Star Trek Receives Four Oscar Noms...all Technical Awards

[Jeri]

It's actually not just about racism or immigration, since the aliens can infect humans and literally turn them into the alien species. That goes a bit beyond our human abilities to turn someone's sentiment to the other race. Humans really should fear extinction from absorption from the aliens, and not in a figurative sense.

 

[indranee]

I hope this is not what J.J. was waiting for, to decide whether he'll direct the sequel.

woah Jeri! where'd that come from?! have you heard anything along those lines?

 

[indranee]

The movie took a 40-year-old franchise and made it brand-new again, without alienating the fans who have adored it for decades.
...
For some reason those that decide this type of thing just can't bring themselves to go on record to vote for something that provides entertainment that is full of hope for our future, has positive hero role models and offers an audience a darn good time. So it has been since Star Trek first aired.

Alienated? No. Outraged & betrayed? Yes.

What positive role models?
Winona Kirk: Provides unrealistic, unhelpful cliche of the screaming vaginal delivery.
George Kirk: Commits useless suicide by sitting and chatting with his wife long after all Kelvin functions are offline and there is no possible benefit to his presence on board.
James Kirk: Violent, criminal, suicidal, inept alcoholic.
New Spock: Vindictive, sarcastic, occasionally reasonable officer who abandons his post on the bridge during an emergency without justification.
Bones: Alcoholic doctor who falsifies records and risks patients lives while breaking medical ethics without any believable pretext, and repeats inaccurate urban legends regarding vacuum effects on humans.
Spock Prime: An unreasonable new-agey sage prop who advocates self-delusion and "faith" as preferable to careful study and hard work with available evidence.

oh can it.

like you were gonna make a better movie!

 

[Jeri]

I hope this is not what J.J. was waiting for, to decide whether he'll direct the sequel.

woah Jeri! where'd that come from?! have you heard anything along those lines?

No, it just came to me in a brown mood after I saw the academy nominations. As far as I know, J.J. has still not said he's directing the sequel; and I wouldn't want this to bum him out from doing so. Sequels don't get nominations for sure, when the originals don't.

 

[OneBuckFilms]

I hope this is not what J.J. was waiting for, to decide whether he'll direct the sequel.

woah Jeri! where'd that come from?! have you heard anything along those lines?

No, it just came to me in a brown mood after I saw the academy nominations. As far as I know, J.J. has still not said he's directing the sequel; and I wouldn't want this to bum him out from doing so. Sequels don't get nominations for sure, when the originals don't.

J.J. is still producing one, but he wants to see the script before he decides whether or not to direct when the movie goes into production in 2012.

The movie is going to be made, and even if J.J. doesn't direct, it'll still have his stamp on things.

 

[Hyperspace05]

The movie took a 40-year-old franchise and made it brand-new again, without alienating the fans who have adored it for decades.
...
For some reason those that decide this type of thing just can't bring themselves to go on record to vote for something that provides entertainment that is full of hope for our future, has positive hero role models and offers an audience a darn good time. So it has been since Star Trek first aired.

Alienated? No. Outraged & betrayed? Yes.

What positive role models?
Winona Kirk: Provides unrealistic, unhelpful cliche of the screaming vaginal delivery.
George Kirk: Commits useless suicide by sitting and chatting with his wife long after all Kelvin functions are offline and there is no possible benefit to his presence on board.
James Kirk: Violent, criminal, suicidal, inept alcoholic.
New Spock: Vindictive, sarcastic, occasionally reasonable officer who abandons his post on the bridge during an emergency without justification.
Bones: Alcoholic doctor who falsifies records and risks patients lives while breaking medical ethics without any believable pretext, and repeats inaccurate urban legends regarding vacuum effects on humans.
Spock Prime: An unreasonable new-agey sage prop who advocates self-delusion and "faith" as preferable to careful study and hard work with available evidence.

This post most definitely causes me to remember this great video: Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film As 'Fun, Watchable'

 

[Sector 7]

How did the story not make sense? It was about racism, apartheid, and the violent culture that it spawns.

This was the only reason the Academy nominated District 9... it was a movie about racism and apartheid. Had they not nominated District 9 there would be shouts of insensitivity in those matters.

 

[MvRojo]

How did the story not make sense? It was about racism, apartheid, and the violent culture that it spawns.

This was the only reason the Academy nominated District 9... it was a movie about racism and apartheid. Had they not nominated District 9 there would be shouts of insensitivity in those matters.

By that reasoning Invictus should have gotten more nominations.

 

[Sector 7]

How did the story not make sense? It was about racism, apartheid, and the violent culture that it spawns.

This was the only reason the Academy nominated District 9... it was a movie about racism and apartheid. Had they not nominated District 9 there would be shouts of insensitivity in those matters.

By that reasoning Invictus should have gotten more nominations.

To be honest, I am surprised that it did not. The Academy does have a track record of promoting such films.

 

[Sector 7]

Deleted. I have no idea how it double-posted.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

The movie took a 40-year-old franchise and made it brand-new again, without alienating the fans who have adored it for decades.
...
For some reason those that decide this type of thing just can't bring themselves to go on record to vote for something that provides entertainment that is full of hope for our future, has positive hero role models and offers an audience a darn good time. So it has been since Star Trek first aired.

Alienated? No. Outraged & betrayed? Yes.

What positive role models?
Winona Kirk: Provides unrealistic, unhelpful cliche of the screaming vaginal delivery.
George Kirk: Commits useless suicide by sitting and chatting with his wife long after all Kelvin functions are offline and there is no possible benefit to his presence on board.
James Kirk: Violent, criminal, suicidal, inept alcoholic.
New Spock: Vindictive, sarcastic, occasionally reasonable officer who abandons his post on the bridge during an emergency without justification.
Bones: Alcoholic doctor who falsifies records and risks patients lives while breaking medical ethics without any believable pretext, and repeats inaccurate urban legends regarding vacuum effects on humans.
Spock Prime: An unreasonable new-agey sage prop who advocates self-delusion and "faith" as preferable to careful study and hard work with available evidence.

This post most definitely causes me to remember this great video: Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film As 'Fun, Watchable'

Indeed.

 

[Dusty Ayres]

No, most likely District 9 was the spoiler. I considered it a longshot to see two SF films on the list. Avatar was pretty much a no-brainer, but District 9 really seemed like a surprise because I heard no Oscar buzz when that came out.

Alex

I would swap District 9 for Star Trek. I just watch District 9 and it was one of the worst movie i have seen in my life. The story made no sense at all and the aliens were just awful. I would nominate it for Razzie award as one of the worst movie of the year lol.
Star Trek is masterpiece compare to District 9.

How did the story not make sense? It was about racism, apartheid, and the violent culture that it spawns.

Although I as a person of color liked it, to many other people of color, District 9 was racist (criticisms of it focused on the way the Nigerians were being treated and depicted). A sample of how a lot of POC's feel can be seen here at this blog: District 9 is racist [Alternate Perspective] and also Shrimpin’ Ain't Easy: A Look At District 9

So yeah, not everybody liked or loved District 9-just a little FYI.

EDIT: Was not surprised at what happened to the movie re:Best Picture nom. At least Avatar and District 9 got nominated. And that should be celebrated, because it's two Sci-Fi movies competing for Best Picture, with one of them possibly winning-something that should have happened with 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Wars, and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, but as we all know, never did. Now, it's going to happen because Avatar is unavoidable due to it's big box office gross! And that, my fellow Trekfans, is something to be celebrated despite Star Trek's being snubbed for a Best Picture Oscar nomination.

Besides, there are other 'Best Of Year' awards that Star Trek can get:

*Best Dramatic Presentation (Hugo Awards)

*Best Film Of The Year Award (MTV Movie Awards) plus others in other categories on the show

*Best Film Of The Year (Saturn Awards)

*Best Film Of The Year (Spacey Awards [Canada's Space: The Imagination Station]) plus others again

*Best Film Of The Year (People's Choice Awards) plus others

So, it isn't all bad.

 

[MvRojo]

Well, Trek already lost the People's Choice Awards and the MTV Movie Awards will most likely be dominated once again by New Moon. But...I get your point.

 

[Rackon]

Not sure how you can make a blanket statement like that when two movies involving aliens were nominated.

And both had robots! (ok, mechas, but who cares)

Oh, I was referring to best picture. Does anyone honestly get overexcited about best sound editing?

Quick! Get the brown paper bags and the tranquilizers! They're giving out the best sound editing Oscar!

Trek = snubbed. But it's not really surprising.

I don't get *overly* excited about sound editing but I do sometimes get excited about this category (and sound design) if a film I like (Master & Commander, STXI), which has an outstanding soundscape, is up for the award.

Plenty of critics and Oscar-watch blogs discussed Trek as a possible BP nominee. But like you, I wasn't terribly surprised it didn't get on the list. It's always good to remember that the Oscars are about film business more then film art. The Blind Side is an enjoyable, rather ordinary movie with a nice performance by Sandra Bullock. STXI is a heckuva lot more entertaining to me.

OTOH, I was delighted to see An Education and A Serious Man make the list.

Kinda too bad STXI came out the same year as Avatar. In a different year ST might have taken home several technical statues.

 

[ALF]

I think it's like $250,000 USD to simply enter your film into running for the Oscars. Those fatcats running that show are loaded.

 

[I am not Spock]

^Yeah. Jim Cameron can certainly afford to pay up the cash, can't he?

 

[I am not Spock]

I hope this is not what J.J. was waiting for, to decide whether he'll direct the sequel.

woah Jeri! where'd that come from?! have you heard anything along those lines?

No, it just came to me in a brown mood after I saw the academy nominations. As far as I know, J.J. has still not said he's directing the sequel; and I wouldn't want this to bum him out from doing so. Sequels don't get nominations for sure, when the originals don't.

What about Godfather II and LOTR Return of the King, both Best Picture winners? And for that matter, the new Trek is a sequel. It's an extension to an existing property, not a new concept. Maybe that's why both it and the Dark Knight were snubbed.

 

[Hyperspace05]

I think it's like $250,000 USD to simply enter your film into running for the Oscars. Those fatcats running that show are loaded.

Em.. Source?

 

[Atariboy]

Oh come on, folks. Star Trek wasn't one of the 10 best films of the year. Did the 10 best get nominated? Probably not, but no great injustice was served here.

District 9 was superior to Trek in just about every way (well, I guess it wasn't l33t3r...) so it's quite unfair to slag it so. There once was a time when Trek would approach such social issues, but rehashing Nemesis with a time travel twist seems like a better idea these days.

No matter. The winner ought to be Up in the Air, will probably be Avatar, but I'm rooting for The Hurt Locker. So there. :P

 

[Cmndr J Crichton]

OK. I just watched the trailer for Up in the Air. Are these Academy delegates out of their minds? It's a simple RomCom. Nothing new, or different. They nominate THIS but not Trek? I know that's a contradiction of my previous statement, but come on. It's like all they saw was the director's name on this, and that gave it an automatic nomination. I know I'm basing this on 2 minutes of a trailer, but come on.