cobalt79 Wrote:Good movie! But I'm an admitted Trekkie.....just not the kind that shows up in a Star Fleet uniform! I watched Star Trek reruns all the time as a kid. I could so see a couple of more movies following this one.Point of interest . . .
The movie itself was loaded with lots of special effects and centered on Kirk and Spock. You even got to see Kirk win at the Kobayashi Maroo(?sp?) test. But the best thing for me.....Kirk says "be safe". Made the whole movie even better.
One spoiler......[spoiler]When Kirk finds Mr Scott on the outpost...you hear the sound of Tribbles in the background. My all time favorite episode from the original series. [/spoiler]
Legion Wrote:I hate HATE HATE star trek. The Federation was a socialist government, they had no fighters ( one of the big draws to any space show) and even their small arms sucked. The Empire, hell even the Old Republic would have crushed them.
Darth Vader could crush the entire Borg collective with his mind for R2's sake!
Abbrahms will be the only reason I watch it. That and Harold from Harold and Kumar is Sulu.
Dervish Wrote:I also think it's the best Trek movie, for many reasons. But I'm not sure that I can be counted as a fan of Star Trek (I like it, but consider it "junk food" for the mind).
Still, weapons suck? I recall when the Enterprise got threatened with lasers (like most tie fighters, etc, used), and Picard was reminded that regulations demanded they go to yellow alert, Picard noted that must be a very old regulation and then had Worf lower the shields by 20% to show his lack of concern over such primitive weapons.
There was once this awesome fic, IMO, of Q bringing the Enterprise and the Borg into the Star Wars universe, but it was never finished that I know of and I haven't been able to find it again.
Ah well, this one should be enjoyed because Star Fleet definitely has its jerks causing barroom brawls and the like, among other things. IOW, still believably human. :p
Still, Trek fans are outraged at how good this one is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02LgdXVkXgM