Comments on: Star Trek Meekly Goes Where Other Movies Have Gone Before

By: Damien

Damien — Fri, 15 May 2009 02:09:50 +0000

I HATE the shakey-cam.

I love the movie.

Kyle Smith was likely told to write a negative review. . . and he did. That’s his job.

Bet he liked the movie though.

By: D.K.

D.K. — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:27:27 +0000

What a terrible review. It seems that Mr. Smith was watching the movie with the sole purpose of finding things to complain about. And it’s obvious that he couldn’t find much. For example… “As for Kirk, he’s played by Chris Pine. Who? He’s not just an unknown. He’s an unknown unknown.” Right, because how well-known an actor is determines the quality of a movie. Or complaining about the line “Are you out of your Vulcan mind?” Yeah, because that’s never been heard in Star Trek before…

By: Stephen Brady

Stephen Brady — Thu, 14 May 2009 03:17:08 +0000

Did very few people commenting in this section happen to notice that the timeline was changed in the very first minutes of the film? I did, and I shouted, “Hurrah!”

Good riddance to Trek philosophy, Klingons playing cellos in string quartets, and “striving to better ourselves” in lieu of making some cash.

I wanted action, beautiful graphics, the original characters, and NO CANON.

And I want Kirk to be brash, in charge, in command, and ingenious to a fault. Chris Pine fired my imagination like Shatner did in the mid-60′s.

By: Darren

Darren — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:38:20 +0000

I didn’t like the way Kirk and Uhura were written. Kirk was a jerk, not “brash”, “arrogant”, or “untamed”. I can’t see this character growing into the Kirk we all know and love.

Nichols’ Uhura was professional, warm, attractive. The new Uhura was written as bitchy and attractive. I can’t see her growing into the Uhura we all know and love.

Scotty was different but OK. Chekov, who shouldn’t even be there, was fine, as was Sulu. Quinto nailed the Spock character perfectly.

The story was OK at best–like most Star Trek stories.

This movie will grow on me in time. They all do.

By: Renee M

Renee M — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:28:07 +0000

Was a fan of the original series as a child in the 70′s. Was a fan of the next generation in the 90′s. Watched most of DS9, some of Voyager, and dismissed Enterprise. I must say, I was not optimistic about this movie at all going into it, based on various reviews I had read. But.. I’ve ended up seeing it three times. Absolutely LOVE it. Good plot, an excellent balance of action and story, the effects were not over done (except for the lens flares. Love ‘em, but there is such a thing as too much), humor and references to “inside” jokes, and the new cast was outstanding. Fellow Trekkies forgive me, I must say the new Kirk is better than the original, with all of the bravado and raw charisma but without the over-the-top acting. Sylar who? Quinto IS Spock.

I’m so glad I didn’t let bad reviews (which are in the minority, btw) keep me from seeing this movie.

By: Phoebe

Phoebe — Tue, 12 May 2009 10:53:55 +0000

Kyle sweetie, sometimes a movie is just a movie. Poppa told me not to kill a fly with a sledge hammer.
I’m still trying to figure out the new universe with Vulcan gone, but Romulus still here, Cristopher Pike not in a body box on some isolated planet, and so on. I just wish I had known to take Kleenex–the opening left me sniffling. Lots of humor, delightful character interactions, no bloody violence or gratuitous nudity — who could ask for a better way to relax for a couple of hours? The only thing I disliked was the horrible hair and teeth on the juvenile delinquent, car destroying Kirk.

By: ked5

ked5 — Tue, 12 May 2009 05:46:20 +0000

A ship that tries to make the jump to light speed finds its engine fizzling instead, as in Star Wars
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Or, as in Star Trek IV. (Scotty sabatoged the ship by removing a bunch of computer chips)

By: ked5

ked5 — Tue, 12 May 2009 05:40:40 +0000

We (my son’s birthday – whole family of six went) went and saw it tonight on an Imax screen. We all really enjoyed it. Sure there are the cliche’s – expendable red shirts (bannished from TNG when they gave the red-shirts to the command officers), many things that were canon from the original series (Christipher Pike being saved by Kirk), or movies (Kirk cheating on his third go at the Kobyashi Maru) based upon it.

It was great fun. I didn’t notice any “preachy” moments, and those are something I *despise* from Hollywood.

By: gus3

gus3 — Tue, 12 May 2009 04:53:01 +0000

#45 Leatherneck:

The white guy dished it out as easily as he could take it. In fact, he relished it to some degree, as evidenced by the bar fight.

And remember, The Original Series (TOS) really did go “where no [TV series had] gone before,” with the first inter-racial on-screen kiss. It was no secret that Lt. Uhura had a thing for fair-skinned guys, from any planet.

By: Leatherneck

Leatherneck — Tue, 12 May 2009 01:51:35 +0000

I watched the movie. I saw the white guy get beat up. A lot. I saw 10,000 aliens with no home world, and all they had was earth to call home now. The interracial couple thing was in full swing. The hot black chick loved the alien/human hybred.

Let’s see, there was the interdimensional travel by the enlightend one Spock who sat in a chair like a pyramid in a UFO helping the lower life forms.

I liked the movie, but I am sick of the New Age agenda trying to attack the subconscious.