WTF...Get Over it
Added 11/20/2009
Look... This is Star Trek.
This Is bold, original, and exactly what we needed as fans.
I was skeptic to begin with, and when I heard JJ Abrahms was directing it, I thought o.k. it could be good.
And It was. Star Trek has had enough long, preachy, movies dealing with issues and society, but we need something that was over the top, nonstop action, just so we could fall in love with the original characters all over again.
Even Majel Barret said before she died that Gene Roddenberry would have loved this, just because it was action packed. He knew what people liked.
I love this movie, it makes me feel good to be a star trek fan again.
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On DVD Finally!
Added 11/20/2009
A great action movie, and a wonderful tribute to the Star Trek franchise, to which I think only the most hardcore fans can object. I was frustrated at the lack of special features in the product description, so I'm listing them here:
1.5 hours of special features including
Nine Deleted Scenes featuring young Kirk and Spock, Klingons and more of the Green Girls
Behind the Scenes featurettes "A New Vision" "To Boldly Go" "Casting" "Aliens" "Score"
Gag Reel
Filmmaker Commentary
Star Trek D-A-C Free Game Trial
Plus a digital copy for Mac and PC.
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This is what you call a great 2 disc now a days!
Added 11/20/2009
I am here to let everyone know this is a great buy for 19.99! If you can find it cheaper, DO IT! This has 8 deleted scenes, about 6 behind the scenes programs, and a gag reel and cometary on two discs! I have watch the gag reel, it was funny! I have watched the movie, great movie! I don't think you can really ask for anything else in a copy of a new release movie in this day in age. I even liked it so much I bought my friend a copy also! So yes I recommend this, and I am glad a director like J.J. Abrams can do a great job! I love his show Lost, and I love his movie. I hope this helps people!
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Thumbs down plot, Thumbs up cast
Added 11/20/2009
If based on the cast and how well the actors portrayed the characters I would give this 4.75 stars. The movie, if based on plot it would only recieve 1, maybe 1.5 stars. The plot was horrible, I was fine up until the scene when Kirk enters the bar and thats when things went down hill. The major plus about this movie was that Zachary Quinto played Spock so well that it carried the movie. The only major flaw with the cast was casting Zoe as Uhura, Michelle was and still is very beautiful, I thought that there were much better, less skinny actresses that could have played this part well. I found it hard to believe that JJ Abrams could find young, hotter actors to play the males but she was his choice. Not that she unattractive or a bad actress but she did not look the part. I also thought that for a movie that is over 2 hrs long, more time could have been spent on scotty, mccoy, and sulu. I hope part two has a better plot.
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more MORE!!!
Added 11/19/2009
Best movie I have seen in YEARS!!!
The fact that it is a Star Trek Movie is just icing!!!
Can't wait for the MMO.
I NEED my own Starship!!
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Disappointing Movie
Added 11/21/2009
Apparently my taste runs a bit different from others here, but I was looking forward to a prequel to the original series, not a parallel universe in which Vulcan is destroyed, the victim of an instantaneous black hole. What's worse, how can "red matter" possibly create such a singularity when mass is required.
I understand the issues involved in time travel, but J.J. Abrams should have left a way for Vulcan to be restored; otherwise it's not really a prequel at all, for it throws the entire time line off. Also missing is Gary Mitchell, Kirk's best friend.
It does little good to make such a movie if one is not entirely familiar with the story and characters. I also found the hard rock music to be noisy and distracting. Part of the brilliance of STAR WARS was the beauty and soul reflected in the music.
Perhaps in the next movie, things can be made right. As it is, the movie did not end on a satisfying note to me. Given the new timeline, there's a thousand different ways for Kirk (or Spock0 to die. We'll also have to forget the entire series, because the stories never happened in the new universe.
In my view, it would have been better to have entirely new characters and place them in an entirely new time. Of course, if both Vulcan and Nero reappear in another time and place, it might make for another story, but that, too, would be vastly unsatisfying. Face it, gang, they dropped the ball this time. Despite this, the cast, writing and acting were fine. The story sucks.
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I really miss Gene Roddenberry.
Added 11/21/2009
If you are quite young and experiencing Star Trek for the first time, you will probably enjoy this movie. But you are not experiencing the real Star Trek in any way.
I am 55 years old, and have been a big fan of the Star Trek franchise since Capt. Kirk and crew first debuted on the small screen on NBC in the late 1960's. I have thrilled at all of the TV spin-offs of Star Trek. I was whisked away with glorious adventure with all of the Star Trek movies. Gene Roddenberry was and still is a hero to us true Trekkie's. But I am certain that our old long passed friend, Gene, is turning in his grave at this latest installment of the Star Trek franchise. I know that Gene would not approve of what they have done to his dream. If he were alive today, this movie would have never been made.
