Comments on: The New Star Trek: A Fan's Notes

By: wordsworthely

wordsworthely — Tue, 19 May 2009 23:10:13 +0000

As to: "Why would they design a ship where the interior consists of walkways with no guardrails over a huge open pit?"
In a world where teleportation exists, it is a good defense mechanism.

A very interesting interpratation of the movie, or I should say interpretations, can be found here:

http://www.pandalous.com/nodes/star_trek_the

By: lostepic

lostepic — Wed, 13 May 2009 09:20:06 +0000

novel? who said anything about novel? Its not new to star trek and BSG is certianly not the first to simulate the real silence of space. You still need some sound when action is going on due to the fact it can get boring fast. Film producers have done tests before on vieweres. The sound is needed, wheather muffled or out right explosive. I was just commenting that I enjoyed the repreave of silence as we followed the crew member into space. Nothing novel.

By: anon76

anon76 — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:23:41 +0000

Oh come on kids, the woman getting sucked out at the beginning was almost exactly like the scene where the dark-haired 6 gets sucked out of Galactica while making repairs. The silence was also extremely reminiscent of the space combat in BSG- not that I'm complaining, I loved it, but you can't say it's all that novel (just novel to Star Trek).

By: Kemper

Kemper — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:15:19 +0000

@ Church - Ah, I didn't think about that warping into Titan's atmosphere aspect of that. So they did manage to pull an Adama Maneuver, too.

By: Church

Church — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:51:51 +0000

@Kemper - I was talking about warping to Titan, not the shoot-out, but that's a good point too.

By: lostepic

lostepic — Mon, 11 May 2009 15:26:45 +0000

@eddardstark: Yeah. I can see that. I like Eric Bana. And when I heard he was playing the villian I was excited. I just wish his character was more fleshed out and that the reasons of his vicious actions were more evident.

By: eddardstark

eddardstark — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:52:58 +0000

Not to get too geeky here, but the fact Spock and young Kirk get stranded on the same planet (and even the same area) makes sense. The Romulans dumped Spock there so he could watch his planet die. Kirk gets dumped there because it's the nearest habitable planet to the disaster that the Enterprise is leaving. That side of the planet would still be facing Vulcan when Kirk gets marooned. And considering that area seemed lacking for shelter, it seems pretty logical (ahem) they would end up in the same place.

And I don't care what you guys say, Eric Bana kicked butt.

By: Kemper

Kemper — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:12:34 +0000

@ Church - I wouldn't call it so much an Adama Manuever. It reminded me more of Lee showing up to save the day when it looked like Galactica was finished. And what both Spock and Lee did to finish the job in their respective fights.
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Isn't it great to see new life breathed into an old franchise like this? Makes one wonder why any self-respecting nerd would turn down the opportunity to watch an old show turned into something fresh and new without forgetting its roots, doesn't it? *As I look innocently in Lev's direction.*

By: Church

Church — Mon, 11 May 2009 02:06:15 +0000

Hrm. Doesn't the Enterprise perform the Adama Maneuver at the end there?

By: Kemper

Kemper — Sun, 10 May 2009 12:10:33 +0000

Not flawless, but very, very good. Loved the new cast and the sense of fun & adventure they brought back to the concept.
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I agree with most of Lev's comments about some of the problems with it, but I don't think Scotty was an 'interplanetary vagrant'. They said he was a Starfleet guy who got a crappy posting after he lost an admiral's dog during his long range transporter test. When he and Kirk got back to the Enterprise, someone asked him if he was in Starfleet and he said yes.
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Things I especially loved included the return of the 'classic' uniforms, the new warp speed, the shot of the Enterprise coming out of the smokey atmosphere of the moon with Saturn in the background, Kirk screaming "Stop it!" when McCoy kept injecting him in the neck, and Chekov beaming up Kirk and Sulu right before they went splat.
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Oh, and the scene where Spock was about go get smoked by the missiles and the Enterprise warped in with guns ablazing to save him was the coolest space battle scene I've seen since a few key moments during the Battle of New Caprica.
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One more random note. Were my eyes playing tricks on me, or was the mesh pattern on the uniform shirts made up of tiny Starfleet logos? Talk about attention to detail....
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Props to J.J. Abrams for performing CPR on this franchise.