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So, what are everybody's thoughts?
I loved it.
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So, what are everybody's thoughts?
I loved it.
Decent. Nothing mindblowing or incredible (in short, no TDK) but definately worth going to. I had a good time watching it. (Actually, I think I liked it better than the SW prequels, for waht thats worth.) I think I liked wolverine a little bit better than ST though.
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I went nuts man. That movie surpassed my expectations by a long shot! I loved it. To be honest, I really don't like Star Trek... I just could not get into it. This movie tho, was OUTSTANDING. A must see for any sci fi fan
I grew up with Star Trek the TV series and love most of the ST movies. "Star Trek" was very entertaining, an action packed movie, a storyline emphasis in an alternate ST universe, and less on "logistical"/believable flow to keep the fast pace to the movie.
I would have like it more if it had stayed pertinent to the origianl ST time continuum.
Just seen it myself, and have to say not a Star Trek fan ( although I have a soft spot for most Sci fi ). It was a great watch. The detail on the Ships... sorry Wessels... was amazing. So they rewrote some things, that's cool, it worked for me. It just means there will be more like it. And I'll be going to see them too
I saw it Thursday night and I plan on seeing it again at least once. Easily one of my top five favorite movies of all time.
Just saw it last night. Liked it a lot.
I loved it!!!! It had some great action sequences and some campy nods to the original series. ****SPOILER****The only thing I thought was odd was the whole Spock Uhura thing
That was a suprising twist, huh?
Still, for Abrams to not have been a fan and still produce this great a TREK film shows that he has enough respect for the fans and isn't just trying to cash in. There were just enough nods to make what was different in his version easier to accept.
TREK now has a new lease on life, much like JAME BOND does.
I thought the movie was great. The references to the other movies (especially Star Trek II) and the series made it even better.
This may be too early, but I'm thinking J.J. Abrams could be the next Spielberg.
I'll see it tonight on IMAX and let you all know what I think.
So far from what I read and heard, it's been getting good reviews.
I saw it last night and thought it was amazing. I'm a major Trek geek (please don't hate me) and Abrams did a heck of a job. The characters were true to Roddenberry's dream and the actors did a brilliant job. It was great. Only 3 things I didn't care for: 1-Nero was too whiney and his character didn't have a lot of depth. 2-Spock being coflicted with his human half more than I would have liked. 3-Enterprise's engineering; looked like a steam ship. Well, Scotty wasn't on board when she was built and they didn't have the dilithium crystals yet. That's for film number 2. Other than that, fantastic movie.
Who says you can't have the both of two worlds? Star Trek and of course my Star Wars!!
Too early? J.J. Abrams is no spring chicken. He's 42 years old. Spielberg was 25 when he directed Jaws. Abrams has already been around for a long time in Hollywood. Nearly twenty years already. He doesn't have near the track record Spielberg accumulated by that age.
I haven't seen ST yet, though I certainly plan to at some point. I do like ST in general, though not a fan of all those space station spin-off TV shows (how boring).
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I believe that oneone was talking about his movie track record so far. Obviously he is going to have to do more masterpieces like this Star Trek movie to be considered the next Spielberg. His age is irrelevant, it will be the volume of quality work that will speak for J.J., no matter what age he is when his work is done.
I loved this movie!! I mean I was blown away from start to finish! but, a big part of me hated me FOR loving it!! I mean, how dare they have good script writing AND good acting too! I loved the classic lines spread out in the movie, every time the next one was quoted I had a grin from ear to ear. How dare J.J. Abrams make a sci-fi movie so superior that it has me 2nd guessing my beloved prequels. and last but not least how can he make Star Trek so sexy, that my memories of Portman and Fisher seem so silly. The only question remains.... Am I a Trekkie Fanboy now?
It was OK. I'm not a big fan of the whole reboot thing...I think it's been over done and a good example of lack-of-creativity in today's movie industry. Why not hit us with some new franchise or ideas for once. If reboot is all they're going to do, then build an Enterprise E and put a new crew in it.
Oh, and I'm blaming the red matter being delivered to Mexico City to late as the cause for swine flu. ;P
Actually, that'd be an Enterprise F, you hater! LOL!
I hear what you're saying and I understand what you mean, but from a film history point of view I would have to disagree. Age has a lot to do with the Spielberg aura. If you want to start comparing someone to Spielberg you cannot ignore that part of what makes Spielberg "Spielberg" was that he was a "wunderkind." He did not start his career spending ten years working his way up as a screenwriter. He was a director from his very first job, and by his mid-twenties put Hollywood on its ear and helped to invent (along with his buddy Lucas) the current Hollywood paradigm of a "blockbuster" movie and the whole opening weekend box office obsession. He has spent his career creating and starting film franchises, not adding to them. No offense to J.J. but he is not reinventing anything but an existing film franchise (from the reviews apparently doing it really well) but he is hardly a new cinematic voice or someone who will re-invent Hollywood in the manner of Spielberg. Really, it's impossible to make such statements anyway. Was Beethoven the new Mozart? Not even close. Their careers and legacies were very different. Was he as good? In many ways, yes, but not so in many other ways. Okay, I am making a mountain out of a mole hill, but I thought it would be interesting to discuss. Maybe J.J. will be the next David Lean.
been overdone? lol... I think it is interesting when they visit old franchises with modern cinematic stuff. Then again, I can appreciate a movie for what it is worth instead of picking everything I don't like about it out, I look at what I do like. I can be the first to tell you, I don't know anything about star trek, don't follow it, but this movie was very well done... It was a good "reboot" and I enjoyed watching it. lack of creativity? You mean to say no creativity went into designing the new transformers? or the wicked awesome Romulan (spelling?) ship?
