What do you Think about XI?

[urbandk]

things pretty much died off after DS9 went off the air. I don't remember much of anything happening the last couple of years of VOY.

Yep. DS9 was the effective end.

I agree with the poster who said that there will be new fans as there were for DK and Transformers. Casual fans. Maybe some people who always liked Star Trek but never really cared to follow it that closely.

The way to transform some casual fans into more interested fans is to keep sequels coming regularly and diversify into some sort of TV show in the same style. Don't try to rebrand the TV show as not "Star Trek," as was attempted with Ent. Instead, make trek synonymous with this new movie's aesthetic.

This Trek has little in common with the SW prequels, except that it is a modern sci-fi film with a big budget. No jar jar. No ham-fisted dialogue. No long sequences of expository nonsense. f'ing midichlorians. What rubbish.

 

[superdeluxe]

I do.

I also think that many that used to be trek fans/casual fans, will come back to the fold. With the recent build up of the new trek, I have started to watch the repeats of trek on Sci-Fi network (or was that spike network?), my interest in the whole franchise has increased 10x fold.

 

[superdeluxe]

Trek has never been about space battles. or at least, it shouldn't be.

The head to head battle between Kirk vs Khan was epic.

 

[Captain X]

This Trek has little in common with the SW prequels, except that it is a modern sci-fi film with a big budget. No jar jar. No ham-fisted dialogue. No long sequences of expository nonsense. f'ing midichlorians. What rubbish.

Actually the way it sounds it has a lot in common with those. It doesn't have the midichlorians, but it has Scotty and his sidekick to provide comedy relief ala Jar-Jar, plenty of ham-fisted dialog (like pretty much every action movie) and the whole movie is a long sequence of expository nonsense.

 

[urbandk]

This Trek has little in common with the SW prequels, except that it is a modern sci-fi film with a big budget. No jar jar. No ham-fisted dialogue. No long sequences of expository nonsense. f'ing midichlorians. What rubbish.

Actually the way it sounds it has a lot in common with those. It doesn't have the midichlorians, but it has Scotty and his sidekick to provide comedy relief ala Jar-Jar, plenty of ham-fisted dialog (like pretty much every action movie) and the whole movie is a long sequence of expository nonsense.

that's true... there was this dialogue sequence:

Uhura: We used to come here for school retreat. We would swim to that island every day. I love the water. We used to lie out on the sand and let the sun dry us and try to guess the names of the birds singing.

Kirk: I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere. Not like here. Here everything is soft and smooth.

 

[section9]

This Trek has little in common with the SW prequels, except that it is a modern sci-fi film with a big budget. No jar jar. No ham-fisted dialogue. No long sequences of expository nonsense. f'ing midichlorians. What rubbish.

Actually the way it sounds it has a lot in common with those. It doesn't have the midichlorians, but it has Scotty and his sidekick to provide comedy relief ala Jar-Jar, plenty of ham-fisted dialog (like pretty much every action movie) and the whole movie is a long sequence of expository nonsense.

that's true... there was this dialogue sequence:

Uhura: We used to come here for school retreat. We would swim to that island every day. I love the water. We used to lie out on the sand and let the sun dry us and try to guess the names of the birds singing.

Kirk: I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere. Not like here. Here everything is soft and smooth.

Please tell me you're riffing from Episode II.

Please.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

If it's bad, people who have been anticipating its greatness will admit their disappointment. Except for Starship Polaris.

Hey, how dumb would someone have to be to have hung around here and Trekmovie for the last three years, watched all the footage and not already know substantially what we're getting?

Unless one's avoiding spoilers, of course. Trek boards would be a real bad place for that, really.

 

[urbandk]

well, there was this sequence with Scotty's new friend:

Scotty: How did you end up here with me?

Scotty's alien sidekick: I don't know. Mesa day startin pretty okee-day with a brisky morning munchy, then BOOM! Gettin very scared and grabbin that phaser and POW! Mesa here! Mesa gettin' very very scared!

 

[Sector 7]

well, there was this sequence with Scotty's new friend:

Scotty: How did you end up here with me?

Scotty's alien sidekick: I don't know. Mesa day startin pretty okee-day with a brisky morning munchy, then BOOM! Gettin very scared and grabbin that phaser and POW! Mesa here! Mesa gettin' very very scared!

 

[Temis the Vorta]

I think that

1. I will love it.

2. A lot of people who don't give a flying frak about Star Trek will love it.

3. It will make boatloads of money.

4. We should expect more movies and an eventual TV series (23rd C milieu, probably w/new characters).

That's all I wanted!

 

[Garrovick]

I personally doubt this new movie will bring about another 43 years of Trek, like the last 43 years.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

No one Trek production has been responsible for 43 years of anything - it's nearly died out at least twice, maybe three times. This movie may start up the next four to six years of the thing, then it'll be time for another direction.

 

[Captain X]

that's true... there was this dialogue sequence:

Uhura: We used to come here for school retreat. We would swim to that island every day. I love the water. We used to lie out on the sand and let the sun dry us and try to guess the names of the birds singing.

Kirk: I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere. Not like here. Here everything is soft and smooth.

Why are you even talking to me, man?