So, in the end, did you LIKE Star Trek XI?

[DiSiLLUSiON]

While not the best SF movie in my eyes, it's certainly the best of all the Star Trek movies, by far.

 

[captcalhoun]

no. can't believe they got the characters right only to fuck up everything else.

 

[Woulfe]

FourtyTwo

- W -
* What do you mean that's not an answer ? *

 

[Jeri]

The best SF movie of the decade so far!

Wow, that is high praise, coming from someone who sees -- 100? -- new movies per year?

 

[Rackon]

Going in, I didn't expect to like it. I'm not a huge Abrams fan, at least as a movie director. Didn't like MI3. Thought the cast looked very promising. But I was willing to give XI a fair shake - ya never know.

Indeed not.

I loved it. Flaws and all. Loved. It. Have the hots for NuSpock, even though I'm old enough to be his mom.

I've seen XI now 12 times. Also gone back to enjoying TOS, which I saw on my little 22" TV when they aired the first time way back when. They still look pretty good on the HDTV. Haven't looked at those episodes in at least 10 years. Rereading old ST novels too.

Can't wait for the next installment.

 

[M'Sharak]

I've seen XI now 12 times. Also gone back to enjoying TOS, which I saw on my little 22" TV when they aired the first time way back when.

"Little", heh. Didn't the largest ones have about 25-inch screens then? Some of them even had color.


M', thinks ours was a 19

 

[Chrisisall]

The best SF movie of the decade so far!

Respectfully disagree- the SECOND best, behind Serenity. But fantastic, yes. I had to have the Playmates Enterprise & everything.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

I probably liked "Serenity" better as well.

That said, I liked this movie a lot - not so much as a science fiction movie, but certainly as "Star Trek." I look forward very much to the next one and to the creators sticking to this winning approach to the whole Franchise.

 

[Yeoman Randi]

Saw it three times (wished i could have seen it more) and LOVED it. Was invigorated by it. Really really LOVED IT.

 

[Chrisisall]

That said, I liked this movie a lot - not so much as a science fiction movie, but certainly as "Star Trek."

I can't wait for more myself, however, STTMP is my favourite Trek movie, and likely will be lest they pull off a true writing miracle for one of the next movies. In fact, TMP is in my top 5 sci-fi flicks of all time.

 

[Jeri]

"Little", heh. Didn't the largest ones have about 25-inch screens then? Some of them even had color. M', thinks ours was a 19

We had one of those big color console TV's for the last two seasons. My dad was not a spendthrift, but he liked television a lot. I think moving to SoCal in 1967 might have influenced him. We got heaps of channels from L.A.

 

[IcecreamLtDan]

Wasn't sure what to expect, didn't expect a lot to be honest. When it was all said and done with, I loved it. Sure, it has it's faults, but overall I enjoyed it greatly.

 

[Chrisisall]

When it was all said and done with, I loved it. Sure, it has it's faults, but overall I enjoyed it greatly.

Did you like the new Enterprise design as much as I did?
I thought it was at least as good as the first Motion Picture refit.

 

[M'Sharak]

"Little", heh. Didn't the largest ones have about 25-inch screens then? Some of them even had color. M', thinks ours was a 19

We had one of those big color console TV's for the last two seasons. My dad was not a spendthrift, but he liked television a lot. I think moving to SoCal in 1967 might have influenced him. We got heaps of channels from L.A.

I remember those console sets. Whereabouts in SoCal?

 

[Jeri]

I remember those console sets. Whereabouts in SoCal?

In Grand Terrace, on Blue Mountain, out in the Inland Empire.

 

[M'Sharak]

I remember those console sets. Whereabouts in SoCal?

In Grand Terrace, on Blue Mountain, out in the Inland Empire.

Heh, small world -- that's about 20 or 25 minutes down the hill from me, depending on traffic. My folks moved here in 1969. At one point in the late 70s, I lived in an apartment just off of Waterman Avenue near Barton Road, and used to take Reche Canyon Rd. going home from work.

 

[NormL]

No

 

[Sector 7]

"Little", heh. Didn't the largest ones have about 25-inch screens then? Some of them even had color. M', thinks ours was a 19

We had one of those big color console TV's for the last two seasons. My dad was not a spendthrift, but he liked television a lot. I think moving to SoCal in 1967 might have influenced him. We got heaps of channels from L.A.

I remember those console sets. Whereabouts in SoCal?

I'm jealous!! We had a whopping 13" black & white television. I watched my first color TV in the community room in college. Now I have a new Samsung 50" DLP!

 

[Jeri]

M'Sharak, holy moley! That's pretty crazy. We moved there in 1967 and moved away after I graduated in 1970 from Colton High School. So we were there when your folks moved in. (Where is that?)

I liked it there; we all did. It's where I became a desert rat. We moved every couple years with Dad's job. Mom and Dad retired to Hemet about 15 years later.

 

[M'Sharak]

M'Sharak, holy moley! That's pretty crazy. We moved there in 1967 and moved away after I graduated in 1970 from Colton High School. So we were there when your folks moved in. (Where is that?)

20 miles due east, in Yucaipa.

I liked it there; we all did. It's where I became a desert rat. We moved every couple years with Dad's job. Mom and Dad retired to Hemet about 15 years later.

Sounds like Air Force? I've been out to Hemet a couple of times in the last year or two, visiting the museum at the Western Center for Paleontology.