leelakin ([info]leelakin) wrote,
@ 2009-05-20 12:18:00
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lol Star Trek


So, I was the last person on Earth to see the new Star Trek movie. XDDD Here's my selective opinion on it (because I always forget major points anyway XD).
I was a bit afraid because of JJ Abrams and all that, you know. (I really hated Cloverfield >_>) But I was pleasantly surprised. 8D

First off, it was really FUN to watch. 8D Really kept my interest up all the way through.
I loved the Romulan ship design! Although the Romulans themselves confused me, I know they have the same ancestors as the Vulcans, but they really looked like tattooed Vulcans. 8D;; (the main baddie had Mulder's voice in the German dub olololol)
The space scenes were awesome @-@ really neat CGI. Maybe a BIT much fake lensflare in the first half. XDDD The whole new parallel universe/time travel thing was a bit obscure, but maybe that's because I was tired. 8D;

About the characters, I really liked their representations overall. Lol, Chekov was awesome (although I thought they overdid him a little). I think they could've toned down that young-Kirk-was-such-a-daredevil-omg, because it just seemed stupid to me. XD; But Kirk was better once he was on the Enterprise. Paul McGillion as Scotty would've been so much more fitting, but oh well. XD
Uhura was really empathic (ollolol), but that's sorta fitting I guess, and Quinto as Spock was pretty awesome, I must admit. And Leonard Nimoy had a bigger role than I thought!

BUT. Spock/Uhura? XD REALLY? Come on. It was sweet and I guess okay if you haven't seen TOS at all. Because this doesn't really fit. But if you just see it as non-sorta-half-canon, it's still fun. XD I can deal with that.

What did you guys think? 8D

♥

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[info]courtknee
2009-05-20 01:17 pm UTC (link)
lol I have not seen the movie yet and over saturation has kindof turned me off to it. And then I found out about Spock/Uhura and idk if I can get past the dirty squick feeling now.

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[info]leelakin
2009-05-20 05:50 pm UTC (link)
Ahaha XDD the lensflares become less later on, fortunately XDD It was a bit overdone, but eventually I was so engaged in the movie that I didn't mind/notice anymore. XD

The Spock/Uhura thing, ahhahaha. Idk, I just can't take it seriously and that's it. I was like "yah whatever lol" and just took it like a weird fanfiction idea or something. But the movie was still neat to watch. XD You shouldn't invest your Trekkie heart into it and take it as canon, but still fun.

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[info]courtknee
2009-05-20 08:00 pm UTC (link)
lol by oversaturation I meant by the media and my friends not being able to stop talking about it XD

The whole movie kindof strikes me as a fanfic writer's dream come true.

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[info]leelakin
2009-05-20 10:34 pm UTC (link)
OIC. Yes yes, it is indeed a fanwank. XDD But a good one. Only slightly wrong, heheh

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[info]leelakin
2009-05-20 05:52 pm UTC (link)
btw, the Kirk/Uhura thing isn't really squicky at all, it's really... clean and cold. 8D; they kiss twice; the first time she does it to comfort him and he doesn't really...even respond (I could even live with that if it were canon, since there was basically no reaction). The second time when they were standing there with Kirk to be beamed down from the ship. Again, it just felt like a really random addition. 8D; And didn't seem passionate at all.

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[info]leelakin
2009-05-20 05:52 pm UTC (link)
I MEAN SPOCK/UHURA DAMMIT

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[info]wakethewretched
2009-05-20 02:15 pm UTC (link)
LOL YOU'RE NOT THE LAST PERSON.


BECAUSE THE LAST PERSON TO SEE TEH STAR TREK WOULD BE MOI.

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[info]sunshineguinn
2009-05-20 06:06 pm UTC (link)
Or me. I haven't seen it yet either. :C

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[info]leelakin
2009-05-20 06:52 pm UTC (link)
I'M THE THIRD LAST THEN. XD

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[info]sunshineguinn
2009-05-20 06:53 pm UTC (link)
Don't you feel better now? ;)

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[info]leelakin
2009-05-20 07:09 pm UTC (link)
Certainly. X) Lol GO SEE IT

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[info]sunshineguinn
2009-05-20 07:42 pm UTC (link)
Yes ma'am!

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[info]emeraldstag
2009-05-20 07:54 pm UTC (link)
I didn't realize JJ Abrams was behind Cloverfield. I had avoided that movie, didn't really interest me.

Spock/Uhura had surprised me but I guess with Vulcan gone now, it's not like they can have Spock have to go through mating rituals with another Vulcan and they need to leave Kirk open to be the ship's casanova.

