Young Kirk n Spock + Lost = new Star Trek movie

"Is that a phaser in your pocket or are you pleased to see me?"

I actually wouldn't mind if they did that, there's something to be said for a full-on reboot.

I'm sure I'll still enjoy it, but the whole time travel thing becomes something like inverse reductionism. I.e. what's the meaning of anything if actions in time are infinitely malleable and there are multiple conflicting timelines - especially in a feature-length context? I feel like excessive time-travel has become a lazy route to complexity for these franchises.

What, only now? (I tease but I remember telling Rick Berman at a press conference for First Contact it seemed like they were heading to the well too many times there -- I was amused to see him use that phrase quite a bit after that.)

I'm hoping that the time travel thing isn't overplayed. This is the third Trek movie to include time travel in it's plot, fourth if we're counting Picard's Nexus hop. Generally I dislike time travel plots anyway, because, as Spencer notes above, they are a lazy way to complexity, but also because they result in lazy writing. They're like the modern equivalent of "so tell me, Professor, in layman's terms simple enough for the audience to understand, how does the Quark Compensated Veebleskwanger work?" dialogues.

Even good time travel plots reek of stoner-logic.

At least when Kirk & Co travel back in IV, the audience get to watch ol' JT hallucinate...

ned are you calling rick berman a style biter?

Lord no -- while we did have a bit of individual discussion following the conference itself, it's a common-enough phrase and he probably heard similar elsewhere (I hope he did, let's put it that way). But it does describe the phenomenon pretty well.

SIX-minute trailer? It only seems that long.

Isn't there some sci-fi story where a time traveler warns JFK that Vietnam will become a quagmire -- so Kennedy nukes Vietnam? HAHAHAHAHA

Rodenberry's original idea for the 2nd Trek movie had the Enterprise crew going back to stop the Kennedy assasination--maybe that will figure into this one.

that is the purest distillation of "do not want" I've seen in quite some time

Hahahah truth.

Yeah, it's hard to believe ol' Gene was overruled on that one.

also, in Star Trek IV they were supposed to meet Eddie Murphy at some point.

And now they'll get Tyler Perry instead.

http://www.wildaboutmovies.com/images_6/MeetDavePoster4.jpg

I just re-watched IV, it held up nicely.

the scene where Kirk takes the whale woman out to dinner tho - terrible dialogue (not all intentional surely)

no way!

"no, i was born in iowa, but i work in outer space." gold.

Also Kirk's inability to pay for dinner was nicely played. "What, you don't have money in the 23rd century?" "Well we don't" By far the most charming entry in the series.

"no, i was born in iowa, but i work in outer space." gold.

yeah, but doesn't that hold true for everyone born in Iowa?

i feel like she asks him "who ARE you?" about 15 times

hahahaha

goodness

If that's the same picture as the one posted upthread, it's the Golden Gate, not the bay bridge--Coit tower is barely visible to the far left. If they do show the Bay Bridge though, I shudder to think what 24th century Oakland is looking like.

And while we wait, there's always TOS chair porn:

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/03/18/garden/19trek-600.jpg

need commode version

ahahha

*straining not to repeat my Picard in the men's room anecdote*

do it

That guy's uniform is from a later Trek era than the chair.

so not a real fan

*straining not to repeat my Picard in the men's room anecdote*

must hear

was on line for the urinal at a B'way theatre with a very "Don't Anyone Talk to Me"-looking Patrick Stewart. Was dying to say "Make it so, #1."

lmao

actual lol, morbs :D

does no one care about this? i'm not a trek person but the trailer looked great and everyone who has seen it has been super positive about it.

proper reviews coming in and they're all pretty thumbs up. i'm actually a bit psyched now.

Bought tickets for Friday night opening at the Cinerama Dome. Keeping fingers crossed...

Yeah, I'm not a Star Trek person either, but this looks really good based on the trailers and the interviews I've read. Definitely looks better than that ridiculous Wolverine movie.

James Henrie ... Vulcan Bully #1

Colby Paul ... Vulcan Bully #2

Cody Klop ... Vulcan Bully #3

can't wait

I can't wait for the F Troop "origin story" movie

Saw it yesterday morning. Never seen the original series but this was lots of fun, and a friend of mine who hates sci-fi admitted to being entertained. Really solid casting - Quinto especially stands out.

Oh I lost this thread and posted my review on another. I saw it yesterday and it totally rules. I'll be seeing it again when it comes out.

I'm not an obsessive Trekker, but I think I got 90+% of the nerd references. Definitely satisfying for newbs and nerds alike. Simply a great blockbuster pop/SF film.

"pop." yr scarin me.

my fear is that it's gonna ditch a lot of the philosophical shit

the philosophical shit

In a JJ Abrams project? U MAD

i have seen nothin of JJ Abrams' shit, including the philosophy-heavy Armageddon

He tends to flex that muscle more in serial television than in movies, but I suspect Star Trek is the perfect opportunity to cross over.