Wow, you're opinion couldn't be more different than mine. I agree the movie has some fuck up moments, Spock/Uhura and the numerous aliens being prominent ones, but I consider this to be one of the best movies I've watched. The new version of the main cast really annoyed me, mostly Spock. It's not like with Kirk, whose character wasn't all that overwhelming anyway, and I think overall the guy stayed in character, however annoyinly he did it, but QuintoSpock was just bad. He had huge Nimoy shoes to fill, and I didn't like him. Pike was amazing, and Spock Prime was my favorite part of the movie, as to be expected of Nimoy. As for the cupcake guy, it's the guy whom Kirk called cupcake in the Uhura in a bar scene. The fact that they had turbines there was weird, but the ship does need a water supply. The music was amazing. If you'd taken the time to listen to the soundtrack alone, I'm sure you'll have a more positive view of it. It wasn't the Trekkiest, but then again, neither was this movie. The point wasn't to relive TOS.
The whole Nero part can be answered. There's a comic called Star Trek : Cowntdown, which is a prequel to this movie. The comic itself it great, and it explains everything very well (Not to mention it has Worf in it, and extra awesomeness), and I think the movie can't stand apart from it. It's really obscure without reading this.
The alien in the out post on Delta Vega was Reman, to the best of my knowledge, or erally looked like a Reman, and a movies today tend not to make the aliens look too different from one another if they aren't explicitly humanoid.
All that aside, I think this movie's greatest fuck up was during the Kobayashi Maru scene. They said "Klingon Warbirds". Not once, not twice, but three times! How can they make the same mistake three times! It may be an alternate universe, but I don't think the Klingons would switch ships with the Romulans! Call them Birds of Prey damn it!
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Date: 2009-10-11 08:06 pm (UTC)The new version of the main cast really annoyed me, mostly Spock. It's not like with Kirk, whose character wasn't all that overwhelming anyway, and I think overall the guy stayed in character, however annoyinly he did it, but QuintoSpock was just bad. He had huge Nimoy shoes to fill, and I didn't like him.
Pike was amazing, and Spock Prime was my favorite part of the movie, as to be expected of Nimoy.
As for the cupcake guy, it's the guy whom Kirk called cupcake in the Uhura in a bar scene. The fact that they had turbines there was weird, but the ship does need a water supply.
The music was amazing. If you'd taken the time to listen to the soundtrack alone, I'm sure you'll have a more positive view of it. It wasn't the Trekkiest, but then again, neither was this movie. The point wasn't to relive TOS.
The whole Nero part can be answered. There's a comic called Star Trek : Cowntdown, which is a prequel to this movie. The comic itself it great, and it explains everything very well (Not to mention it has Worf in it, and extra awesomeness), and I think the movie can't stand apart from it. It's really obscure without reading this.
The alien in the out post on Delta Vega was Reman, to the best of my knowledge, or erally looked like a Reman, and a movies today tend not to make the aliens look too different from one another if they aren't explicitly humanoid.
All that aside, I think this movie's greatest fuck up was during the Kobayashi Maru scene. They said "Klingon Warbirds". Not once, not twice, but three times! How can they make the same mistake three times! It may be an alternate universe, but I don't think the Klingons would switch ships with the Romulans! Call them Birds of Prey damn it!