Re: Advance screening/World Premiere discussions [the NO-SPOILERS vers
I went to the UK premiere and saw the movie in Screen 2.
It was a fantastic experience to put on the suit and walk the blue carpet.
It felt like a very special way to watch this movie and an experience I will never ever forget.
The walk on the carpet was brief but it did feel like being a celebrity and gave you that taste of what its like to be an actor. I wanted to stay on their longer to see the actors but was concerned with looking cool so I pressed on.
The guy I got the ticket off advised me to hang back a bit and be on the carpet with the actual stars but all guests were to be seated at 7.00pm.
JJ and co didn't arrive into screen 2 to us till well after that time.
It wouldnt have been possible to loiter on the carpet and when you saw everyone going into the theatre, the compulsion to walk on was overwhemling!.
In my screening, JJ, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Eric Bana were among the guests introducing the movie and they said a few words about the film.
Zachary got the biggest cheer when introduced.
To verify my fan status and give you a barometer to measure how a die hard like myself felt about the movie, I have all the DVD'S and have seen everything several times over. The movie itself is simply incredible.
It's a non stop roller coaster of action that doesn't pause for breath from the moment it starts.
Within about 2 or 3 minutes in the first scene, you care about some characters that you have literally seen for the first time ever.
The days of star trek crew members sitting around talking about problems in the captains ready room are well and truly over.
This crew simply don't have time for that!.
Visually, this movie surpasses everything that has gone before.
In fact, it is the best looking Sci-fi movie I have ever seen.
The scale of the sets and the variation of locations in the scene will astound you. The cinematographhy is exceptional work.
The effetcs that the team have achieved including all the flaring lightning on the bridge and the fact that the camera doesn't stop moving for the duration.
The engineering room is so impressive it will blow you away.
Nimoy was telling the truth when he said it will be hard to take Trek back to TV. Unless TV can get a 100 million budget to make an episode and improves its technical standards to get it to this level, it would simply be underwhelming to get a a new TV show that didn't look as good and feel as well paced as this.
If movies are the future of Trek, then it will defintiely be worth waiting a few years between productions.
Trust me, go with it, the movie is unbelieveablely good.
Right now, I feel like I can't watch my Trek TV or movie DVD's for a while.
They aren't XI. I plan to see it several more times before it ends it's run.
I can't wait for it to be on Blu-Ray either.
For those yet to see it, you are in for a thrill ride.
At least one person I could visibly tell didn't like it was a guy wearing a Starfleet uniform to a major movie premiere. That says alot.
He was visibly seething when it ended and he was exhaling and looked shaken. I could hear him say loudly, "This is unsound". In his broken English he was essentially griping about the perceived continuity issues.
People stuck in the past probably won't like this movie. If you want to see Trek move on, you definitely will.
I can't wait till everyone else sees it to hear your opinions on it.
I went to the UK premiere and saw the movie in Screen 2.
It was a fantastic experience to put on the suit and walk the blue carpet.
It felt like a very special way to watch this movie and an experience I will never ever forget.
The walk on the carpet was brief but it did feel like being a celebrity and gave you that taste of what its like to be an actor. I wanted to stay on their longer to see the actors but was concerned with looking cool so I pressed on.
The guy I got the ticket off advised me to hang back a bit and be on the carpet with the actual stars but all guests were to be seated at 7.00pm.
JJ and co didn't arrive into screen 2 to us till well after that time.
It wouldnt have been possible to loiter on the carpet and when you saw everyone going into the theatre, the compulsion to walk on was overwhemling!.
In my screening, JJ, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Eric Bana were among the guests introducing the movie and they said a few words about the film.
Zachary got the biggest cheer when introduced.
To verify my fan status and give you a barometer to measure how a die hard like myself felt about the movie, I have all the DVD'S and have seen everything several times over. The movie itself is simply incredible.
It's a non stop roller coaster of action that doesn't pause for breath from the moment it starts.
Within about 2 or 3 minutes in the first scene, you care about some characters that you have literally seen for the first time ever.
The days of star trek crew members sitting around talking about problems in the captains ready room are well and truly over.
This crew simply don't have time for that!.
Visually, this movie surpasses everything that has gone before.
In fact, it is the best looking Sci-fi movie I have ever seen.
The scale of the sets and the variation of locations in the scene will astound you. The cinematographhy is exceptional work.
The effetcs that the team have achieved including all the flaring lightning on the bridge and the fact that the camera doesn't stop moving for the duration.
The engineering room is so impressive it will blow you away.
Nimoy was telling the truth when he said it will be hard to take Trek back to TV. Unless TV can get a 100 million budget to make an episode and improves its technical standards to get it to this level, it would simply be underwhelming to get a a new TV show that didn't look as good and feel as well paced as this.
If movies are the future of Trek, then it will defintiely be worth waiting a few years between productions.
Trust me, go with it, the movie is unbelieveablely good.
Right now, I feel like I can't watch my Trek TV or movie DVD's for a while.
They aren't XI. I plan to see it several more times before it ends it's run.
I can't wait for it to be on Blu-Ray either.
For those yet to see it, you are in for a thrill ride.
At least one person I could visibly tell didn't like it was a guy wearing a Starfleet uniform to a major movie premiere. That says alot.
He was visibly seething when it ended and he was exhaling and looked shaken. I could hear him say loudly, "This is unsound". In his broken English he was essentially griping about the perceived continuity issues.
People stuck in the past probably won't like this movie. If you want to see Trek move on, you definitely will.
I can't wait till everyone else sees it to hear your opinions on it.
