Has Anyone Changed Their Mind About The Movie?
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Believed it was the epitome of all that is Wrong and Evil in modern society when it came out.
Now: It's still the epitome of absolute Wrongness, but I do kind of dig the Green Girl. (traitorous hormones!)
I own the DVD and have watched it a number of times with balls of crumpled up paper on hand to throw at the screen whenever the urge to shout obscenities erupts. (catharsis)
The cats love this. They wait under the tv and spring into action to chase the paper balls as they bounce off the lens flares.
I think it may be their favorite film, the furry little traitors!
sigh.
Now: It's still the epitome of absolute Wrongness, but I do kind of dig the Green Girl. (traitorous hormones!)
I own the DVD and have watched it a number of times with balls of crumpled up paper on hand to throw at the screen whenever the urge to shout obscenities erupts. (catharsis)
The cats love this. They wait under the tv and spring into action to chase the paper balls as they bounce off the lens flares.
I think it may be their favorite film, the furry little traitors!
sigh.
I much preferred the Orions who appeared in Enterprise. I thought they finally got the skin color and texture perfect. Gaila was a little St. Patrick's Day green for my taste, but to be honest, I adore green women in any incarnation.
I fear that I am a moral aberrant of the direst stripe.
but i can live with it.
I fear that I am a moral aberrant of the direst stripe.
but i can live with it.
You haven't been paying attention to Bob, have you?
^ Well, paying attention still doesn't make it any less curious.
I, for one, will never understand why anyone would buy a DVD of a movie they hate...and then continue to subject themselves to it, numerous times.
I LOVE the movie, and I've only watched it three times. Why anyone who hated it would watch it more than, say twice (once in the theatre, and once to verify their hatred) will forever be a mystery to me.
Life is too frakkin' short.
I, for one, will never understand why anyone would buy a DVD of a movie they hate...and then continue to subject themselves to it, numerous times.
I LOVE the movie, and I've only watched it three times. Why anyone who hated it would watch it more than, say twice (once in the theatre, and once to verify their hatred) will forever be a mystery to me.
Life is too frakkin' short.
Well. Yeah. I gotta admit it's kind of hard to explain.
Part of it is like watching Professional Wrestling just so you can boo the "villains"--much better live and in person where you can get agreeably worked up into a recreational lather.
Part of it is sheer masochism. Why do some people like pointy boots jabbing into delicate tender vittles. Hard to explain.
Mostly, it's 'cause this is the only new Trek there is for the time being. I keep trying to get over it. I truly, truly wish I could steep in the funky fan-joy of those who do not boil with hate at the childhood rapage. As Capt. Terrell once said, "I try to obey...but it's hard!"
I keep doggedly giving The Abomination every chance I can stomach. I'm even preparing to read the YA Academy books, in much the same way that mystics in India prepare for festivals that involve hooks and nasty sharp thingies in the cheeks.
If the Alternate Universe novels had come out, I'd buy them (used on evilBay!) and read them with as much open mindedness as I could muster.
So far, about the best progress I've made is...I dig the green chick. *shrug*
Part of it is like watching Professional Wrestling just so you can boo the "villains"--much better live and in person where you can get agreeably worked up into a recreational lather.
Part of it is sheer masochism. Why do some people like pointy boots jabbing into delicate tender vittles. Hard to explain.
Mostly, it's 'cause this is the only new Trek there is for the time being. I keep trying to get over it. I truly, truly wish I could steep in the funky fan-joy of those who do not boil with hate at the childhood rapage. As Capt. Terrell once said, "I try to obey...but it's hard!"
I keep doggedly giving The Abomination every chance I can stomach. I'm even preparing to read the YA Academy books, in much the same way that mystics in India prepare for festivals that involve hooks and nasty sharp thingies in the cheeks.
If the Alternate Universe novels had come out, I'd buy them (used on evilBay!) and read them with as much open mindedness as I could muster.
