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Post by ritt on Jul 23, 2016 14:41:34 GMT -6
STB is dumb fun. Maybe it's the fact that I saw it at the drive-in on a hot Summer night with a big can of hard lemonade, but something about it sorta reminded me of a certain vibe of early 80's SF exemplified by Star Frontiers, Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone, and the Gil Gerard Buck Rogers -Two fisted space heroes, hot alien babes, backlot desert planets strewn with junkyard scrap and artificial rocks, motorcycles, a certain "Comic strip" tone. The Starfleet crash suit that Kirk pulls out of his escape pod and puts on even looks like something off the cover of a an old paperback Heinlein juvenile.
And towards the end an old vet from the early days of Starfleet mentions (But they don't show)...
MINOR SPOILERS
The War against the Kzinti.
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Post by archersix on Jul 23, 2016 21:43:14 GMT -6
Well, I might just have to go watch this one. I've so far avoided the last one, out of respect for Ricardo Montalban lol
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Post by geoffrey on Jul 23, 2016 22:11:02 GMT -6
The thing that most makes me want to see it was one reviewer saying it felt like an episode of 1960s Star Trek.
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Post by ritt on Jul 23, 2016 23:09:31 GMT -6
The thing that most makes me want to see it was one reviewer saying it felt like an episode of 1960s Star Trek. It's like the original series in that it shows beings from diverse races and cultures coming together in a spirit of optimism* and equality to Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before. It's very unlike TOS in that it has near-constant fights, chases, and explosions. *And thank goodness for that optimism. The dismal, nasty, paranoid tone of Star Trek Into Darkness made that weird miscarriage almost unwatchable. It felt like a Star Trek movie for people who used to beat up the kids into Star Trek.
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Post by Finarvyn on Jul 24, 2016 4:57:57 GMT -6
I enjoyed the movie. Not as much as the first one in 2009, but that one was special because it was new and edgy and it was the first TOS-style Trek we had been given for quite a while. I think no other movie is likely to capture quite that spark again.
I also agree that it's a lot more light-hearted than the second movie, which was a bit too dark and paranoid for me.
I mostly wish that they wouldn't take 3-4 years to make each one.
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Post by jeffb on Aug 7, 2016 7:03:09 GMT -6
Hmm..
I preferred Into Darkness over Beyond, the first is still my fave. So in order of appearance is my order of appeal.
That said, I love all three. Beyond was a fun romp, but I feel it was a bit of a re-hash of themes from the first two movies. The best part of Beyond, IMO, is the maturation of the crew, in particular, Kirk. Chris Pine did a fantastic job.
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Post by geoffrey on Aug 7, 2016 20:59:58 GMT -6
I thought it was a fun movie. I particularly like the fact that it happens immediately after the 79 episodes of the 1960s TV show.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2016 13:27:09 GMT -6
And towards the end an old vet from the early days of Starfleet mentions (But they don't show)... MINOR SPOILERSThe War against the Kzinti. While I'd love an Animated Series reference as much as anybody else, he says Xindi.
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Post by ritt on Aug 22, 2016 17:59:51 GMT -6
Yeah, the drive-in... the audio isn't so hot sometimes. But it's still the best place in the whole world to watch movies.
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