Quote: Original post by Sirisian
That red suit guy scene was hilarious. I forgot where I heard about the people in red dying but I was sitting there in the theater and was like "oh man that guy is so dead...".

Its been mentioned or referenced in more than one place but the two that come to mind are Futurama and Galaxy Quest. [smile]

I found it thoroughly enjoyable, even more so since my digitally remastered copy of wrath of khan arrived same day.

Amazingly I am not a trekkie, I just finished reading an article that desribed wrath of khan as the first ever particle system and thought I should own a copy...

.. I amazed that there is so much continuity between the two films :0.

I loved the cavalier method in which Kirk beat the test and red shirt bit had me lolling in the cinema much to my gf's bemusement (she loved it too).

Yea ok Kirk seems a bit young and aruably his only hero moment was explaining the problem to Pike with fat hands and a numb tongue, other than that all the other characters made the significant contributions :S

I hope it does well and we see more lke it.

Quote: Original post by Sirisian
That red suit guy scene was hilarious. I forgot where I heard about the people in red dying but I was sitting there in the theater and was like "oh man that guy is so dead...".

Perhaps you heard it in a salon that caters to geeks?

Quote: Original post by ChaosEngine
Kirk just seemed too young. In fact, so did most of the cast. Chris Pine was allowed the most leeway of the actors in that he wasn't asked to do a shat impression, but Starfleet must be pretty hard up if they have to get 90210:Space Academy to command their flagship.

The age (or lack of age) of Kirk and the rest struck me when seeing the commercials for the movie. It's a hard sell to get me to take children seriously in a role better suited for a more mature actor, and the snippets of Kirk they chose to show me on TV didn't make that sale.

Quote: Original post by Sirisian
That just reminded me. When [Sulu] forgets to turn off the outer inertial dampeners and they finally go into warp did anyone realize when they got out of warp and there were already ships completely destroyed. Anyone find that really fast how quickly the other ships were destroyed.

I chalked that up to the fact that all those ships were going to assist with a "natural disaster" and were not prepared to go into battle (no shields up). The USS Enterprise was down to <30% shields after just one hit from the enemy.

Like phantom, I've been a fan my whole life. I suspect that most of you have grown up with science fiction on television and at the movies and so you take it for granted, but that wasn't always the case. You can thank Star Wars for the ubiquitous of science fiction today. Before that, there was 2001, Solaris, and a smattering a cheesy b-grade films from the 1950's. On television there wasn't anything close before Star Trek. So, when I was child and TOS went into syndication, it was a show to behold. Anyway, enough history.

Quote: Original post by Kwizatz
Back to the car chase.

I am actually relieved it was pointless though, from the trailer, that scene as well as the Hoth scene seemed to imply that the movie was going to go in depth into Kirk's character development, you know the whole "what motivates the character to join the fleet and the hardships he goes through to become captain" story, instead he makes the leap from cadet to captain in less than a day which is lazy writing, but at least is not boring.

The car chase was there to establish Kirk's fearlessness. The bar fight was there to introduce the adult Kirk, Uhuru and Captain Pike as well as to set up a few jokes later on. Not to mention tease the audience with Kirk's attraction to Uhuru and the subsequent curve ball when it turns out she's hot for Spock.

Great flick. I wasn't disappointed. I'd see it again.