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A Nerd's experience with NuTrek
16 years ago
General
Well, I went and saw the new Star Trek movie the other day, expecting much rage and ranting as I watched it. In reality, I was pleasantly surprised. I still wanted to kill my room mate for making me laugh so much during the movie.
Good: The acting was wonderful throughout. Sylar from Heroes played a perfect young Spock, and it turns out that Kirk is a genuinely likable character when not played by a big ham like Shatner (though, to be fair, Shatner was supposed to be an arrogant ass back in those days). Also, Leonard Nimoy was downright awesome. I still say, however, the best characters were Dr. "Bones" McCoy and Scotty. The story was great, and was barely even hindered by the standard Star Trek brainfarts that annoy nerds. Also, the CGI, especially with the modernized representations of Federation ships, was fucking awesome. It's a shame there were no prolonged engagements between fleets because when a Federation vessel opens up, it looks a lot more like a battleship spewing high energy hate instead of the polite and genteel "pew pew" of classic Star Trek.
Um?: There were a few bits of weirdness. Seriously, Spock+Uhura? Also, Kirk going from a cadet on Academic Suspension to First Mate to Captain in less than a week seems a bit strange. Kirk getting stranded on Hoth was kinda funny though. Also, they played some of the jokes a bit too long, but never actually long enough for them to wear thin.
Bad: Only a few strange bits of nonsense. As an engineering student, I still rage at the Enterprise being built on the Earth's surface for two reasons: 1) Despite the fact that 95% of the Star Trek continuity has been re-written now (alternate universe, bla bla bla), "Enterprise" wasn't, and in the first episode of "Enterprise", Archer flew the first Enterprise out of an orbital spacedock. 2) It's the wrong shape! Being built on the Earth's surface would put too much stress on the supports between the engines, the center tube, and the center tube and the disk. Also, the final scene where the Enterprise escapes from a black hole. I would go further into this bit of "WTF?", but it would ruin too much of the storyline if I told you how the Enterprise got there. Also, how did the Enterprise catch up with the big bad's ship if Spock initially sent it going the wrong way?
Good: The acting was wonderful throughout. Sylar from Heroes played a perfect young Spock, and it turns out that Kirk is a genuinely likable character when not played by a big ham like Shatner (though, to be fair, Shatner was supposed to be an arrogant ass back in those days). Also, Leonard Nimoy was downright awesome. I still say, however, the best characters were Dr. "Bones" McCoy and Scotty. The story was great, and was barely even hindered by the standard Star Trek brainfarts that annoy nerds. Also, the CGI, especially with the modernized representations of Federation ships, was fucking awesome. It's a shame there were no prolonged engagements between fleets because when a Federation vessel opens up, it looks a lot more like a battleship spewing high energy hate instead of the polite and genteel "pew pew" of classic Star Trek.
Um?: There were a few bits of weirdness. Seriously, Spock+Uhura? Also, Kirk going from a cadet on Academic Suspension to First Mate to Captain in less than a week seems a bit strange. Kirk getting stranded on Hoth was kinda funny though. Also, they played some of the jokes a bit too long, but never actually long enough for them to wear thin.
Bad: Only a few strange bits of nonsense. As an engineering student, I still rage at the Enterprise being built on the Earth's surface for two reasons: 1) Despite the fact that 95% of the Star Trek continuity has been re-written now (alternate universe, bla bla bla), "Enterprise" wasn't, and in the first episode of "Enterprise", Archer flew the first Enterprise out of an orbital spacedock. 2) It's the wrong shape! Being built on the Earth's surface would put too much stress on the supports between the engines, the center tube, and the center tube and the disk. Also, the final scene where the Enterprise escapes from a black hole. I would go further into this bit of "WTF?", but it would ruin too much of the storyline if I told you how the Enterprise got there. Also, how did the Enterprise catch up with the big bad's ship if Spock initially sent it going the wrong way?
