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So I went to Quantum of Solace, and I knew the Star Trek trailer was -- or was rumored to be -- attached. But that wasn't why I worked a 12-hour day in the office on Thursday, so I could leave work early today and catch the afternoon show at the Uptown Theater in DC. No, I really thought Casino Royale was a fantastic film, and I've been eager to see the sequel.
So, there are a whole ton of trailers. And then this one starts up. There's a car, speeding towards the edge of a cliff, with a cop on a motorbike in hot pursuit.
At the last minute, the kid at the wheel jerks the wheel, throws the door open, and leaps out. The car plunges over the cliff, and the kid nearly follows, but manages to hang onto the edge of the cliff and pull himself up.
The angle flips to the cop. It's at that point I realize the bike is hovering. And, also, that the cop is a robot.
"What's your name?" The robocop demands.
The kid says: "James Tiberius Kirk."
And instantly scenes are intercut: the Enterprise, being built on the ground; Kirk and Spock fighting on the bridge; stuff blowing up; who I assume to be a Romulan soldier saying, "The wait is over!"
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As cheesy as that sounds, what was your take on it? Was it good? I've been hearing good things about it on other forums, so I'm obviously curious.
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I liked the trailer, I don't know that I "buy" Quntio and Pine as Spock and Kirk, but they're working against 30 years worth of ingrained Trek with a brief speaking clip, set design doesn't look how I expected ... I'd say I'm giving a cautiously optimistic thumbs up on the trailer.
quote:Originally posted by Aban Rune: Um... robo... cop?
So they're really doing the Kirk as rebelious hot-head thing, eh?
We're talking about the same smug Kirk that not only cheated on his final exam in Starfleet Academy, but has broken the prime directive dozens of times, and has little to no respect for authority even well into his senior years.
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Kirk is definitely portrayed as someone willing to take risks, but he's always had a sense of duty. I don't mind his youth being a bit adventurous, but I don't want him to be Tom Paris.
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Ug. Sounds like a crappier version of the scene from Nemesis with the dune buggy. Why would the Federation have robot cops but be awed by Data a century hence? Who says their middle name during an introduction? No one, that's who.
Sounds craptackular.
I wince whenever more stuff is revealed about this movie....
-------------------- Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering. -Aeschylus, Agamemnon
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Sadly, I thought the trailer had probably the most telling thing about the movie sucking was the extremely gratuitous shot of Uhura taking her shirt off.
Pretty much nailed what this movie is going to be about to me, really.
quote:Originally posted by Vanguard: Sadly, I thought the trailer had probably the most telling thing about the movie sucking was the extremely gratuitous shot of Uhura taking her shirt off.
I'm sorry but every time I read this sentence by people I get a mental image of Nichelle Nicols doing this... an OLD Nichelle Nicols.
"Hello boys..."
Arrrrrrrrgh!
-------------------- "Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica." - Jim Halpert. (The Office)
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You know, I admit, what really cheezes me off with this 'reboot' is the overt sentiment of "The original Trek sucked! Everything about it sucked! You suck for liking it! So we're redoing it all, but want the name for easy money and built-in fanbase.. even if the fans sucked." This is coming both from fanbois and from Abrams himself.
When the entire premise is to literally erase original Trek from 'canon', and so many so-called Trek fans are going "Yay! About time!" I'm just pissed off.
So, yes, I hope this Trek dies a horrible, horrible death, and that the fanbois for it cry in their sleep for years to come. I don't WANT it to succeed, because it means losing, permanently, what -I- liked about Trek and getting it replaced by yet another Sci-Fi Channel style fanboi flick.
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