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Look, stars. Let us trek to them.

FortyTwoFortyTwo strongest man in the world The Land of Pleasant Living Registered User regular
edited May 2009 in Social Entropy++
So yeah.

Who just saw

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THIS GUY. Right here.


Seriously guys this movie kicks gigantic amounts of ass. This is a great fucking movie. The entire cast is spot on. Spock is amazing, Pegg as Scottie is a delight. Kirk and Bones are remarkable. I can find nothing wrong with this movie.


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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Ho! Ho! Ho! Drink Coke!Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    what

    how

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  • redfenixredfenix Aka'd as rfix Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    it's out?

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  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Centipede Damascus wrote: »
    what

    how

    his eyes, which take in sensory input and transmit it to his brain

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  • FortyTwoFortyTwo strongest man in the world The Land of Pleasant Living Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Centipede Damascus wrote: »
    what

    how

    My friend was invited to a special invitation only screening, I and my girlfriend were among his guests.

    IT IS FUCKING AMAZING!

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Ho! Ho! Ho! Drink Coke!Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I thought it wasn't out for another few weeks or something

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  • Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Hate you

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Are they able to save Romulus in the future? From it getting whipped out by that star?

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Ho! Ho! Ho! Drink Coke!Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    yeah, it isn't out till May 8

    what the hell you guys, I'm not an idiot

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  • FortyTwoFortyTwo strongest man in the world The Land of Pleasant Living Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I can not impress enough on you guys.

    Everything about this movie kicks ass. And not in a "so campy and fun" way. The fan service ADDS TO THE PLOT. the plot is GOOD. the acting is FUCKING AWESOME.
    Simon Pegg does in fact say "I'm giving her all she's got" And we do get Nuclear "wessels"

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  • FortyTwoFortyTwo strongest man in the world The Land of Pleasant Living Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Weaver wrote: »
    Are they able to save Romulus in the future? From it getting whipped out by that star?

    Do you REALLY want to know? Really?

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  • crosspunishercrosspunisher Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2009
    *jealous*

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  • GafotoGafoto Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Thread was made too early. Lock it out of spite.

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  • FortyTwoFortyTwo strongest man in the world The Land of Pleasant Living Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    The chemistry between Spock and Kirk is wonderful. The actors do an amazing job with the script.

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Ho! Ho! Ho! Drink Coke!Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    FortyTwo wrote: »
    Simon Pegg does in fact say "I'm giving her all she's got" And we do get Nuclear "wessels"

    THIS IS THE BEST NEWS I'VE HEARD ALL YEAR

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  • FortyTwoFortyTwo strongest man in the world The Land of Pleasant Living Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Centipede Damascus wrote: »
    FortyTwo wrote: »
    Simon Pegg does in fact say "I'm giving her all she's got" And we do get Nuclear "wessels"

    THIS IS THE BEST NEWS I'VE HEARD ALL YEAR

    I KNOW!

    I KNOW!!

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    FortyTwo wrote: »
    Weaver wrote: »
    Are they able to save Romulus in the future? From it getting whipped out by that star?

    Do you REALLY want to know? Really?

    Yeah I do.

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  • FortyTwoFortyTwo strongest man in the world The Land of Pleasant Living Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Weaver wrote: »
    FortyTwo wrote: »
    Weaver wrote: »
    Are they able to save Romulus in the future? From it getting whipped out by that star?

    Do you REALLY want to know? Really?

    Yeah I do.

    EXTREME END OF MOVIE TYPE SPOILERS HERE - DO NOT LOOK AT ALL IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW!
    No they do not. It is a fairly badass moment at the ned between Spock, Kirk and Nero I won;t spoil that for you.

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    FortyTwo wrote: »
    Weaver wrote: »
    FortyTwo wrote: »
    Weaver wrote: »
    Are they able to save Romulus in the future? From it getting whipped out by that star?

    Do you REALLY want to know? Really?

    Yeah I do.

    EXTREME END OF MOVIE TYPE SPOILERS HERE - DO NOT LOOK AT ALL IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW!
    No they do not. It is a fairly badass moment at the ned between Spock, Kirk and Nero I won;t spoil that for you.
    ah butt, Romulans were always my favorites. At least the whole Romulan/Borg blend stuff they put on Nero's mining ship is ace.

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  • FortyTwoFortyTwo strongest man in the world The Land of Pleasant Living Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I'm off to bed. Talk about this more tomorrow.

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  • I Win SwordfightsI Win Swordfights all the traits of greatness starlight at my feetRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    This is literally the only thing that has to do with star trek that I've ever been interested in.

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  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I would very much like to see this

    I have never been very interested in Star Trek but this is obviously trying to cater to audiences outside of the existing fan base

    and that is who I am!

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  • George Fornby GrillGeorge Fornby Grill ...Like Clockwork Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I Win Swordfights wrote: »
    This is literally the only thing that has to do with star trek that I've ever been interested in.

    Basically this.

    Are there the most amazing spaceship battles?

