Star Trek X1 -Open Discussion for those who have seen the movie

[LtColCarter]

Spoiler:

I wanted to voice my thoughts on the movie, I only saw it once in theaters and just now rented it to see it again to let it soak in some more.

I'm a huge Trek fan I've seen all the movies, all the shows, and have more Trek books in my apartment than my gf would like

Overall, I have to say I enjoyed the movie. It wasn't quite as good as I was hoping; I was hoping for a Batman Begins/Casino Royale level of reboot-awesomeness. But still it was pretty decent.

My Likes:

• The Cast - I thought the cast of the Enterprise crew was perfect. I think Chris Pine makes an excellent Kirk, Urban did a perfect McCoy, they were all great.
• The Kobayashi Maru Scene - Some people didn't like it, but I thought it was perfect. It suited Kirk's rebellious nature. Some said he would have hided it better, but I doubt it. Kirk didn't think of it as cheating remember? Nor is he a dishonest person. And in STII:WoK it was already established that others new about what he did (McCoy and Spock) so making it a big secret would have been going against canon.
• The new Enterprise - I really liked the exterior design, I felt they got the right balance of new/sleek but still making it look like the TOS ship. The more industrial nature of the engineering section didn't bother me too much. ST:E had a lot of that sort of look in the ships, and this takes place between ST:E and TOS so it makes sense.
• The Crew Scenes - I already pointed out that I liked the acting, but I also think the scenes done between the new crew were very entertaining, like when Kirk meets Uhura in the bar, McCoy on the shuttle, etc.

My main dislikes were:

• The Romulans - Bana was one of the few I think didn't do that great of a job with the character. And the writers didn't give Nero enough screen time. And they were a little too sinister to be believable, they were very cliche.

• The old Spock/red matter plot - I didn't really like the way they incorporated it into the story, and a lot of technical details were wrong which really bothers us geeky Trekkies. Like Spock being able to see Vulcan implode from another planet, "red matter" sort of coming out of nowhere, etc.

I agree with everything I spoilered here. I thought they Romulans were poorly done. I didn't know they were Romulans until they told us.

[DigiFluid]

I just watched this again tonight, damn it's a good movie. I especially love Abrams' film technique of following things (like people, shuttles) outside of ships. I was thinking, Star Trek really hasn't done that before.

Now, just finished watching all the deleted scenes and god I really wish these were in the movie. If they'd included them on the first (movie) disc, they could've very easily been made available by seamless branching--preserving both the theatrical version and adding them in (the way it was done on the Terminator 2 DVD).

Oh well....maybe I can find a 'fan edit' out there somewhere.

[the fifth man]

I agree with everything I spoilered here. I thought they Romulans were poorly done. I didn't know they were Romulans until they told us.

Honestly, I didn't mind the Romulans being portrayed as they were in this film.

[LtColCarter]

Honestly, I didn't mind the Romulans being portrayed as they were in this film.

I wouldn't have had we known who the heck they were. I didn't know until we were told in the film.

[Coco Pops]

This is kinda silly I think but it's something I only just noticed on my 3rd viewing.

At the beginning portion of the film when Kirk first turns up at Starfleet he boards the shuttle with the other soon to be cadelts.

Now as that shuttle takes off you see it flying from under the scaffolding of what looks like another starship being built. And it's a similar design to the Enterprise.

Now call me crazy but I would not want to park a shuttle under anything that is holding something else up under construction........ Just wondered if anyone else noticed this.

[Sp!der]

I just read the Countdown Star Trek Comics on my ipod touch .... and I loved it.. want to watch the movie again.. watched it like... 10 Times. I even bought myself the deleuxe edition of the Star Trek Soundtrack which has most of the music on it. I love of abrams plays with the light and stuff (like he did on fringe several times). I guess this is with First Contact and Stargate my absolutley favorite sci-fi movie.

[the fifth man]

Yeah, it is pretty high up on my favorite list too. Easily in my Top 20.

[Stewart5]

I still remember being quite.....reluctant to see it. I also made some comments about the magic temporal reset button. But when I finally did get round to seeing it, it was AWESOME! AND it made mention of the original series. It rocked!!

[Coco Pops]

And they even made mention of Enterprise and Captain Archer's dog Porthos...... I got really excited that they thought to mention Enterprise in the movie too as well as the old seris. So yay Enterprise IS part of the canon ...

[LtColCarter]

And they even made mention of Enterprise and Captain Archer's dog Porthos...... I got really excited that they thought to mention Enterprise in the movie too as well as the old seris. So yay Enterprise IS part of the canon ...

yay

[P-90_177]

And they even made mention of Enterprise and Captain Archer's dog Porthos...... I got really excited that they thought to mention Enterprise in the movie too as well as the old seris. So yay Enterprise IS part of the canon ...

Yes but that's the New Star Trek Canon which is an alternate universe of the main 4 series.

[Coco Pops]

Yes but that's the New Star Trek Canon which is an alternate universe of the main 4 series.

No Enterprise is part of the normal Trek canon It fits nicely

[LtColCarter]

No Enterprise is part of the normal Trek canon It fits nicely

Then why didn't Picard know about the Borg? Just askin'!

[DigiFluid]

No Enterprise is part of the normal Trek canon It fits nicely

lolllllllllllllll

I guess this is with First Contact and Stargate my absolutley favorite sci-fi movie.

That's pretty high praise! I loved Trek2009, but personally I don't think it even comes close to the best sci-fi films ever made.

[Coco Pops]

Then why didn't Picard know about the Borg? Just askin'!

I suspect the Borg was a highly classified and controversial subject and above Picard's security clearance.. Maybe Section 31 were the only ones truly in the loop on them till Earth got attacked..... Also maybe before Picard met them there may have been many people doubting the stories and accounts of the Borg in the Federation also... Just some thoughts.