Just appreciate it man... You know it was called Star Trek before you watched it... if it being a "reboot" is the only reason you don't like it... then I am sorry. That's like saying "I won't drive it becase it is a Ford... no real reason, I just hate all Fords" haha...
Live long and prosper ha
unfortunately, reading or hearing the words "A Film By Stephen Spielberg" doesn't have an effect on me anymore.
He's lost what makes his movies feel Spielberg. Watch ANYTHING he has made in the last 10 years then go back and watch Close Encounters, Jaws, or even Poltergeist for that matter (yes, he had more influence in directing that than you think). It might be mostly in the editing, but his stuff just doesn't have that special tone anymore.
all of you that liked it should be BANNED from TDH!!
just kidding....not a big Trek fan but I did enjoy it
wished they would have left all of the time travel stuff out...and the old spock meets young spock
STAR WARS rules!!! Trek will always be second in my book!!!! LOL
Saw the movie yesterday. I love the refreshed old classic crew with there kind of humor. Abrams decided to create a new, alternating story line to ST. Think that completed new and far away from a reboot. Hope we´ll see more in the next movie.
I'm not suprised people liked it, it looks great. I have not seen it yet, and probably wont only because I dont go to the movies that often. However I will go see Terminator the day it comes out.
I liked it, but dosent the plot make all the other treks (TNG, DS9, Voyager) null and void because they changed the time line and now vulcans are endangered? I.E. Was vulcan destroyed according to the origional star trek?
I never liked the old series or movies, but I saw this one last night and was blown away. I was literally excited during the entire thing.
I think the idea behind the reboot was to get new people interested in Trek and remove some of the stigma surrounding it, and they did just that.
I plan on seeing it again and I'll definitely own it on DVD.
I said the movie was ok. I liked the graphics and the characters made sense. However this movie retcons everything done before...and since LFL has made retconning a regular occurrence it was nice to see one franchise that was staying pretty close to the mark. Now it's had the ultimate retcon.
Just remember, it all depends on a certain point of view.
The general trend I'm noticing here is that people who were fans of the original series either didn't like it as much as they might have, or only thought it was pretty good. Of those who never liked the original series (or spin offs) the general trend is that it was pretty good or great.
It seems this movie was designed to appeal to a new audience, while still keeping enough of the original feel to appeal to at least a goodly portion of dyed in the wool fans.
I think that's a good thing. You can't change the original series, or the original time line, or the original characters. They are imprinted that way forever. There is no reason not to give a new twist to an old story. I like that kind of thing if it's done well. From what I've been reading, this one seems to have been done well. I haven't seen it yet, but want to.
I was very impressed and enjoyed watching the move through the end.
Two thumbs up!
Likewise, I also enjoyed it. I know a little bit Trek, but not alot...But I REALY enjoyed it. I can't wait for the next one.
EDIT - I went to a 3:30 showing Friday, and the people ranged from my age, to all the way into their 80's. I think evryone realy enjoyed it.
i didn't hate it like i thought i was going to.
- trek has never been an action franchise, that went right out the window.
- jj abrams is a hack summer blockbuster director, he will never achieve the level of speilberg (lost sucks!).
- the nods to the original series seemed almost out of place and cute-sy. the only one that worked was the red shirt getting killed.
- i wanted sylar to cut the top of someones head off the whole time.
- up until they point they said it was an alternate reality i was pretty upset at the giant turd that was laid on the history of the future. after that i was like, well ok. this doesn't affect the continuity.
i think the same thing that i thought ten years ago when deep space 9 ended, that the series could have made the shift to action by taking the next show/movie to starfleet academy. paramount could have taken on an entirely new cast of young/sexy talent, continued the natural progression of the series, and kept the series continuity intact.
I actually saw it Thursday and thought it was really good, maybe great! I own all the other movies on DVD, and grew up watching Next Gen and really liking it; never considered myself a Trekkie or had anyone else call me that either (except for those who knew I loved Star Wars and didn't know the difference lol). I tried to watch DS9, and did every now and again, but it got boring real quick. I caught Voyager a little mid series but was almost as lost as they were and didn't get into it. I think I've only seen a couple episodes of Enterprise and could never get into it at all.
Anyways, the new film was really good, I don't feel that what was done changes the established timeline at all, it creates an alternate universe of sorts and they can make as many new stories in it as they want and not effect what was done previously. Spock/Uhura was a little strange, but it worked well. My biggest complaint is the bridge; it's too buisy...just too much going on visually to really get an idea of what's what. One "update" I did really like was the new uniforms. I thought it was close enough to the original TV series but the "texture" added to the top shirt was cool. I really liked how much action there was.
One last thing. Through most of the movie I was thinking "these sound effects sound more "Star Warsy" than "Trekkie"...no wonder, Ben Burt did the sound design lol.
Saw it twice. Loved it. Though they will never, truely , replace my beloved original crew the NEW actors certainly grew on me. I was really impressed by the NEW Bones. He reminded me so much of Deforest Kelley. When Migel Barrett passed away they said she was doing the compter voice. I listened for it and heard a computer voice, but it didn't sound like her. Anyone know where it's heard?
It was okay.
To me it didn't feel nearly as epic as some previous ST movies like First Contact, etc.
Nero was a lousy villain I felt. He caused a lot of havoc, but in the end he was just a whining widower who happened to get lucky and jack some really awesome tech. More depth please.
