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Very disappointing movie

Standing on a plug barefoot is better than that but I refer to several whole seasons and films in the below 31 club

If you say so. Personally there has been nothing (not even TATV) that gave me a sense of having no redeeming qualities whatsoever than S31 did.

Edit: I take that back. I liked Rachel Garrett's phaser. That was about it.
 
I had fun with it. It's still a better time then quite a few other Trek installments.
Oh yeah. I'll still take it over the likes of The Alternative Factor, Code of Honor, Let He Who is Without Sin, Profit and Lace, Threshold, A Night in Sick Bay, the aforementioned TATV and quite possibly Four and a Half Vulcans and others pretty much anytime.
 
I am watching the end of this movie right now, waiting for the end. This movie is so bad. Am I disappointed? Yes, but mostly in myself, because I am forcing myself to finish the movie so I can cross it off of my "series by stardate"-list.
 
Was anyone else disappointed in section 31 i was really looking forward to it but it was a big letdown didn't feel like star trek at all
Nope I wasn't particularly interested in it to start with and, being Irish myself, that was the worst excuse for an Irish accent I've ever heard so thats what did it for me.
 
I was hoping for Section 31 to be "middle of the pack" in my rankings for Star Trek movies. I never thought I'd like it as much as the TOS Movies and First Contact but I was still hoping I'd at least like it better than the rest.

What I got was something where... I like it better than Into Darkness. That's all I can say. So, based on that alone: it was a disappointment because it fell far short of where I thought I'd put it.

That having been said...

Oh yeah. I'll still take it over the likes of The Alternative Factor, Code of Honor, Let He Who is Without Sin, Profit and Lace, Threshold, A Night in Sick Bay, the aforementioned TATV and quite possibly Four and a Half Vulcans and others pretty much anytime.
I haven't seen SNW S3; and ENT became a blur shortly after both times I went through the series (in 2010 and 2020), so I can't comment on those episodes... but as far as the TOS through VOY episodes you listed, I agree and could throw in some others.
 
I suspected OP was a dodgy account. Coming in here, kicking this off then leaving is confirmation.

The only thing it lacked as "Controversial opinion" before starting.
 
I dunno. The OP's behavior is not all that different from many newbies who join, say little of substance, and disappear almost as quickly. I don't think there was any malicious intent there.
 
Sight-unseen, I would put it in the category of "movies I wish I could wipe from the memory of history." Like the Bakshi version of LotR (yeah, just solarize the reference films and call it rotoscoping), or Rabbit Test, or (my favorite winged butt-monkey) the 1939 MGM Wizard of Oz.

BTW, I actually sat through the Bakshi LotR (it didn't just have an "uncanny valley"; it had an "uncanny pit"), and I even sat through Rabbit Test. Haven't seen the MGM Wizard since Judy Garland was still alive, mainly because of its tail-wagging-the-dog effect on popular conceptions of Oz.
 
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Like the Bakshi version of LotR
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I've seen it once, and now that my expectations for the ridiculous plot have been set, I should watch it a second time to see if it is any good.

Honestly tho, there is SO much good bite sized Trek available that I'd rather just watch that for a Trek fix.
 
Section 31 wasn't bad. The first movie sets up a whole bunch of interesting back stories. A whole bunch.

3 out of 5 stars...because you never know the true rating of the series until the curtains goes up.
 

Today, in their 2026 nomination announcement, the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation summed up the movie as a “convoluted mess beaming its audience to a frontier that could finally bring this once inspiring franchised journey to a screeching halt.” Section 31 has a total of five nominations for the 26th annual Razzies, including one for the “$4.97 gold spray-painted Worst Picture Statuette.” Other films nominated for “Worst Picture” are The Electric State, Hurry Up Tomorrow, Disney’s Snow White, and War Of The Worlds.

I mean, if Kurtzman has class he'll show up in person. :lol:

Section 31 actually doesn’t hold the franchise record for most Razzie nominations. That distinction belongs to Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, which was nominated for six Razzie Awards in 1991. It “won” awards for “Worst Picture” as well as “Worst Director” and “Worst Actor” for William Shatner. The last Star Trek film recognized by the Razzies was Star Trek: Generations, which nominated William Shatner for “Worst Actor” in 1995. And the Razzies seem to really have it in for the original Captain Kirk. In 2000, Shatner was nominated for “Worst Actor of the Century.”
 
I'll never understand why someone would wish to wipe a movie "from the memory of history" or some such, even a really bad one. Maybe it's hyperbole, but it seems like there's often someone popping up to say that a movie or show should be wiped out of existence. You see it in Star Wars, Star Trek, everything.

It's too close to book burning, which I don't see any reason to joke about, for me to dig.

If you don't like the movie, or the show, just move on from it, and that can be the end of it for you. Why is that so hard? How come you have to posture as if you'd make the choice for everyone else?

(General you.)

Maybe it means something to someone, maybe they can see things you can't. Maybe while acknowledging the flaws, they appreciate certain of its other aspects. How could there have been a show like MST3K, without a well of dreck to draw from?

Because of how communication gets delivered on it, does the Internet just naturally encourage people to stake out only the most extreme positions, beyond the point of complete absurdity? Sad. :( :sigh:

P. S. Section 31 blows. No plans to revisit. But I did like the makeup.
 
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