Nah. We had one person criticize the film because Spock runs. They said Spock doesn't run.
Though this one would be close.
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Nah. We had one person criticize the film because Spock runs. They said Spock doesn't run.
Though this one would be close.
It is not so much the fact Spock was running, but rather the way he was running. Spock has a he always ran in TOS which had something to do with how he perceived someone who grew up on a world with no moon would run. Unfortunately, Quinto didn't run in this manner at all, emulating instead the manner someone would run on a world with two suns and five moons. In his defense, none of the other actors to play Vulcans in Pure Trek ever bothered to try running Nimoy style, but at least they ran like someone from Earth, unimaginative as that is in the greater scheme of things
London is the town that's not actually very foggy. Its reputation for "pea soup" was a result of pollution from the burning of so much coal in the city combined with climatic conditions in the area that didn't allow the smog to be carried away by wind. If London had been foggy in STID, it would've ruined the movie for me.
As is, a foggy SF in ST09 was appropriate, and it was about time in Trek. Of the times SF has been shown on a Trek TV episode or in a movie, I think that's the first time it wasn't shown with crystal clear blue skies. Previously, SF has been shown too clear: that's my gripe.
As is, a foggy SF in ST09 was appropriate, and it was about time in Trek. Of the times SF has been shown on a Trek TV episode or in a movie, I think that's the first time it wasn't shown with crystal clear blue skies. Previously, SF has been shown too clear: that's my gripe.
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I like the fog. It's exciting!
there was a split-second there while reading the first half of your post I thought you were serious
Are any of those buildings real?
Here I thought we nit-picked everything in these films. I had hope. Then I remembered that this is BBS, and hope dies here.
Fog in San Francisco still exists in the 23rd century, even in the prime universe.
Hmmmph! Those of us in Virginia already know that, thank you.
Also, take it from me, be very, very careful how you spell our commonwealth's name.
I have lived in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1983. I am familiar with fog, and I don't remember it as being that shade of color in ST and ST:ID. It was grayish-white.
Thanks for your comments.
Thanks for your comments.
Some have said that the color of fog is like what is seen in the films. I haven't seen that color of fog in my experience. I was reporting on the color of the fog I have seen.
It looks pretty similar to me, obviously with some difference accounting for time of day, background colors, thickness of the fog, etc.
