Krug
Newshound
Well it's official. Star Trek is the #1 box office grossing movie this year.
2009 Yearly Box Office Results
2009 Yearly Box Office Results
Rate the new Star Trek Film
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Saw it tonight and gave it 9/10, which is my highest personal score for a film in a couple of years.
I loved the characterisation, I loved the nods to TOS tradition, I loved the ensemble atmosphere it had. It might have been a 10 if it hadn't been for too much dratted shakeycam.
Possibly my favourite Trek film ever (just ahead of 4 and leaving 2 in third place)
I loved the characterisation, I loved the nods to TOS tradition, I loved the ensemble atmosphere it had. It might have been a 10 if it hadn't been for too much dratted shakeycam.
Possibly my favourite Trek film ever (just ahead of 4 and leaving 2 in third place)
fanboy2000
Adventurer
I was listening to the director's commentary on 4 and Nimoy said that an executive had asked him if Trek fan's were ready for a comedy. Nimoy said his response was "are you kidding, they're desperate for a comedy!" Having saw the film when it first hit the theaters, I gotta agree with him.
I loved 4.
TheAuldGrump
First Post
A good, solid, 8 out of 10. 
(I tend to rate low, I think that I use a logarithmic scale when rating....)
Not perfect, and my inner physicist was curled in a corner whimpering (bad physics, even for Star Trek), but I really liked it anyway.
Not my favorite movie for this summer, but that is only because UP was so very good. (I give UP a 9 - something that does not happen every year.)
The Auld Grump
(I tend to rate low, I think that I use a logarithmic scale when rating....) Not perfect, and my inner physicist was curled in a corner whimpering (bad physics, even for Star Trek), but I really liked it anyway.
Not my favorite movie for this summer, but that is only because UP was so very good. (I give UP a 9 - something that does not happen every year.)
The Auld Grump
Rhun
First Post
6 out of 10 for me. Sure the action was great. The actors did a good job. But they butchered the Star Trek timeline (granted, altering the timeline accounts for this, but that just makes it worse in my book), they paid no attention to ship design basics that were firmly established for Federation starships (with the exception of the Enterprise...because really, what can you do?), and they end the show by giving a cadet command of the Federation's Flagship? Give me a break. I don't care if Kirk received a battlefield commission or not, he wouldn't suddenly be given command of the Enterprise. There were just too many inconsistencies and liberties taken for me to get real, true enjoyment out of the movie. On a personal note, I dislike almost any show that deals with time travel, and this one was really no different...of course, that is my issue and not necessarily an issue with the movie.
How so? I thought the ships looked great (and I was a kid whose most cherished possession was a copy of the Star Trek Technical Manual -- did I just admit that in a public forum?!?!).
Mustrum_Ridcully
Legend
On a forum dedicated to role-playing games.You know, the type of game where you pretend to be an elf?
I still remember that I was sooo looking forward to my new Startrek Technical Manual (TNG version, I don't know what you had). And it seemed to take an eternity till it arrived at the bookseller. And it was awesome when I finally had it.
When you put it that way I feel better
. I was talking about the TOS edition. It was a present from my mom on my 5th or 6th birthday.
Rhun
First Post
Well, there has been many deviations over the years on ship design, but it has been firmly established that two Warp nacelles is the optimal configuration for a starship. Gene Roddenberry was even quoted at one point as saying warp engines need to come in pairs to create a proper warp field.
Of course, this isn't the first time I've seen single nacelled or triple nacelled ships in Star Trek shows, but it drives me nuts everytime I do. I believe there was a single nacelled ship in Star Trek: TMP. And we see a triple nacelled future Enterprise in the final episode of TNG (although this assumes that all the issues with unstable warp fields are fixed by advancements in technology).
Its the small things that get me. I just wish there would have been a little more effort to stick to how things are supposed to be, instead of making changes just to make ships that look cool.
