Star Trek - Into Darkness

Jimbo18
Jimbo18 Posts: 2,347
edited June 2013 in Music & Movies
I have been a Star Trek fan since the first episode aired and really enjoyed the reboot in the last Star Trek movie. This one is even better. They didn't have to spend time introducing the new actors and explaining their new relationships with each other and basically just got down to action.

However, there are still plenty of in-jokes and references to the earlier series and movies. Very enjoyable and highly recommended to even moderate ST fans.
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  • Poolgod69
    Poolgod69 Posts: 184
    edited May 2013
    I heard the last 30 min or so was not very good. What is your opinion?
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  • Jimbo18
    Jimbo18 Posts: 2,347
    edited May 2013
    Poolgod69 wrote: »
    I heard the last 30 min or so was not very good. What is your opinion?

    I enjoyed it all the way through. But there is a break at that point that I can see where some people wouldn't like the direction. Don't want to spoil anything but when you see it, there is definitely a point where things change a bit.
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  • Poolgod69
    Poolgod69 Posts: 184
    edited May 2013
    And even worse then the apparent change in direction, you were forced to endure Alice Eve in her underwear changing into her special torpedo disarming outfit..... Yuck....:rolleyes: :lol:
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  • Jimbo18
    Jimbo18 Posts: 2,347
    edited May 2013
    Poolgod69 wrote: »
    And even worse then the apparent change in direction, you were forced to endure Alice Eve in her underwear changing into her special torpedo disarming outfit..... Yuck....:rolleyes: :lol:

    True, it was horrible. And didn't last long enough. :twisted:
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited May 2013
    I thought it was quite good. Part of the ending change was a spin on parts of Star Trek 2 and I actually liked how it went.
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  • Jimbo18
    Jimbo18 Posts: 2,347
    edited May 2013
    nguyendot wrote: »
    I thought it was quite good. Part of the ending change was a spin on parts of Star Trek 2 and I actually liked how it went.

    I agree, but I can see where some people might not like that part. I thought they did a great job of twisting TWoK around a bit, keeping the essential idea without just doing a remake.
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  • Dominion
    Dominion Posts: 69
    edited May 2013
    I will have to watch this now.
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  • joeparaski
    joeparaski Posts: 1,865
    edited May 2013
    I saw this today and I thought it was excellent!

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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,312
    edited May 2013
    I saw it over the weekend and thought it was a very good movie.
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  • domflane
    domflane Posts: 653
    edited May 2013
    I'm a big Trek fan and I loved it. Lots of people complain when their beloved movies are "messed with" in any way, but personally, I love new ideas and new content is always great. I thought the end was really cool, and I was really surprised. The trailer really had me fooled.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited May 2013
    domflane wrote: »
    Lots of people complain when their beloved movies are "messed with" in any way

    Let me quote William Shatner from his now-classic Saturday Night Live skit (co-written by Judd Apatow) which took place at a Star Trek convention....
    GET A LIFE, will you people? I mean, for crying out loud, it's just a TV show!

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  • ROHfan
    ROHfan Posts: 1,014
    edited June 2013
    The big question is this: In which movie will the Borg make an appearance?
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited June 2013
    It was terrific! They did an outstanding job casting these characters. Definitely getting the dvd when it comes out.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,877
    edited June 2013
    ROHfan wrote: »
    The big question is this: In which movie will the Borg make an appearance?

    I think we may see the beginnings of the Borg real soon.... perhaps some form of enhanced federation troop capable of fighting the Klingons in close quarters. I have always had my suspicions that the Borg were some form of experiment gone very wrong.

    From the WIKI...
    The Star Trek Encyclopedia speculates that there could be a connection between the Borg and V'ger, the vessel encountered in Star Trek: The Motion Picture; this is advanced in William Shatner's novel The Return. The connection was also suggested in a letter in Starlog No. 160 (November 1990). The letter writer, Christopher Haviland, also speculated that the original Borg drones were members of a race called "The Preservers", which Spock had suggested in the original series episode "The Paradise Syndrome" might be responsible for why so many humanoids populate the galaxy. It was confirmed in the The Next Generation episode "The Chase" that an ancient species seeded hundreds, if not thousands of planets with their DNA, creating the Humans, Vulcans, Klingons, Romulans, Cardassians and many more. Coincidentally, in the novelization of Star Trek: The Motion Picture (written by Gene Roddenberry), the Vejur entity notes that the Ilia probe is resisting the programming given to it because of residual memories and feelings for Captain Decker, from its precise replication of the Deltan lieutenant. When Vejur becomes aware of this, it decides that "the resistance was futile, of course".

