Re: STAR TREK: The New Movie

Tony Mon May 11, 2009 11:27 am

I've seen all of TOS,
but I am in sever need of AM coffee...
what is this "Charlie X" thing?

**Jakob** Mon May 11, 2009 11:45 am

The Uhura/Spock fanfic.

Tony Mon May 11, 2009 1:12 pm

Oh yeah, that sort of bugged me and I thought it was unnecessary. The only point to it really, I thought, was it made Uhura that much more unattainable to Kirk.

Hayden_Bloom Mon May 11, 2009 2:48 pm

I'm gonna go on wednesday, and then the plan is to get The Original Series from e-bay and get myself hooked!

Bucho Tue May 12, 2009 5:51 am

rob wrote:The intro caught my complete attention and I was almost afraid it would go downhill from there.

I had the opposite feeling about that intro Rob, I thought the guy playing Kirk Snr was too lightweight and the way the sequence played out had me worried I'd choke on the cheese, but for the rest of the film the main cast really started to make that cheese palatable and eventually it became damn near irresistably delicious.

**Jakob** Wed May 13, 2009 9:24 am

It's nice to know that in the future pregnant women are still carted around in rickedy looking wheelchairs.

**Mandi** Wed May 13, 2009 12:39 pm

Jumpsuit wrote:Oh yeah, that sort of bugged me and I thought it was unnecessary. The only point to it really, I thought, was it made Uhura that much more unattainable to Kirk.

I agree completly. Once one has realized that Spock's where it's at, there's no chance of taking a detour down douchebag lane.

cohnee Thu May 14, 2009 4:51 pm

Having seen it again this afternoon, I'm a fan of the opening. Cheesy stuff like that always gets me though, plus the pitch perfect score, just makes me catch a lump in my throat.

weathereye Thu May 14, 2009 9:59 pm

I bought the soundtrack. It's pretty cool. While it's really just many variations on the main theme, it's still incredibly listenable. I've loved Michael Giacchino's stuff since season 1 of Lost, and there's a lot of that in this, too.

Sabotage is not on it.

Ultact Fri May 15, 2009 4:16 am

Spoiler:

ori-STUDFARM Fri May 15, 2009 3:19 pm

weathereye wrote:
Sabotage is not on it.

Right , I'm NOT buying it then!!

Bucho Sat May 16, 2009 3:12 am

weathereye wrote:I bought the soundtrack. It's pretty cool. While it's really just many variations on the main theme, it's still incredibly listenable. I've loved Michael Giacchino's stuff since season 1 of Lost, and there's a lot of that in this, too.

Sabotage is not on it.

Yeah, there's some nicely rousing stuff in the film, he seems to aim quite Williamsy but with a hint of Zimmer. Is the theme from the trailer on the soundtrack?

mediasaurusrex Sat May 16, 2009 10:56 pm

2 words: Winona Ryder

GAB Sat May 16, 2009 11:05 pm

Negatives first, positives tomorrow (most likely). There are a lot more positives than negatives.

First on ST2: TWOK. I wonder if we don't grade this movie too highly. I'm preparing to watch it again right now, having just gotten back from the new Star Trek movie. With the first movie being such a disappointing snooze-fest, do we love the second movie that much more in contrast?

OK. I didn't like Scotty's little friend. It was OK. Good for laughs, but I got a bit of a flashback on the Buck Rogers TV show in the early '80s.

The other one I'll hide because it's a bit of a spoiler and also quite naughty.

Spoiler:

**Jakob** Sun May 17, 2009 12:20 am

I didn't notice that about it. I was thinking more Cloverfield. But we support the word vagtastic.

weathereye Wed May 20, 2009 6:55 pm

Bucho wrote:Yeah, there's some nicely rousing stuff in the film, he seems to aim quite Williamsy but with a hint of Zimmer. Is the theme from the trailer on the soundtrack?

No, the theme from the trailer is some other piece of music called War Begins, from the Children of Dune soundtrack, mixed with a song called Two Steps From Hell, by someone called Legend.

Bucho Wed May 20, 2009 7:21 pm

weathereye wrote:
Bucho wrote:Yeah, there's some nicely rousing stuff in the film, he seems to aim quite Williamsy but with a hint of Zimmer. Is the theme from the trailer on the soundtrack?

No, the theme from the trailer is some other piece of music called War Begins, from the Children of Dune soundtrack, mixed with a song called Two Steps From Hell, by someone called Legend.

Thanks man, much appreciated.

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