New Trek early reports.
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 18:09
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Quote:You're right, I keep thinking 143 minutes, but that was the first tape release or something. The Director's is 132...
Originally posted by Storymark:
the Director's Edition actually runs 4 minutes longer than the theatrical cut.
The laughing Chrisisall
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Got tickets for thursday night. Digital projection, on a mega screen (basically a iMax without the official certification).
Been a fan since TOS started airing in 67, and Paramount can kiss my ass with their "not your father's Star Trek" ads. Not only am I going, but I'm taking my kids! 
I'd given some thought to movin' off the edge -- not an ideal location -- thinkin' a place in the middle.
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Originally posted by RIPWash:
After 30 minutes, they were FINALLY leaving the space port - after I swear what seemed like a 10 minute tour of the outside of the Enterprise
It always looks to me as if The Slow Motion Picture was consciously trying to ape (hehe) 2001: A Space Odyssey, and present itself as a serious SF film (unlike that Saturday-morning-cinema Star Wars stuff).
Of course, the SFX director was Douglas Trumbull (2001, Silent Running, Close Encounters, Blade Runner... none of which are noted for their breakneck pace and goldfish-friendly attention span demands) - not sure if that is a cause or effect.
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And the film's director was Robert "The Day The Earth Stood Still(original recipe)" Wise.
"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."
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Originally posted by Storymark:
And the film's director was Robert "The Day The Earth Stood Still(original recipe)" Wise.
...so its probably no wonder that its a little slow-moving for modern eyes.
Ironic really, since the original Star Trek TV series was pretty innovative in its fast pace compared with other TV shows of the time (e.g. the Irwin Allen shows). ISTR one of the reasons for inventing the transporter was to keep the pace going (I'm sure I read that in "The Making of Star Trek" somewhere but the darned book doesn't have an index).
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Quote:Me as well. Well, kid.
Originally posted by MacBaker:
Not only am I going, but I'm taking my kids!
The laughing Chrisisall
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The other reason for the transporter was the low budget (they could not afford the transporter interior and exterior.)
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I don't want to harsh anyones buzz but the writing team of Roberto Orci, and Alex Kurtzman's biggest claim to fame has been The Transformers. now as a movie goes it was pretty good to look at, but the story...ughh!
They were also the main writers for the show Alias.
A show I would describe as lackluster at best.
Like I said, I'm looking forward to seeing Star Trek, but I'd be very surprised If I actually like it.
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Michael Bay had a big hand in the story for Transformers, and I thought Alias was kick-ass (first 3 seasons, at least, before the network screwed it up). These guys also work on LOST and Fringe, and while I've yot to see Fringe it is the highest rated new show this year, and I love LOST. They also wrote M:I3, which I thought was the best of the series.
I'm not too concerned on that front.
"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."
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Originally posted by OPPYH:
I don't want to harsh anyones buzz but the writing team of Roberto Orci, and Alex Kurtzman's biggest claim to fame has been The Transformers. now as a movie goes it was pretty good to look at, but the story...ughh!
They were also the main writers for the show Alias.
A show I would describe as lackluster at best.
Like I said, I'm looking forward to seeing Star Trek, but I'd be very surprised If I actually like it.
Didn't they write Mission Impossible III? Clearly the best of that series!
Can't blame them for Transformers. They managed to make it Michael Bay's most intellectual movie ever. Not saying much, but most Michael Bay movies will kill off brain cells faster than bathtub moonshine!
I'd given some thought to movin' off the edge -- not an ideal location -- thinkin' a place in the middle.
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