Discuss: What Did You Think of Star Trek?

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on May 8, 2009

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As Eric Bana so eloquently said as the villain Nero, “The wait is over” and the dawn of a new age of Star Trek is finally upon us. For some, this day has been years in the making, ever since Comic-Con 2007 when J.J. Abrams was announced as director and Zachary Quinto was announced as the new Spock. For others, this weekend’s release will be a renewal — bringing back a classic favorite with a fresh set of faces. But no matter how or why you’re seeing it, we just hope that you are seeing it.

If you don’t think you have enough reason to see Trek this weekend or you’d like some additional reading material, here are some highlights from our own coverage of the film over the past few months:

The Movie Watcher’s Guide to Star Trek – Kevin Carr gives you all the history you can take.
Trailer #3 – The best trailer of 2009, hands down.
Cole Abaius’ Review – A Trek rookie takes on the new film.
8 Things About the New Star Trek Movie That Will Blow You Away – I go beyond my review to drive home some of the film’s finer points.

We also have some exclusive interviews with member’s of the cast from Robert Fure, our resident press junket infiltrator:

And there is plenty more in our Star Trek Archive, but now it is time for you to just go out and see the flick, then answer the most important question of the week:

What did you think of Star Trek?

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Isamu

Well for starters, I enjoy it more than any other movie of 2008, in this year of 2009 because it was so perfect to watch. Does anyone here thinks it was better than The Dark Knight?

_Christopher_M

I don't think it was better than the Dark Knight...but it was more enjoyable than Iron Man.....

I'm just glad they explained the J.J. Star Trek is an alternative universe so that they can take different routes instead having to be trapped by the original canon....so they could introduce bigger and better stories...you never know they could have all out war with the Klingons or the first encounter with the Borg in the next film...I'm just glad they made more of a Casino Royale/Batman Begins reboot rather than a sequel

Tenika

I feel like Star Trek and The Dark Knight are different movies so I can't compare them. Having said that, Star Trek is F*CKING AMAZING!!!!! LOVED IT.

John Strickland

Apparently, nothing gets JJ Abrams' dick hard like the thought of time travel.

Other than the scene with Old Spock, which I thought killed a lot of momentum that the film had built up, I thought it was pretty good. Definitely a movie to enjoy on the big-screen.

dc

I thoroughly enjoyed it. A great movie to start off the summer season. I think the way they told the story opens up a clean slate for future movies that don't have to rely on Star Trek cannon.
I was suprised a bit by the turn out at the theatre. I guess people didn't know it was out yet? I hope it does well this weekend.
Looking forward to more.

Cole_Abaius

I wrote an entire review about it. Do I really need to say what I thought?

Short version: not enough tribbles.

Mr. Peepee Pants

I thought it was awesome. I love JJ Abrams' epic zooms! :)

Judson

The movie was awesome, definitely in the vein of how I enjoyed Iron Man last year. The dude that played Kirk is going to be huge.

Jules

Oh my god, just got back. I fell in love with it within the first 10 minutes. SO GOOD. I'm going to have to go again.

Primed

I hated it and have no intention of ever seeing it again. I understand the need to do certain things like take out the Technobable and add more action to it, and even add some sexiness to appeal to mainstream, but to COMPLETELY rewriting the history of ALL the characters, rewrite the history of Starfleet and The Federation by DESTROYING VULCAN!?!?!?!? I mean what the heck is THAT! Scotty was never that much of a smart-ass jackass, I don't recall Spock having that much of a bug up his ass, he wasn't emotionless, he was angry all the time. Kirk hitting on Uhura in a bar, and one of the most RIDICULOUS things of all...SPOCK AND UHURA ARE LOVERS?!? WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? Any extra aliens weren't even Star Trek-like aliens, those were aliens you'd see in a Star Wars movie. Stupid.
Even a lot of the soundtrack, especially the first 20 minutes were TERRIBLE CHOICES!

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