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[info]leelakin
2009-05-20 10:46 pm UTC (link)
I watched Cloverfield because the viral marketing for it was rather awesome and I was expecting some epic monster stuff.
Turns out the whole movie is about a bunch of whiny movies and a shaky-ass camera. You see the monster for about 4 seconds. Yawwwwwwwn

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[info]leelakin
2009-05-21 06:32 pm UTC (link)
*a bunch of whiny teenagers

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[info]sky_star
2009-05-20 09:51 pm UTC (link)
Hay thar!

I posted my thoughts on the movie on my journal, have a read if you're so inclined...
Briefly though, Romulans do have pointy ears and eyebrows like Vulcans.. but they have prominent browridges too.. which wasn't so obvious in the movie.

I started to protest about Uhura and Spock to my stepmum, but she says that apparently it's canon and that they were really into each other in the original series.. :0

Chekov was hilarious! He was played by a real Russian dude.. but his crazy accent is a touch mistifying; I have a Russian accent and I assure you.. I can pronounce the letter 'v' perfectly fine! XD

Lawl,
Good movie though, wasn't it?
I partly agree with you about Scotty.

~Yel.

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[info]leelakin
2009-05-22 01:04 am UTC (link)
Yeah, I read it! XDD I agree that Nero didn't have enough screen time. It would've been nice to get to know more about the character's motives other than "OMFG REVENGE!!1" (because that black/white, bad/good thing happens very easily with these movies, a bit of differentiation would have been nice)

And yeah, it was really fun. XDD

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[info]sky_star
2009-05-22 11:04 am UTC (link)
W00t!

Aye, I've been told that the official tie-in comic book has much more information on his character. ;3
Yeah.. it really felt that there could have been more than just revenge that his loved one died, but that's all they decided to discuss.. Also, the cliche of going on a revenge rampage because of such a death is really growing old. :3

I'm so looking forward to the dvd.

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[info]leelakin
2009-05-22 05:03 pm UTC (link)
Yesss! A friend of mine who read it told me to go read it for back story. XDD
Vigilante justice (which is really not what Roddenberry was all for *lol*) is really an idiotic plot point, but anyway, gonna have to read that comic myself to learn more about the story. XD But I hope they get a bit more of the equality/peace side of Star Trek into the next movie. 8D;

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[info]royalexperience
2009-05-22 02:12 pm UTC (link)
First off, it was really FUN to watch. 8D

trufax!

Von dem zeitreise zeug war ich auch etwas verwirrt, aber irgendwie war der Film einfach... cool (oder wie die kids heutzutage sagen *röchel*).

UND BEI CHEKOV HAB ICH GAR NICHT GEMERKT DASS ICH DEN SCHAUSPIELER KANNTE! lol wie peinlich. Ich hab nämlich Charlie Bartlett vor einiger Zeit im Kino gesehen (eigentlich wegen robert downey jr.) und mir ist nicht aufgefallen, dass das der gleiche ist. AHAHA 8D;;;

es gibt übrigens schon eine ontd_startrek community lol

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[info]leelakin
2009-05-22 05:05 pm UTC (link)
Wat XDDDDD Ich hab noch nie von "Charlie Bartlett" gehört. 8D;;; Das kam aber nicht im Mainstream-Kino, oder? Apropos Robert Downey Jr (die geile Sau), SHERLOCK HOLMES OMNOMNOM. Obwohl ich mir ihn mal *GAR* nicht als Holmes vorstellen kann XD;. Zumindest sieht er nicht so aus. XD
ololol mal checken

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[info]royalexperience
2009-05-22 05:16 pm UTC (link)
Das lief im Cinestar!! Aber nur für eine oder zwei Wochen oder so xD Eine von diesen coming-of-age-high-school stories, aber ganz süß gemacht. Aber da hatte der Schauspieler noch ein paar kleine Kilos mehr, in Star Trek ist er ja ziemlich dünn.
BOAH JA DER TRAILER ZU SHERLOCK HOLMES OH EM GEE! Sieht zwar nicht so ganz nach Holmes Charme sondern mehr nach BAM BAM action aus... trotzdem shiny. Oberkörperfreies Männer Gekämpfe: DO WANT! Hoffentlich wird der Film ein Holmes/Watson Slashfest anstoßen, ich mein Robert Downey Jr UND Jude Law? SEXY OVERLOAD 8DD

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[info]leelakin
2009-05-22 05:34 pm UTC (link)
OH GOTT, DEN TRAILER HATTE ICH NOCH GAR NICHT GESEHEN.


...OH GOTT.

