Star Trek Beyond

[Jeff Scott]

...I never got to meet Leonard...

I have, and we'll just leave it at that.

I've never waited in line for a movie. No thank you. I'll wait weeks of need be. Or wait till I can see it at home some how.

When I was working in Westwood in the late '80s, we watched as people sat in a very long line, around the block, for three days, to see the first Batman movie, at the Village (world premiere)

 

[Jeff Scott]

I saw STB yesterday afternoon, and also on Labor Day weekend. I have not seen the previous two films in this series, so I went with an open mind. Having watched the original series when it first aired (as a young kid) it did take a moment to get past the new actors, but as this is for a new generation it took but a few seconds to get used to that. I think casting did a very good job, and the actors seemed to research the original characters to get their "thing" down, and they did so very well, IMO. I have never seen any of the F&F films (the trailers I have seen back in the day made them out to be way too adolescent for my tastes), and given today's penchant for special effects being the real stars in movies, I was impressed enough with STB to see it twice two weekends in a row. YMMV.

 

[Pilgrim]

I've seen and enjoyed all the films. People get WAAAAY too invested in the scripts in sci-fi movies. It's Hollywood, not Shakespeare.

 

[rodv66]

I'm sorry, ST has never had worse enemies than the Jem'Haddar. Think of it, a race of genetically engineered killers who are missing an enzyme that stops them from being killers and they only get the enzyme from the people who created them.

 

[zontar]

I think casting did a very good job, and the actors seemed to research the original characters to get their "thing" down,

Overall they did quite well hat way--and what's better is that they aren't simply doing impersonations, but acting.
Especially Karl Urban as McCoy.

 

[DDXdesign]

I saw STB yesterday afternoon, and also on Labor Day weekend. I have not seen the previous two films in this series, so I went with an open mind. Having watched the original series when it first aired (as a young kid) it did take a moment to get past the new actors, but as this is for a new generation it took but a few seconds to get used to that. I think casting did a very good job, and the actors seemed to research the original characters to get their "thing" down, and they did so very well, IMO. I have never seen any of the F&F films (the trailers I have seen back in the day made them out to be way too adolescent for my tastes), and given today's penchant for special effects being the real stars in movies, I was impressed enough with STB to see it twice two weekends in a row. YMMV.

I went and saw it this past Sunday as well - wow, only about a half dozen people in the theater! I love waiting awhile to see new movies!

Had a good time, but damn, if they keep building this kid a whole new Enterprise every couple years, the Federation are going to run out of money!

I think that all three new Trek movies have been enjoyable. Beyond, however, is the first time I saw Chris Pine and really thought "yep, that's Kirk. Finally!" By contrast, I think Zachary Quinto's Spock this time just wasn't as good as he had been in the other two. Plus, the army of "bees" really felt like a huge threat as an enemy (I was surprised that

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they didn't just rip right through the base's outer dome like tissue paper, considering their number and tactics)

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The "gravity nexus" part felt a little hokey, but hey, it's Star Trek, can't have that without a little camp and hoke!

 

[Gorn]

The "gravity nexus" part felt a little hokey, but hey, it's Star Trek, can't have that without a little camp and hoke!

That's one of the few parts of the movie I liked.

 

[Gorn]

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Thank goodness The Beastie Boys were there to save the day

 

[Killed_by_Death]

they don't use money in the ST universe
maybe they'll run out of Dilithium crystals or gold pressed latinum