Face It: They've killed Trek | Report this post to moderator
By: geepee16 (Odo's file, contact) @ 19:36:09 on Dec 17, 2012

Many people here jumped all over me and a few others after we bashed the first Abrams effort. I said it was Trek for the ADD generation. People were so happy to see Trek relevant again, that they were willing to overlook what a pile of garbage it was. I wonder how many real fans are enthused by what we've just seen. I'm not at all disappointed, really, because the writing was on the wall with the last film: this team of brats has seriously damaged the integrity of the franchise. yes, they;ll make a decent bundle by using this as a holdover for the next transformers/x-men/gi-joe movie, but as Trek, it is going to be the second consecutive zero.

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Just saw the IMAX preview | Report this post to moderator
By: ZOD (Odo's file, contact) @ 07:57:47 on Dec 15, 2012

SPOILERS
Lots of Kahn hints: "Needs of the many" speech, hands on glass. I did think that I saw glowing eyes though...

Mickey from Doctor who is in the movie.

The "natives" scene is better than the description. An actual effort is being made to adhere to the prime directive. Spock is ready to die for it. I'm 99% sure that it isn't Enterprise that crashes. Enterprise is underwater but as part of the mission on the red planet.

Overall a cool 9 minutes that got a big applause at the end.

BTW, the high frame rate version of the Hobbit was odd. I'm glad I saw it and I can see why Jackson likes it but -- I don't know, maybe I'm just too old. It is an impressie movie and Jackson clearly understands the material.

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I love the 2009 movie.... | Report this post to moderator
By: GustavoLeao (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 21:05:10 on Dec 14, 2012 | (1)

...but something tells me I will not enjoy INTO DARKNESS. I hope I am wrong. But this movie seems too dark to my tastes, has little to do in common with TOS, with issues like terrorism, mass destruction, starships falling from the sky and so forth. I guess the new timeline has become too pessimistic to me, after reading about this movie and the STAR TREK ONGOING comic books. But TrekWeb will continue to support the movie and report every bit of news till September, when I retire as editor of the site. I hope my replacmente loves the New Timeline more than I did. I like the cast, I like J.J. Abrams as a diretor, I only think that writers Orci, Kurtzman and Lindelof dont know what they are doing.

Cest la vie.

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Planet X? | Report this post to moderator
By: seventhstar (Odo's file, contact) @ 20:09:53 on Dec 14, 2012

Nibiru is also known as Planet X among conspiracy theorists.

If not for the age difference, this would make me wonder if that was a clue the villain was Charlie Evans, a.k.a. Charlie X.

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Running from the natives? | Report this post to moderator
By: IamKirok!!! (Odo's file, contact) @ 17:28:25 on Dec 14, 2012

What is this a Tarzan movie? Haven't we all become culturally aware enough to realize no one should be "running from natives" in a movie any more?

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Seems maybe... | Report this post to moderator
By: prometheus 59650 (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 15:24:39 on Dec 14, 2012

....The Prime Directive is a bit more malleable these days.

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