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Thanks for the suggestion! I did call them and the woman I talked to couldn't find out how big the screen was, but she did say it was a screen on the wall and not one of those all-encompassing IMAX screens. So I decided to forgo the longer drive and $13.50 price tag to go to a closer theater with tickets for $2.50. Awesome.
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Remember the first season of Next Generation? There were quite a few recycled stories from TOS and none of them ended up being particularly good. Actually, that whole season was kind of hokey.
So I agree if they bring Khan back, it should be completely different than "Space Seed." Perhaps a surprise ending where Khan and his gang become productive members of society!
And they shouldn't do it any time soon because yeah, it would give the feeling that they're out of ideas.I'm not opposed to the idea. I was very highly skeptical of this movie before it came out and I wound up liking it a lot. So I think if they can pull it off correctly, they should definitely do it. But yes, it would be very risky and there are a lot of things that can go wrong.
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So is it really not worth it to see Star Trek on the IMAX, then? There's an AMC theatres with an IMAX screen near me that I was planning on hitting up this weekend. But from what I heard here, it wouldn't be a real IMAX screen, and the movie wasn't shot with IMAX film anyway. If it's really not worth it, I'd rather go to a theater closer to me with cheaper tickets to see the movie again.
You owe it to yourself to see an IMAX film if you haven't seen one. Hit up a science museum: they usually have the best films. The first IMAX movie I ever saw was also the best one I ever saw. It was at the Smithsonian air and space museum and it was about very small and very large things, taking you inside an atom and out into the universe. It was QUITE AWESOME. I also saw one at a science museum in Kuwait about roller coasters, and it took you on several rides. You seriously get the feeling that you are riding on those rides because the screen is all around you. It was really funny to catch myself bracing in anticipation of going over a hill or taking a tight turn.
Now this is IMAX:
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I think he looks remarkably like Spock and gave a really good performance. The one problem I had was that every time he opened his mouth to speak, he sounded like Sylar. Nimoy has a deeper voice than Quinto. Haha, while I was in the theater, the first time adult Spock showed up, someone in front of me whispered "Spock is Sylar!" Hah.
Click for Spoiler:different timline.In the novel, at the spot where Spock declines acceptance into the VA, in response to the underhanded insult of one of the CM, he closes the conversation by saying; live long and prosper while flipping them the bird!
Click for Spoiler:Are you kidding? I expected him to start slicing open that Vulcan's head with his mind! Pffft!
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I wish there was something I could do to my hair to make it look good, but alas. It has an aversion to looking good.
I miss school.
If I was still in school, yesterday would have been my last day of exams and I would be free—free—for the summer. If I could set up a time loop to repeat the last eight years over and over again, I would, even though two of those years were not very fun. Man. I'll get on that right after I finish inventing transporters and holodecks. My todo list is quite fantastic. -
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Thanks for the info! And thanks for setting my name back. That rocks.
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Howdy. I've noticed that some people have little pithy titles/descriptions instead of their rank right above the rank image. How does one go about changing this? I tried and only succeeded in changing my display name, which I now have to wait a month to change back.
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Spock's my favorite and he was my favorite in the movie, too. Quinto looked remarkably like Spock, but I did cringe a little whenever he spoke. Because no matter what, he sounds like Sylar. Hah...
McCoy might have been my favorite in the movie. I think his acting was spot on. But he didn't have blue eyes, he had dark hair, and he didn't have enough of an accent, so I really couldn't see him as McCoy.
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It had better be Klingons or I'm writing nasty-grams.
But look at the most successful movie villains: Khan and to a much lesser extent Borg queen. Both of them came from the television series. I can't recall if we actually saw the Borg queen before First Contact or if she was even hinted at, but the movie did bring back some villains from the series rather than invent new ones. And it definitely helped that Picard had a personal vendetta against her... much like Kirk and Khan. Just a thought.
