Hey you're talking to someone who ranks TMP as the number one movie precisely because of it's serious tone. Still, to deny that humor is not a big part of Star Trek, I fear, to me, is a fools errand...
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Hey you're talking to someone who ranks TMP as the number one movie precisely because of it's serious tone. Still, to deny that humor is not a big part of Star Trek, I fear, to me, is a fools errand...
I love TMP (my favorite Trek film) and I also love "double dumbass on you"! And other some other stabs Trek made at comedy. I'm a contradiction wrapped in an enigma dipped in chocolate.
+1.
I used to try to rank the movies, but I recently realized that over the years my 1-10 has changed a lot. I like them all, and the ranking changes with each viewing.
The JJ movies aren't included in my ranking system. Not because I don't like them, but because I haven't seen them enough yet.
I agree that it's a mostly fruitless endeavor. It can be fun exercise every time a new thread comes up, but realistically the quality from the best to the worst doesn't really deviate all that much--at least not nearly as much as some seem to insist it does.
All 12 have problems on top of problems. But, at the same time, they all maintain a level of technical professionalism beyond the scope of badness some love to attribute.
The vast majority of them fit somewhere between an A- and a C+. In other words, Star Trek film is a B student.
I agree with that, too. It's the same for some of my other favorite franchises... including Zelda, as it were.
That is very true still Star Trek II III IV VI and 09 and STID all seem to have a special Place in that ranking quite high on my list...
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That's misleading. I like humor in my Trek, I just prefer good humor, not lowbrow Adam Sandler shit.
Absolutely, right up there with tribbles and Star Trek IV. I also love McCoy's "I can fix that!"
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That's a fair point I didn't even consider. We've all likely seen the original films (1-10) so many times we can quote them in our sleep, and on demand. Now, I've seen ST09 more than 100+ times, but STID only 38 times. I think more research is needed.
Nobody's going to agree on this one. Humor is one of the most subjective things in the world. That being said, some of the humor in JJ Trek like the Enterprise as a sub or Scotty's dumb MiniMe sidekick made me feel like I was watching Galaxy Quest.
Same here.
But aside from the farm animal joke in ST09 none of the humour was that offensive.
I'm just not into the slapstick kind of humour.
Was the Enterprise as a "sub" supposed to be a joke? Came across as serious to me. Keenser wasn't a joke either. Most of the humor in the scenes with Keenser came from Scotty.
Well, I didn't expect agreement. Just that humor is nothing new to Trek. Definitely depending on individual variation there.
The Reason I love the JJ verse is it has so much in common with DS9 in tone and Style....
I loved the humour of the new movies. It's the right balance, IMO.
Certainly a billion light-years ahead of "boobs firming up" and Data making noises I can't describe politely with holographic Joe Piscopo.
Certainly a billion light-years ahead of "boobs firming up" and Data making noises I can't describe politely with holographic Joe Piscopo.
Or the corny Walton's moment between the big three at the end of every TOS episode.
