Has anyone else seen the new trailer?
I'm looking more forward to this one than I am to "Watchmen"!

I know a lot of hardcore fans are gonna be ticked off about some of the changes they're making, but IMO the franchise is in need of an update - & it looks like they're doing a bangup job!

The people they've cast are nearly perfect! (Still have some doubts about Karl Urban as McCoy, but from his line in the trailer, it looks like he's got the cynical attitude right!

Anyone got any thoughts?

Sylar will always be sylar in my eyes. he just looks weird as spock

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940096.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&nid=2854

The first shining review - can't get much better than this.

Wow, that is great. I'm very excited to see this! I don't get out to movies enough these days, but I am committed to seeing this on the big screen.

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940096.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&nid=2854

The first shining review - can't get much better than this.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film-reviews/film-review-star-trek-1003964428.story

This one's not bad, either! :biggrin:

I'm all kinds of psyched for this movie! The Kirk is good looking enough, but he's no where close to the hotness that is Simon Pegg. A bunch of us have planned to take the day off and see it on the 8th. I have a friend who's seen it already and he said it's awesome. He's a huge Trek fan and if he likes it, it has to be good.

I'm off on the 8th (took a vacation day just for the occasion), and hope to be there for the grand opening! I'll probably go back and see it again the next day with the wife & daughter!
I'm going into this expecting to like it! J.J. Abrams hasn't let me down yet.

I'm really looking forward to it! That's a good sign, Madge, that your Trekkie fan likes it. I confess I was a little nervous with the "this is not your parents' Star Trek" previews, since I like my parents Star Trek. :)

I'm especially looking forward to seeing some more characterization of some of the supporting characters.

I'm somewhat disapointed that they haven't include two of the characters from classic trek that we know existed during that time period

Finnagan (?) the bully who Kirk said picked on him in his accadamy days (& that he beat the snot out of in "Shore leave")

And "Number one" - the 1st Officer under Captain Pike in the original pilot.

I'm really looking forward to it! That's a good sign, Madge, that your Trekkie fan likes it. I confess I was a little nervous with the "this is not your parents' Star Trek" previews, since I like my parents Star Trek. :)

I'm especially looking forward to seeing some more characterization of some of the supporting characters.

Rob is devoted to the original series and he loved this movie and plans on seeing it several more times. Yeah, that's a good sign.

I think "Sylar" is a perfect Spock! .and I like Karl Urban in anything. I just figure I'm going to miss the cheesy effects (which were great at the time)!

SAW IT!! I SAW IT! :ohyes: IT WAS AWESOME!

The hard core fans should love this! Damon helped produce it! I didn't know that! WOW! I was only confused by one thing. It has to do with the communications officer. I'll say more after everyone else has seen it. OH WOW! Can you tell I just got home?
The special effects, the story line, the movement, the camera angles, it was all so well done.

KUDOES TO ABRAMS AND CREW! CONGRATULATIONS AND GREAT JOB!
:jump:

Yeah I just got home also, and am stuck in OH WOW OH WOW mode, lol!

What an awesome movie, easily one of the best Star Trek films!
:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

Easily the best Star Trek film ever, and in my opinion just about the best movie I have seen all year so far.

The market seems to be flooded with sci-fi movies right now.

I only have one critique. If the actor playing Spock is going to continue, (WILL THERE BE A SEQUAL? ) he needs to practice NOT showing emotion. It is easy to allow the emotion in the face, the romance, because he is a younger Spock right now. As he ages he needs to be more like a Vulcan to stay true to the original story. His face can't reveal what he is thinking. What do you guys think?

I suppose the movie left almost anything open for the future. In a very brilliant way!

Oooh, I am so excited to see this! It will probably be next week for me. But, yay! Love the good reviews.

Saw it yesterday and absolutely loved it!

