneously wanting to jump into the captain chair and bark orders.

Now I want to watch the original movies again…

By: DeathWyrmNexus

DeathWyrmNexus — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:44:06 +0000

Ouch… I actually liked Kirk and the aging Kirk.

By: paws4thot

paws4thot — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:26:38 +0000

So do a “Mirror Universe” series; you can do pretty much anything you like then without breaking canon.

By: elfennau

elfennau — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:57:52 +0000

This was exactly my reaction. :/

By: elfennau

elfennau — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:53:21 +0000

The humor-impaired shouldn’t get to decide what’s funny or lame. kthx?