Star Wars: The Force Awakens (12/18/15)

[jye4ever]

Star Trek sucks anyways, all of it.

If Wrath of Khan is supposed to be the ultimate Star Trek, well then......meh.

Yeah Spock's death was sad, but whatever, he came back.

OT > any Star Trek.

 

[Ondi]

Star Wars vs Star Trek...........this could get a little bumpy.......

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Star Trek sucks anyways, all of it.

If Wrath of Khan is supposed to be the ultimate Star Trek, well then......meh.

Yeah Spock's death was sad, but whatever, he came back.

OT > any Star Trek.

All this ST vs SW bores me. There's a new sheriff in town anyway

 

[slackerboy]

All this ST vs SW bores me.

 

[a-dev]

Well I would put the quality of the ST reboots a bit higher then PT. Acting is at least far better.

As would I to be fair. They are a lot more bearable.

Great minds think alike!

I was ok with the fist film creating an alternate timeline and giving free reign to whatever new things they wanted to do with the old crew...until they did STID. A whole new universe to play with and all they could do was rehash original Trek. It was pathetic.

I have to admit I was curious about the possibility of going over old stories or characters in a new way but STID squashed that into the ground by being so...well, crap.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Star Wars vs Star Trek...........this could get a little bumpy.......

 

[ironwez20]

I love watching Trekkies vs whatever you call hardcore Star Wars fans fight.

It's like the ultimate topic that pits nerds against each other. I feel like King ceaser in a coliseum

 

[jye4ever]

I'm mesmerized.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

Old Trek rocks Jye, come on!!

That said, coincidentally in light of this current discussion tangent, I watched ST: TMP last night. I'd never watched it before until about two years ago, & found it painfully boring. This time around, I actually liked it a bit more. I don't know, it's got some nice effects work going on (Trumball & Dykstra) so that's a cool thing. The drawn out sequences are just visual lullabies though.

 

[slackerboy]

Old Trek rocks Jye, come on!!

That said, coincidentally in light of this current discussion tangent, I watched ST: TMP last night. I'd never watched it before until about two years ago, & found it painfully boring. This time around, I actually liked it a bit more. I don't know, it's got some nice effects work going on (Trumball & Dykstra) so that's a cool thing. The drawn out sequences are just visual lullabies though.

That's why it's called Star Trek: The (Slow) Motion Picture

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

I was late to the slumber party.

 

[slackerboy]

The director's cut (which is only on DVD) tightens things up a bit and it moves a bit quicker. There's some reason they couldn't convert it to HD for a blu ray release, but I can't remember what it is. It's still not great, but it's an easier watch.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

I'm pretty sure I've got the most current DVD release with extras, but I don't know if it's the director's cut.

 

[slackerboy]

Should say "The Director's Edition" on the front. I know the blu ray is the theatrical cut. I don't know if the theatrical has ever been on DVD. If this is the one you saw, then the theatrical cut would comatize you.

 

[a-dev]

I associate that film with Phileas Fogg Devilishly Hot Tortillas, which sadly no longer seem to exist. I was enjoying a large packet possibly the very first time I saw Star Trek:TMP in full.

 

[slackerboy]

I associate that film with Phileas Fogg Devilishly Hot Tortillas, which sadly no longer seem to exist. I was enjoying a large packet possibly the very first time I saw Star Trek:TMP in full.

I was 4 the first time I saw it. I remember we tried to see it a few times before we actually got in because it was sold out. It's odd, the first movies I remember seeing are Star Wars, Star Trek and Moonraker. It's like there's some sort of pattern...wait, the Muppet Movie is in there too. Pattern broken.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

No I don't have that edition, looks cool too - two discs! I love 2DVD editions of the classics, & I wish a bunch of my faves got released for the Aussie market that way. I've got this one:

 

[slackerboy]

Hmm, what's the run time? Original is 2h 12 m, director's is 2h 16m., the packaging on yours looks a lot like the blu ray here in the states.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

It's got 126 mins for approx run time.

That sounds a lot shorter than what you've proposed there.

 

[a-dev]

I was 4 the first time I saw it. I remember we tried to see it a few times before we actually got in because it was sold out. It's odd, the first movies I remember seeing are Star Wars, Star Trek and Moonraker. It's like there's some sort of pattern...wait, the Muppet Movie is in there too. Pattern broken.

My earliest cinema memories were 10 years later, films like Masters of the Universe, Beetlejuice and Batman '89.

The only Star Trek films I've actually seen in the cinema are Generations, First Contact, Insurrection and the first Abrams movie. I think you said you don't like Generations although I've got some strong nostalgia attached to that one - my mum went to see it with us which was unusual. And then the clapping at the end, people seemed happy with it at the time - the novelty of seeing the TNG crew on the big screen. I don't think the Kirk death bothered that particular audience