It is (in my opinion) a flawless, funny, exciting and super-entertaining movie that'll keep you gripped for its entire running time. My husband, who never saw any of the TV shows but all of the movies says it was the best movie he's seen in a long time! My kids, who know all about Star Wars but nothing of Star Trek thought it was great and would love to see it again!

All the movie critics are not exaggerating - it is THAT good.

I enjoyed it and I'm not a Trekkie despite watching a lot of The Next Generation along with First Contact, The Undiscovered Country, and Nemesis.

It was a high flying ride. The twists, dialogue, plot, cast, digital effects, and excellent pacing liven up the movie.

The only complaint I have is the cinematography even though I can tell what is happening it seems to suffer from bright lightning and waist high zoom ins of the characters.

Otherwise, a fine movie.

9/10

(Props to the casting of Zoe Saldana)

I get to see it in just 3 more hours! (hopfully!)
I'm practically pacing the floor in anticipation!
I'm sitting here listening to XM radio and theyve got the writer on there talking about the movie and they keep playing cuts from the soundtrack!
I can actually smell the popcorn!
Lord - I haven't been this hyped for a move since 1978 when I was going to see Superman for the 1st time!
(I'm already planning to drag the wife and daughter to see it tomorrow!)

. As he ages he needs to be more like a Vulcan to stay true to the original story.

There's a reason why this is not a valid concern, but I don't want to spoil anything for anyone. You thought I'd give it away that easy??? HAH!

Really enjoyed the movie! My only complaint, needed more Scotty.

I'm back!
As a Star Trek fan for almost the last 40 years, I had to do a LOT of thinking & rationalizing on my way home from the theater.
First off - I LOVED IT! J.J. managed to bring it into the new millenium, & make it totally believable.
At the same time, though, there are many implications from the events in this movie that I'm having a hard time wrapping my mind around.

Warning - dont click, if you haven't seen it yet.
The distruction of Vulcan and the death of Spock's mother seemed to be going way too far. I spent the rest of the movie thinking they would wind up time traveling and undo it.
I realize that there are enough Vulcans left to rebuild the species on another planet, (Let's call it "New Vulcan" for now.)But that doesn't make the loss of a world I grew up with any less painfull.

I'm also of two minds on the new emotional Spock, and his relationship with Uhura. Everything in my trekie soul was screaming No! This is not right!
(Thus - my inner turmoil on the way home!)
Part of me says this is a much more interesting and 3 dimensional Spock than I grew up with. He wont just be arching one eyebrow & trading insults with Bones anymore. But at the same time, the inner turmoil between his human & Vulcan sides is what has defined the character from the start. Now, he seems to have just embraced his half humanity.

I'll get used to this new timeline eventually, but for now, I'm grieving for the loss of the old one.
(OK - end of criticism)

The cast couldn't have been better!
Special praise to Chris Pine, (Who actually does manage to become William Shatner at one point toward the end!)

Carl Urban - He WAS Bones to perfection!

Zachary Quinto - What a tremendous job he had! I'm amazed that he was able to pull it off so well.

All of the supporting cast was spectacular!

Special effects - WOAH! outstanding!
The scene where the enterprise came out of warp with all it's weapons fireing at once almost made me jump out of my seat!

Cant wait to see it again!
I'll shut up now!

im not a star trek fan but...

THIS MOVIE WAS AMAZING! loved it.

I'm back!
As a Star Trek fan for almost the last 40 years, I had to do a LOT of thinking & rationalizing on my way home from the theater.
First off - I LOVED IT! ...
I'll get used to this new timeline eventually, but for now, I'm grieving for the loss of the old one....Cant wait to see it again!
I'll shut up now!

I received a Star Trek Karabiner :biggrin: from the movie theatre for being one of the first 30 people in line... yes, it is a cheap little trinket. ;)

GT: You said everything I was thinking as well. I could allow it since Spock was so young and still learning to control himself, right? But the loss was hard to accept.

WARNING DO NOT READ if you have NOT seen the movie:

Spock's Mother does die a few years later in the original series anyway.

