OMFG....I just saw this movie. I am posting this less than 15 minutes after seeing the ending credits. JJ Abrams is on my very short shit list...permanently. He is completely CLUELESS about what Trek is supposed to be. He does not understand science, He does not give a flying lemur fart what happens to Trek canon. He simply lacks the intellectual warp power to understand things on the level of the average Trek fan.
Having said that, this is a very entertaining movie. Compare it with Avengers, Transformers, Star Wars I, II, III. It is popcorn and candy entertainment tailor made for theaters. I cant discuss it in detail because not a lot of others have seen it here yet. But I will reveal one thing: The original rumors about Cumberbach playing Kahn were absolutely true. But its not really our Kahn. This guy is English and pale, and Kahn Noonian Singh was supposed to be a Hindu in TOS which is why his name was Hindu. He allegedly led a conquest of South Asia and parts of the Middle East. How did Kahn become a very Anglo Briton? Why is Carol Marcus a Brit and her father is not? Why....who....where....cant reveal too much right now.
I enjoyed the movie for it's entertainment value, but it was definitely not Star Trek. It has Trek's name, but it is entirely new. I will write a review after I recover.
Also, I actually did like the new Klingon warbirds, but hate the new Klingons. And the Enterprise GT still lives...it was not destroyed.
At least it lands like Roddenberry said it could, but his vision was only the saucer section which could land. Those "V" shaped sections on the underside of the original Star Trek (TOS) Enterprise were retracted landing struts. The third strut was concealed under the pylon connecting the saucer to the primary hull.
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This movie was a solid follow up to the 2009 movie, but IMO neither one of them capture the spirit or mission of Star Trek and are made for a dumber audience who cares nothing about science. Abrams himself said he did not get Trek. He still doesn't. He probably never will. He has SQUANDERED his opportunity.
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Chris Pine is in it.
Chris Pine is stunning.
Chris Pine loves me, his eyes say so, look for yourself:
Bow to The Pine! :whip:
The characters in this thing are solid. I actually like Pine's Kirk much much better than William Shatner's Kirk. I like this new Uhura way way better than the original as well. Same for all of the others and I am even warming up to Chekhov. But Scotty is being dragged down by that crusty little parasitic alien that he keeps having to tell to get down from stuff. I cant tell if it is his pet or his boyfriend. :facepalm: Spock is going to have the benefit of well...Spock (prime) to guide his emotional development. And as of now, we begin the five year mission (five movies), and Abrams is going to make a ton of money on these movies and the original Trek fans are going to have to suck it up or curl up with TOS, the TNG generation of Trek and the movies pre-Abrams. That Trek is forever gone.
