Poll: Will you boycott the new Star Trek movie?
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Well, the trailer looks bad-ass, and since I'm not a "write a letter to Congress if they make Kirk's hair one shade too dark" slobbering fanboy, I think I'm going to see it.
My magic eight-ball says, "All signs point to 'yes'."Frybird said:
I'll wait for the reviews, because I've been burned by bad ST movies before (though not as badly as with bad SW movies *shudder*), but I'm not going to turn my nose up at a movie because it doesn't cast an actor in his 70s for a role better suited to someone in his 20s or 30s.
-- Steve
If you prefer Shatner as the one and only Kirk, then don't see the movie.
Myself, I'm interested. I like Shat, I think his Kirk is awesome, but I'm also open to new ideas and spins on old franchises.
Heck, if most of us boycotted movies simply because so-and-so is "da best (character name) EVAR!!!11!!one!11!" then we wouldn't have The Dark Knight, which is hailed as one of the best action movies of all-time. We'd still have Adam West or Michael Keaton trying to act suave/brooding. And it'd suck.
Myself, I'm interested. I like Shat, I think his Kirk is awesome, but I'm also open to new ideas and spins on old franchises.
Heck, if most of us boycotted movies simply because so-and-so is "da best (character name) EVAR!!!11!!one!11!" then we wouldn't have The Dark Knight, which is hailed as one of the best action movies of all-time. We'd still have Adam West or Michael Keaton trying to act suave/brooding. And it'd suck.
I think it's impressive just how much WTF they cram into such a short ad.
Why is little Jimmy Kirk driving a 1960s-ish Corvette?
Why is little Jimmy Kirk driving a 1960s-ish Corvette off a cliff?
So are they implying that James Kirk was a retard as a child?
Who the heck is that robot guy?
Why are they building the Enterprise on the surface of the planet?
Why would Starfleet give command of their newest and most advanced ship to a 20 year old with no command experience?
Why is no one on the Enterprise over the age of 25?
Was that supposed to be Scotty?
Was that Swirly Light (TM) around Young Spock (TM) supposed to be the new transporter?
Did he just mention Cylons?
If they changed everything else, why did they keep the cheesy uniforms?
You can practically hear the director yelling in the background: More youthful! More Energy! More Youthful Energy (TM)! We have to make this movie appeal more to the younger generation! Let's have Kirk and Spock fight. BSG is popular, let's mention Cylons even though that show would be hundreds of years old by the time this is supposed to take place. Motorcycles are popular with youth, let's add some of those. Youth! Youth goddamn it, we need more Youth!
Why is little Jimmy Kirk driving a 1960s-ish Corvette?
Why is little Jimmy Kirk driving a 1960s-ish Corvette off a cliff?
So are they implying that James Kirk was a retard as a child?
Who the heck is that robot guy?
Why are they building the Enterprise on the surface of the planet?
Why would Starfleet give command of their newest and most advanced ship to a 20 year old with no command experience?
Why is no one on the Enterprise over the age of 25?
Was that supposed to be Scotty?
Was that Swirly Light (TM) around Young Spock (TM) supposed to be the new transporter?
Did he just mention Cylons?
If they changed everything else, why did they keep the cheesy uniforms?
You can practically hear the director yelling in the background: More youthful! More Energy! More Youthful Energy (TM)! We have to make this movie appeal more to the younger generation! Let's have Kirk and Spock fight. BSG is popular, let's mention Cylons even though that show would be hundreds of years old by the time this is supposed to take place. Motorcycles are popular with youth, let's add some of those. Youth! Youth goddamn it, we need more Youth!
I'll watch it, for the sake of curiosity alone. For me, I choose the following formula to describe the potential awfulness:
Star Trek != Michael Bay CG action-fest + lame, tacked on love story
Keep in mind that this movie is coming from the creative geniuses that brought us "Jack of All Trades" and the wank-fest that was "Transformers" (quotes used for "Transformers" due to the existence of a much better Transformers movie, 20 years prior.) I'm not expecting much, and will be quite surprised if this turns out better than Nemesis, or Insurrection.
Note: I don't speak from the perspective of a fanboy, but rather a movie critic. I've seen some good Star Trek movies, and I've seen some bad ones. I hope to be impressed, but keep my finger resting lightly on the "SUX" button. I did the same for Indiana Jones: Crystal Skull, Tropic Thunder, and Iron Man. I only pressed the "SUX" button for one of them.
Star Trek != Michael Bay CG action-fest + lame, tacked on love story
Keep in mind that this movie is coming from the creative geniuses that brought us "Jack of All Trades" and the wank-fest that was "Transformers" (quotes used for "Transformers" due to the existence of a much better Transformers movie, 20 years prior.) I'm not expecting much, and will be quite surprised if this turns out better than Nemesis, or Insurrection.
Note: I don't speak from the perspective of a fanboy, but rather a movie critic. I've seen some good Star Trek movies, and I've seen some bad ones. I hope to be impressed, but keep my finger resting lightly on the "SUX" button. I did the same for Indiana Jones: Crystal Skull, Tropic Thunder, and Iron Man. I only pressed the "SUX" button for one of them.
It's not the original Star Trek. This is a good thing, because the original Star Trek is terrible (or at the very least, very, very dated).
Considering how lame "transformers" was I'll give it a miss. Unless I get to see it for free.
I imagine they'll be some kind of lame moral message, a forced love interest or worse, both.
But boycott? It's not like their abusing their hollywood rights to try and push shitty films onto the public.
I imagine they'll be some kind of lame moral message, a forced love interest or worse, both.
But boycott? It's not like their abusing their hollywood rights to try and push shitty films onto the public.
Same, and The Guy that plays Sylar off of Heroes.SenseOfTumour said:
Simon Pegg sounds like Scottish David Tennant. Thought I would throw that out there.
Between the direction of J.J. Abrams and a cast including Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, and John Cho, there isn't even an argument here in my eyes. Of course I'm going to go see it. Who the hell cares that Shatner isn't playing Kirk in this movie? Honestly? This is the exact same gripe people had when they redid Battlestar Galactica and made both Starbuck and Boomer girls. C'mon, look at how well that turned out.
And to repeat: Simon Pegg is Scotty. That's a case closed in my book.
And to repeat: Simon Pegg is Scotty. That's a case closed in my book.
The only reason I would consider watching it.Vanguard1219 said:
The rest is just a barrelful of meh.
I do agree that from all that I know of it this movie will probably be terrible, there are a bunch of Starfleet academy books better than what this is, also the actors they chose are a joke you can look at who thy are on imdb. This being said however I do not see a need to boycott it. I mean Simon Peg and John Cho, come on. Even though I do like Simon Peg this is not a role for him since when was Star Trek a comdy (true it had comedic elements)
