Originally posted by ST-One
Get off your high horse. Star Trek was always aimed at these 'unwashed masses'.
Large audience appeal is what makes such franchises big. Not the pandering to ... the likes of CRA and ... other fanboys like him.
I have nothing against Star Trek being accessible to non-fans or common folk watching Trek. My problem is that non-fans are going to see this movie and think that's what Star Trek is. And based on what I've seen so far, this movie does not represent what Star Trek has been for the past forty years. I feel sorry for anyone who is introduced to Trek by this movie, and thinks that this is what we've been enjoying for our lives.
Yes, just to bitch and moan afterwards how and what they (team Abrams) fucked up, I guess
So? If that is my opinion after I've seen the movie, is it not my right to express it?
Originally posted by cultsacrifice
Why the fuck would they look like the 60s cast? Bar a few gender/race based basics, they're different actors, hopefully cast for how well they act. They're not meant to look the same. In this day and age, if they wanted young Shatner and Nimoy, they could have done it with CGI characters. They recast for a reason.
Obviously I'm not expecting clones, but I do expect to see something that strikes me think of the characters. True, this may be something that I'll have to wait until I see the movie and actually see their performances to properly judge, but at this moment, the only one one that I can actually see the character is Scotty. When I look at Simon Pegg in that red shirt I think Scotty. Meanwhile when I look at Zachary Quinto in the blue shirt and pointed ears, I see Zachary Quinto in a blue shirt and pointed ears. The others look like imposters to me at this moment.
OK, he's bald, we have a photo of him in a similar pose, and he's connected to the Romulans. Unless you can think of more, the similarities end there.
He also has a thing for hanging out in darkness.
You're rating this one below Nemesis and Final Frontier before you've seen it? OK, I was wrong. This is what Star Trek is about.
Actually, yes. TFF is actually an okay film which suffers from production problems but is actually enjoyable to watch. Nemesis can be enjoyed if you shut your brain off and don't think about it.
Why? Have the courage of your convictions. Stay away.
In the end, I am a Trek fan, and that requires me to see the movie. And besides, as Trek fans we're all guaranteed to see the movie, even those who say they won't see it. Personal experiance has taught me that anyone who says at this early point they won't see a movie will end up seeing it anyway.
Like with me. All throughout 2007 I said I wasn't going to see Transformers when it came out. And sure enough, I was in theatres seeing it on its second day. Trust me, it still disappointed me, but I learned on that day that regardless of my opinion of it beforehand, I was going to see Trek XI in theatres.
Transformers 2 on the other hand may take some arm-twisitng, but that's a discussion for another thread.
