Star Trek : Go Watch It

I saw it on friday and really enjoyed it.

Originally Posted by Boston Litigator

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Mission Impossible 3 was awesome.

an underrated movie....actually liked MI:II better

Yeah I liked the twist at the end. And Thandie Newton is the love of my life.

Saw it on an IMAX screen last night (highly recommended) and thought it was very entertaining. It was especially well-paced, the casting was well done, it definitely hit some self-referential Star Trek humor but being familiar with the older movies I appreciated it. There are definitely some head-scratchers in regards to the science, there's definitely some suspension of disbelief required, but the action and the effects are pretty well done and all in all it met my expectations.

Originally Posted by Brian278

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There are definitely some head-scratchers in regards to the science, there's definitely some suspension of disbelief required, but the action and the effects are pretty well done and all in all it met my expectations.

Not to pick on you but... it really puzzles me that people would pick apart the science of a futuristic science fiction movie, a setting whose technology allows for things ours don't, and whose knowledge of science probably opens them up to fields we haven't existed...

It'd basically feels like people from Roman times watching a WWII movie and complaining about how the atom bomb is impossible because of "such and such" and "x and y". It's more of a pet peeve, but a lot of the stuff in Star Trek seems plausible if you just imagine "Well they probably have X technology that solves THAT issue...".

Why did Sulu have to use a sword though?

Originally Posted by unrated

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Why did Sulu have to use a sword though?

Way to reinforce stereotypes of Asian men.

Nero watched as Rome burned. Nice.

I loved it! the casting was great, and I'm glad they tried to give as much fan service as they could without going overboard, like the green chick Kirk was making out with, some sound effects, and an offer to save the Vulcan crew at the end just to name a few.

Originally Posted by rach2jlc

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I'm curious to see what the MAJOR trek nerds think of what happened to Vulcan. Seemed a bit of an egregious sacrilege to me...

Obviously this will get addressed in the sequel.

Originally Posted by robertorex

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Nero watched as Rome burned. Nice.

He should have been fiddling.

^ He was a miner which leads me to believe he had the Romulan work wear going on.

Originally Posted by unrated

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Why did Sulu have to use a sword though?

And the wrong sword at that. He said he was a

Originally Posted by unrated

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Why did Sulu have to use a sword though?

It was a reference to the original series.

Here is a funny look at it.

http://www.theonion.com/content/vide...star_trek_film

Rachel Nichols seemed to have gained some weight as an Orion. Do not want.

Originally Posted by Lel

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Not to pick on you but... it really puzzles me that people would pick apart the science of a futuristic science fiction movie, a setting whose technology allows for things ours don't, and whose knowledge of science probably opens them up to fields we haven't existed... It'd basically feels like people from Roman times watching a WWII movie and complaining about how the atom bomb is impossible because of "such and such" and "x and y". It's more of a pet peeve, but a lot of the stuff in Star Trek seems plausible if you just imagine "Well they probably have X technology that solves THAT issue...".
Every science fiction universe still has it's own rules, loosely based on what we currently know, which they definitely flaunted with impunity. They abused the deus ex machina a bit much for my liking. There was still some bizarre stuff that didn't have to do with technology...namely the scene from the trailer where Kirk as a boy manages to bring himself to a screeching halt using his hands on gravel in about 10 feet, after having lept from a car we are led to believe was going about 80 mph. I mean, come on. This was probably the least realistic thing in the entire movie, and this movie featured spaceships traveling faster than the speed of light, particle transporters, aliens, and artificially created black holes.

Originally Posted by Neo_Version 7

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Rachel Nichols seemed to have gained some weight as an Orion. Do not want.
We get it, you don't like girls like that

Originally Posted by Lel

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Not to pick on you but... it really puzzles me that people would pick apart the science of a futuristic science fiction movie, a setting whose technology allows for things ours don't, and whose knowledge of science probably opens them up to fields we haven't existed...

It'd basically feels like people from Roman times watching a WWII movie and complaining about how the atom bomb is impossible because of "such and such" and "x and y". It's more of a pet peeve, but a lot of the stuff in Star Trek seems plausible if you just imagine "Well they probably have X technology that solves THAT issue...".

Some science fiction ages better than others.

Think Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea.