DS9 and Star Trek XI

[Admiral Shran]

The DS9 crew reacts to the new movie.

I don't know if this the correct forum to post this in, but I thought it was pretty funny....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNPzi5nsFGo

 

[InklingStar]

I didn't find it that funny, honestly. Why did Picard and Crusher randomly wander into the middle of it?

 

[TheGodBen]

Because Picard is a Trek purist and he hates the JJverse.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4 (my favourite)


Anyway, Picard in the Grinverse is a perverted, genocidal madman that continually kills Wesley only for him to come back somehow. He's my idol.

 

[CaptJamesScott]

I finally got the nerve to watch the film the other day. I tried when it first came out on DVD and got to the scene where Kirk is driving a CAR listening to the BEASTIE BOYS and gets a call on his NOKIA cell phone. Thats when I stopped the movie.

It was ok for a standalone movie, but as a standard for Star Trek....no...just no.

 

[Destructor]

Too funny. I love it when Picard shows up. They should keep going with this theme, I enjoyed it.

 

[DS9 Gal AZ]

I finally got the nerve to watch the film the other day. I tried when it first came out on DVD and got to the scene where Kirk is driving a CAR listening to the BEASTIE BOYS and gets a call on his NOKIA cell phone. Thats when I stopped the movie.

Product placement anyone?

 

[Marie1]

I finally got the nerve to watch the film the other day. I tried when it first came out on DVD and got to the scene where Kirk is driving a CAR listening to the BEASTIE BOYS and gets a call on his NOKIA cell phone. Thats when I stopped the movie.

It was ok for a standalone movie, but as a standard for Star Trek....no...just no.

You should've just skipped past that weird part and went to the good stuff.

 

[CaptJimboJones]

I finally got the nerve to watch the film the other day. I tried when it first came out on DVD and got to the scene where Kirk is driving a CAR listening to the BEASTIE BOYS and gets a call on his NOKIA cell phone. Thats when I stopped the movie.

I know a lot of Trek purists hated that scene in Trek XI, but it played marvelously well in the theater, at least when I saw it. I remember when I saw the movie for the first time, the packed audience roared with approval during that scene and literally cheered when the kid told the cop his name was "James Tiberius Kirk!" I hadn't seen that type of audience reaction to a Star Trek movie since Trek IV.

In my case, at least, the positive audience reaction to Trek XI was what really made the movie enjoyable - compared with the most recent couple of TNG films, which I remember seeing on opening night in mostly-empty theaters and the crowd being just totally silent during the film, and slinking out at the end embarrassed to be a Trek fan.

 

[TheGodBen]

I know a lot of Trek purists hated that scene in Trek XI, but it played marvelously well in the theater, at least when I saw it. I remember when I saw the movie for the first time, the packed audience roared with approval during that scene and literally cheered when the kid told the cop his name was "James Tiberius Kirk!" I hadn't seen that type of audience reaction to a Star Trek movie since Trek IV.

After several years of softening my position on the public and thinking I may have underestimated their intelligence, I may have to return to my teenage belief that most people are stupid.

Why would anyone cheer at reckless endangerment, destruction of property and disregard for law enforcement based on pointless teenage rebellion in a scene filled with product placement? You may as well cheer at an arsonist burning down another person's house because they're bored. I could understand someone cheering at Spock walking out on the Vulcan Science Academy because of their anti-human racism, at least he did it in a polite and dignified manner. Not that anyone should cheer to show approval, one should place one's hand on one's chin and give a slight nod, that's the civilised way.

In my case, at least, the positive audience reaction to Trek XI was what really made the movie enjoyable - compared with the most recent couple of TNG films, which I remember seeing on opening night in mostly-empty theaters and the crowd being just totally silent during the film, and slinking out at the end embarrassed to be a Trek fan.

I remember people laughing in Insurrection when Picard started dancing. They weren't laughing because it was funny, they were laughing in disbelief at how stupid it was. At least, that's what I hope they were laughing at.

 

[Admiral Shran]

the crowd being just totally silent during the film, and slinking out at the end embarrassed to be a Trek fan.

That's exactly what happened to me when I saw Trek XI. No cheers, nothing, just silence followed b embarrassment. Though, to be fair, it also happened when I saw Insurrection.

It probably would have happened to me if I had seen Nemesis in the theatre, but thankfully I passed on that - didn't see it until a year after it was released on DVD.