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    Well, I can certainly understand why the die hard Trekkies are royally P***ED at this film. After all, the panels looked NOTHING like the original (the laser buttons weren't even labeled right!), and the engines turned at totally the wrong RPM's that they should have by starfleet regulations, the corridors were 2.543 inches too wide, the warp bubble frequency for the quantum flux capacitor dilithium matrix regulator was set at 34.5232154, (NOT the 34.5232153 as established by CANON!) Chekov's russian dialect suggests that he's from the NORTHERN part of Russia, NOT the southern part, Spock's ears were .075 centimeters too tall and .782 degrees too narrow......

     

    Well, now that all of THAT is out of the way, I have to say that this was one HECK OF A GREAT MOVIE!!!! I'd give this a 100 if I could (but as I understand it, 5 is the highest in these forums that can be given?) But I didn't go in with an open mind. Heck, I didn't go in with a closed mind either. I went in to be entertained, and to enjoy Star Trek. Nothing more, nothing less. I didn't go in looking for what was wrong with the film, nor what was right. As far as I'm concerned, Abrams could have completely thrown out the alternate timeline stuff all together, and it would have been a great film.

     

    For the record, I am a loyal Star Trek fan. I don't consider myself a "Trekkie", because frankly, I don't walk around in public (or sleep in) my starfleet uniform. I do however own all the DVD's released of every show and movie. I even play Star Trek games on my PC, and will more than likely buy my first Online Game when StarTrek Online comes out. But do I care that "Canon" wasn't held up to the highest standards as someone who can recite actual stardates (up to the nearest hundreth) to events in the Trek universe? Nope, not at all, because I don't have time for stuff like that. I took William Shatner's advice when he guest starred on SNL and said "Get a life will you people! For cryin' out loud, it's just a TV show!" and moved out on my own.

     

    Do I also care that some here might acuse me of NOT being a true fan? Nope, don't care either. Why? Because in the end, I still enjoy Star Trek, and thoroughly enjoyed this film. I hope Abrams spits out ten more like this for Star Trek, and pushes a SERIES out as well. I listened to an interview on the radio the other day from one of the past producers or writers or directors (whatever or whoever he was), and he said something that explains alot of the reason why this Star Trek film was a departure from what a Trekkie might be comfortable with (and believe it or not folks, it's NOT because of an alternate timeline.....that's science fiction ok, things like that don't happen in real life, so stay with me). He said that when he wrote for the shows on television, it became so hard with each episode to come up with new material, because there was always someone there with this huge database of information and material that made sure that nothing would "violate" the already established "Canon". That word, "Canon", that Trekkies so belovedly cherish, nourish, and keep ALIVE, was what was slowly KILLING Star Trek. But the absolute WORSE thing about Star Trek (up until this film), was ironically.....it's die hard fans. By taking THAT variable out of the equation, Abrams appealed to the rest of the population. If you have to P*** off a group of people who will be paying money to watch your work, P*** off the minority, which, as I said, are the die hard Trekkies, and make the film appealing to people not only like myself, but the general population who don't care that the captain's quarters were really on deck 7 and not on deck 9 like in the movie (oh the HORROR of such a BLATANT ERROR!).

     

    Those of you who wept because you were so disapointed at this film, for God's SAKE, don't take life so seriously! I'm not trying to force my own opinion on you, but really, is it THAT important?! But if you can't get over it, and you decide to boycot and walk away away from Star Trek forever, then good for you, and good for the rest of us (as it turns out, you're in the minority, so sales really won't be dented that much...heck, people will probably get into Star Trek now, knowing that the geeky one's are no longer around to spoil it for everybody). You'll be happy I guess, and the rest of us will embrace Star Trek for what it SHOULD be, and not how it MUST be, without hearing from the purists who are upset that the "Handed down and written by God's own finger" of Canon has been "destroyed".

     

    Mr. Abrams, an absolute great job. I plan on watching it at least one more time in the theaters, and can't wait for the Blue Ray when it comes out. Congratulations, and let's see more!

     

    Chris

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    Thank you Alterego for the info!

     

    As I had just posted in the "The Fabric of the Cosmos" thread here, I have you to partially thank as well for helping me find out what the name of the special was, and who Brian Green was. It played late one night here, and at the end, they didn't say what the name of the special was, or who the author was. When I read this thread a few days ago, and the aforementioned thread in this post, I went to PBS's site, ordered the NOVA episodes of "The Elegant Universe", and went to the bookstore the next day and bought not only the book, but Brian Greene's latest one, "The Fabric of the Cosmos".

     

    The NOVA specials are great, and Greene does well to explain how string theory came about, it's history, so on and so forth. But the book (though I have just begun to read it) is already EXTREMELY interesting.

     

    Again, thanks for the post Alterego, it is much appreciated!

  3. Posted · Edited by ChrisVon

    Thanks for the info Master_Q!

     

    I had seen Brian Greene's NOVA special, "The Elegant Universe" on PBS. Well, truthfully, PART of it, and it was really late at night, and they didn't say what the name of the show was, or who HE was either after it finished. I was really disappointed. When I saw your post, and another post (in THIS forum) concerning the special, I immediately went to PBS's site (now that I knew what the name of the special was, and who the author is), ordered not only the DVD of the Elegant Universe, but Stephen Hawking's Universe (which I ALSO missed when it originally played), and bought both books by Brian Green at my local bookstore. The NOVA special is great (in my opinion), but the book, though I have JUST started it, is VERY compelling (from a scientific point of view). I find he explains things better in the book than the show (again, not that I thought the show was bad).

     

    I can't WAIT to start reading "The Fabric of the Cosmos". Thanks again Master_Q!

     

    Chris

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    Paul Davies? Has he written any other books or papers? Name sounds somewhat familiar. Is it strictly on the concept of time machines, or does he dabble into other areas as well? In either case, I'll definately look into it. Thanks for the info too!

     

    And you're somewhat right about www.stardrivedevice.com 's website. I found that it elaborated more on his patented design for an EDF generator. On the other hand, you can see pics of his proof of concept model there. But from the little I've read so far (again, it's a pretty large book), there is some detail into the theories he has. Somewhat similar to "Treknology", and the concept of warp field theory. The equations get pretty hairy at times, but he breaks them down quite well.

     

     

    Chris

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    If I understand this right, the way warp drive works, a warp "field" is generated around a ship, which, as the name implies, "warps" the space it's in. By Einstein's theory of relativity, nothing can reach or exceed the speed of light. BUT, so long as a vessel is "enveloped" in this field, the ship ITSELF doesn't actually reach the speed of light, but rather, the FIELD it's in does. Where the number "10" comes in, is the warp factor where the ship will reach the speed of light INSIDE the warp field. So 1/2 the speed of light INSIDE the field, would in actuality be warp 5 travelling.