So far, about the best progress I've made is...I dig the green chick. *shrug*
You are aware that you vote with your wallet, aren't you?
I'm sure you could just give a hooker $7.99 to kick you in the balls... would save you some time.
Yeah, but it wouldn't be as painful!
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Yeah, but it wouldn't be as painful!
Not if you find the right hooker.
I loved it, then I liked it, then disliked, then liked it again.
Right now I am accepting it for what I believe it is, a mixed bag of brilliance and wasted opportunities that will hopefully be the springboard to get the franchise back and healthy again.
Right now I am accepting it for what I believe it is, a mixed bag of brilliance and wasted opportunities that will hopefully be the springboard to get the franchise back and healthy again.
I've always liked it. Aside from a couple of things I think are less than perfect, I love the movie. Life's too short to worry about what Gene Roddenberry would have done or how many crewmembers are on the Enterprise or why Chekov has a different haircut.
I do love Star Trek in general, and I've taken an awful lot of bad (especially from the movies) with the good, but once I had the first chance to go see J.J. Trek, I decided for the first time to skip a movie with the Star Trek name on it. I'm grateful to Paramount for past Trek and wish them well.
Still love it. I've seen it many times, and seen it with others almost every single time, and no one has disliked it. It literally had several of my friends who are not ST fans BUY the DVD because they liked it so much. One particular one saw it with me in the theater, loved it, then bought the DVD even before I did. He NEVER saw a ST movie before! My sister and her husband literally waited about 8 months to see it...my sis had been "burned" by the last few ST movies I believe, so she wasn't particularly excited about seeing it no matter what I said. They loved it too, and they are very picky about what movies they watch! It just goes to demonstrate wide a wide appeal the movie had.
The movie was just an insanely huge success on every level: production, acting, FX, entertainment value, critical, box office, DVD, et al. There are such minor flaws in the movie compared with most ST movies, and most are generally pretty easily explained away(we're just going to have to have a little talk with JJ about that engineering room..). Add to that the grand scale, which we haven't really seen from a ST movie in decades. I rightly named it the top Sc-fi movie of the 2000s.
How odd you've watched some bad trek films and then you skip the BEST one!
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The movie was just an insanely huge success on every level: production, acting, FX, entertainment value, critical, box office, DVD, et al. There are such minor flaws in the movie compared with most ST movies, and most are generally pretty easily explained away(we're just going to have to have a little talk with JJ about that engineering room..). Add to that the grand scale, which we haven't really seen from a ST movie in decades. I rightly named it the top Sc-fi movie of the 2000s.
How odd you've watched some bad trek films and then you skip the BEST one!
RAMA
Which was what?...that it was the "spirit" of Star Trek or an entire beast altogether? If it was the "spirit" I would like to hear your friend's critiques of the film...
And there you have it...More money because it was "JJ"...
I can name TMP through Nemesis as being better than this "wannabe"...How odd you've watched some bad trek films and then you skip the BEST one!
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I can name TMP through Nemesis as being better than this "wannabe"...
Sure you can. You'd be wrong, but no one's stopping you.
No... I mean... just... no way... how? Surely this isn't possible...
I watch my absolute favorite movies (Master and Commander, LA Confidential, The Big Lebowski, Memento, etc) at most twice a year. I can't imagine watching one movie more than once a season without getting sick of it, much less over a hundred times in one year.
Unless, of course, by 'triple digits' you mean you watched it 004 times this year.
I saw it 4 times in the theaters and loved it. It got it on dvd for christmas '09 but weirdly haven't viewed it yet. Although I did enjoy the movie I for some reason just don't really care about the star trek franchise anymore.
To be sure I'll see the next one but I really have no desire to own any dvds of the various series or movies. I've been watching trek since I was a little tot and I guess I'm just burnt out.
To be sure I'll see the next one but I really have no desire to own any dvds of the various series or movies. I've been watching trek since I was a little tot and I guess I'm just burnt out.
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