[Movie] Star Trek (2009)

Ugh, space anomalies - would you like a little holo deck plot with that?

Anyway, I just got home from the movies and I'd say they made a very decent film. Obviously, It's still all very fresh and a bit of a blur; those early reviews noting the relentless pace were spot on. But even with the SFX going through the roof, it still somehow manages to focus on all those classic characters, which the cast both portrays and innovates really well. Incidentally, the film also takes another familiar Trek plot device and actually does something interesting with it. Other than that, there isn't much in the way of aforementioned high-concept stuff, which for the purpose of rebooting the story and setting up the crew is probably a wise choice.

Still, you don't watch Star Trek for around twenty years and then come out of this without some nitpicking to do:

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• A lot about the Romulans, especially the art design and their impromptu ascension from lowly miners to arch-baddies felt eerily reminiscent of the train-wreck that was Nemesis, as if the filmmakers wanted a do-over. Luckily it works a whole lot better this time.
• Nimoy's Spock (dubbed "Spock Prime" in the credits) never quite reaches the same larger-than-live gravity he had in the older films.
• Giacchino's delivers a decent score, but it gets a little too repetitive and overblown towards the end.
• Red matter? Uhh...

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by The Dopefish

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Well, that's ONE theory, though that's the worst possible theory in my mind. I'm not thrilled with the idea of an entire 40-plus-year timeline being wiped out because Paramount wanted to make some more money off this franchise.

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That's time travel stories for you. I'm not really sure what's more believable, that Spock vanishes Marty McFly-style once Vulcan is gone or just lives on as a paradox. Messing with the timestream could also create a different, independent iteration of it, that is, if it was possible at all.

There's nowhere I can't reach.