so can anyone tell me what star trek is about? like a synopsis of star trek so i get an idea of what this movie is going to be like because i might watch it.

so can anyone tell me what star trek is about? like a synopsis of star trek so i get an idea of what this movie is going to be like because i might watch it.

It's a space opera where some guys on a starship need to defeat a badguy who wants to blow up planets??

i saw this today and it was pretty fantastic  i was never really aquianted with the original series much (grew up on voyager and watched most of next generation) so I didn't have any personal attachments with the original cast all that much, but I still knew enough about them and their mannerisms to pick up on the references.   Anyways, I thought that the movie was really good and even though I could tell when the movie was specifically pandering to the trekkies, I appreciated that the movie was more than just obscure original movie references and talk about the prime directive.  It was a really good movie for the most part and I really enjoyed it

I'm just wondering why anyone would want to drink budweiser when you could easily get any other beer from Earth.

because bud's so crisp..

You're missing the point, I don't buy the poptarts around here, bub.

i saw this today and it was pretty fantastic  i was never really aquianted with the original series much (grew up on voyager and watched most of next generation) so I didn't have any personal attachments with the original cast all that much, but I still knew enough about them and their mannerisms to pick up on the references.   Anyways, I thought that the movie was really good and even though I could tell when the movie was specifically pandering to the trekkies, I appreciated that the movie was more than just obscure original movie references and talk about the prime directive.  It was a really good movie for the most part and I really enjoyed it

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Also, I like how everyone didn't feel the need to comment or really feel shocked that they were living in an alternate reality. It was for the most part "oh." Also, Nero I don't think was too impactful as a villain for those who didn't read the prequel comicbook. It gives insight and attachment to that character, whereas in the movie he was just Mr. Bad Guy with the sinister tattoos. They kind of failed on that end, but who cares? This is about Kirk and Spock.

I saw this today and thought it was pretty good. Some of the jokes made me laugh, whilst some seemed quite contrived. I laughed out laugh when the random nobody in a red suit died but found quite a lot of Kirk's cockyness over-playd and a bit hammy.

Overall, I enjoyed it, but not sure whether a sequel is necersarry as this movie only served as showing the backstory of the characters and where they came from. Now that this is told, I think the previous movies can tell the rest. Unfortunately they'll probably make a trilogy out of this. I see a sequel is already planned...

I saw this today and thought it was pretty good. Some of the jokes made me laugh, whilst some seemed quite contrived. I laughed out laugh when the random nobody in a red suit died but found quite a lot of Kirk's cockyness over-playd and a bit hammy.

Overall, I enjoyed it, but not sure whether a sequel is necersarry as this movie only served as showing the backstory of the characters and where they came from. Now that this is told, I think the previous movies can tell the rest. Unfortunately they'll probably make a trilogy out of this. I see a sequel is already planned...

ummm the movie kind of set itself up for following ones, you know, considering that it kind of creates an entirely new universe

Overall, I enjoyed it, but not sure whether a sequel is necersarry as this movie only served as showing the backstory of the characters and where they came from. Now that this is told, I think the previous movies can tell the rest. Unfortunately they'll probably make a trilogy out of this. I see a sequel is already planned...

ahaha this is like the stupidest comment.

i've never watched anything star trek other than that khan movie. it's stupid because it's obviously a reboot and he's saying WELP THIS IS POINTLESS TO CONTINUE... THEY ALREADY DID OTHER MOVIES.

it's like if he went to see Batman Begins and thought heh they're making Dark Knight?? don't you know they already made Batman and Robin pleb..

weren't all the star trek movies past like the 3rd one direct to video anyhow? i am genuinely curious because i've heard there's 10 and each one was progressively worse

yeah, which is another thing I disliked about the movie. It's kind of annoying they did the whole parrellel universe story-line. It sort of seemed that they wrote it that way so they could get Nimroy to do a cameo and possibly to do new things with the characters that wouldn't exist in the original timeline. I sort of assumed the point of the movie was to show where the characters came from. Now we know, the future movies will just be standard missions like the old movies, which is quite redundant imo. If you disregard the parallel universe, it all ties up pretty neatly and runs into where the series begins. So yeah, this would have been better if they didn't do this

edit: stern I see your point, but some of the old star trek movies were pretty good imo (unlike batman and robin), and also this film seems more of a direct relation to the series (mainly becuase it has Nimroy in it and other small things that they put in to make it look like the old movies) whilst the new batman movies are completely different retelling of the comic. Whatever, I'd probably end up seeing the second one anyway, but I don't reckon it will be anywhere near as significient.

edit: stern I see your point, but some of the old star trek movies were pretty good imo (unlike batman and robin), and also this film seems more of a direct relation to the series (mainly becuase it has Nimroy in it and other small things that they put in to make it look like the old movies) whilst the new batman movies are completely different retelling of the comic. Whatever, I'd probably end up seeing the second one anyway, but I don't reckon it will be anywhere near as significient.

to be fair, i don't know whether this movie is a direct analogue to one of the previous ones. i really just hope they don't proceed to essentially remake the other movies (though i guess i wouldn't really care since i don't really remember what they're about) because that would be amazingly lazy.

yeah, which is another thing I disliked about the movie. It's kind of annoying they did the whole parrellel universe story-line. It sort of seemed that they wrote it that way so they could get Nimroy to do a cameo and possibly to do new things with the characters that wouldn't exist in the original timeline. I sort of assumed the point of the movie was to show where the characters came from. Now we know, the future movies will just be standard missions like the old movies, which is quite redundant imo. If you disregard the parallel universe, it all ties up pretty neatly and runs into where the series begins. So yeah, this would have been better if they didn't do this

edit: stern I see your point, but some of the old star trek movies were pretty good imo (unlike batman and robin), and also this film seems more of a direct relation to the series (mainly becuase it has Nimroy in it and other small things that they put in to make it look like the old movies) whilst the new batman movies are completely different retelling of the comic. Whatever, I'd probably end up seeing the second one anyway, but I don't reckon it will be anywhere near as significient.

They did the whole alternate universe thing to reintroduce the characters to a brand new audience, while at the same time keeping the new Star Trek in the existing canon. Basically, to appeal to both original and new fans.

And, because of that, they could fit Leonard Nimoy in a role (which is not a cameo), etc etc.