I always enjoy this guy's reviews. I still hate this movie though.
I agree with pretty much all his points. That first Trek reboot was pretty good, but you have to let go of what you think of as Trek.
Into Darkness was a waste of time and I have my doubts about the next one.
It's time for a new tv show that hews closer to classic Trek.
Quote from: mirth on August 10, 2015, 11:54:26 AM
It's time for a new tv show that hews closer to classic Trek.
Good luck with that. The hardcore PC-brainwashed Trekkies, from the TNG and on generation, would have a shit fit if we got enjoyable characters such as the old Kirk and Bones.
I'd like to see a show with a female equivalent of Kirk as Captain. Janeway was more of a Picard-type.
It's time for the Star Trek version of Ellen Ripley.
Quote from: mirth on August 10, 2015, 06:13:11 PM
I'd like to see a show with a female equivalent of Kirk as Captain. Janeway was more of a Picard-type.
It's time for the Star Trek version of Ellen Ripley.
Hell yes! Kate Vernon from Star Trek Axanar needs her own show! O0
Quote from: bbmike on August 10, 2015, 06:40:10 PM
Quote from: mirth on August 10, 2015, 06:13:11 PM
I'd like to see a show with a female equivalent of Kirk as Captain. Janeway was more of a Picard-type.
It's time for the Star Trek version of Ellen Ripley.
Hell yes! Kate Vernon from Star Trek Axanar needs her own show! O0
Dude. You totally just nailed it!
What do the Klingons call her? Queen whore-bitch of the Federation? Give her a show!!!
Quote from: mirth on August 10, 2015, 06:57:36 PM
What do the Klingons call her? Queen whore-bitch of the Federation? Give her a show!!!
;D I'd Kickstart that!
Quote from: bbmike on August 10, 2015, 07:22:37 PM
Quote from: mirth on August 10, 2015, 06:57:36 PM
What do the Klingons call her? Queen whore-bitch of the Federation? Give her a show!!!
;D I'd Kickstart that!
Star Trek: Queen Whore-Bitch of the Federation.
I'm writing the check now.
You can all kiss my hairy arse! As a Trekkie from the TOS days I think the rebooted films are brilliant. And it hasn't escaped my notice in other threads that a lot of you seem to want a "Star Trek war film". Pfft. Now that would be pissing on the franchise. :P
His stuff is always funny, but he does a better job when reviewing a bad film that he really hates. I would love for him to take apart Prometheus. That was Ridley Scott's version of the Star Wars Prequels.
As for the ST reboots, I thought they were needless cash-grabs (as Plinkett points out). While I agree with Plinkett that the first was entertaining, I thought the second (Into Darkness) was terrible.
Quote from: RooksBailey on August 10, 2015, 07:58:58 PMI would love for him to take apart Prometheus. That was Ridley Scott's version of the Star Wars Prequels.
Amen brother.
Quote from: Huw the Poo on August 10, 2015, 07:45:04 PM
You can all kiss my hairy arse! As a Trekkie from the TOS days I think the rebooted films are brilliant. And it hasn't escaped my notice in other threads that a lot of you seem to want a "Star Trek war film". Pfft. Now that would be pissing on the franchise. :P
Brilliant is a stretch and I liked the first reboot.
It's really hard to defend Into Darkness. It wasn't very good, Trek or not. The pieces were there but it didn't happen.
It's difficult to defend the second one because it outright pillaged chunks of the plot from the best ST movie ever made and reinvented it in a worse way.
I dig the first of the new ones but I didn't appreciate them screwing up Khan, which was about the only one I really liked of the all the earlier ones.
Quote from: Nefaro on August 10, 2015, 09:39:54 PM
It's difficult to defend the second one because it outright pillaged chunks of the plot from the best ST movie ever made and reinvented it in a worse way.
I dig the first of the new ones but I didn't appreciate them screwing up Khan, which was about the only one I really liked of the all the earlier ones.
Yeah, that was my take on Into Darkness, too.
I enjoy the hell out of both the Trek reboot films -- but I recognize the various strong weaknesses, too. I might even argue the first film was overall weaker in its plot design and characterization, though to be fair it has the handicap of being a time-travel story.
'Plinkett' has a whole series doing the Next Gen Trek movies. I agree, I'd like to see the team do Prometheus.
Quote from: Huw the Poo on August 10, 2015, 07:45:04 PM
You can all kiss my hairy arse! As a Trekkie from the TOS days I think the rebooted films are brilliant. And it hasn't escaped my notice in other threads that a lot of you seem to want a "Star Trek war film". Pfft. Now that would be pissing on the franchise. :P
Well, it wouldn't be (because Roddenberry did that, too), but
only doing a war story would be pissing on the franchise. And we've had Star Trek war movies pretty steadily now for a while. It's time to do some actual exploring and adventuring.
Not that I'm not excited for Anaxis or any other (good) Trek War story. ;)
For me the best Star Trek right now is Star Trek Continues (http://www.startrekcontinues.com/).
Quote from: bbmike on August 11, 2015, 10:28:39 AM
For me the best Star Trek right now is Star Trek Continues (http://www.startrekcontinues.com/).
+1 looking forward to more episodes.