The other actors did well and were interesting, but I absolutely could not correlate them at all to the people they're "supposed" to turn into. Mr. Scott was perhaps the most glaring example of this for me. Spock was actually fairly good though, all things considered.
To me this felt like "Ultimate Star Trek" a la the Marvel naming convention. Let's take the original concept, which was cool, and completely remake it, keeping only the names and general gist the same.
It was a good movie, but it wasn't what I went to the theatre hoping for or expecting.
That said, the effects were very nice and it was kind of cool to see Trek using modern CGI tech. Although, what the heck was up with the phasers?! They were like torpedoes or Star Wars Lasers. They weren't the characteristic phase "beam" anymore.
Just my two cents.
Just got back from seeing it with the kids. LOVED IT! Even the 'new' Enterprise grew on me...and I HATED it when I first saw the pics.
Maybe we could get JJ to 'reboot' the Star Wars Prequels!
watched it on line last night and was very pleased with it. Was definitely not my fathers Star Trek lol
Sorry to revive this Star Trek thread, but I just saw the film for the first time and I have to say I didn't like it much. Yet another sloppy plot where some bad guy goes back in time to destroy the future. Where have we seen that before? Yes, it is true that many Star Trek films create all sorts of weird logic to make sense of their plots, but after seeing this one I have to ask the obvious -- why do space ships always get to go through black holes and "come out the other side" to return to the past, but planets and supernova are simply sucked up and destroyed? Also, am I the only one in the quadrant who understands that if you intend to destroy a planet with a black hole, it isn't necessary to place the black hole in the center of the planet!? I think anywhere NEARBY will work okay. The problem is, Hollywood thinks the audience is stupid, and apparently they are right because audiences eat this stuff up like the bland coconut-oil-less popcorn they serve at the theater.
Actually, as far as plot lines go, this ranks as one of the campiest yet of the series. And then next to plot there is the problem with the characters and how they all end up promoted to command and senior positions right out of the Academy. Ugh. This film is more of a superhero origins movie in the tradition of Batman Begins rather than anything Star Trek that has come before it. I mean really... Uhura, Kirk and Mccoy all meet in Iowa on the shuttle craft for new recruits? Iowa? McCoy was from Iowa, too??? This movie requires you to switch your brain off, which is a bad place to start if you want to make good science fiction, but again, that raises the last sad point... this is not science fiction. It is just an action flick with black holes and lasers instead of car chases.
I am assured now more than ever that the previous assertion that Abrams is a hack is absolutely correct.
Saw it last weekend and LOVED IT! Best movie I have seen honestly in years. It was everything the SW prequels should have been but were not. I was a fan of Next Generation and of all the Trek movies. This exceeded my expectations. Just saw Terminator last night and I had been anticipating seeing it much more than Trek but did not enjoy it near as much.
Aw man they did an AWESOME job with McCoy! I saw it Thursday--the day before it came out--AND Friday, LoL. They did a pretty good job, coming from a Trekkie.
What is this "Star Trek" you speak of?
I agree with Mirax statement. As a matter of fact, I am now more dissappointed than ever with how the Prequels ultimately turned out, especially in hindsight. I can only watch Sith now, and I can no longer stomach the TPM and AOTC. It's sad in a way, that Star Trek, of all things, revived the action-adventure-character driven formula that Star Wars and Empire brought to the genre in the 70's. I am going again this week, and I can't wait for the Blu-Ray release.
I'm not a huge Trek fan myself but I did love that they took a whole new outlook on it all and this being more of a new movie rather than a prequel opens up the possibility for more Star Trek movies to follow this one.
Well, I saw this movie not long after it came out, and I loved it. It was well done, in my opinion, and I liked the story. Can't wait for a sequel, because you know they're going to make one.
I'm not a physicist, but I think the reason the black hole device is placed in the center of the planet is to more efficiently destroy it. The planet is a sphere and so is the black hole. Gravity would be pulling inward equally from all sides. The faster the planet dies, the less time the Vulcans have to escape.
I also don't think that McCoy and Uhura are from Iowa. In the bar the other recruits call Kirk a townie. He's from there and they are not. It's just where the shuttle for new recruits leaves.
Obviously, I like this movie. It was entertaining. It requires some logic leaps, but instead of over analyzing I choose to sit back and have fun.
No disrespect intended, just defending my viewpoint.
No worries, mate. It's a decent point, but in terms of efficiency, spending time drilling a hole into the planet's core is not going to be any quicker than the extra time needed for the black hole to destroy the planet from the equator. Probably a whole lot less so, in fact, though, yes, it is more visually dramatic (and that's why they did it, not because it was more real, but because it looked "cooler"). It's just a lazy ticking clock device to give the good guys time to do their thing. I am less concerned with the physics and whole lot more concerned with the lousy storytelling. Placing Uhura and McCoy on the shuttle to the Academy with Kirk is still just plain ludicrous, even if they are coming from desparate regions. That seems like inventing a backstory for George Bush where he and Condoleeza and Cheney all met in Texas on the bus going to their freshman year of college. It just makes the landscape of the story so much smaller and silly. But I know why they did it. They did it to compress the character development so there would be more time for that stupid drill to plow a hole in the planet and have more explosions. I can see the story development meeting now...
writer #1: So how do we establish Scottie as chief engineer on the Enterprise?
creative exec: There isn't time for that. We need time for more explosions and lens flares. Just put him on the Enterprise and have Kirk talk to him like he is the chief engineer. No reason is necessary. The audience won't care.
writer #2: But what about the fact that he is not even a part of the Enterprise crew when we introduce him? Isn't there already a chief engineer onboard who knows what he's doing? Don't we need to establish Scottie has some authority somehow?
creative exec: What? Come on! His outrageous Scottish accent is his authority! Stop over-thinking. Just think "more explosions." Fast cutting. Lots of shakey cam. Don't you know anything about writing? The audience doesn't care how he gets down there... just have him say his thing about the engines are about to explode and the audience will love it! They'll forget all that other stuff. It's movie magic, baby! Okay, love? Catching on? Now go finish that draft so we can replace you with a new team of writers for the next draft.