The original TV shows and movies were a bright and wonderful adventure. They gave us a positive glimpse into the future, even if it was just fantasy. The shows had great special effects, but they weren't the whole show. They had real story lines to follow. It was an escape into a better time. The cast members from ST:TOS through ST: Enterprise, became our hero's. We knew personal details about each character like they were old friends. We got to be involved with their personal lives and careers. They were real human beings that acted their roles well. Even though the look and technology in the shows advanced with time, the original formula that was a Gene Roddenberry signature was always easily recognized, and truly appreciated. When Gene passed away, Rick Berman and his crew followed very closely to Gene's formula, and kept the feel of Star Trek alive and well. If this is what you are expecting with this new Star Trek movie, you will be greatly disappointed.
Remember the last Ford Thunderbird that was made? It really wasn't a Thunderbird. It was a completely different car with the name "Thunderbird" put on it to attract buyers. This new Star Trek movie is not really a Star Trek Movie. They just kept the original crew names and the Star Trek label to attract older Trekkie's.
This latest Star Trek movie is very different in every way. I can only think that the writers and producers did this to attract a whole new younger, texting, video game playing generation. JJ Abrams has turned Star Trek into a dark version of itself. It looks fake like a video game turned into a movie. The old Roddenberry formula has been thrown out the window, and replaced with a dark "What if" version. In other words, what if Star Trek had not began and played out the way it was originally written and portrayed over the last 45 years? Kirk, McCoy, Chekov, Sulu, Scottie, and Uhura were never on the Enterprise under Capt. Pike. But they are in this movie. The entire design and layout of the Enterprise from bow to stern is completely changed. The bridge has technology that resembles the 24th century episodes, except the main viewer is now a glass window instead of the original electronic screen. Engineering looks like an old factory with water pipes running everywhere. Even the transporter beam now looks like cutesy swirling sparkling stars, instead of the original color beams that faded the person away. In this version, it seems that Uhura and Spock have the hots for each other. What's up with that? And Vulcan has been destroyed. This movie depended completely on CGI special effects and very little story line for the characters. For all of us true Star Trek fans, Star Trek ended with the movie "Nemesis", and the TV series, "Enterprise".
On the technical side, the BluRay version is no better than the standard DVD. Many scenes are in a haze, some look grainy like an old movie. I have standard DVDs that look better. Also, way too much editing. Scenes are constantly changing, making it hard to follow the actors and action.
The Amazon.com details for the BluRay DVD claim it is in Dolby Digital 5.1 Extended surround. But it is actually in True HD surround. This means if your audio system is like most systems, you will not hear it in Dolby Digital 5.1. Instead you will hear it in Dolby Pro-Logic only. The real joke is, you can switch to the French or Spanish audio tracks and hear the audio in full Dolby Digital 5.1. But the English track is in Pro-Logic for most people. I have a full digital 7.1 surround system, but I had to hear it in Pro-Logic. I was very disappointed in this. I am going to return the BluRay version and get the standard DVD instead. It is the only way I will get to hear the audio in Dolby Digital 5.1, and I know the picture quality will be as good. Standard DVDs do not carry True HD audio, so it will be in Dolby Digital 5.1 EX or DTS-ES6.1, or both.
Overall, the movie was filled with excitement, had a few good moments, and it was nice to see the older Mr. Spock from the future. He was the only sign that reminded me I was actually watching a Star Trek movie. Just don't waste your money on the BluRay version. Only buy the Standard DVD. If future Star Trek movies look anything like this one, I probably will just wait for it to get on HBO to check it out.
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New life for a great legacy
Added 11/21/2009
I'll keep it short because a lot of other people have already worded reviews much better than mine. I loved this movie. (How's that for short?)
I've been a Trek fan for almost all of my 29 years, starting when I was a little kid watching TOS in syndication and every other series as they came out on TV over the years. I own all of the original series episodes, all 10 previous movies (DVD and Blu-Ray) and love watching them regularly (and will continue to enjoy them even if that timeline is a divergence!). I love that there will be new adventures with all of my favorite characters in the years to come, and hopefully a new horde of fans who will discover TOS/TNG/DS9/Voy/Ent through JJ Abrams efforts. I also love that this film respects and allows the other films and series to continue to exist for the continuity nerds out there to argue about for decades to come.
To the people taking issue with someone messing around with the timeline...relax. Trek has always been loosey goosey with the timeline/continuity when the needs of the many outweighed the needs of the few (ahem). You can still enjoy the previously released Star Trek continuity...and if you really want to, you can hate and ignore any new material coming from JJ and company. I'm going to look forward to new adventures, hopefully for years to come. Gene Roddenberry himself hoped that someday someone would take his stories and do them one better...and I think this film has done it in spades.
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