STONE HIM
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Then put him in the pond! If he floats...he's an anti-Trek heretic!
And then, we burn him
But he turned me into a Regulan NEWT!
I got better.

STONE HIM
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Then put him in the pond! If he floats...he's an anti-Trek heretic!
And then, we burn him
It looks like "enterprise" just on the big screen.
It looks like "enterprise" just on the big screen.
I wouldn't really mind that. This does look much better, though.![]()
Oh crap, it HAS been a while... maybe 0, 10 & 20. I've been busy dammit!Here are a few questions that might have made such a poll useful, even then:
1) How many hours of "Star Trek" do you recall watching on television in the last three months? Six months? One year?
Uh oh....I bought a TOS-E model for $30 off amazon a while ago. Aside from my DVD's and a bunch of books, that's it.2) What was the last piece of "Star Trek" merchandise you purchased?
*sweating profusely*3) How many "Star Trek" films have you purchased tickets to see in a theater?
It really depends on how canon the chocolate is.You know, if Hershey were doing a marketing survey and the only question their people asked was "do you like chocolate?" they'd have pissed their money away pretty uselessly.![]()
Most of the TOS-based films aren't very good movies.
The ship is being built on the ground for one reason, and one reason only, so that JJ could have that Tom Cruise meeting his destiny shot, story logic and common sense be damned.
That's not storytelling, it's pandering to the morons.
So...move out of your parent's basements! You, have you ever kissed a girl?!It's just a movie...
It looks like "enterprise" just on the big screen.
I wouldn't really mind that. This does look much better, though.![]()
For all my qualms and problems with the NCC-1701 redesign, she is much cooler and better looking than Archer's NX-01 from a century earlier.
Well, let's be honest. Even the old 1960s TOS Enterprise with the old models and f/x techniques was a sexier, more beautiful ship than Archer's.I wouldn't really mind that. This does look much better, though.![]()
For all my qualms and problems with the NCC-1701 redesign, she is much cooler and better looking than Archer's NX-01 from a century earlier.
Well, she should look a lot cooler and more advanced since she's a century later - and now she does. That's the new canon.![]()
Well, let's be honest. Even the old 1960s TOS Enterprise with the old models and f/x techniques was a sexier, more beautiful ship than Archer's.For all my qualms and problems with the NCC-1701 redesign, she is much cooler and better looking than Archer's NX-01 from a century earlier.
Well, she should look a lot cooler and more advanced since she's a century later - and now she does. That's the new canon.![]()
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Man I loved my Dinky Enterprise. I loved that it could stow the shuttle in the engineering section (accuracy be damned, it was fun) and fire the torpedo discs. Pew pew!The Dinky Starfleet toys were sexier than that ship.
“We weren’t making a movie for fans of Star Trek. We were making a movie for fans of movies.”
I mean, fine, even the "I've never been a fan of Star Trek" comes into play here.
We all know what he's doing. Why does he need to throw it in our faces? I've come to understand the Star Trek that I know and love will be available to me in the future only in novel form-- but even with your "reimagining" of Trek, do you have to keep shitting on the life-long fans?
I'm admittedly still pretty excited about this movie because I have an open-mind, and I do "like movies." I loved Transformers, X-Men, the Incredible Hulk, and all the cheesy remakes plaguing our society. I think J.J. Abrams is well-suited to creating something that "most people" will actually find they enjoy, having never seen an episode of Star Trek. Remember, after Nemesis, keeping Star Trek on the big screen required nothing less than a complete overhaul-- back to the basics. I remain cautiously optimistic, but I find it unfortunate that Abrams feels the need to estrange the people who... um... still chat about Star Trek on message boards
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IT'S THIS MOVIE OR NOTHING FOR THE FUTURE OF TREK. GET ONBOARD OR BE LEFT WITH NO NEW TREK FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
I kissed a girl, and I liked it.So...move out of your parent's basements! You, have you ever kissed a girl?!It's just a movie...
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I kissed a girl, and I liked it.So...move out of your parent's basements! You, have you ever kissed a girl?!It's just a movie...
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Should we start citing threesomes? That'll thin the herd rather quickly.
i dont agree. i saw a poll a couple of years ago that stated that 6 out of 10 americans considered themselves star trek fans.thats a huge fan base. the problem i feel has been the product that has been put out there.make a great movie and people will go and see it. its as simple as that.
That poll was bullshit. If "6 out of 10" people considered themselves "Star Trek fans" then we wouldn't be in this drought right now with no new Trek in almost 4 years. If 60% of people actually liked Star Trek then there would've have been more than enough people watching to keep Trek alive.
I'm a Star Trek fan and you couldn't have paid me to watch the pablum they were dishing out under that name the last ten years. Being a fan does not mean mindlessly tuning in for anything with the Star Trek brand name slapped on it.
The problem isn't that there aren't enough Star Trek fans, it's that Star Trek fans, like numerous other entertainment consumers, have standards and when they are presented with shit, they turn their noses up at it. They, and the people who would define themselves as "not Star Trek fans". That's why Voyager and Enterprise and Nemesis tanked. They were bad.
Paramount plainly believes there are plenty of Star Trek fans. They have to. Star Trek is their single most profitable franchise, which has kept a steady flow of money coming into their offices for 40 years. There's no other sound business reason to spend $150 million on a new movie. Because the chances that any flick can suddenly make Star Trek 'cool' and 'hip' and the next 'Gossip Girl' are pretty slim. Even given the bad judgment Parmount has displayed in regards to Trek, they aren't that friggin' stupid.
Do they want to expand that base? Of course. Would they be fine if some old hardcore nitpickers fell off in favor of a bunch of new, young fans who could conceivably spend the next 40 years sending them money? That's most likely exactly what they're hoping for. Why else hire Abrams - 'cause if you think Lost isn't a geek fest, you're nuts. It's just a geek fest that attracts hardcores and casual viewers, which they probably see as the solution to their Trek woes.
Enterprise was not bad. It was better than DS9 or Voyager. To me.
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