(This is not an attack on anybody's taste or opinion, just my silly point of view --> merely old data. Pay it no mind.)
I think that the way they introduce Scotty is good. I like that he is given his formula for beaming onto the enterprise while it is at warp speed by Spock Prime. Of course, once he has that information, he would be the more appropriate choice for the chief engineer once on the Enterprise. They do establish that he is a part of Star Fleet and we can only assume that he is more experienced than the previous engineer, because he has his formula at that point and they do not yet have this capability. Once they are back on the Enterprise, Spock doesn't know how they managed to get on a moving ship. Since it is Scotty's formula that allowed something that had never been done before, he would automatically be put in charge of this department.
If Scotty had not developed this ability to beam onto a moving ship in the past, then Spock would not have been able to give him the information, and then Kirk would have never made it back to the Enterprise in time to help with the situation with Nero.
I personally loved this movie and thought that the character development was done well for all of the main characters. I especially loved McCoy. I think it was essential for him to get on the shuttle in Iowa, even though I do not think he was from there. This way we can see how far the friendship comes between him and Kirk. I like that they would meet on their first day and then develop the relationship they had. It makes it more realistic that McCoy would put his neck on the line to get Kirk on the Enterprise since they have known each other since the beginning.
I'm getting in deeper than I ever intended, but alas, a few more swings of the blade into the empty air and then I will gracefully exit. Clearly I am in the minority opinion and that pesky studio creative exec is right.
I have no problem with his introduction. That was fine. Frankly I was just relieved he wasn't on the shuttle from Iowa like everybody else.
No problem with this either. That is a clever idea to be sure, though it is used rather blandly as a shameless plot device.I like that he is given his formula for beaming onto the enterprise while it is at warp speed by Spock Prime.
The problem is, Scotty doesn't really have this capabiity either, so to make this assumption of experience level is a leap I am not following. Experience comes from actually doing things. Scotty didn't do anything. He was given the formula from some guy from the future. That's not experience. Sure, he may have the experience >in the future<, because that's where he invented the formula, but that's not at all the same as having done it in the present. If a friend of Einstein's traveled back in time and gave him his formulas for General Relativity when he was still just 8 years old, would the 8 year old Einstein then suddenly have the chops to be Lucasian Chair of Physics at Cambridge University? Even if everybody thought this 8 year old did this on his own, would they elevate him right away to top spot, no questions asked? You seem to be thinking so, but I cannot make that leap. You see, the problem is, I WANT to believe that Starfleet can be real within this fantasy world in which this movie lives. I WANT to believe it has real rules and something like a real chain of command where people earn their place through hard work and experience similar to say, how the chian of command in the United States Navy would work. But in this film it feels more like the Somali Pirate Navy, where promotions are had willy-nilly, based on whether you show up with your own AK-47 or a sling shot. Say some pithy dialog at the right moment, BAM, years of working your way up the ladder is bypassed and you are promoted to First Officer. Forget those other chumps in line for the job who have years more experience and are further up the chain of command. As I have eluded to before, when this type of thing happens the character development becomes more like a super hero movie rather than any of the stuff of previous Star Trek films. For example, in every Star Trek timeline before this film, Kirk cuts his teeth as a junior officer on another vessel for several years before given a command of a Starship. Now THAT is character arc. Character development. Something far more believable and weighty -- and in my humble view -- far more interesting. The main characters in this film are just superheroes who only achieve their positions by the entitlement granted them by their character name. But hey, if you like superheroes, then I guess all this type of thing makes sense. I just don't remember Star Trek as a superhero franchise. Pity. I guess I am behind the times.and we can only assume that he is more experienced than the previous engineer, because he has his formula at that point and they do not yet have this capability.
Did I just say franchise? Oh crud.
Oh, and an aside here: there might be an answer for this I am not aware of, but does anyone know why McCoy is at the weapons console during the Kobayashi Maru test? Did I miss something? He's still just a doctor, right?
You're going to make me cry. I might never be able to walk into another development meeting again. Resistance is futile.I personally loved this movie and thought that the character development was done well for all of the main characters.
Nah, I'm kidding. I'm not going to cry. Oh. Wait. What?
Hey, you know, I personally love Star Trek and I really truly wanted to not just like this film, but love it. Maybe I am just an old fart too stuck in the past. Maybe the reason I don't care for this Star Trek is the same reason I didn't care much for the Star Wars prequels. I'm stuck on the old magic. The new stuff has its own magic. It's a different magic. One that just doesn't speak to me.
Nah. Let's face it. The magic is gone.
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I was pleasently suprised with this movie... I didnt expect it to be very good going in and I ended up loving it! I thought they did a great job with an ACTUAL STORY! Movies now-a-days seem to be lacking in actual story and charachter development... granted I am a Star Trek fan and was already familiar with these characters... but still. I really enjoyed this movie and hope they continue making ST films of this calibur.
Scotty does have this capability. When Spock Prime gives him his own formula, Scotty had already been working on this for some time. Scotty makes this known by stating that he never thought of space as the thing that was moving.
