Reminder What Star Trek is all about. Part 2

The new movie (Star Trek XI) seems to have amnesia to what was Roddenberry's original goal and vision of Star Trek. They even found a way to excuse the amnesia by creating the alternative timeline plot. As Spock said to Mc Coy in a mind meld before he died in Star Trek 2, "the wrath of Khan", "REMEMBER!" What are we forgetting that is worth carrying on from the legacy before?

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Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier is a documentary about the 40-year history of Star Trek and an auction of Star Trek props released by Paramount PicturesThe documentary aired on February 19, 2007 and March 3, 2007 on The History Channel.

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[mummra4ever]

The new movie to me just came across as being some fan fiction. As if they just thought when writing this movie "wouldn't it be cool if we saw the kobashi maru test, see how kirk and spock became friends and how kirk became captain?" Hearing about what they want to do for the sequel like "let's bring back khan" just seems like more fan fic. It was lacking in the heart and depth of the things that make us human that I've come to expect from star trek.

[Christtnot]

The new film was very much like Transformers and Revenge of the Fallen. No point to make, the film was rushed, and dump as much pointless action and exhibition as you can possibly fit, and its a smash hit. I guess the fans are pretty easy to please. Though I keep reminding my self that this is the same Country that elected Bush twice, and now we got Obama. The Matrix had more class then this.

[dragonknightleader1]

@reallycoolman2003

While I don't necessarily agree that it's a good movie, I do agree that it looked too advanced for its time, and really, all they had to do was add a satellite dish on the Enterprise and not make the rooms so white (and no lens flares). I would have to put it somewhere within the league of 3, 5, Generations in terms of quality.

[MrSchultzstaffel]

@caisediab Excellent observation.A modern audience would never sit through the tedium of the first film...but then again,a modern audience isn't able to sit through a four-minute cartoon either.Cell-phone's going off constantly,people constantly making calls, texting and countless other forms of total crap that these uber-annoying people do re-defines them from being a "modern audience" in the classic sense and just reduces them to being little more than a band of self-obsessed, mental patients.

[reallycoolman2003]

The only thing that annoys me is that the new film has technolocy thats more advanced than Voyager, or anything seen in Nemesis. I just dont get it. Why didnt they set it like 200 years after VOY and go batshit crazy. I mean it would be believable!! the weapons look amazing, the ship looks awesome, why mess with established canon then say "alternate timeline". the audience eats it up like a turd sandwich. sucks man. the film on its own is great, but its just gonna be transformers on a spaceship

[caisediab]

@Christtnot You are correct. I watched this film on DVD and followed by watching Star Trek: The Motion Picture. A modern audience could never sit though TMP. In the spirit of Trek, TMP addressed philosophical concepts about who are as human beings. The new film was just nostalgic bubble gum that cannot stand on anything beyond our knowledge of the characters.

[tgbotg]

@Zaranyzerak Yeah, I saw it 3 weeks ago. Why don't you have a discussion with someone who disagrees with you? One who can make intelligent arguments, of course, since I do agree there are those who are retarded in both camps.

[tgbotg]

@Zenutheduck Transwarp beaming. They took two terms in canon and meshed them together because they thought it sounded cool. Transwarp is moving faster than Warp 10 using the TNG era warp factor formula. How does this relate to beaming? Plus, rewatch BoBW Part 2 to see just how difficult it is to transport at warp velocities. This ability was nearly impossible unless both objects were traveling the same exact warp factor for 24th Century science and Nero's incursion could NOT have changed that.

[Zenutheduck]

@tgbotg - The existing fanbase ranks it highly. Maybe you shouldn't speak for everyone, and should just say "He could have a done a better job for me."

[Zaranyzerak]

@tgbotg I did a pretty extensive one as well, a 3-part collaborative review with a longtime friend of mine. My perspective was that of a longtime fan, hers was as a new fan brought to Original Crew Trek because of the new movie.