J.J. Abram's Star Trek

**Sean** · 05-02-2009, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by thesteve

Interesting...

So would it be incorrect to say that the film starts long before the 5 year mission and then jumps (timeline wise) into the middle of the 5 year mission? Between the trailers and what you've said about continuity, I can only assume this is the case.

Nope. Hahaha

I would urge you to avoid all spoilers and reviews and just be surprised while sitting in the theater.

**thesteve** · 05-02-2009, 10:17 PM

But...Chekov...

**Sean** · 05-02-2009, 10:54 PM

Wait and see...

**Sean** · 05-04-2009, 11:09 PM

Star Trek currently has a 100% on the Tomato-Meter with 22 positive reviews and 0 negative. I'm going to be very sad if Wolverine out-grosses Star Trek.

I suspect this film will be extreme good for Chris Pine's career.

S.B.Nichols · 05-04-2009, 11:16 PM

Xmen was enjoyable, but not re-watchable.

RubberChipmunk · 05-08-2009, 12:14 AM

I just got home from seeing this movie. Before I give my opinion on it, let me first say that I am a huge Trekkie. I can tell you how a warp drive operates. I can tell you the physics behind transporters. I could describe every difference between phasers and disruptors. I can speak a tiny bit of Klingon.

Now that that is out of the way,

This movie was completely and utterly awesome. I would see it again and again and again, and as much of a pirate as I am, I will most certainly be buying it when it comes to DVD.

*SPOILERS* I can see this being a series reboot. Being that it does take place in an alternate timeline,*/SPOILERs* I would very much enjoy seeing a season of this. Or even another movie. I don't know.

I am so pleased right now. So absolutely pleased.

**Sean** · 05-08-2009, 12:36 PM

As of right now it has a 96% on Rotten Tomatoes, and 91% from Top Critics. As of right now it is the best reviewed wide release of 2009 and the best reviewed Star Trek film.

S.B.Nichols · 05-08-2009, 07:42 PM

*SPOILERs*
So, now that I've seen it, on the one hand, I enjoyed it, thought it was a great movie with great actors, story, and effect. On the other hand, I sorta feel like they cheated and tore my childhood away by essentially saying that all previous Star Trek shows portrayed a universe that never was and never will be.

The only big problem I had was with the ending. Was there another jump forward? Because it seemed like a big leap to me to make a cadet on academic probation automatically the captain of a starship, even if he did just save the world.

AudioAUnderdog · 05-08-2009, 08:32 PM

I saw it today and I thought it was really good. Best movie I've seen for awhile.

I can't really say anything else except that I thought it was weird that Kirk has a twin sister who was hidden away as a Princess on some other planet to keep her secret from their evil father... Not.

But I bet those of you who haven't seen the movie thought this was going to be a spoiler at first.

**Sean** · 05-08-2009, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by AudioAUnderdog

I saw it today and I thought it was really good. Best movie I've seen for awhile.

I can't really say anything else except that I thought it was weird that Kirk has a twin sister who was hidden away as a Princess on some other planet to keep her secret from their evil father... Not.

But I bet those of you who haven't seen the movie thought this was going to be a spoiler at first.

I couldn't believe that the last scene of the movie was Leonard Nimoy sitting at a type writer writing his version of Star Trek. It was so unexpectedly brilliant!!!

Bryan · 05-08-2009, 09:36 PM

I just got back from the movie and thought it was absolutely fantastic. I couldn't believe how great a job Karl Urban did playing Bones. He was priceless. "Are you out of your Vulcan mind??!"

SPOILER ALERT
I liked the part where the somali pirates hijacked the ship.

AudioAUnderdog · 05-08-2009, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Bryan

SPOILER ALERT
I liked the part where the somali pirates hijacked the ship.

Oh yes, I forgot about that part. It was my favorite.

smhatahy · 05-09-2009, 02:03 AM

The only Star Trek I've seen are a handful of TNG and DS9 episodes and let me say I loved this movie! I feel like exploring the Star Trek universe now! Also I think George Lucas should have let J.J. Abrams do the Star Wars prequels... that man is absolutely amazing!

DKelly · 05-09-2009, 09:02 PM

Knowing next to nothing about the Star Trek universe aside from a few character names, a few choice lines, and having seen Wrath of Khan, I seriously loved this. This was much, much better than the Wolverine movie.

As Sean said, I definitely believe Chris Pine's career is going to skyrocket after this, as he did a fantastic job as Kirk. Zachary Quinto made for a great Spock, Karl Urban was awesome as Bones, and Simon Pegg was absolutely brilliant as Scotty. The story was really good, and the action scenes were terrific.

I can't wait for the upcoming sequels, so long as Abrams and the cast keeps them as good as this one was(apparently, a second one is already being written and a third one is already being planned).

smhatahy · 05-10-2009, 03:07 AM

Did anyone else love the scenes where they cut to space and it was quiet? This was one of the first movies i've seen that did that accurately!