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I wouldn't. making a movie based on TOS is going to suck. Especially since it isnt a re-imaging. Those cheesy, bright assed retro colors are ugly and completely take me out of the movie.
Sure, so would making a movie about something as obscure as 29th century starfleet, but a solid story about the Titan and Capt. Riker would be good.
Im sick of his prequel shit.
The sad part is, i'll see it 3-4 times anyway.
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quote: making a movie based on TOS is going to suck
And there are people who say that making a DS9 or VGR or ENT movie would suck.** The simple fact is that Trek has become so fragmented that even the fans can't agree on anything anymore. (It's one of the things that keeps this place in business, right? ) I would view these posters as indication that the studio is coming up with some kind of catch-all plot that will end up throwing a bunch of shit up against the wall and seeing what sticks with the audience.
** One of my mom's childhood friends -- the person who got her interested in Trek back during its first run -- is such a rabid TOS fan that she has refused to watch ANY of the subsequent television series or [TNG] movies AT ALL. And there are nutcases out there who say the only good thing about TOS was that it led to newer, better shows. Reality is somewhere in the middle. But, my point is, that there's such a variety of opinion that they're never going to please everyone with any single movie. And yet, because they're so intent on sticking with the original formula and they want to make as much money as possible at the same time...
As of right now, my attitude is "why should I go see it?" instead of "I'll probably go see it, regardless of how good it is." I fully respect anyone else's choices otherwise. But given the past six years, I'm still quite puzzled as to why people seem to be going apeshit over a damn poster.
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(As far as I can tell, there's no information about the content of the movie one way or the other, and all we've got is a teaser image with the classic logo, plus Abrams' comments to the effect that he likes TOS.)
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quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: It's like watching the very worst of humanity trying to survive while fucking each other over.
So it is like watching US politics?
No, U.S. Politics is funny and has better acting.
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They seem to have skipped the DS9 pin. I think it's a fantastic ad series- looks great just as a promo for the whole "40 years" thing.
It would not be terribly suprising for them to try a "grand unification" plot to sorta give fans a taste of each version of Trek. A bit fanboy-ish prahaps...
quote:Originally posted by Wes: Honestly, I don't really care how it turns out. I've converted to BSG and Stargate.
Jesus, that sad. It's like saying "I only listern to cover songs..."
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quote:Originally posted by mikephys: The absence of red implies first or second pilot uniform colors. I agree, this could be a Pike or April film. Or maybe JJ is getting rid of the red uniform color, so we don't know in advance who's going to die!
The pilots had there colours, the third was just really close to the yellow.
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Jason, yes, it is funnier in a saddish sort of way, although the actors aren't really that good.
I wouldn't mind seeing a series based during the TOS era, just do to the other stories that could be told, I guess the same goes for the TNG era, although DS9 and VOY covered other parts of it already. ENT would have been more appealing had they used a ship that looked like it pre dated the E-nil.
I echo Jason's sentiment about ENT, although replace ENT with BSG. It seems far closer to what you'd expect than the family BSG of old. Maybe at the end of this one Earth will be destroyed because they did come here.
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Get ready for "The Five Captains"...Evil 29th Century dude uses a timescoop to pluck Kirk, Picard, Sisko, Janeway, & Archer to the future to (insert evil plot here). The Captains must overcome their differences to fight E29CD and set the universe right.
You just KNOW there's already a scipt like that out there.
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quote:Originally posted by Wes: Im going to circulate this just to be a bastard.
Hehe!
Wait where's the Enterprise patch
Really I get no reaction from this. I'm mean the official website is pulling all the stops for a teaser poster that a few months ago might have been viewed as a nice free wallpaper to put on your desktop. Why so much hype for something that has not really been planned and may not be good? Who runs that sight? The Underpants Gnomes?
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) I would view these posters as indication that the studio is coming up with some kind of catch-all plot that will end up throwing a bunch of shit up against the wall and seeing what sticks with the audience.
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