Alias, Lost, Fringe or MI3? Any interesting moments of creative coincidence?
Can you see Abrams' other works in Trek?
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I remember someone I work with claiming the Kelvin sequence was like "every second episode of Lost." Having never seen Lost, I can't comment.
Cinematography and editing reminded me of Alias/MI3. Music reminded me of Lost. So yeah.
Only if some character is watching them on a display.
The magic unexplained "red matter" was kind of like the "rabbit's foot" from MI:3, and l agree that the opening Kelvin sequence was filled with Lost's intensity and urgency. Then again, I don't know how much Abrams has done with Lost in the last few years, since it seems like Cuse and Lindelof pretty much run that show these days. I don't think he's actually written an episode since the season 3 premiere back in 2006, but I could be wrong.
Also the title appearing in 3D for a few seconds after a short prologue seems to be something Abrams likes a lot.
Including at least one actress!
I disagree...slightly. Uhura wasn't exactly the strongest female character of recent movies, but she was certainly a lot stronger than she'd ever been portrayed in the TV series (due to biases of the time, of course). As Roger Ebert pointed out, her rather outdated 60s-style uniform doesn't quite fit with her less submissive and fragile, more take-charge 21st century incarnation:
"Uhura (Zoe Saldana) seems to have traveled through time to the pre-feminist 1960s, where she found her miniskirt and go-go boots. She seems wise and gentle and unsuited to her costume."
The way she consoles Spock (not the kissing part so much, but the rest of it) after his mother dies and the way she rejects Kirk's flirtation both in the bar and in her room definitely qualities her as an impressively independent and confident modern woman, in my opinion.
I can't recall any at the moment. However I do remember watching the final episodes of "Fringe" last season and thinking some of the story themes had also been present in XI. I would elaborate, but I don't want to spoil the episodes for anyone (if they haven't seen them yet).
I'm not sure which was written first. I think XI was written before those episodes of "Fringe".
I'm not sure which was written first. I think XI was written before those episodes of "Fringe".
Except it's no coincidence and quite deliberate and very very annoying.
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Hannity. I didn't notice!
"The Slusho mix is good..."
I thought Uhura's "Mr. Adventure" scene in Star Trek III was a stronger moment than anything the character had in the new movie.
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