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  • DislexicDislexic Creepy Uncle Bad Touch Your local playgroundRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Worthless Lurker wrote: »
    Are there the most amazing spaceship battles?

    This is the appropriate question

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    would this movie be enjoyable to anyone who's never watched a star trek anything

    or is it more of a just for the fans thing

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  • FeriluceFeriluce Adrift on the morning star. Aberdeen, WARegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    From what I've heard, it is very enjoyable to people who have never seen Star Trek.

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  • Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I am nervous about all the dumb stunt casting and the fact that it was written by the guys who wrote Transformers

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Lord Dave wrote: »
    I am nervous about all the dumb stunt casting and the fact that it was written by the guys who wrote Transformers

    With the collaborative nature of any project, assigning blame to any group really is a fallacy.

    My lyricist and I, on our most recent project, changed some things to make things more friendly to the public. Some was artistically driven(our director suggested them), some were publicly driven(our producer suggested them).

    Everyone had their point, but we as the "Creative minds" were more than happy to follow them. Why? We got a reading. We still love the project and will support it. We still also want to work on our really experimental stuff.

    Saying "X wrote X" is only applicable when the writer has room to work. The collaboration, the machine, makes things. Movies, TV, Theater, whatever, it's the same. The system makes things. Don't blame any one person for things unless one person consistently in varied systems produces the same thing.

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  • TabascoTabasco Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    FortyTwo, did you like Transformers? I need to figure out your taste in these kinds of movies.

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  • Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Look, if you don't take your name off the project that has 0 decent dialogue and a plot containing 50% more bloated pointless crap than the store brand, you are a shitty writer and I don't like you.
    Blame Anthony Anderson all you want, you still wrote the words coming out of his mouth.

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  • Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Oh hey what else is on this resume... The Island, MI:III1I, Eagle Eye, yeah fuck you guy

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  • FortyTwoFortyTwo strongest man in the world The Land of Pleasant Living Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Worthless Lurker wrote: »
    I Win Swordfights wrote: »
    This is literally the only thing that has to do with star trek that I've ever been interested in.

    Basically this.

    Are there the most amazing spaceship battles?

    Yes.

    Yes there most certainly are.

    I would say some of the best I have ever seen on film.

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  • Burden of ProofBurden of Proof You three boys picked a beautiful hill to die on. Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Lord Dave wrote: »
    Oh hey what else is on this resume... The Island, MI:III1I, Eagle Eye, yeah fuck you guy

    But I...I like all three of these movies?

    Am I a bad person?

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  • FortyTwoFortyTwo strongest man in the world The Land of Pleasant Living Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Tabasco wrote: »
    FortyTwo, did you like Transformers? I need to figure out your taste in these kinds of movies.

    I did not bother to see transformers.

    I saw this, the theater gave the movie a rousing ovation. Everyone in my group agreed that this movie was fuck awesome and pretty spot on 100%.

    There is fan service, fuck the whole idea of the movie is fan service. But it is not "Indy has a son an d here is the ark." fan service. it is tied into the story nicely, it makes sense and does not call attention to itself.

    for example:
    We cut to a scene in a darkened bad room, Kirk is on top of a shapely woman in bed, she says: "I think I love you" Kirk chuckles, naturally the lady is offended and the lights come on - BAM surprise the girl is green. Kirk and Sulu go on a mission together after Sulu volunteers that he is trained in hand-to-hand combat. Kirk asks Sulu "what type of combat?" Sulu replies: "fencing."

    The best part about the movie is that the characters know their roles. It would have been very easy to try and shoe horn more of the supporting characters into the spotlight because "the fans want more Scottie" but they don't but they still give every character an opportunity to shine without it derailing the entire script.

    The movie is very well written and the acting is EXTREMELY good.

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  • FortyTwoFortyTwo strongest man in the world The Land of Pleasant Living Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Burden of Proof wrote: »
    Lord Dave wrote: »
    Oh hey what else is on this resume... The Island, MI:III1I, Eagle Eye, yeah fuck you guy

    But I...I like all three of these movies?

    Am I a bad person?

    Yes, yes you are.

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  • Burden of ProofBurden of Proof You three boys picked a beautiful hill to die on. Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Oh well.

    I've heard nothing but good things about this movie though.

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    how many different women did kirk sleep with? spoiler me

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  • OwenashiOwenashi Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    It's good to hear the movie getting glowing reviews from fans so far. I feared some would (and probably still do) have a knee-jerk negative reaction to all new actors portraying their favorite actors and relatively young ones at that.

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Wren wrote: »
    how many different women did kirk sleep with? spoiler me

    all of them forever

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  • WazzaWazza Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    How is Cho as Sulu?

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  • GRMikeGRMike The Last Best Hope for Humanity The God Pod Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    FortyTwo wrote: »
    Simon Pegg does in fact say "I'm giving her all she's got" And we do get Nuclear "wessels"
    Why would he say "wessles"... that is Chekov's line.

    Edit:

    Wait, I read that last part as a quote. Nevermind.

    I'm fucking pumped.

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