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Posted by Orpheus on Mon Dec 10th at 2:01am 2012

I don't really wanna resurrect the recently found thread cause it loads so long.

New Star Trek trailer



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Posted by Flynn on Mon Dec 17th at 9:49am 2012

The new Star Trek's do look nice, but I can't help but think without a series to really build up a background for the whole "universe" of the new version, the films don't really work. I only got into Star Trek properly this year which I started by watching the original series, now I've watched all of them including the movies. Without the context of a series these new films just don't feel quite right.


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Posted by Crono on Mon Dec 17th at 10:05pm 2012

They actually have the same context as the original shows since this is an altered timeline. Technically the Abrams Star Trek movie is Star Trek 11 and has the most recent TNG era happenings in the Star Trek universe.

Nothing else has changed. It's not really a 100% from scratch reboot in that way and it was actually a really clever way of doing it.


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Posted by Flynn on Tue Dec 18th at 10:33am 2012

They say that but with different actors it is in no way believeable. Basically JJ Abrams latched onto a technicality that was not meant to be a major plot point.


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Posted by Crono on Wed Dec 19th at 11:48pm 2012

What are you talking about?

It's all very neatly shown and does line up with the series' lore. These characters are roughly the same characters you already knew and what is different is in the film itself.

In any case, I wouldn't want a JJ Trek series ... if anything I'd like that Captain Worf series that's being tossed around.


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Posted by Orpheus on Thu Dec 20th at 12:10pm 2012

With the 1,000 versions of timeline episodes in the Trek universe it was about time someone did one that shows what happened afterward. I personally like the new Abrams version best and hope they continue for years to come.



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Posted by Juim on Sun Feb 3rd at 12:57am 2013

Hey everybody. Happy 2013.

Just wanted to chime in about the new Trek. It kinda sucks, simply from the perspective of a true Trekkie.
First of all, Star Trek took a 12 year hit of crap in the hands of Rick Berman and Brannon Braga. They spent over 12 years churning out garbage. Pasting pizza on actors foreheads, and re-routing power from one source to another to resolve simplistic and sometimes moronic plot lines. So much so did they suck that Paramount, a completely parasitic corporate entity, determined that it no longer profited them to continue a guaranteed cash cow franchise. So along comes JJ Abrams and a whole new ST. What's his main tool of re-boot?. Time Travel.(PUKE!)
In this action packed but overly simplistic reboot, a cadet, fresh out of the academy assumes captaincy over an interstellar military fleets flagship in a matter of days. How?. Not actually sure.
Now he's (JJ) been given the reigns of Star Wars!.
What's in store for Episode VII?. It was all a dream sequence?.
I simply don't hold JJ Abrams in that high of regard as a film maker. He panders to the masses with a flashy Pseudo stylistic simplicity of film making style. Sure the man can orchestrate an action sequence, but is he really the right choice to carry on such revered franchises? Ticket sales will most likely prove me inaccurate, but I doubt wrong.




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