Comments on: Review: Star Trek

By: Carl

Carl — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:03:54 +0000

Well as I have been reading some of the letters and blogs, and as any of you that have seen my letters on so many web sights know I did not like this film. As I’ve been called I have to admit there is some proof to the fact that I’m an old die hard STICK IN THE MUD fan of Star Trek. The biggest problem I’ve got with the film is that it completely goes against Star Trek canon. As some people agree with me, some do not. So I think we both can come up with a solution that will appease both new fans of this film and us die hard STICK IN THE MUDS. We die hards cant do it alone so we need you new fans help and the best part about it is any of you that don’t know anything about Star Trek shouldn’t notice a thing anyway.
I purpose introducing characters that are not considered canon but are still known to us old STICK IN THE MUDS. As well as some we didn’t get to know real well and for those of you that don’t know what I mean here some names to help you out.

ROBERT APRIL he was suppose to be the Enterprises first Captain before Pike and was the only character ever played by Gene Rodenberry himself

AREX he was a navigator in the animated Star Trek and had six limbs. With new C.G.I. he could be created vary easily

WILL DECKER he was killed in the first movie but was suppose to be in the second T.V. show witch never happened.

ILIA also killed in the first movie

M’RESS also from the animated Star Trek she was of a cat like race easy to create now

I feel a letter writing campaign would help with this and then maybe you new fan and us old STICK IN THE MUDS can both enjoy the ride the next film takes us on

By: Manilaman

Manilaman — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:13:48 +0000

A nice review Chris. I also caught it in IMAX and had a great time.

Only downside? Well, I thought that Michael Giacchino’s score was a tad underwhelming and the use of the orginal Alexander Courage theme in the end credits music did not work for me at all.

But otherwise I was royally entertained.

By: Michael Stailey

Michael Stailey — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:21:07 +0000

Just saw it in IMAX. Wow… I don’t think I’ve been this engrossed in a film in a very long time. Set aside the brilliant performances, mind-blowing production design, tension-laden direction and editing, the two things I love most are the chemistry between this new crew (now a true ensemble, instead of the big three and everyone else), and the Bad Robot team’s genius move to create an entirely new Trek universe for us to explore. Bring on the sequel!

By: Clayton Courtney

Clayton Courtney — Fri, 15 May 2009 13:51:25 +0000

As far as the actors go, everyone is fine with the exception of Simon Pegg. You talk about his liveiness but that is what is makes it bad.
Scotty was not that outwardly excitable. He was them ost serious of all the original characters. He loved to tread technical manuals. Simon’s Scotty acted like he had never been on a ship before. He was the farthest the the original character than any of the actors.

By: Dave Ryan

Dave Ryan — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:30:04 +0000

What about Karl Urban? WHAT ABOUT KARL URBAN??????

By: adam arseneau

adam arseneau — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:22:42 +0000

Your review would have been kinder than mine might have been, but I’m still coming to terms with the movie. I really enjoyed it, but something about it felt hollow, almost artificial. I liked it, but I didn’t LOVE it the way everyone else did, and for the life of me, I can’t quite figure out why.

I don’t like reboots out of principal, but if ever a franchise needed a dose of new blood, Star Trek was it. And as adventure popcorn fare goes, you’d be hard-pressed to find better than this film.

Maybe the Trekkie in me is just sulking a bit, watching things get wiped clean in such a brutal fashion.

By: GodIsABuddhist

GodIsABuddhist — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:16:42 +0000

I agree that this film is a must for both Trek fans and the non-initiated however, I must say that essentially wiping out all that has happened in the past 40 years with this movie does suck a little. However, with Original Spock still alive, we can argue that the original timeline is still kept alive via him (that is for the purists out there). Destroying Vulcan sucks considering all that that planet stood for with respect to the Federation and the evolution of the series. (There was a 4 issue comic that predates this movie that exists in the TNG universe explaining Nero and Spock and all that and effectively ties in TOS, TNG and ST11) That being said, this prequel did little damage to its franchise when compared to the destruction provided by Lucas and Co. with Episodes I-III.

By: Jay DV

Jay DV — Sat, 09 May 2009 21:37:29 +0000

Taking the girlfriend to see it today. I wonder if she’ll like it. (She is completely Star Trek-uninitiated and did not like the Star Wars prequels).

By: Dan Mancini

Dan Mancini — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:34:10 +0000

Spot-on review, Chris.

By: Clark Douglas

Clark Douglas — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:15:18 +0000

Thanks for the review, Chris. Nicely done! I agree, “Star Trek” is going to be hard to beat as the highlight of Summer 2009. What a joyous experience.