Also, you know that one episode from Next Generation with the mind controlling slugs and Riker eats worms? (OK... yes. That's how I name the episodes in my mind. "That one where...") They never ever followed that up and I would like to see it followed up. Probably can't do that working with the original series characters. But if they could find I way, I would love it.
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I especially liked the image of the drill beam shooting down into San Francisco Bay. I think I might have been the only one in the theater who cracked up laughing. To me, it brought to mind the very similar image of the whale probe evaporating the water in The Voyage Home. That was either a very clever homage or a very happy coincidence. -
it's generally understood that when someone says "I'm from..." they're talking about the place they were bornI've never assumed that... I ask someone where they're from and then I'll sometimes ask how long they've lived there. I was born in Washington state. I live in Houston currently. If someone asks me where I'm from, I'll say San Antonio, but the truth is I only lived there for two years before going off to college. I lived in New York for four consecutive years, Washington and Virginia each for four years... longer than I lived in San Antonio. I say I'm from Texas. But I'm not originally from Texas. I haven't even spent a third of my life here. So when someone says they're from a certain place, I don't assume that they've been there their whole lives or even for most of their lives.
Click for Spoiler:I liked the movie as a movie on its own. I love all of the inside jokes and little references and tributes. I think it was an absolutely great way to pay tribute to and keep elements of the old Star Trek but to give it a new beginning at the same time. It had plenty of plot holes and cliches, but I am actually very good at overlooking those types of things. I'm a Trekkie, after all. :P But the alternate timeline bothered me. I had a thought if they did that just to have an excuse to have Nimoy in the film, then maybe Nimoy shouldn't have been in the film. I think it could have worked using the original timeline... I'm sure they could have done something.
I was talking to my parents after the movie and I told them that as soon as Spock's mom died, I thought to myself, "Great. This never happened. They're going to write this movie off as an alternate reality. I'm watching a movie that never happened." And my mom told me, "Guess what. none of it ever happened. It's not real." And it made me think. And I came to the conclusion that my real problem with the movie is that it brings reality into Star Trek. That they felt they needed to give it a different start in order to draw people in. That it was, essentially, made for ticket sales (I know, I know, everything is. But it's tough to see something you love sold out for more money.) Star Trek is this great little universe of really fantastic stuff and in the past it has been—quite frankly—a sanctuary for me. So seeing it juxtaposed with reality is just a bit... unsettling.
Now, something I've been wondering: would it have been a better ending if they had fixed the timeline and everything went back to "normal" and none of the movie ever happened? I've been thinking about this, and it was originally the ending I thought would happen as I was watching the movie. It is a complete and total copout, yes. But I think the whole alternate timeline is a copout as well. At least fixing the timeline brings some closure and sets up any future movies to take place in the "correct" Star Trek timeline.
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Enterprise started in 2001, so it would have just ended its sixth season if it was still running.
Ah, my mistake. I thought it started in 2000.
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It's a shame that Enterprise was canceled. I just finished watching its first entire series run on the Sci-Fi channel (I'm a little behind; I tape and watch later.), and during and after many episodes I found myself saying aloud, "Why would they ever want to cancel a show like this?" It really was a great show, and I enjoyed it very much. Having just finished watching the series, I feel that it really could have gone on to greatness. It doesn't help that the very last episode left much to be desired. It could have at least been ended gracefully without dragging TNG into it.
Here's a thought:
If Enterprise had gone seven years, it would have probably ended its run a few weeks ago. Dang.
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A little late but better than never.
Indeed, I live in Texas. I've been here for a few years, now. I didn't like it at first, but now I have a sort of... affection... for it.
VaBeachGuy, I have this great quote. ^-^
"If I owned Hell and Texas, I'd rent out Texas and live in Hell."
-- General P.H. Sheridan
I used to live in Virginia... and it is so beautiful there. Virginia is certainly prettier than Texas (though Texas does have it's moments). But Texas is by far the proudest state I have ever visited/lived in.
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I was seventeen and a junior in high school. That seemed like forever ago. Now I'm twenty-three. I graduated college a year ago and started a job in the space industry last August.