Starship Troopers: why is it that...

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

Well, aside from the surprising similar idea of cadets facing a threat while growing up, why did that film feel so much bigger, like they spent so much more money? I mean they seemed to have built the huge hallway/ terminal where Denise Richards can yell from across a long distance "Johnny Rico" picking him out of the crowd, but in our film, the hanger where our cadets leave in shuttles looks like, uh, an old hanger, while the engine rooms are obviously breweries.

WTF?

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Which film felt bigger?

I didn't notice Starship Troopers' bigness. I was too distracted by its total suckfestness.

 

[Amaris]

I was too distracted by boobs to notice if Starship Troopers felt bigger. Wait..

Anyway, Star Trek felt very epic to me. I love the hangar scene.


J.

 

[Emnabtond]

I didn't notice Starship Troopers' bigness. I was too distracted by its total suckfestness.

HOW DARE YOU.

Anyhoo, I think the constant lens flares meant that we almost didn't see what was going on half the time, that certainly could have led to some feelings of claustrophobia.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I hardly noticed ST XI's lens flares. I liked the film too much.

As for the 'airport' scene in Starship Troopers: That was an existing building, i.e. not a set. The Los Angeles Convention Center, AFAIK.

 

[Nick Ryder]

Although I always thought that JJ subconsciously did some subtle borrowing from Starship Troopers. I have to admit, the whole "You're the Captain now." line smacked of the famous "You're Lieutenant until you're dead or I find someone better."

 

[The Wormhole]

I hardly noticed ST XI's lens flares. I liked the film too much.

How can you hardly notice the lens flares? They're a huge fucking distraction in every damn scene in the movie! Hell, I grew tired of them after seeing three lens flares in a row during the Kelvin's initial flyby in the beginning.

 

[Jeri]

Cadets in Star Trek movies appeared in Wrath of Khan -- that's when the Kobayashi Maru test and Lieutenant Saavik debuted.

 

[SalvorHardin]

Well, aside from the surprising similar idea of cadets facing a threat while growing up, why did that film feel so much bigger, like they spent so much more money? I mean they seemed to have built the huge hallway/ terminal where Denise Richards can yell from across a long distance "Johnny Rico" picking him out of the crowd, but in our film, the hanger where our cadets leave in shuttles looks like, uh, an old hanger, while the engine rooms are obviously breweries.

WTF?

WTF indeed...

 

[Amaris]

I hardly noticed ST XI's lens flares. I liked the film too much.

How can you hardly notice the lens flares? They're a huge fucking distraction in every damn scene in the movie! Hell, I grew tired of them after seeing three lens flares in a row during the Kelvin's initial flyby in the beginning.

Even knowing beforehand they would be in the movie, they did not distract me one bit. For me, they added great realism.

J.

 

[Spiderpope]

How can you hardly notice the lens flares? They're a huge fucking distraction in every damn scene in the movie! Hell, I grew tired of them after seeing three lens flares in a row during the Kelvin's initial flyby in the beginning.

Most Abramites are too blinded by the light that apparently shines out of JJ's ass to notice things like lens flares.

 

[Alientraveller]

I think it was really epic: to be honest, my concern with the sequel is it won't be as epic, because we've seen a story spanning over a century across two timelines, including 25 years in the life of two young men, some of the biggest Trek ships to date, an interplanetary menace... then again The Dark Knight only ventured out of Gotham for one scene, and people thought that was more epic than Batman Begins, so what do I know. LOL.

 

[The Wormhole]

some of the biggest Trek ships to date,

Actually, both V'Ger and the Whale Probe were much larger than anything seen in Trek XI.

 

[Alientraveller]

True, but the Narada is still huge and the Enterprise (even if you think it's only 1200 feet long) and Kelvin dwarf the TOS ships.

 

[Tom Riley]

Cadets in Star Trek movies appeared in Wrath of Khan -- that's when the Kobayashi Maru test and Lieutenant Saavik debuted.

But that wasn't a group of cadets all going up against the villain as the main characters... They were just there for a few minutes aside from Saavik... who... wasn't a cadet...

 

[Greg Cox]

I never even knew what a lens flare was until I read these posts. I watched the whole movie without even noticing they were there.

 

[M'Sharak]

How can you hardly notice the lens flares? They're a huge fucking distraction in every damn scene in the movie! Hell, I grew tired of them after seeing three lens flares in a row during the Kelvin's initial flyby in the beginning.

Most Abramites are too blinded by the light that apparently shines out of JJ's ass to notice things like lens flares.

Let's refrain from making sweeping generalizations about groups of fans, shall we?

I'd never followed any of Abrams' work before (tried watching Alias once, but it didn't grab me) and the lens flares in Star Trek didn't bother me at all. I think you'll find that a lot of people here are in that same boat.

 

[ITL]

^ I'm ticking the "loved the movie, found the lens flare bloody annoying" box, such as it is.

 

[BolianAuthor]

Well, aside from the surprising similar idea of cadets facing a threat while growing up, why did that film feel so much bigger, like they spent so much more money? I mean they seemed to have built the huge hallway/ terminal where Denise Richards can yell from across a long distance "Johnny Rico" picking him out of the crowd, but in our film, the hanger where our cadets leave in shuttles looks like, uh, an old hanger, while the engine rooms are obviously breweries.

WTF?

Because it WAS bigger... it felt more epic, and had a more realistic feel to it, instead of being blinded for 2 hours, by some annoying lens flares blotting out each and every frame.

 

[Roshi]

I hardly noticed ST XI's lens flares. I liked the film too much.

Your use of the preterit tense is somewhat... puzzling.