Evil Elvis
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Saw this (audio probably NSFW), thought it was a probably a good warm up for all the slash fic that will inevitably follow the movie's release.  |
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ahoythematey
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Wait, was Section 31 in DS9? I read some of the books and they were the kind of Trek I could get behind. Yeah, it was introduced during the period that DS9 got good. That being the Dominion Wars. Everyone who quit DS9 before the last couple seasons really missed out. Clear and away the best trek of all time, depending on personal taste. Remove Voyager talk from this thread. We're talking about DS9 now. Voyager is ass and can gtfo. I forgot about Section 31. I always thought it'd be cool to see a Trek series through of the eyes of only one character. Not section 31 necessarily, but a Starfleet Intelligence operative or something. It's cool to see one person break the rules, but not an entire clandestine unit.
Watch the DS9 episode"In The Pale Moonlight". For real. Right now. Edit: I used google and wikipedia for you: "In the Pale Moonlight" (working title: Patriot) is the 19th episode of the sixth season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The episode has an average rating of 4.8/5 on the official Star Trek website (as of March 1, 2008), making it the highest rated episode on the website (including all of the Star Trek series).[1] As far as your comment about the Orion Syndicate, that happened in DS9 as well. |
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NiX
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Wow, that was an awesome episode.
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Evil Elvis
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Merusk
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Wow, that was an awesome episode.
Yeah, really. Even though I saw the end result of the plot coming it was really well executed. I'm surprised I missed this one during one of the many re-airings of DS9. |
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Any excuse to post a Vreenak... Hell yeah.  |
Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
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ahoythematey
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I just got back from a preview screening of this. Fuckin' nailed it  MORE PLEASE  |
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Reg
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Is a) not nearly as good as the Wrath of Khan? or
b) totally sucky compared to the Wrath of Khan?
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Azaroth
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I dunno. I watch the commercials and think "Star Trek is not an action movie" to myself.
They should have just cast Jean Claude Van Damme as Kirk and had him Sonic Boom Ricardo Montalbán's corpse in the fucking face and be done with it.
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I don't know how widely this has been advertised, but for those who don't know, theaters have been ok'd to start showing the movie as early as 7:00PM on Thursday. Most theaters in the big chains seem to be going with 7:00, 8:00, 10:00, and 11:00 showings, and since it's a somewhat unusal time to open a new movie it's probably a good way to avoid the larger crowds you might run into on a Friday night.
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ahoythematey
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Is a) not nearly as good as the Wrath of Khan? or
b) totally sucky compared to the Wrath of Khan?
I just finished watching Wrath of Khan with the people I went to the screening with, and while I'd like to say that it's too early to seriously compare the two (Khan has mostly stood the test of time for 25 years), my current opinion is: on par with Wrath of Khan. Azaroth: the problem with your line of thinking here is that, despite being very much a definition of awesome, Khan is not the end-all-be-all of Star Trek goodness. This hits a lot of the right buttons, but I guess my opinion should be taken with a grain of salt when you consider that I like Knowing. There is more "action" in the movie than there was in Khan, but think of it like the action in Terminator 2, or a similar movie, where it exists almost entirely to further the progress of the story. |
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Reg
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I just don't see how that can be possible. It's a well known fact that the entire Star Trek franchise has been dead since shortly after Wrath of Khan's release.
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Reg
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Does Bones ever say "Dammit Jim! I'm a doctor not a <whatever>!!" ?
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 Simon Pegg. Otherwise I'll decide on this when I see it.
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ahoythematey
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Simon Pegg was/is so awesome. He too had a classic Scotty line, I'll let you find out what it is.
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Damn ye all who have seen it. I'm going Friday with a bunch of folks, to an IMAX because, well, why the heck not? There was enough longshot action to vistas to make Jerry Bruckheimer proud. I loved Wrath of Kahn. It was the best of the Trek movies. But it's also the best of the old style trek. Time for something new, even if trekkies hate it (warning: Onion link you probably saw but which I only caught up to this morning). |
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Bought my ticket last night for the 715 showing today. I am looking forward to it. I even rewatched Wrath of Khan in preparation Monday.  |
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Ard
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Bought my ticket last night for the 715 showing today. I am looking forward to it. I even rewatched Wrath of Khan in preparation Monday. I'm joining you in your nerdity. I just bought ones for 7:30. |
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I'll wait for the blu-ray.
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Reg
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I'm going to go see it this weekend. If I had collectible Spock Ears this would be the perfect opportunity to wear them.
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Tannhauser
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Just saw it. Great film! Very tight cohesive story and pacing. Re-establishes and re-defines the mythos.
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Jain Zar
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It was pretty fucking rad overall. Outside of it sort of figuring everyone knows what the Federation, Vulcans, and Romulans are anyhow.
I guess by this point they figure the basics of Trek are pop culture and known about as well as sports...
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(just saw a 7pm IMAX sneak preview)
I'm with others here (and I'm a hardcore Trekker) in saying that this is by far the best Trek movie since Khan, bar none. The franchise has just been resurrected. (and Cryptic just laid the golden egg for box sales at least)
Are we allowed to even discuss the movie here? (if I knew how to show/hide I'd do it)
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Reg
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How about the time travel aspect? I recall that it provoked a lot of angst among the "Trek has been dead since the Wrath of Khan" crowd.
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Ghambit
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How about the time travel aspect? I recall that it provoked a lot of angst among the "Trek has been dead since the Wrath of Khan" crowd.
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Ard
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I walked out of the movie wanting to walk right back in for another showing. I'd say mission accomplished on their parts.
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Ghambit
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I walked out of the movie wanting to walk right back in for another showing. I'd say mission accomplished on their parts.
Exactly my feelings. I've never wanted to see a movie in the theatre twice ('cept for maybe the Matrix), but this one I did. There's enough nuance along with shear entertainment that can keep you coming back for more... similar to Star Wars ep. 4 actually - but not quite that classic. |
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My biggest problem with the time travel/Spock whatever is this: I know nothing about this movie, other than it's Star Trek, and there's mention of time travel, and Leonard Nimoy is in it. So my fear is, if it's all a dream sequence, or a holodeck thing, or even if Leonard Nimoy is seen at the end telling this story to a bunch of kids (God especially that last part) I will freak out. I don't care how good it is. If there's even a hint of retconning, rather than just telling a damn story, I will feel like I wasted my money.
Can someone please answer that for me? I love spoilers. PM me if you don't want to post. I just want a warning!
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ashrik
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I haven't seen the movie, but what I've read from reviews tells me that that is not the case. I hope this worth-nothing post helped . |
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