XD;;;;;;;;
Ja okay, wie Sherlock Holmes sieht es wirklich nicht aus. 8D;;; Es sieht eher aus wie 'ne neue, "coole" Steampunk-Action-Version davon. 8D; Jude Law sieht sogar einigermaßen wie Watson auch (wo er doch jetzt eh 'ne Glatze kriegt XDD), aber die Charakterisierungen passen nicht. 8D;;;;;
WATSON SCHLÄGT KEINE TÜREN EIN
SHERLOCK HOLMES HAT KEINEN SEX
UND LÄSST SICH ERST RECHT NICHT ANS BETT FESSELN

SO IST DAS.
XDDD
Oh mann, weißt du, wovor ich Angst habe? 8D; Dass es so wird wie "Die Liga der Außergewöhnlichen Gentlemen" DAS WAR SO SCHLECHT XD; UND HAT LIEK 10 CLASSIC FANDOMS GLEICHZEITIG GERAPED.

Aber na ja, es wird ja immerhin noch die BBC mini series von Moffatt geben. XD;;; (obwohl das ja auch 'ne modern adaption ist aber... VIELLEICHT BESSER.)

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[info]royalexperience
2009-06-02 10:50 am UTC (link)
LOL WIR KÖNNEN ES IN UNSERM KOPF JA EINFACH ANDERS NENNEN WENN ES SCHLECHT WIRD. HOLNESS ODER SO XDD

An die Liga der außergewöhnlichen Gentlemen kann ich mich auch noch gut erinnern. Da ich das graphik novel nicht kenne ging es für mich einigermaßen, kenn aber auch Leute die es ganz schrecklich fanden 8D

Hast du eigentlich mal Jekyll vom Moff Meister gesehen? Ich hab mal genau 1 Folge zufälllig auf Arte geguckt, aber es danach vergessen weiterzugucken xD;;; Dabei fand ich die 1 folge schon mal ganz gut,.

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[info]leelakin
2009-06-12 02:35 pm UTC (link)
JA 8D;;;; "SEXY ROBERT DOWNEY JR VERPRÜGELT LEUTE IN STEAMPUNK-UMGEBUNG"

Das graphic novel hab ich auch nie gelesen (kann sein, dass ich das genauso dumm finden würde wie den Film XD), aber alleine anhand der CHARAKTERE AUS KLASSISCHEN BÜCHERN, DIE VÖLLIG VERKACKT WURDEN... aua aua. XDDD

Neeee @_@ Aber ich hab' auch mitbekommen, dass es auf arte kam! Und hab's natürlich verpeilt zu gucken. XDDD Muss man sich mal runterladen!

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[info]leelakin
2009-05-22 11:48 pm UTC (link)
(Übrigens kommen grad alte Sherlock Holmes-Filme im ZDF! 8'D)

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[info]tangiee
2009-05-23 01:32 am UTC (link)
Spock-Uhura was survivable, but I agree that they portrayed it wrong!

Alright, after his home planet was (SPOILIED CAKE HERE, DON'T READ IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN FILM) destroyed, his gaurd was a touch down, but afterwards, wouldn't Spock want to be more Vulcan?
And all that making out on the launch pad would be seen as disgusting towards anybody brought up in logical Vulcan culture.

I honestly thought it would be Kirk-Uhura?

RANTRANTRANT.
D`8

Good movie.

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[info]leelakin
2009-05-24 09:59 pm UTC (link)
I have only watched a season or so of TOS, but I thought it funny that Spock was so human in the beginning. @_@ TOS makes it look like he was hardcore Vulcan and only hesitantly shows human traits within the course of the show.
I hoped it would be nobody/Uhura because OMG THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT IT ON TOS.

But oh well. XD; JJ Abrams can laugh at our rantings now because it's an alternative timeline anyway as established in the movie, so whatevs. XD DAMN HIM.

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[info]ksol1460
2009-08-20 08:20 pm UTC (link)
Many fans in the 60s & 70s thought Uhura/Spock was a natural. Watch his attention to her on TOS. When she gets hurt or falls down or whatever, he's the one who picks her up, says "Are you alright Lt.?" etc. She's cool, calm and collected, fixes her own equipment when it breaks, and speaks a zillion intergalactic languages. The fact she's on the bridge of that ship means she's highly intelligent and an allround exceptional person. What's not to like?

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[info]leelakin
2009-09-03 07:19 pm UTC (link)
Oh, I'm not arguing that Uhura isn't a kickass character, she very much is! XDD The TOS one anyway, I wish the movie one had a bit bigger role other than snogging Spock.
Well 8D; I've seen (most of) TOS and I guess it's just in the eye of the beholder, I personally never noticed anything.

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