How excited are you?

[RoJoHen]

I didn't see a thread like this, but if there is one, please feel free to direct me to it.

I am trying to guage the level of excitement among Trek fans. Obviously tensions are running high in here since the release of the trailer. Some people are excited, some are angry, but I can't tell if it's a large group of people or just a small minority who are just very vocal.

So, please vote!

 

[Stegoman05]

Im really excited about this film. Cant wait till may.

 

[Kirk-Fu]

Very excited. I will be there opening day and I haven't done that for a Trek movie since Generations.

 

[captcalhoun]

sceptical. i want to like it, i really do, but that ship and that bridge are pissing me off...

 

[Winterwind]

^ Pretty much my thoughts in a nutshell.

 

[gh4chiefs]

I voted skeptical. Long story short, for the most part, I'm not a fan of remakes. And yesterday, after participating in several threads and arguing with a few people about whether it's a reboot or not, I kind of had an ephinany.

It's new. It's not my Star Trek, but that's okay. I've had nearly 40 years of enjoyment out of this franchise. It's okay to pass the torch on to a new generation of fans. I hope they have as much enjoyment out of whatever this new Star Trek is going to be, as I've had with the original.

I really came to the conclusion yesterday that I was just going to not even see the movie and not try to piss in anyone cheerios about griping about it. I have to admit, I'm old. I'm nearly 50 years old. Kelly and Doohan are dead. Shatner is past being Kirk. TOS as I know is gone forever. And that's just the way it is.

But what's weird for me in this particular movie is the presence of Nimoy. And that's what's got me in a bit of a quandry. As I said, I'm ready to let go and let the new Trek be the new Trek and not worry about it. But Nimoy's presence in this film is like Abrams and Company are trying to have their cake and eat it too. They want to do this new "reintroduction" with a new ship design and layout, new actors, and "changing things we know." But then they're still holding onto the old TOS by having Nimoy there. To me, they ought to "shit or get off the pot."

Just the way this old TOS fan feels.

EDIT TO ADD: I voted skeptical, but I might more be properly classified as depressed about it.

 

[CorporalClegg]

I voted skeptical.

I just don't understand why Star Trek has to be Kewl-azz X-plosions action.

 

[The Wormhole]

I am very skeptical. The plot just does not sound compelling and sounds very un-Trek like. But hey, apparently Trek needs to be trendy to attract cool people as fans. Never mind that it's been us "un-cool nerds" who have kept Star Trek alive these past 40 years. Now we get left in the cold so that Star Trek can appeal to the crowd who think that because there's an ad for it at the local Burger King, then it must be a good movie.

Also, how about just announcing it as a reboot already? Changing everything to the extent that things have been changed, and explaining it as an "altered timeline" is just sloppy and lazy.

 

[Lapis Exilis]

Skeptical. I'm all for a reboot, young actors, cool 'splosions and sex - provided there's also an interesting story and a sense of the essence of Trek. However, Paramount's track record for the last ten years on that last part is abysmal and nothing JJ Abrams has done has ever held my attention. They just may be flogging a dead horse.

But the advantage for me is all this buzz is making me revisit TOS - always a pleasant thing.

 

[Kemaiku]

Skeptical. Visually stunning, but thats all its got going for it, to me anyway.

 

[ManOnTheWave]

I've already bought popcorn.

 

[seigezunt]

It depends. What are you wearing?

 

[dave_R_treker]

I'm actualy Skepticaly excited. I'm excited about the movie, I hoping its a hit, but with the past couple of trek movies that came out, I am skeptical about it.

 

[shapeshifter]

Just yesterday I voted "Megahit" in another poll. Now I am not so sure.

Couple days ago in a poll similar to this one I voted: Very excited (The highest choice in that poll)

Today, for this one, I am down to: Excited, but cautious (movie will probably be good)

More time passes and I get more details the less optimistic I become.

 

[Dale]

Excited, but not overly so. There's a certain skeptical wariness mixed in there. I am not a fan of what Batman and James Bond have become...

Then again, addressing things to my generation is no longer the point.

 

[RoJoHen]

I'm actualy Skepticaly excited. I'm excited about the movie, I hoping its a hit, but with the past couple of trek movies that came out, I am skeptical about it.

I don't know if you can use the last couple Trek movies as a frame of reference, considering they were made by completely different people than this one.

 

[Lapis Exilis]

I'm actualy Skepticaly excited. I'm excited about the movie, I hoping its a hit, but with the past couple of trek movies that came out, I am skeptical about it.

I don't know if you can use the last couple Trek movies as a frame of reference, considering they were made by completely different people than this one.

When the company that owns the property has for the last ten years consistently put out crap under the name Star Trek (Voyager, Enterprise, Insurrection and Nemesis) all of which involved a variety of writers and directors, all hired by the studio, you do begin to suspect that the studio itself doesn't have a clue...

And if that's not enough there's the fact that JJ Abrams hasn't created anything that I've found even mildly interesting and Robert Orci has as his stellar credits the big, loud and dumb Transformers and the utterly forgettable The Legend of Zorro, and I'm not exactly feeling the love for their hiring judgment this go round either.

 

[RoJoHen]

I'm actualy Skepticaly excited. I'm excited about the movie, I hoping its a hit, but with the past couple of trek movies that came out, I am skeptical about it.

I don't know if you can use the last couple Trek movies as a frame of reference, considering they were made by completely different people than this one.

When the company that owns the property has for the last ten years consistently put out crap under the name Star Trek (Voyager, Enterprise, Insurrection and Nemesis) all of which involved a variety of writers and directors, all hired by the studio, you do begin to suspect that the studio itself doesn't have a clue...

And if that's not enough there's the fact that JJ Abrams hasn't created anything that I've found even mildly interesting and Robert Orci has as his stellar credits the big, loud and dumb Transformers and the utterly forgettable The Legend of Zorro, and I'm not exactly feeling the love for their hiring judgment this go round either.

Well, I enjoyed all the stuff I've seen from both of them, so there you go.

 

[Garak]

Excited but cautious.

I was indifferent before the trailer, now I'm pretty effing stoked after seeing it. I will definitely sneak in to this movie.

 

[Lapis Exilis]

Well, I enjoyed all the stuff I've seen from both of them, so there you go.

Sure, and more power to the folks who dig their work. I hope sincerely that they will blow me away and my skepticism will be proven entirely wrong. But Paramount destroyed my faith completely round about that awful scene in Nemesis with the jeeps and guns. And Zorro man, what a disappointment after the excellent Mask of Zorro. I didn't even realize Orci wrote that until I just looked him up. My doubt has increased a fraction with that bit of knowledge.