Comments on: Abrams, Quinto and Pegg Talk Trek’s Heart, Star Wars, Technobabble, TMP, and more

By: ‘Star Trek’- Not Your Father’s ‘Star Trek’ « The Arizona Real Estate Photographer

Fri, 22 May 2009 20:20:55 +0000

[...] I don’t remember much about the movie the first time (I have seen it since, so the nuances lost on a six year old, I now get), all I remember was that it was big. And, as bad as the reviews may have been, seeing Kirk and Scotty take that flyby of the Enterprise- well, that was worth it. Felt like it lasted longer than it did. Apparently, that same scene made an impact on Director J.J. Abrams too: [...]

By: SmartRemarks » J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek: boldly going nowhere particularly interesting

Fri, 08 May 2009 11:54:58 +0000

[...] with an understanding of the concepts and themes that had made Trek a success all along, and in numerous interviews the filmmakers assured us they were doing exactly that. So I was hoping for a [...]

By: Leonel

Leonel — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:41:02 +0000

Ah, the TMP Enterprise. She’ll always be my favorite. People have already expressed what I would’ve said about the reveal, the music, the moment. No matter what the mood, I end up grinning ear to ear when I watch that scene or listen to that theme.. *sigh* :-)

By: Ralph

Ralph — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:27:30 +0000

Just a thought. Maybe Spock came back from the future to stop Nero but finds out Nero goes back even farther. He gives the grew the formula for time warp from The Naked Time episode of TOS. Kirk comes out of the time warp just after the destruction of the USS Kelvin. And saves man kind again. But the crew of the Enterprise may begin in this altered universe of space time.

By: Xai

Xai — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:10:19 +0000

148. Dak – March 10, 2009
“Abrams claims to have the spirit of Roddenberry’s work, but so far all it shows is a decided disregard of continuity and has dumbed it down to a mere flick with action, action, action and NONE of the heart and soul seems to come through. The previews show nothing but explosions.”

Then you haven’t seen all the trailers and frankly maybe you need to judge a whole product instead of a 2 minute trailer before you just make assumptions.

By: Closettrekker

Closettrekker — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:59:25 +0000

#148—”Abrams claims to have the spirit of Roddenberry’s work, but so far all it shows is a decided disregard of continuity….”

How can continuity be disregarded if all previous continuity is what advances the story to this point in the first place?

That makes no sense whatsoever.

By: Closettrekker

Closettrekker — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:57:43 +0000

#11—”I agree with Abrams on the TMP space dock scene. It is the only really good scene in the entire movie.”

I couldn’t disagree with that more. I think TMP is a wonderful film, and disticntly more “Star Trek” than any of its successors.

By: Mark Lynch

Mark Lynch — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:55:27 +0000

#148

I’m unsure how you have gleaned this all from just a few minutes of trailers and a handful of interviews.

Trailers are almost always, whizz bang affairs, to grab the viewer by the short hairs and make them want to see the movie in question. So no surprise with the content then.
Look up the previous ST film trailers on YouTube or something and come back later.

I have my concerns, but let’s give these people a chance by actually viewing what they have made before tearing them apart.

Whaddya say?

If ST 2009 is crap, I will be first in line to shout it out from the rooftops. Same as I did with Superman Returns (a very big disappointment for me)
If ST 2009 is great, I’ll do the same amount of shouting.

I think that is a reasonable course of action for any Star Trek fan to take, or in fact any movie goer in general.

Of course if you are just a troll, feel free to ignore everything I have taken the time and effort to type (and spell check!)

ML out!

By: Trek Nerd Central

Trek Nerd Central — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:03:03 +0000

#148.

Let us ignore the troll.

By: Dak

Dak — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:22:27 +0000

Abrams claims to have the spirit of Roddenberry’s work, but so far all it shows is a decided disregard of continuity and has dumbed it down to a mere flick with action, action, action and NONE of the heart and soul seems to come through. The previews show nothing but explosions.

The arrow pattern on the shirts is stupid.

Explosions were never what Roddenberry envisioned for Star Trek. His noble dream is being flushed down the toilet for the sake of the lowest common denominator sheeple known as the moviegoing public. The same public that gave Baywatch tweleve seasons.

Abrams doesnt give a shit about the integrity of a noble 40 year sci-fi legacy. Its just another paycheck to him. Anyone who TRULY respects Gene’s work wouldnt work so hard to contradict it.