Abrams turns Star Wars because of his "loyalty" to Trek

Discussion in 'Science Fiction & Fantasy' started by brian577, Dec 25, 2012.

Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.
  1. DalekJim

    DalekJim Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

    Joined:
    Jun 22, 2009
    Location:
    Great Britain
    Well, you can probably guess how much I value your subjective taste and intelligence.

    Then again, as a society we do sometimes value that which is scarce...

    ;)
     
  2. Nagisa Furukawa

    Nagisa Furukawa Commander Red Shirt

    Joined:
    Dec 26, 2012
    :rolleyes: So because he doesn't think a work of fiction is "magical" (a meaningless term), he's going to be unsuccessful in his personality life?? WTF? What's with all this venom?!?!

    Also, it's "your" real life personality.
     
  3. JoeZhang

    JoeZhang Vice Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Jan 9, 2008
    Not media students however with their favourite saying "Want to supersize?".
     
  4. The Doctor

    The Doctor Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

    Joined:
    Oct 28, 2004
    Location:
    The Doctor's TARDIS
    Not so much, no. Presentation is everything. Jim's is terrible and as they say: "Garbage in, garbage out."
     
  5. BillJ

    BillJ The King of Kings Premium Member

    Joined:
    Jan 30, 2001
    Location:
    America, Fuck Yeah!!!
  6. The Doctor

    The Doctor Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

    Joined:
    Oct 28, 2004
    Location:
    The Doctor's TARDIS
    THE WOMEN!
    [​IMG]
     
  7. DalekJim

    DalekJim Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

    Joined:
    Jun 22, 2009
    Location:
    Great Britain
    I'm gonna die a bitter, lonely recluse and it's all because I didn't find a 2009 summer popcorn movie to be "magical". For not feeling said "magical" experience, I am also a "prick" apparently.


    I really hate myself sometimes. I'm such a non-magical prick :(.
     
  8. BillJ

    BillJ The King of Kings Premium Member

    Joined:
    Jan 30, 2001
    Location:
    America, Fuck Yeah!!!
    It's not what you like or dislike, we all have our disagreements. It's how you present them.
     
  9. DalekJim

    DalekJim Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

    Joined:
    Jun 22, 2009
    Location:
    Great Britain
    Well, we have vastly different ideas of what constitutes polite then considering you've called me a prick and all I've done to rise to it is mildly ridicule your belief that JJ Abrams is capable of magical acts. :guffaw:

    The cult of personality surrounding him gets more ludicrous by the day. I wonder if he can cure ailments with touch too?
     
  10. BillJ

    BillJ The King of Kings Premium Member

    Joined:
    Jan 30, 2001
    Location:
    America, Fuck Yeah!!!
    You act like a prick, you'll get called a prick. Such is life.
     
  11. DalekJim

    DalekJim Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

    Joined:
    Jun 22, 2009
    Location:
    Great Britain
    Well, I'm gonna report your vileness and then go make a curry. Have a good night.
     
  12. The Doctor

    The Doctor Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

    Joined:
    Oct 28, 2004
    Location:
    The Doctor's TARDIS
    I'm guessing that you could be surprised at the outcome of said report.
     
  13. The Mirrorball Man

    The Mirrorball Man Vice Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Dec 18, 1999
    Location:
    Switzerland
    If you can't understand that people may enjoy a movie, may find it fun and exciting and moving, if you need that explained to you with charts and graphs, if you openly express disdain and contempt at everyone who is engaged by entertainment on an emotional level, don't be surprised if people don't always take you seriously.

    The kind of idol worship you're talking about doesn't exist in this thread or anywhere on this BBS. People here don't seem to have an irrational admiration for JJ Abrams, they just think he did a good job. Is that really so hard to accept?
     
  14. RoJoHen

    RoJoHen Awesome Admiral

    Joined:
    Apr 14, 2000
    Location:
    QC, IL, USA
    I guess I just have a really hard with your interpretation of the Spock/Uhura relationship. It's not like they shared a hot sex scene. She followed him into the turbolift to comfort him after his mom died. They shared a kiss.

    Beyond that one kiss, they didn't do anything sexual for the rest of the move. I just don't see how an incredibly depressing scene like that counts as "crass titillation."

    It's not like Spock was going around fist-bumping the crew after successfully banging the new communications officer.
     
  15. The Mirrorball Man

    The Mirrorball Man Vice Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Dec 18, 1999
    Location:
    Switzerland
    I can't speak for DalekJim obviously, but it's been my observation that most people who denounce "crass titillation" are actually intimidated by the display of genuine human affection. It's not so much sex that make them feel uncomfortable, it's love.
     
  16. DalekJim

    DalekJim Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

    Joined:
    Jun 22, 2009
    Location:
    Great Britain
    "Definition: 'Love' is making a shot to the knees of a target 120 kilometres away using an Aratech sniper rifle with a tri-light scope. ” - HK-47
     
  17. RoJoHen

    RoJoHen Awesome Admiral

    Joined:
    Apr 14, 2000
    Location:
    QC, IL, USA
    Well, that was helpful... :wtf:
     
  18. The Doctor

    The Doctor Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

    Joined:
    Oct 28, 2004
    Location:
    The Doctor's TARDIS
    Where's that Picard facepalm when you need it?
     
  19. USS KG5

    USS KG5 Vice Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Aug 1, 2004
    Location:
    England's green and pleasant land.
    Wouldn't it be cool if Abrams made a movie where ships from Trek and Wars fight it out to see which franchise is best, once and for all?

    Uncontroversial right? :guffaw:
     
  20. Captain Mike

    Captain Mike Commodore Commodore

    Joined:
    May 22, 2004
    Location:
    Warren, Pa.
    Couldn't make it through the hole thread without responding
    MOST of the TOS movies were about them beibg familial,...disregarding authority for each other since TWOK which is what us fans regard James Kirk in doing.

    TMP is the only film that Roddenberry was personally involved with, which means that it was the only one that was made closer to his ideas than others of just what "Star Trek" is...and though the movie may be dull IYO I love it.. :techman:
     
Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.