It does leave it open for future episodes, however. Now, future generations can take Star Trek anyway they want to go. I do feel it is time for a new generation of imagination. Tribbles were cute, but we need new stories. What do you think?

Hey, Too2!

I thought it was very interesting that
Captain Pike wound up in a wheelchair at the end & Kirk wound up replacing him as Captain of the Enterprise! But the implication of this timeline is that the events of "The cage" will never happen. (On the other hand, Pike isn't as bad of a mess as he was in the other timeline.)

Another thing that bothers me is that in the original timeline, Spock was eventually going to succeed in bringing about reunification of the Vulcans and Romulans, but he didn't even succeed in saving romulus.
Maybe - like Vulcan - there are enough Romulans off world at the time that the species will survive, & Spock can succeed in this timeline.

Unfortunately, Vulcan and Romulus:

I doubt the Romulans will ever trust the Federation or Vulcan's again. Unless they consider the debt even, since BOTH worlds were destroyed. Are they not the same species? Maybe they will intermarry?
I was also waiting for Spock to go back in time to undo the events.
I really liked this Scotty much better than the original. The original actor never convinced me he was a rebellious type. This new actor did a much better job. IMHO.

Just saw it again with my wife & daughter! I caught a lot of things this time that slipped past me the 1st time. For one:
Scotty's reference to Admiral Archer & how he lost Porthos while trying to beam him! Poor dog!

Also - Bones calling Spock a "Green blooded hobgoblin!"

GT: on Bones line... our theatre burst out laughing! I love opening nights. People are all pumped up and more into the movie. I wish I had a camera just to film what the audience was doing! Oh, yeah, me included! LOL!

im not a star trek fan but...

THIS MOVIE WAS AMAZING! loved it.


Me too. I'm not a trekie, trekker...I know who the main characters are but limted knowledge on the who's what's and such...in other words I'm the target audience that JJ was making the movie for and I have to say he scored!! This was an awesome movie standing on it's own. I'm not invested in the original story so it didn't bother me to see the change in events and timelines. I loved the story and Pike's - Jim Kirk was brash and cocky as he should be, but nothing close to Shatner (which, I've never really enjoyed when I have seen him) and Young Spock...OMG...JJ Abrams (and Zachary Quinto) made Spock sexy!...in an weird, pointed eared, straight eyebrowned way....

I definitely am going to see this movie again.

I saw it today. I hardly ever see movies in the theater any more, but I'm glad I went to this one. Congradulations to JJ and Damon. Fantastic job on a tough challenge! I came out wanting a "Best Lines" thread to post in like we have for Lost episodes. There are way too many to remember, but the few that made me laugh out loud were:

Bones: "I like him!" (his first impression of Spock)
Then, not too long later, "green-blooded hobgoblin!"
Spock: "Out of the chair!" (as enterprise stowaway Jim is lounging in the captains chair while the captain is gone.)
Plus, bones' diatribe about the dangers of space travel was great, as well as all the resurrections of the old catch-phrases... "I'm giving her all she's got, captain!" "d@mn it Jim, I'm a doctor, not a physicist!"

I only had one slight disappointment. From his work on Lost, I was hoping for something a little more special from the score by Michael Giacchino. Nothing wrong with it, just nothing particularly special. I did like the idea of incorporating the original TV show theme in the ending credits score.

As for the time travel,
I was expecting them to go back in time and fix things too. I'm very glad they didn't. It would have been too cheesy and predictable. Plus, it was funny that there seems to be Course-Correction in the Star Trek universe as well as the Lost universe. Everything changed in the alternate timeline, but the final outcome was the same, with the same crew of the Enterprise, with the same personalities/relationships, ready to explore strange new worlds.

I saw it today. I hardly ever see movies in the theater any more, but I'm glad I went to this one. Congradulations to JJ and Damon. Fantastic job on a tough challenge! ...

I rarely go to the theatre as well, because of the cost. Yes, I agree. It was a tough challenge.

