The Glade 4.0

Recently nabbed this one off of Netflix.

Ummm wow!

Revival of the franchise? If they all uphold the same level of quality, I say bring it on. A+ performances all around. Visual and sound effects were incredible (I especially love the scene where all of the ships are kicking into warp after the Vulcan distress call, and they all shoot out into space with a satisfying "SNAP!" of the warp engines).

Only gripes: Time travel . . . again Messed with the already established time line, in a way negating some notable aspects of what we have seen in the films set in the series' future.

Not to call you late for supper but we were all pretty much in love with this film when it was in theaters. You should have seen it on the big screen.

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Raell Kromwell

Yeah, that is the hardest thing to take. It essentially means all of the Star Trek franchise from the original, to TNG, DS9, Voyager, etc, didn't happen. Its kind of like that one TV series in the 80s (St. Elmo's Fire?) where in the series finale you learn it has all been the imagination of an autistic boy. It cheapens it in a way.

On a nearly competely unreleated topic, I just watched the movie "1984" last night. I'd read the book, but it has been years (nearly 20 years). The scene in TNG where the Cardasian (sp?) is attempting to break Capt. Picard (There are four lights!) bears a striking resemblence to the scene in 1984 where the main character is being tortured not to just say that he sees five fingers when the torturer holds up four, but to actually believe it. He says five fingers, but the torturer doesn't think he believes it and tortures him more.

TBPH, I am not a theater fan at all. Without fail, the screens I go to are almost always full of chatty kids or otherwise obnoxious people. That, and I have had an ongoing fear of someone chucking live gernades into seat rows during the movie.

Besides, I got an upscaling PS3, a large screen TV, and a light switch -- instant Ramen home theater!

I love that it's an alternate timeline. It gives them freedom to make established properties even better without getting tons of nerd rage mail bombs.

My biggest gripe is that it was just wee bit contrived on how they got a bunch of green cadets fresh out of the academy to be a part of the bridge officer crew on the flagship of the Federation. That... and

As for my first gripe, I would accept (swallow) it a lot better if they had hinted towards destiny (Spock Prime uses the word here and there). I kind of like the idea that fate and destiny are kind of bound to people no matter what the timeline. It would explain why the main characters of Trek still hang around (or know) each other in the Mirror Universe. But when you start talking about fate, destiny, or anything that starts to border on religion, Trek fans de-evolve into a frothing rage.

Lots of ner...er.. fans demanding the sequel have Khan in it. I say nay. NAY! There is a HUGE, HUGE difference between what fanboys want and what fanboys ACTUALLY want. And they would not really want a Khan movie. They might think they do, but they don't. Ricardo Montalban did a wonderful job as Khan. Let him keep that. Khan also worked because he had already been established in the original series before the movie came out.

Although I guess one could use my own argument of "destiny" against me in favor of Khan.

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Les Zombis et les Loups-Garous!

1. As Numbuk mentioned, it's an alternate timeline. JJ Abrams is now free to take whatever creative license he wishes with his series, and the original canon is left untouched.

2. This frees Abrams up to make more good Star Trek stuff, unlike the original canon.

I agree with the bunch of wet behind the ears cadets suddenly commanding a flagship gripe. In fact, I was just thinking of that today. Kirk goes from a rabble rousing college kid who sneeks aboard a ship, to First Officer, to Capt of the Enterprise in like a few days? If that? I mean yeah he saved Earth and punched some bad guys and all that, but still . . .

Three years. It's a three-year span between Kirk signing up with Starfleet and the reappearance of the Narada.

Also, who cares? It's emotionally satisfying; Kirk is in charge of his ship, and everyone is in place to go forward.

Well, I was talking about the timeframe from when he actually got aboard (smuggled onto) the Enterprise to when he took command.

But yeah, ultimately it's inconsequential to the overall point of the movie. Still takes a large dose of suspesion of disbelief.

Rodahn, I am just giving you crap here, I mean no ill:

So the fact that they are on a spaceship moving FTL and have transporters requires no suspension of disbelief.. but the fact that the cadets end up running the ship does?

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Darksiege
Traveller, Calé, Whisperer
Lead me not into temptation; for I know a shortcut

Time in Trek doesn't work that way. It follows the "many worlds" theory, in which each reality branches at each possibility, and all possible futures and pasts exist simultaneously as various branches. The final episode of TNG made that very clear with the many Enterprises that show up.

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Darksiege, yeah I know, but I guess it's because it's sci-fi I expect all the ships and hyperdrives and aliens.

But the insane rank advancement? Maybe that's just how they rizzoll in the 23rd century.

I agree with you on this, I just had to give you crap about the suspension of disbelief thing.

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Darksiege
Traveller, Calé, Whisperer
Lead me not into temptation; for I know a shortcut

Who else is left?

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"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

Correct me if I am wrong but I do believe he had been promoted at the end, Pike that is.

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Raell Kromwell

We finished the movie for the fourth time about ten minutes ago. Raell is correct; Pike was already promoted prior to the film's penultimate scene.

Can you say cameo?

Pointed that out at the comic book shop yesterday when we stopped in as they were playing it in store.

And yes, I bought this and enjoyed it immensely in theaters.

I 2nd the 'No Khan but Montalban!' movement.

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Then, I was a warlock
And a mage
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WTF? Is that real?

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Raell Kromwell

beep beep

A quick google search appears to confirm it as being true.

Chiming in with love for the film and the wise choice to make it an alternate timeline. Attempting to create new stories in the original for films is setting yourself up for failure.

Personally, while I loved the first film, I think it made me more excited for film 2 in the series. They did an excellent job of setting up the characters and including action, but it was still a genesis movie, and the first full film that doesn't require an hour of run time for character builds should be even better. I can't wait for this series Wrath of Khan.

Confirmation for R2D2- http://gizmodo.com/5405276/confirmed-r2+d2-finally-discovered-in-star-trek

Apparently, the Space Shuttle also makes a cameo - http://gizmodo.com/5286649/mystery-solved-this-is-where-r2+d2-is-in-star-trek

That's pretty fly.

I'll have to slo-mo that part next time.

They'll need to work through a lot of storyline to get that far, won't they? And since this is an alternate reality, those events might never come to pass, right?

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Khan and his crew would have left on the Botany Bay before Kirk was ever born.

Whether the Enterprise would have been in the right place to discover the colony ship, or events would play out the same way, in this brave new universe is anyone's guess.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

Pretty much what I'm thinkin'.

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