Secondly, if Spock could just type it in and move them to the Enterprise, I am going to say that Scotty could also. But wait, he did. Who do you think gets Spock, Kirk and Pike back on the Enterprise at the end of the movie. Spock is in his moving ship, Kirk and Pike are in Nero's ship (two different places) and the Enterprise is moving as it is currently attacking when they are beamed back on. Maybe it is just me, but I sure don't think that any other engineer on that ship would have been able to do that. Even Scotty is thrilled that he was able to beam three people from two different targets at the same time.
As for plausability of quick promotions, one Han Solo, the smuggler in ANH, helped the princess escape and gave Luke some assistance in the destruction of the Death Star. In ESB, helped the princess escape again and was then frozen in carbonite. Then in ROTJ, was rescued and suddenly when the plans to assault the imperial base on Endor were being fleshed out, he is a general. The highest possible rank. It was the merit of his actions that was the reason for superquick promotions, just like in Star Trek.
Just my opinion.
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you are capable of expressing into words my thoughts exactly. i am incapable of doing so because i get so angry (at the person i'm explaining to; that paramount let and encouraged this to happen to their 40 year old franchise; at jj abrahms for taking the job as director even though he had no business doing so; and that now that majel died there are no roddenberrys left to keep trek staying on course) that i can't keep my thoughts straight and it ends up with name calling.
you immediately contradict yourself. spock GIVES simon pegg (that wasn't scotty, that was simon pegg pretending to be scotty. pegg was awful as scotty. it really felt like abrahms was told one day during production that there was a character named scotty on the old show and he said, "WHO?" and after a brief description he eventually said, "well... get another writer and put him in ahhh... here." and he pointed to a random page on the script.) the equation/formula because this universe scotty wasn't capable of making the math work.Scotty does have this capability.Scotty had already been working on this for some time. Scotty makes this known by stating that he never thought of space as the thing that was moving.When Spock Prime gives him his own formula,
first off, none of them were at warp in that scene. second, yes simon pegg did do that, but if someone who already knew the launch codes for americas nuclear weapons told you the codes, you could go start WW3. simon pegg didn't know what he was doing, but he had a great cheat sheet.Secondly, if Spock could just type it in and move them to the Enterprise, I am going to say that Scotty could also. But wait, he did. Who do you think gets Spock, Kirk and Pike back on the Enterprise at the end of the movie. Spock is in his moving ship, Kirk and Pike are in Nero's ship (two different places) and the Enterprise is moving as it is currently attacking when they are beamed back on. Maybe it is just me, but I sure don't think that any other engineer on that ship would have been able to do that. Even Scotty is thrilled that he was able to beam three people from two different targets at the same time
the rebel alliance was not a formal military organization. they were guerrilla terrorists. rank structure and advancement operates a little differently in that environment than in a real military. i.e. if han worked for the other side and managed to blow up yavin before luke got his lucky shot in the hole, he would have gotten a commendation on his record, and a GJ from tarkin (who would have taken all the real credit for the defeat of the rebels) and the emperor wouldn't have given two poops about who actually did it. and certainly wouldn't have been advanced in rank to general.As for plausability of quick promotions, one Han Solo, the smuggler in ANH, helped the princess escape and gave Luke some assistance in the destruction of the Death Star. In ESB, helped the princess escape again and was then frozen in carbonite. Then in ROTJ, was rescued and suddenly when the plans to assault the imperial base on Endor were being fleshed out, he is a general. The highest possible rank. It was the merit of his actions that was the reason for superquick promotions, just like in Star Trek.
those are my opinions that i have backed with my thoughts.
Well, I stand by my opinion and my thoughts on this movie. Considering that it has got great reviews and made more at the box office than any other Star Trek movie, I am going to assume that most of the public opinion agrees with me.
Even in this very thread, most of the comments are positive on this movie. I think that you are over analyzing the movie. It is a fun and entertaining movie.
By the way, Go Steelers!!
Of what I would consider the big 3 movies so far this summer; Wolverine, Star Trek, and Terminator, Star Trek was in my opinion the best. It prompted me to go back and rewatch all 10 of the existing Trek movies, and I have even started watching the original series, which I had never really watched before. It's interesting to see some of the things in the original series link to things that happen in the films, even this current one; like Sulu fencing LOL. All in all, I would say this film has done what it set out to do; renew people's interest in an otherwise dying franchise, and make alot of money in the process.


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Awesome sauce. Followed recipe except juiced cara cara navel oranges instead of tangerines, and did not add any zest. Instead of returning the pork to the pan, I spooned the glaze over the chops on the individual plates. Looked nice and tasted amazing.
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By Lindsey Connell - bio | email | TwitterCOLUMBUS, GA (WTVM) – Columbus Police tell News Leader 9 a second man, wanted for a recent armed robbery and murder, has been captured.
Authorities arrested 35-year-old Tavares Lowe Friday afternoon -- just hours after it was revealed that he was a fourth suspect. He and three others were wanted for the recent shooting death of a Columbus man. So far, two suspects have been captured.
One of the suspects was in Recorder's Court Friday morning. Twenty-year-old Ronnie Blue pled not guilty to charges of armed robbery and murder in connection with the shooting death of 30-year-old Wayman James, Jr. The former soldier and father of two was shot in the parking lot of the Decatur Court apartment complex in the Carver Heights early Tuesday morning.Police are still on the lookout for 17-year-old Shannon Fields and 24-year-old Willie Jones. In court Friday, detectives alleged Blue knew James had a large sum of cash -- around $3000. Police say the victim was flashing his money and gun at the Decatur Court apartments, while he was drinking and playing cards.Investigators say Blue lived at the apartments and set up a plan with Lowe, Fields and Jones to rob James.