I think you are going to love this: When the three characters were about embark on the dangerous mission I shouted out loud in the theatre... "RED SHIRT!" I was so embarrassed. LOL! My hubby said I wasn't too loud, but I was still embarrassed because I had gotten so excited. :redface: And of course, the red shirt died! I can't wait to go see it again.

I've been debating with myself all morning over an apparent flaw in this version of trek, but seem to have come up with an acceptable explanation.

They all know that they are now part of an alternate reality. Their attitude seems to be that there's nothing they can do to restore the timeline. This seems to fly in the face of "City on the edge of forever" & "First contact" where in each case, someone altered the timeline, but they were able to restore it. (Thus "erasing" the alternate reality.)

Spock Prime is now in this reality. He obviously knows how they can slingshot around the sun & timewarp back to the day of Jim Kirk's birth & try to stop Nero. You would think that given the death of billions of Vulcans & the destruction of Vulcan itself, Spock Prime would at least present this possibility to the federation, or at least to the surviving Vulcan council.

Instead, as he watches Jim being promoted to Captain of the enterprise, he says "Thrusters on full." as if he's resigned to letting this timeline go forward.
This has been troubling me all morning, but I finally realized, as Spock Prime must, that there are not enough ships in the fleet at this time to stop Nero's ship, even if he did convince them to try.
Also, I suspect that seeing his old Captain, Christopher Pike in a LOT better situation than he wound up in the other timeline probably convinced him to leave it alone and let it go forward..

Anyway, I'm at peace with myself now, but thought I'd post anyway & see what y'all think

GT: I took my mom for mother's day yesterday as she is a die-hard Star Trek fan. My hubby loves Star Trek too and they both liked the movie ALOT but, especially my hubby, had issues with the

"alternate time line" and how things changed from the original stories. Like Spock with Uhura and the exchanges b/t Bones and Kirk instead of Spock.

I think JJ Abrams and CO. did a great job of opening the door to new Trekkies and bridging the old with the new. I think the action and pace of the movie was great too. It definitely is one of the best movies that has come out in a long time!

naughtyangel -

I'm glad you & thr Mr. liked it. I agree it needed updating. I've seen all of the movies featuring Kirk, Spock & McCoy so many times, I cant even bare to watch them again. I wanted something new, & boy they gave it to me!

I can accept the destruction of Vulcan & the death of Spock's mother, 'cause realistically, bad things happen to people in movies and in real life. That took guts on the part of the writers.
I just think having Spock & Uhura openly making out on the transporter pad was a total departure from the character Spock has always been, and is too much to ask the hardcore fans to accept.

The characters have changed a bit from the original. I wonder what inspired the changes JJ put into Spock? Does he think the changes will appeal to the new generation?

I am a huge Trek fan and consider myself a die-hard fan. I loved this movie. The stuff with Spock and Uhura didn't bother me. With Nero's appearance 25 years earlier altering the timeline who knows how little things could change. I thought it was great that somone other than Kirk got the girl =)

The best part for me was the destruction of Vulcan and no attempt being made to repair the timeline. That took some real balls! Congrats JJ!

My favorite scene was probably the Bones / Kirk scene with the hypo-spray injections. That had me laughing out loud.

Reading up on reviews and comments from people today, there was a comic they did call Star Trek: Countdown which further explained Nero's motivations and actions. After reading the details of the comic I really wish they had included that stuff in the movie.

Oh, and it was hysterical that when I was watching the movie I was thinking to myself who is that playing Spock's mother, she looks and sounds an awful lot like Winona Ryder, and then when I got home and looked it up, it WAS Winona Ryder!

I rather liked Kirk's "BS!"

Oh, exciting news already. However, if you haven't seen the film... DO NOT WATCH the interview.

http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1611063/story.jhtml

Good stuff!

Fantastic movie...JJ did a brilliant job interweaving the old with the new and giving it all a fresh spin. I must see.

