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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Wednesday, May 06, 2009 - 8:37 pm
Scored last-minute free preview passes. This is every thing you hoped it would be...and more. Don't want to give anything away, but it opens things up for as many sequels as they want to make. People stood and applauded when it was done!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, May 06, 2009 - 10:34 pm
Caleb's birthday is coming up and he's decided instead of a party, he wants us to take him and a few buddies to the movies and then pizza and video games afterwards. Star Trek's one of the ones we're considering. We have to be kinda picky...the boys are between 11 and 13, some of their parents are ok with more mature movies, others aren't so we have to find something the boys will enjoy but the parents won't object too.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, May 07, 2009 - 4:37 am
Darrell how cool is that?! Lucky, lucky you! I can't think of a living soul who deserves it more. Uh, other than me. LOL (wink wink)
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Thursday, May 07, 2009 - 9:11 am
I saw J.J. Abrams on the Charlie Rose show the other night and they played a few clips of the movie. It does look good! I've not seen Star Trek enough to have either major hopes or fears about the new film - I'm just looking forward to it. With so many bleak, dystopian sc-fi stories, it's great to have one that's generally optimistic about the future. This and UP are the two major studio releases I most want to see this month.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Thursday, May 07, 2009 - 5:29 pm
Posting but not reading the thread as I haven't seen it yet and might not be able to this weekend! Could someone who's seen it please post a non-spoiler review in the recommendations thread? I'm dying to know what people thought! Thank you!!
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Friday, May 08, 2009 - 4:51 pm
Loved it!! If I had a complaint it would be Bones.... thought the actor was a little on the impersonator side of the character. Will never look at Uhura the same way again. LOL Can't wait for a sequel.
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Nancy
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, May 08, 2009 - 5:16 pm
I loved finding out where his nick-name came from--and LOL the mystery around ahura's first name 
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Friday, May 08, 2009 - 8:28 pm
I got a little misty eyed at the opening. And the ending too. A jolly good show.
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Nancy
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, May 09, 2009 - 3:25 am
yes--i loved hearing the 'boldly go' statement 
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Saturday, May 09, 2009 - 4:13 am
That's fantastic that it was so good! Science fiction stories can perpetuate themselves forever and still be fresh, that's why I love the genre. Hope to catch it on DVD. I've been watching the latest series on Sci Fi this week and I was surprised I liked it as much as I did.
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Gidget
Member
07-28-2002
| Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 8:30 am
Got a standing ovation opening night in PA too. The only movies I have ever bothered seeing on opening night have been Star Trek movies. I was prepared to be a little disappointed seeing the recasting of characters I have loved all my life. I was not even the tiniest bit disappointed. I swear they must have used some kind of face recognition software when matching the actors. Kirk, Spock and Bones especially had it in the eyes. The only two that didn't quite match as well were Chekov and I thought the writing for the character gave the actor enough to work with that it didn't matter. And Simon Pegg would not have been my choice for Scotty but he brought the charisma I think only Simon could have. Best thing was this movie could have been enjoyed as a well written, well produced stand alone action movie even for non-fans. I can't remember the last time I felt Hollywood hit the mark like this. Live long and prosper, Star Trek franchise.
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 1:38 pm
Initially, I did not even recognize Eric Bana.
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Vsmart
Member
02-10-2003
| Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 5:54 pm
Loved the movie & the idea that the timeline has changed, so the new series of movies can be different. As the saying goes, you know it is Sci Fi when the actions of one being can destroy or save the world.
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Mush
Member
09-09-2002
| Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 6:11 pm
Saw it for Mother's Day and loved it! My husband is a huge fan of the original TV show and this was the second time he saw it. It works both ways (both for fans of the TV show and new-comers like me.)
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 6:57 pm
We saw it and LOVED it, tonight!!! Didn't realize Eric Bana or Winona Ryder were in it, til I read the credits. I especially didn't recognize Winona, although DH did.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 9:05 pm
I think they aged Winona, someone must have been a fan of hers to give her the part when she was so young. Loved the movie. I had expected all action and was a little hesitant because of that, but the humour was perfect. Some of the characters and a little charicature-ish, but it all worked. They even killed a red shirt. Chris Pine IS Kirk! He and Zach Quinto were superb. Very clever of the franchise to restart itself like that.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, May 11, 2009 - 9:13 am
I have a little Cougar-crush on Zach Quinto! LOL. Love his sexy lips and the fact that in certain angles he REALLY is a doppleganger for a young Leonard Nimoy, AND Ben Affleck in other angles, IMHO.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, May 11, 2009 - 11:07 am
I didn't notice the Ben Affleck part, but he certainly was freakily Nimoyish at times! I've just read that Quinto couldn't do the Vulcan salute (apparently it's one of those things like tongue curling that some people just can't do), so for certain scenes they glued his fingers together! Not sure if it's completely true but that's what they're reporting!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, May 11, 2009 - 11:52 am
 Zach on the left, Ben on the right. Maybe not an exact match, but very similar, IMHO.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, May 11, 2009 - 12:01 pm

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Ladybug007
Member
08-13-2000
| Monday, May 11, 2009 - 12:04 pm
OMG Zachary Quinto is gay!! REALLY?? No WAY!~!~~ Saw it on Perez yesterday. I have such a crush...How come the gays guys get all the good ones!!!!?!?!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, May 11, 2009 - 12:07 pm
LOL well I can still drool about him from afar.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, May 11, 2009 - 1:07 pm
Something just popped into my brain.. Spock to Kirk: "Get out of the chair!" Loved it!
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Gemma120in2002
Member
07-05-2003
| Monday, May 11, 2009 - 5:30 pm
This movie was awesome! It made my mother's day! The actors were tremendous in the way they embraced the characters. Karl Urban was terrific as Dr. McCoy! They didn't make themselves a parody of the original, they tried to become the characters while making them very believable. I was worried, but JJ Abrahms did a fabulous job.
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, May 11, 2009 - 10:58 pm
In recasting they changed the relative ages of all the characters compared to TOS. Bones & Scotty were older than Kirk, and Checkov comes into the series season 2 as an young Ensign (his character was designed to appease young female demographic that was drooling over The Beatles/The Monkees) - so he would have been a pre-teen or even younger when Kirk was in the Academy. So a re-imagining/reboot is taking us away from the original canon. konashark saw it and said he LOVED IT (and we're big ST fans). I get to see it this weekend in Saddam's private theatre he built on Joint Base Balad (there are old red velvet curtains and chandoliers you'd normally see in Broadway theatres). I'm really looking forward to it.

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