Comments on: TrekMovie.com Review of JJ Abrams’ ‘Star Trek’

By: Charlie Hettrick

Charlie Hettrick — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:35:23 +0000

At 64 years of age, I’m obviously a “trekkie” from way back. I liked the movie for the most part. I thought it was enjoyable and entertaining. There were, of course, a few anolamies that I noticed from the original “Star Trek” TV series. The most obvious thing that stuck out to me was that the bridge of this “Enterprise” was way more high tech looking than the original TV series “Enterprise” bridge. It seems to me that for continuity purposes, they should have found a way to make this “Enterprise” bridge look more like the one in the original TV series. After all, it WAS the first “Enterprise NCC-1701″ that was made. But then, who but an original “trekkie” would even know this. Just because we have all this nice new CGI technology, doesn’t necessarily mean that it can’t be over used. But then I suppose I’m more of a purist when it comes to details like that. The next thing I noticed was that in this movie, Spock’s mother dies. In the TV series, Spock’s mother is played by Jane Wyatt, who appears in several episodes, and is very much alive and well. But I suppose that this can be explained away by the idea that the time portal created by the black hole that Nero’s and Spock’s ships pass through when the Red matter creates the black hole, creates an alternate reality—one in which Spock’s mother does die. An alternate reality is discussed. But it is somewhat unclear, if this is supposed to be like a prequel to the TV series, how Spock’s mother dies in this movie but is alive for the original TV series, which would be next on the time line of movies and TV shows. Finally, I noticed that Zoe Saldana, cast as “Uhura”, was not as shapely as Nichelle Nichols who played the original “Uhura”. But then too, probably no one but an original male “trekkie” would notice this detail. No offense to Ms. Saldana, she is gorgeous. But again, it’s a matter of continuity. I’m sure that there are other gorgeous African-American actresses who have a shape more similar to Nichelle Nichols. After all, the casting department made very believable choices for the other cast members of this film.

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By: boohoo

boohoo — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:39:29 +0000

We should just accept this universe to be the mirror universe of the Terran Empire. It makes all the continuity issues more tolerable:

1) This would explain why ships like the USS Relativity doesn’t show up to fix the timeline. Because it’s the mirror universe and the Federation doesn’t care about what happens there.

2) This would explain why there is no George Samuel Kirk. The mirror Kirk may not have a brother in the Mirror Universe, so he is essentially George, but is named Jim due to the destruction of the USS Kelvin and early death of his father Lt Kirk. It also explains why he is such a trouble maker without conscience, unlike the original Captain Kirk. The Abrams Kirk acts a lot more like Mirror Kirk than the regular Kirk we know from the original series.

4) This would also explain why Uhura and Spock have a relationship. This Mirror Spock doesn’t care about his bond with T’pring and with the destruction of Vulcan she dies anyway.

3) Why does Pike not get court martialed for doing such a poor job defending the planet Vulcan? Because he is an officer of the Terran Empire, not the Federation. They probably to a certain degree don’t care otherwise. Since the Romulan Empire is independent in the Mirror Universe, the issue of defeating a new Romulan Ship is likely a more pressing issue than saving the planet Vulcan.

4) It would also explain why the USS Kelvin looks so weird. The design of the Kelvin that we see on screen was influenced by the appearance of the Constitution class USS Defiant, which appeared in Tholian space during the time of Captain Archer of the Terran Empire. This advanced ship showing up earlier in the Mirror Universe influences the design of USS Kelvin that we see in the Abrams film.

It will be cake for writers to retcon this version of Star Trek in the future. If the Tholians could open a gateway into the future of an alternate universe and capture a more advanced constitution class ship, then the Red stuff that Spock was using could do the same thing into the past. In fact this timeline could also be an attempt by the Terran Slave resistance to keep the Terran Empire from losing power to the Alliance, by maniputating the time line in the Mirror Universe.

By: Jed

Jed — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:30:56 +0000

Awsome film. The best thing about it is that when nero and spock come back in time, their presence necessarily creates a different reality, changing history. Any real Trek fan knows the effects of time travel. Since this story takes place before any other Star Trek story, it essentially negates the entire Star Trek time line that we know, leaving a blank slate to be filled with new stories. The burden / limitation of having to write stories compatible with the old Star Trek time line has been removed. Now the writers can take us wherever we want to go, not just where the old Star Treks will let us go. Since there is now a new time line, may I suggest a new TV series with the cast from the movie.

By: billgerat

billgerat — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:38:38 +0000

Good movie, except for the continuity. It would have been rather easy to fix the plot so that it matched up with TOS, but Abrams unnecessarily pissed off the old fans for no good reason. I liked the flick, but since it didn’t jibe with TOS history, it really is nothing more than a pretty-fied piece of garbage. You may just as well film a new Superman movie where Kryptonite doesn’t bother him and Lois Lane has the hots for Jimmy Olsen.

By: Lee Stevens

Lee Stevens — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:17:50 +0000

Sorry I hit the wrong button and put Start Trek instead of Star Trek. I certainly wanted to correct that. It was such a good movie, action packed and well worth the wait. Thanks Mr. Abrams for a wonderful job. Thanks also to all the actors in the film. PERFECT!!

By: Lee Stevens

Lee Stevens — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:13:57 +0000

This is just old news now but I just saw Start Trek 2009. It was fantastic. The actors were picked to perfection and it was the best Star Trek movie I have seen in a long time. I was grew up with the 60’s version and all through NG and Voyager I was fullfilled. This has got to continue. These caracters and their actor counterparts continue to keep the original Star Trek alive with much better graphics. It was AWSOME. Please make another one with these main actors. It satisfied what I had been missing since the Star Trek series left us. These guys are Kirk and Bone, Mccoy and all the crew; they do justice to great legends.

By: Ann

Ann — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:24:31 +0000

I am not a Star Trek follower. I did not even watch as a child but a friend of mine told me that this movie was good and it would help me understand all the hubla for Star Trek. It did just that I loved the movie and now I want more. I will now have to go back and see all the others and the TV show. Loved the child to man thing. Great MOVIE…

By: Toby

Toby — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:06:21 +0000

Just watched the movie, and was disappointed. Just another forgettable Hollywood action flick.

Far too little character development at the expense of (some pretty fantastic) special effects. Abrams talked about needing to speed up the pace of the movie in relation to the classic TV series, but I think it was a mistake.

Sure, it may be a cash cow, but without memorable characters this movie is anything but a classic. Made for 12 to 15-year-olds, I guess.
In short: a sell-out.

By: PScooter63

PScooter63 — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:41:38 +0000

Wow, the hate/jealous envy sure is strong in here.

Myself, I’ve been a Trek fan since the early 70s. I grew up on both TOS and the animated series. I was one of the very first people in my city to see TMP on opening day. Loved TNG early on, but hated each movie spun off of it (I found them oddly irritating, but I can’t exactly put my finger on why).

For the first time in a very long while, I regained a sense of wonder and amazement watching this “reboot”. Even if future installments bomb, THIS movie’s acheivements will shine on for me.

(Note also that this film, this past weekend, surpassed ALL the other franchise’s movies to become the highest-grossing Trek in history – accounting for inflation.)