Oh, and it was hysterical that when I was watching the movie I was thinking to myself who is that playing Spock's mother, she looks and sounds an awful lot like Winona Ryder, and then when I got home and looked it up, it WAS Winona Ryder!

DS - I had the same thoughts, she sounded so much like she did in Edward Scissorhands! My daughter was like - "it is her!"

And the ongoing exchange b/t Bones and Kirk was too funny. "STOP IT!" :biggrin:




GT - My hubby had issue with that too. He said if they were to stay "near" the storyline then Spock would eventually have to negate his emotions.

Personally - it didn't bother me so much other than it felt odd because of the changes but I keep reminding myself this is an alternate reality for them and all is possible in that case.

Oh, and it was hysterical that when I was watching the movie I was thinking to myself who is that playing Spock's mother, she looks and sounds an awful lot like Winona Ryder, and then when I got home and looked it up, it WAS Winona Ryder!

I knew before going to see it who was playing her, but she was hard to recognise. I had to tell my daughter who it was playing her.

Oh, exciting news already. However, if you haven't seen the film... DO NOT WATCH the interview.

http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1611063/story.jhtml

Good stuff!

Great interview! I would love to see a whole series of sequels, as long as the writers of this one stay onboard. It doesn't necessarily have to be directed by J.J. - there are a LOT of good talented directors who could do a good job, but J.J. needs to maintain some kind of control - as producer at least, to make sure that the quality doesn't go downhill.
What I would like to see in a sequel is a continuation of the "Vulcan colony" plotline: Where do they go / How quickly does the species recover / What is Spock Prime's role, etc.
(They cant just introduce Spock Prime to this reality and then ignore him! He is a wealth of scientific and tactical info to Starfleet, & they need to use that! )
If they're gonna avoid further time travel, he needs to warn them about the "Guardian of forever."

One final note: BRING ON "Q"!
He could have so much fun messing with Jim Kirk & Spock!:rotflmao2:

Wow, we could start debating now what they might introduce from past episodes of Star Trek. I imagine we will see a few of the old planets again. I liked Harry Mudd, that was funny. I'm hoping they stick to just the original versions and not the new generation stuff.
Sorry GT:

I'm hoping they keep Q out of this.

I'd rather see the original series redone upscale and more battle scenes. I like things that go bomb! LOL!

I would imagine they would save that for when they reboot TNG.

There are a few fans who think that the character "Trelayne" (probably spelled that wrong) in the episode "Squire of Gothos" WAS actually "Q"...but that's up for debate.
He's showed up in every series except "Enrerprise" - An altered timeline is just the sort of thing that would pique his interest! :biggrin:

I like him so I would be happy to see him.

GT, as for what you described as a flaw:
I think the flaw was in Star Trek IV, when they traveled back to their own time by slingshotting around the sun. Intentional controlled time travel is not a part of the Star Trek universe, as I understand it, and that was just a cop out, IMO. I don't think that this movie should have to presume that Spock knows a way to intentionally travel to any time he likes.

As for the character of young spock, I thought it was great.
I don't see a youthful spock experimenting with a little open display of affection in an emotionally chaotic time for him as being incompatible with the older spock who wouldn't have done that. Or maybe the fact that he gets thrown into a romantic situation at such a young age really does change the progression of his character to one who is less in denial of his emotions. I'm sure trekies wouldn't like the latter, but I think you could take it either way.

Gee, couldn't Spock be...

...going through Pon-Far at this stage of his life? LOL! (Not sure I spelled that right?) Happens ever 7 years, right? I wonder if this young Spock we see on screen could be going through it at this time?

Can we stop with the spoilers after the first week the movie is out?

So, I have to ask. Does Spock...

go in to heat every 7 years?

:)

I doubt that it would be Pon Farr

They did cover that in the Original Series (and pretty much every other series as well, lol. I seems to be a standard Vulcan Storyline :) ). It was nothing like this. It has previously caused the characters to become violent and out of control - Spock thought that he killed Kirk in the Original Series while under the influence of Pon Farr - if not for Bones he would have. Spock's emotional outbursts in this movie were completely explainable - if out of character, lol.

