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What are your controversial Star Trek opinions?
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We all have our own bones to pick!
Bah. I thought my Star Wars Lite comment would get more flames. Some valid points were made, thanks for bringing them to the table. Trek IMHO works best as a blend of action, character drama, commentary and a good dose of "don't take it too seriously it's pretend."
Can't really think of anything to throw out there that's not silly or an obvious attention-getter. so I have to go back to reading replies until I can think of something.
Can't really think of anything to throw out there that's not silly or an obvious attention-getter. so I have to go back to reading replies until I can think of something.
Because, as much as lots of people try to equate the two (I have for a number of years) they are not equal. One is largely fantasy but in space, while the other about our humanity specifically. It still is a fantasy but has more direct references to our current culture. Equating the two is common but not fully accurate.
Micheal Burnham is actually a great character
Gabriel Lorca was a good captain too
Gabriel Lorca was a good captain too
Star Trek 2009 is as close as Trek has come to being a Star Wars movie.
Controversial Opinion: There's more going on emotionally and more narrative complexity in the Abrams films than in the majority of other Star Trek movies.
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Seeing the Enterprise killed like that in Beyond made me feel very sad
It was a strange version of the Kelvin Enterprise with tiny engines but it was still a shame to see it go.
To offer an uncontroversial opinion, it's always sad to see the Enterprise get exploded.
I think of TMP as Trek's imperfect masterpiece. I like it, it's my favorite Star Trek film, but it deserves criticism.
The lack of conversation between Kirk and Scott during the Enterprise flyby is a good example of a major problem the film also has elsewhere. Just as when the Enterprise enters V'ger's cloud, the film simply indulges in spectacle, instead of advancing the story efficiently and effectively. Contrast these instances with Spock's spacewalk when he flies through the imaging chamber. In that segment, we have both spectacle and a monolog that advances the story in a significant way.
The lack of conversation between Kirk and Scott during the Enterprise flyby is a good example of a major problem the film also has elsewhere. Just as when the Enterprise enters V'ger's cloud, the film simply indulges in spectacle, instead of advancing the story efficiently and effectively. Contrast these instances with Spock's spacewalk when he flies through the imaging chamber. In that segment, we have both spectacle and a monolog that advances the story in a significant way.
Flawed masterpiece is a great way to describe TMP. I think it's greatest flaw is a lack of warmth, rather than it's glacial pace. In TOS we always had an impression of bonhomie between the various principles and that's lost in TMP.
It's a visually stunning film though. Completely unique in the franchise and I can't wait to see it in 4K.
It's a visually stunning film though. Completely unique in the franchise and I can't wait to see it in 4K.
It's in character of Kirk and Scotty because of their pride of the Enterprise. That's what I meant by past behavior. Scotty always was in love with the Enterprise, and Kirk said many times how much he adores her.
It's another reason why her destruction in STIII packs such a serious punch.
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This!!!
...The animated Transformers movie, right? I mean, if you're saying fun...
Is it? We have no idea how long he was there...
That movie has never been bettered as far as a Transformers movie goes. How I wept when Optimus Prime died.
Really.
I was 9.
Or 29.
Take your pick.
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This. While Star Trek's stance on physics often comes in for scrutiny, it seems happy putting any old biological or medical nonsense out there unchallenged. As a biologist I often find myself wincing. Bashir's early line "the DNA is breaking down into complex protein fragments" still haunts me to this day...
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Try being a psychologist and watching Troi for all this time…
Pedantic psychobabble!
She had a couple of good moments, but was mostly offering platitudes and freshman level insights. It would have been nice if they had portrayed her as more skilled and better trained.
Only someone with Augmented intelligence can understand.
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