    The extra section of the game Star Trek: Legacy contains the "Origin of the Borg", which tells the story of V'ger being sucked into a black hole. V'ger was found by a race of living machines which gave it a form suitable to fulfilling its simplistic programming. Unable to determine who its creator could be, the probe declared all carbon-based life an infestation of the creator's universe, leading to assimilation. From this, the Borg were created, as extensions of V'ger's purpose. Drones were made from those assimilated and merged into a collective consciousness. The Borg Queen was created out of the necessity for a single unifying voice. However, with thoughts and desires of her own, she was no longer bound to serve V'ger. This explanation, however, is not canon.

    In the graphic novel Star Trek: The Manga, the Borg resulted from an experiment in medical nanotechnology gone wrong. An alien species under threat of extinction by an incurable disease created a repository satellite containing test subjects infused with body parts, organs, and DNA of multiple species along with cybernetic enhancements put in place by advanced medical technology. The satellite was maintained by nanomachines, which also maintained the medical equipment on board. The medical facility is parked in orbit by a black hole, and along with the anomalous states of time around the black hole, allows long-term research to continue at an accelerated time scale rather than in real time speed. The medical facility deteriorates and so too does the programming of the nanomachines. The nanomachines began infusing themselves into the patients, interpreting them as part of the satellite in need of repair. Among the patients is the daughter of the head medical researcher of the satellite. The satellite eventually falls apart in an encounter with an away team from the Enterprise under the command of James T. Kirk. In the final moments of the satellite's destruction and the escape of the crew members of the Enterprise with the patients, the subjects display qualities inherently resembling the Borg; injection of nanomachines in a fashion like assimilation, rapid adaptation to weaponry, and a hive mind consciousness, as all the subjects begin following the whim of the daughter. As succumbing to the disease was inevitable, and the corrupt nanomachine programming infused itself into the bodies, the final image of the page of the manga Borg origin is left with the daughter turned Borg Queen, stating, "Resistance is futile." This origin story shares many similarities with that of the Replicators from Stargate SG-1.
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    edited June 2013
    Just got home from seeing this. One word...OUTSTANDING!

    They played this off very well with the whole time line shift created in the first one. For those who did not see Into Darkness, pay special close attention to the conversation between the "person" in the holding cell and Kirk.

    No doubt this will be a release day buy and watch on Blu Ray!

    On a side note, after seeing this, I'm very encouraged with JJ Abrams taking over the reigns for the next Star Wars!
    No excuses!
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  • DJMarty
    DJMarty Posts: 6
    edited June 2013
    This looks like it will be an awesome movie!
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  • bondslex
    bondslex Posts: 109
    edited June 2013
    It was action packed.
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  • RamZet
    RamZet Posts: 792
    edited June 2013
    It was very good.
    Favorite part was the space jump with Kirk & Khan over to the Vengeance.
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  • David R
    David R Posts: 134
    edited June 2013
    I just saw it. I would give it a one star. Two thumbs down.
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  • Kal-El
    Kal-El Posts: 7
    edited June 2013
    Why all the hate people? Perfectly good movie imo.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,913
    edited June 2013
    David R wrote: »
    I just saw it. I would give it a one star. Two thumbs down.

    I didn't see it but... weren't there... lots and lots of stars? Perhaps some trekking as well?
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  • David R
    David R Posts: 134
    edited June 2013
    Kal-El wrote: »
    Why all the hate people? Perfectly good movie imo.

    I am glad you liked it. Most reviewers did. The scenarios were all repeats from other episodes and movies. The first time I saw Count Yorga the Vampire the ending surprised me when the hero just rescued the heroine but we did not know that she had been converted into a vampire and she chomped onto the hero's neck ending the movie. That would surprise no one now.

    I though the actors were too young to be believable, the dialog was hokey and the logic was absurd.
    Spock speaks to future Spock and asked about Khan. Future Spock tells him he can say anything because it would effect the time line then tells young Spock that he is the most dangerous man he encountered.

    I truly was disappointed
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  • David R
    David R Posts: 134
    edited June 2013
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    I didn't see it but... weren't there... lots and lots of stars? Perhaps some trekking as well?

    ha ha

    alternate answer - nope just one star - Leonard Nimoy
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,913
    edited June 2013
    David R wrote: »
    ha ha

    alternate answer - nope just one star - Leonard Nimoy

    Excellent riposte.
    Is he (Nimoy) in it? I didn't know that...
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  • David R
    David R Posts: 134
    edited June 2013
    Yep, just a cameo.
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