It's hard to know what to completely Spoiler Font, lol.

I am a HUGE Star Trek Fan, have been for years. Overall, yes I loved this movie. I will definitely be seeing it again.

But...

I don't know whether I am the only one who has this opinion and whether I am expressing it right, but it kinda feels like Fanfic... as in someone altering cannon to "fix" a storyline.

We have had 40+ years of one particular storyline going one way... and then this comes along and changes it. It was done in a fantastic way. Given that Spock was always one of my favourite Original Characters, I love to see that he has grown and changed... but a little part of me is saying "Stop, that's not what Spock is supposed to do.".

I guess I am torn... as I said, I do think this movie was very well done (and it's always great to see a fellow Aussie in it, even if he does play a bad guy, lol :biggrin: ), but it seems almost like saying previous series and movies are now tossed out - Mirror Universe is here to stay.

...

It's hard to know what to completely Spoiler Font, lol...

I guess I am torn... as I said, I do think this movie was very well done (and it's always great to see a fellow Aussie in it, even if he does play a bad guy, lol :biggrin: ), but it seems almost like saying ..

I will try to spoiler font responsibly! :biggrin:

I agree and the bad Aussie kicked butt! Very good acting.

I've debated with myself about the events of this movie for days now, & have finally come to terms with it.
I keep recalling a line Spock said to Lieutenant Valeris in "The undiscovered country."
"History is replete with turning points. You must have faith...that the universe will unfold as it should."
I've finally decided to accept this as another major turning point in the great overall story of Star Trek. (Remember when they killed Spock?...and Kirk?...and blew up the 1st Enterprise?)
The fans were p****d off, but Star Trek went on, didn't it?
I'm afraid from the interview posted by Too2, that they might try to make it too realistic by killing off one of the main characters, like Uhura!

I've debated with myself about the events of this movie for days now, & have finally come to terms with it.
I keep recalling a line Spock said to Lieutenant Valeris in "The undiscovered country."
"History is replete with turning points. You must have faith...that the universe will unfold as it should."
I've finally decided to accept this as another major turning point in the great overall story of Star Trek. (Remember when they killed Spock?...and Kirk?...and blew up the 1st Enterprise?)
The fans were p****d off, but Star Trek went on, didn't it?
I'm afraid from the interview posted by Too2, that they might try to make it too realistic by killing off one of the main characters, like Uhura!

Could you imagine what Spock Prime would do if that were to happen? He already watched his mom die. If Uhura died and they were still together, I wonder what emotions Spock Prime would display?? Really off story.

Kitten_Kath - I have to agree. If we think about it, that's been the theme of LOST hasn't it? Whatever happened, happened?? So, does that logic not apply here with Star Trek? Older Spock's past would have technically changed correct?? His memories and past experiences could not exist in the new Star Trek timeline could they? Would they change?

Spock would still contain his old memories and perhaps gain new ones.
Like an Eight track tape. Same tape, two recordings.

Could you imagine what Spock Prime would do if that were to happen? He already watched his mom die. If Uhura died and they were still together, I wonder what emotions Spock Prime would display?? Really off story.

"Spock Prime" is the Leonard Nimoy character. I'll refer to the Zachary Quinto version as "Young Spock."
I would imagine that if Uhura were to die, it would probably push young Spock more toward his Vulcan side. I could really see that happening.
I just dont think they could get away with killing off any of the other characters like Sulu, Checkov or Scotty...that would lose them too much of the fan base.