Witnesses revealed Blue flashed a light to signal to other three suspects that their target was leaving the complex. Moments later, James was shot in the head in the parking lot. The murder weapon – a shotgun.
Witnesses near the scene of the crime identified Blue as a suspect.
However, Blue denies sending a signal to the other suspects and would not tell police that he played a part in the deadly incident.
"He's a very scared, very frightened young man. He just turned twenty years old. He's never experienced anything such as this and he is very concerned and very frightened," said Blue's defense attorney, Bill Kirby, after Friday's hearing.
As for the victim's family members, they were too upset to speak on camera after court Friday but tell News Leader 9 James was never one to flash money. They feel he was with someone who he thought he could trust but who ultimately betrayed that trust.
Tavares Lowe is expected to appear in Recorder's Court Saturday at 2:00 p.m.
Ronnie Blue's case has been bound over to Muscogee County Superior Court.
He is being held without bond in the Muscogee County Jail.
Investigators believe Fields and Jones are still in the Columbus, GA/Lee County, AL area avoiding capture. We are told that Fields has some connections in Lee County, AL.If you know of the men's whereabouts, please call 911.News Leader 9 is following this developing story. We'll bring you the latest information as soon as it becomes available.
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This is a fan-made commercial by 29-year-old Ben McCambridge (who spent $6K of his own money to create it) for the PS3 called 'Kids'. It shows young children cast in the following roles to demonstrate all the fantasy-fun to be had playing video games:
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5. Promiscuously dressed teen trying to sneak out of the house to meet her boyfriend while her mom and step-dad argue in the kitchen
Admittedly, the commercial was very well made, I'm just not sure about the message it's sending. WHEN YOU'RE SIX-YEARS OLD YOU DON'T NEED HYPER-REALISTIC VIDEO GAMES TO HAVE A GOOD TIME. Wanna be an astronaut? Sit in a laundry basket with tinfoil wrapped around your head. Want to play Lord of the Rings? Get a couple friends together and hit each other with sticks in the woods. You've gotta use your imaginations while you've still got 'em! LIFE DOESN'T GET ANY EASIER. Soon you're gonna be older and actually NEED video games to escape from reality. Plus booze. Can't forget about the booze. *glug glug* Oh yeah, f***in' loving life over here.
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From Me to You: John Lennon's Letters Show a Thoughtful Writer and a Real Curmudgeon
Shortly after John Lennon was assassinated on December 8, 1980, the critic Robert Christgau printed his wife's lament in the Village Voice: "Why is it always Bobby Kennedy or John Lennon?" she asked. "Why isn't it Richard Nixon or Paul McCartney?"
It was a distasteful remark, but it's hard to dispute. Paul has long been a cheerful purveyor of pleasing pop songs, but John was by far the wittiest, most audacious and most intelligent Beatle. He was also troubled, arrogant and fragile. He was a man of many moods, and those moods were always uncontainable. Even before he became famous, Lennon's teachers and schoolmates knew him to be clever with a pen and paper, and (people sometimes forget) in the mid-'60s he wrote two well-received books: In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works. It is little wonder, then, that Lennon's collected letters—285 of them, richly contextualized and handsomely presented by editor Hunter Davies in the new volume The John Lennon Letters (Little, Brown, 392 pp., $29.99)—make for fascinating reading. Read More


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Florida Race --> TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Former Republican governor turned Democrat Charlie Crist filed paperwork Friday to run for his old job with his new party, a move that will turn the race into one of the most watched in the nation.
Crist is now the front-runner to represent Democrats against Republican Gov. Rick Scott, one of the most unpopular chief executives in the country. Scott, though, will be well-financed and is expected to spend as much as $25 million in attack ads against Crist.
For Crist, he is hoping to revive a political career that seemingly crashed when he left the GOP and lost an independent run for U.S. Senate to Republican Marco Rubio in 2010.
Crist has a 10 a.m. event scheduled in a park near his St. Petersburg home to kick off his campaign.
But there was little doubt he was getting into the race. He has been preparing a team of advisers and has set up a website for the potential campaign. His addresses to Democratic groups have increasingly sounded like campaign speeches.
If he succeeds, it will be an amazing turnaround for the person who many thought could be 2008 GOP presidential nominee John McCain's running mate, if not a Republican presidential candidate in his own right.
Crist's downfall in the Republican Party can be linked to an appearance with President Barack Obama in 2009. The Democratic president hugged Crist during a rally to support a $787 billion federal stimulus package that most Republicans opposed.
Not that there were immediate repercussions. When Crist decided not to seek a second term and entered the Senate race, he immediately received the backing of the Republican establishment in Tallahassee and Washington.
But Rubio, who received his early support from tea party activists, used the image of the Obama hug to begin eroding away Crist's dominance in the polls and fundraising. When it became clear that Rubio had the advantage in the Republican primary, Crist decided to run as an independent essentially burning any bridges he had with the GOP.
Crist lost and took a job with the Morgan & Morgan personal injury law firm. He then began re-emerging in politics as a Democrat. His wife, Carole, registered as a Democrat first. He then began donating money to Democratic candidates, including Sen. Bill Nelson. He endorsed Obama over Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and campaigned heavily for the president. In December, he made the party conversion complete when he tweeted a photo of himself at the White House with his voter registration card.
