Comments on: Star Trek Named NBR Top 10 Film + #5 Google Movie Search of 2009

By: Bucky

Bucky — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:05:37 +0000

Geez, why is Bruno higher up than Star Trek in search terms? Certainly didn’t translate to box office…

By: Hat Rick

Hat Rick — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:13:24 +0000

73, in terms of impact, I am no expert at evaluating the technical aspects of the matter. I make a measurement based on what I see in popular culture and I just don’t see the level of buzz to be comparable to the analogous stage of ST2009. Further, I don’t see that the movie has tapped into a cultural phenomenon the way that ST2009 has done.

By: S. John Ross

S. John Ross — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:34:58 +0000

#76: Can I safely skip “Storm Front” without being confused (or, additionally confused) by the rest of the season?

By: James Heaney

James Heaney — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:39:30 +0000

#72: S. John Ross: I must add as a forewarning that the two-part season premiere, “Storm Front” is utterly unimaginative tripe, so when you hate it don’t judge the rest of the season by it. The Augments arc, the Vulcan arc, the Klingon arc, the Romulan arc, In A Mirror Darkly, and (my favorite of the year) the Terra Prime two-parter all range from good to excellent. And that’s pretty much the whole season. And a whole season of good-to-excellent Trek happens so very rarely, doesn’t it?

You’ll hate the finale anyway. It was a terribly written episode.

Lastly, I would add that the one big plot thread you need to know from season three is that Trip and T’Pol had a romantic thing, but it was partly because T’Pol was high on drugs, so it kinda ended. Yeah, it was a terrible plotline and made no sense at the time for either character, but in Season 4 it develops into something quite excellent.

Enjoy your viewing!

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:13:38 +0000

#64: Sorry to say it, but that shows that you don’t know a lot about these kinds of awards. Neither The Hangover nor The Proposal or any of the movies you name save for Avatar maybe will find their names called out at the Oscars. The expansion of the Best Picture nominations does not mean that it’s automatically blockbusters that get the additional slots. In fact, it was already a huge surprise that Star Trek showed up on the NBR list. If it (or any other similarly entertainment-focused film) were able to crack that list of nominations, it would be unexpected. No way will there be several.

By: steve

steve — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:50:23 +0000

Trek is more popular now with the MASSES, i.e. normal folk. It has become mainstream and not just a geek niche. It was actually mainstream in the 80’s , however TNG/DS9 etc turned Trek into a science geek/virgin only club. Thankfully that has now been changed.

By: Red Skirt

Red Skirt — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:16:34 +0000

#65: “I think that “Up in the Air” is probably as intellectually compelling as they say. However, in terms of impact, it doesn’t hold a candle to Trek.”

What does that even mean? Because it doesn’t have explosions? Have you seen it to make such a comment? At the screening I attended I saw a large cross section of people come together and laugh steadily throughout the film, sometimes cry, sometimes erupt in applause. I don’t recall the same degree for my viewings of Star Trek. Impact? This audience was clearly impacted by Up In The Air.

I love Star Trek as much as anyone, but that is no excuse to hand it best picture if there are other more compelling films out there. In particular, I had as much fun in Up In The Air as I did in ST. I cried more in Up In The Air than Trek. I was surprised more than I was in Trek, as the plot was significantly less predictable. And I thought more about Up In The Air than I did about Trek when it was over. The messages were much deeper and more compelling. So if I am to tabulate the impact each film had on me, then on that basis, Up In The Air Wins, hands down.

By: S. John Ross

S. John Ross — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:49:18 +0000

#71: If I were the kind of viewer who insisted on good acting, I’d never have become a Star Trek fan to begin with :) And production values don’t impress me (one way or another) either … for me it’s all about the writing, alpha to omega (which is why this recent film, which had excellent production values, some strong acting and “writing” that could have been randomly generated by a chart without anyone noticing the difference, failed to rock my world).

So, #71 and #68, thanks, I’ll officially start watching S4 sometime in the next week.

By: Thorny

Thorny — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:30:19 +0000

67. S. John Ross… “#63: You’ve just about sold me completely. My one lingering reservation: how is it likely to be for someone (like me) who’s seen basically nothing of the seasons that precede it? ”

Except for the idiotic season premiere (which dug the show out of the deep hole it was in from Berman & Braga’s long-running “Temporal Cold War” storyline), you don’t need to know much about “Enterprise” to enjoy the fourth season. Be advised, however, that while the stories overall improved considerably and actually seemed to take place in the same universe as the rest of “Star Trek”, “Enterprise” was still saddled by relentlessly mediocre acting (even Bakula, who I like in everything else he’s done but who chewed the scenery in “Enterprise”) and the poorest production values of any Trek. And since you didn’t invest in all four years of “Enterprise”, you might actually enjoy its Next Generation-set series finale (which Enterprise fans largely consider and insult to them.)

By: Thorny

Thorny — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:23:32 +0000

66. Hat Rick… “Thorny, I think that “Rocky” was definitely a “popcorn”-type movie”

Yes. I’m not saying ‘popcorn movies’ can’t win Best Picture. But it certainly is rare. The last was… what, “Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” in 2003? And it is even more rare for a ’summer movie’ to win. The last to do so was “Braveheart” in 1995. I never cared much for “Braveheart” myself, but “Star Trek” is not in the same league as “Lord of the Rings,” the only remotely-genre movie to win Best Picture..