I would imagine that if Uhura were to die, it would probably push young Spock more toward his Vulcan side. I could really see that happening.
I just dont think they could get away with killing off any of the other characters like Sulu, Checkov or Scotty...that would lose them too much of the fan base.

i would HATE to see Uhura go even if it were to push young Spock's story towards the one the fans are most familiar with from the OS. i personally LOVED the new Spock and how he was portrayed. the character walking that very thin line between human and vulcan was brilliant IMO.

also, i LIKED Uhura in this film. she was far more independent and interesting. i don't recall much about the original Uhura aside from the few eppys she was along side Kirk. vague memories but nothing really impressive from memory. this time around, Uhura really rawked and was a major part of the movie.

i cannot wait to get this movie on DVD. i have seen it twice in the theater and would gladly go again should any friends need someone to go along. :biggrin:

...i cannot wait to get this movie on DVD. i have seen it twice in the theater and would gladly go again should any friends need someone to go along. :biggrin:

Extra scenes in the DVD! Yeah!

I've only gone once. I wanna go again! LOL! :biggrin:

I agree about the new characters. Uhura is better, but I'd like to see Spock struggle more with his emotions or a human vs Vulcan conflicts. It adds spice to the Bridge scenes.

I look forward to a new movie where we can get the know the characters better.

I still dont know for sure yet if I'm off tomorrow & Monday, but if I am, I'm planning to go see it a 3rd time.
The last movie I paid to see 3 times was "Superman returns.":super1:

I was never a huge Star Trek fan. But I loved everything about this movie. Especially the casting......Great job by all......

Jewel :grin:

I still dont know for sure yet if I'm off tomorrow & Monday, but if I am, I'm planning to go see it a 3rd time.
The last movie I paid to see 3 times was "Superman returns.":super1:

I don't have a collection of stuff. I'm ADD and have to stay organized. But, I do have a can of old movie and theatre stubs I've collected over the years. Every movie I've ever seen... or at least am not ashamed to say I've seen! LOL! Speaking of being ashamed...
The ONLY movie I saw more than twice in the theatre was the Rocky Horror Picture Show. I was just a foolish kid and not even 17! But I got dragged there by friends. I did enjoy throwing the rice and doing the Time Warp. :redface:

I just wanted to drop in say that I just saw the Start Trek movie this weekend and I enjoyed it a great deal. I was reluctant to watch it as I have zero knowledge of Star Trek. So I just wanted to say kudos to the writers and for the fantastic casting.

I still dont know for sure yet if I'm off tomorrow & Monday, but if I am, I'm planning to go see it a 3rd time.
The last movie I paid to see 3 times was "Superman returns.":super1:oh dear ! I could never see a movie more than once no matter how much I loved it! a movie here costs $12 a person (plus babysitter) and its just a bit much for me lol

oh dear ! I could never see a movie more than once no matter how much I loved it! a movie here costs $12 a person (plus babysitter) and its just a bit much for me lol

I totally hear you! We have to pick one movie to see in the theatre and the rest we rent.
Back in the 1970's, movies were cheaper, and friends could sneak me in! Sshh! Don't tell! I'm such a bad girl. :redface:

I still have almost two books of prepaid movie ticket gift cirtificates I got for Christmas! (Hee! Hee! Hee!):biggrin:
Still - I never did get over to see it again Sunday...I just couldn't drag myself out of the house!:frown:

Saw it yesterday, not a Star Trek fan though..
Great movie on many levels, especially character wise. Kinda reminded me of the new Batman reboots, where the director's goal is to try and not only appeal to harcore fans, but to all viewers by developing characters and not worrying too much about the mythology.
Zachary Quinto is just awsome. I hope Sylar will finally die on Heroes to stop this tiring character so he can use his talent for more movies.

But as much as it was good, I still found the whole time travel story a bit weak. Not becuase of canon issues (Im not a fan), or science (if I believe theres red matter, I believe it can make black holes). The problem it that, like in Lost, it is used as a main plot device that the writers can dictate its rules, but we are never too sure how these rules work. In this movie they suggested this is an alternate timeline (whatever that means), but if they decide in a sequel suddenly that they should change time again, then all the logic behind it is going to be hard to ignore.