And he's now embracing the hug with Obama, using it to help win over Democrats.
And while there are Democratic activists that are skeptical, he's largely been given a warm reception.
"There are a lot of people that are excited about his announcement, there's another group that's sort of a wait and see," said Screven Watson, a Democratic consultant. "Some people who want to see how strong he is, and then equally and more importantly, how is he going to handle the barrage of attacks that are certain to come."
Gov. Rick Scott has a goal of raising $100 million for the campaign. The Republican Party of Florida has already been attacking Crist for months through press releases, emails, web videos and websites. It even launched ads against him last summer just before Crist spoke at the Democratic National Convention.
"It's weird to me. That is new. I've never had that kind of assault laid on me when you're not even a candidate yet. It's a little peculiar," Crist said last weekend, adding that the attacks are only going to get worst. "I don't have any fear. I really don't."
And he said he'll have plenty to say about Scott.
"I'll talk about the disappointment and despair that I think this administration has brought on my fellow Floridians and our environment and our education and our ethics. Florida's suffering and she deserves better," Crist said.
Crist has earned the backing of many prominent Democrats. Steve Schale, who ran Obama's 2008 Florida campaign and was a top Florida adviser during his 2012 re-election, is advising Crist. Former House Democratic Leader Dan Gelber has also been helping Crist, as well as other strategists.
Crist has been well-received at Democratic Party events.
"More than I could ever dream for. I've been overwhelmed by the kindness," Crist said during a state Democratic Party conference last month.
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Just 30 minutes later, Utah suffered another blow. Starting point guard Devin Harris was a late scratch, unable to play because of a strained left hamstring he aggravated Wednesday during a home loss against the Los Angeles Clippers.
With Harris and Watson out, the Jazz were suddenly down to one.
Nine-year veteran Jamaal Tinsley — who didn't play in the NBA in 2010-11 — instantly became Utah's starter. Despite the fact he was with the Development League's Los Angeles D-Fenders right before the NBA's 2011-12 training camp started. And despite the fact he entered Thursday's game averaging just 0.4 points, 0.9 assists and 5 minutes in nine games for Utah, often being relegated to a cheering role on the bench.
Tinsley played well in his first start, recording a game-high 13 assists, to go along with nine points, six rebounds and two steals in 34 minutes against the Warriors.
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Watson was initially listed as doubtful against the Warriors. After traveling with Utah to Oakland, though, he left the team and flew to Los Angeles to receive a second opinion about his sprained ankle.
Corbin said he supported Watson's decision. The Jazz are unlikely to practice Friday after playing a home-away back-to-back, and Corbin said Watson used the window to further evaluate his ankle, which he injured against the Clippers.
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The Jazz only had 10 active players against Golden State. Utah starting shooting guard Raja Bell missed his third consecutive game due to a strained right adductor. Bell did not travel with the team and an update about his status was not provided by tipoff Thursday. … No Jazz player was among the top vote-getters for the 2012 Western Conference All-Star starters, which were announced Thursday. Reserves will be named Feb. 9. Paul Millsap and Al Jefferson are Utah's most likely options, but they face tough competition at the forward and center spots. Jeremy Evans could be selected for the dunk contest, while Gordon Hayward, Derrick Favors, Enes Kanter and Alec Burks are eligible for the annual Rookie-Sophomore game.
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July 25, 2012 - Posted by Guest
A post by National Immigration Forum policy intern Heather Jelen.
When I was a sophomore at Bethel University, I was the top 1500-meter runner on my track team. Then, my junior year, a transfer student came, and she was really fast. She quickly took my place as the fastest miler on the team, winning multiple national championships in the process.
I'll admit to having felt a little bit frustrated because she came in from the outside and passed me up. But training with her is one of the key reasons I was ultimately able to finish sixth at the national meet, good enough to earn All-American honors. She pushed me to become better. She gave me someone to chase. She brought more attention to our school and our team, resulting in more fast recruits. In short, she made me and our whole team better.
As the Olympics start this year, the United States counts many "transfers" — immigrants from all over the world who are now U.S. citizens — among its top athletes. Some people may feel threatened by these immigrants because they are potentially taking the place of others who were born here. But I think our immigrants make us better, just like my transfer teammate made me better. They continually push us to do better, work harder and find new ways to improve.
Leo Manzano, who will represent the United States in the 1500 meters, is among our immigrant athletes whose parents brought them here when they were young. Manzano's father, Jesus, first came to America in search of work and a better life for him and his family. Eventually, his wife and children joined him in the United States — Leo came when he was 4.
Jesus gained legal residency under the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, but it would take 10 years for the rest of the family to gain legal residency. Leo became a citizen in 2004 and represented the U.S. in the 2008 Olympics. This year, he won the Olympic Trials in the 1500 meters for another chance to represent the country that allowed him the opportunity to pursue his dream of running professionally.
Other athletes grew up in another country, including Bernard Lagat (running the 5000 meters at the Olympics), who previously represented his native Kenya before becoming a U.S. citizen. Lagat chose to become a naturalized U.S. citizen even though it meant missing out on the 2005 World Championships because of rules governing a change of nationality.
These are just two examples of the many immigrants (38, by my count, from 30 different countries) who will be proud to represent the United States when the Olympics start next week. And I will be proud to watch Manzano, Lagat and the rest of Team USA, no matter where they were born. America continues to be a nation of immigrants, where we accept and embrace those willing to pledge allegiance to this great country — including immigrants who continually challenge, push and improve us.
Heather Jelen, a 2009 graduate of Bethel University, is a policy intern at the National Immigration Forum and a third-year law student at George Washington University.


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O'CONNOR'S PRIDE – The well-trod and equally well-maintained 1856 Country Store stands as a monument to Richard M. "Dick" O'Connor's passion for maintenance.
Passing of the family patriarch met with resolve to carry on the dream
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It was a bittersweet moment that confined Mrs. Lorraine O'Connor between the joyous celebration of a cherished life and the mourning of its passing. She fingered the wisp of paper delicately as one might handle treasured porcelain.
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When her husband of 53 years, Richard M. "Dick" O'Connor, died March 3, he left behind a honeyed legacy for Centerville and visitors to enjoy for years to come, and a substantial family to continue the tradition.
The O'Connor clan – a tribute to the non-dysfunctional family – said this week it will continue to operate the 1856 Country Store at 555 Main St., a longstanding icon of mom-and-pop entrepreneurship that for 31 years under the O'Connor stewardship cured many a sweet tooth with the Rx of old-fashioned penny candy and assorted goodies.
"Of course," was the reply, as if there had ever been any doubt, when O'Connor's daughter Joanne, one of five, was asked if the family intended to continue its management of the village landmark that, in a sense, now stands as a monument to their beloved patriarch.
"You might say he was the plant engineer and I was the business manager," said Mrs. O'Connor as she stood last week behind the store's counter with her daughter, Joanne, who has been running the business end with her mother for 15 years. Another daughter, Janet, joined them three years ago.
O'Connor didn't get involved much on the business side, his family agreed, but he loved to tinker with the physical aspects of it. He was proud of the store, and always left it ship-shape.
Indeed. Two aging, black and white benches flanking the front door, the one on the right labeled "Republicans" and on the left, "Democrats," not only expose O'Connor's whimsical bent, but are in superb condition, testimony to his exacting maintenance of the structure and its accessories.
On which bench did he himself sit? "Oh, I think he sat on the fence," said Mrs. O'Connor, followed by verbal redaction from her daughter Joanne. "Believe me, he sat on the right," she corrected. They smiled at the thought of it.
"He loved our mother and us so much, and he was the light of our lives, the central figure in everything in our family world revolved around. Imagine the patience he had having to deal with five daughters and our raging hormones growing up," Joanne said.
From family accounts in the wake of his parting, O'Connor, tall and lean, affable and with a propensity to smile, fit the stereotypical backbone class of those in pursuit of the American Dream. Beginning with a career with the telephone company laboring throughout the state, reaching a supervisory position, growing and nurturing and loving a family, and with his wife as they approached retirement, then ventured into the uncharted realm of entrepreneurship.
It began with the couple's purchase of the Old Hundred Years guesthouse in Centerville, where Mrs. O'Connor established herself as innkeeper and in real estate sales, followed by their purchase of the 1856 Country Store.
"I remember when they first bought it," said Joanne. "The painstaking work he put into renovating it." And to assure his labors of love would survive the ravages of time, O'Connor spent the summers tinkering, and fixing, and painting and trimming, and patching and replacing, and gluing and nailing whatever needed, and mowing and trimming the lawn and giving to the community and Main Street an historic country store pleasing to the eyes as it was to the needs of tourists in search of trinkets and memorabilia and the desires of a legion of kids (some in their 50s and 60s) for palate-pleasing confections.
"He was also the number one handyman for all of us in the family," said Joanne, and offered anecdotal examples, such as the time the back window of one daughter's car shattered at a most inopportune time when all repair shops were closed and a major trip about to be taken.
"Grampy figured we could come up with a solution and ended up creating a perfect fit out of Plexiglas, screws and duct tape from Lowe's," she said. "The window held tight for more than three months." Not surprising then, insofar as the historic Country Store has held tight for 31 years. The family says O'Connor was often seen with paintbrush in hand or weed bucket by his side.
Over the years the O'Connor family expanded its product lines in consideration of local wants and needs as well as that of the tourists for inexpensive reminders of their vacations spent on Old Cape Cod.
Today it includes an expansive choice of penny candies (although few cost just a penny anymore), an equally varied assortment of brightly colored baubles and bangles and trinkets and charms and ornaments and the ubiquitous T-shirts and hats and the more practical newspapers and some convenience food items such as Cape Cod jams (one could say the store is literally jammed) and jellies and teas and various non-alcohol liquid refreshments.
There are also greeting and note cards, pottery, soaps and fragrances, books, DVDs and music, toys and kites, candles and Christmas ornaments.
Keeping stock and manning the counter is a demanding task in summertime when the floodgates of tourism remain open for several months, which prompts Mrs. O'Connor to comment about her daughters: "I'm blessed. I don't know what I'd do without them. It's been very hard…"
And what of the future maintenance of the property? "We haven't gotten to deeply into that yet," said Joanne. "The family will help and we have a young man down the street who is a pretty good handyman/"
O'Connor had been a sergeant in the Marine Corps and one of his favorite patriotic events was Centerville's Memorial Day parades. "Year after year, he loved watching the parade pass in front of the store from the window in the apartment, because the crowds down below were so thick," said Joanne.
This week, the family planted "Stairway to Heaven" climbing red roses in O'Connor's memory.
In semi-retirement a family canal-side home was constructed for wintering in Coral Gables, Fla., where the siblings and their progeny were always welcome.
"The house holds many happy memories for us," Joanne said. "He would spend every night in the lanai watching the stars and an occasional plane. He would tell my mother how blessed they were to be able to enjoy the simple pleasures together."
Simple pleasures… what better legacy?
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