tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235139994190228.post4474149788085225546..comments2024-01-10T00:07:48.304+00:00Comments on Cathode Ray Tube: STAR TREK - Review (Imax, Manchester)Frank Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00680654042528560764noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235139994190228.post-25546481078192645482009-05-12T02:27:00.000+01:002009-05-12T02:27:00.000+01:00Jacqueline Lichtenberg!
You honour me. I'm not w...Jacqueline Lichtenberg! <br /><br />You honour me. I'm not worthy!<br /><br />Thank you so much for your comments. I'm glad you liked the film as it shows that Trek fans, and I include myself here, from back in the day are opening their arms to this film. As you say, there are infinite possibilities for fans to latch onto and it saddens me that a vocal minority just don't see that. <br /><br />It has done fantastic business in the first weekend so I think we'll definitely see a sequel and I look forward to it immensely. <br /><br />I shall follow you on Twitter forthwith and many thanks for tweeting the review. Much appreciated.Frank Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00680654042528560764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235139994190228.post-48537617176369779562009-05-11T23:08:00.000+01:002009-05-11T23:08:00.000+01:00Thank you for mentioning me and Star Trek Lives! ...Thank you for mentioning me and Star Trek Lives! Love the new label FANGIRL - oh, that fits.<br /><br />I totally agree that this new film has what it takes -- lots of hooks to hang fanfic on, lots of potential for sequels and maybe a new TV Series or at least mini-Series. Lots of MATERIAL here. <br /><br />I've yet to write my own comments on this movie - so much to think about! But the only thing that really irked me was they didn't use the word KROYKA when Kirk finally got Spock's goat. <br /><br />Also it should have taken a few more prods to "motivate" Spock than that but they did have the set-up scene with the young Spock and comments on his Mother.<br /><br />Follow me at http://twitter.com/JLichtenberg <br /><br />I tweeted this review there and will post there when I finally write something about this movie.<br /><br />Jacqueline Lichtenberg<br />Fangirl<br />http://www.simegen.com/jl/Jacqueline Lichtenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01613040740264804278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235139994190228.post-12520017648094503722009-05-11T02:42:00.000+01:002009-05-11T02:42:00.000+01:00it would seem that Chris Pine's Capt. Kirk encapsu...it would seem that Chris Pine's Capt. Kirk encapsulates all that Capt. Kirk was meant to be more than William Shatner's versionNomadhttp://www.coffeenomad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235139994190228.post-13678560596088820322009-05-10T11:57:00.000+01:002009-05-10T11:57:00.000+01:00Hello Ro,
Thanks for stumbling across the blog! G...Hello Ro,<br /><br />Thanks for stumbling across the blog! Glad you appreciated the review. A lot of fans do seem to think that the new film wipes out the last 40 years of Trek history. It doesn't. As Paul Mount so succinctly says, it's a sequel AND a prequel and the 40 years of Trek is still there alongside this new timeline. <br /><br />Enjoy the film. It's highly entertaining.Frank Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00680654042528560764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235139994190228.post-34848499744197354402009-05-10T08:31:00.000+01:002009-05-10T08:31:00.000+01:00Thank you so very much for this thorough review of...Thank you so very much for this thorough review of Star Trek! I haven't seen the film yet and did have some misgivings. But your positive review has made me feel much more confident that I won't be disappointed with the movie.<br /><br />I actually discovered your site by accident and am glad that I did! It is wonderful! I co-run a Doctor Who site (http://children-of-tardis.blogspot.com/) and am always happy to find new sites of interest.<br /><br />I will definitely return!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235139994190228.post-40391150896302591892009-05-08T13:05:00.000+01:002009-05-08T13:05:00.000+01:00Thanks Paul.
Like my relationship with Doctor Who...Thanks Paul.<br /><br />Like my relationship with Doctor Who, I've been both a fervid fanboy and a lapsed 'I can't be bothered' with this anymore fan of Star Trek. I adore the original series, enjoyed some of the films, most of Next Gen and DS9 but completely abandoned the franchise with Voyager and Enterprise and the later films. <br /><br />And like RTD, Abrams has done the sensible thing. Shunted the back story and the continuity hell into an alternate timeline in order to restart the franchise. A lot of fans are very unhappy about this as they believe he's written off 40 odd years of history. What they can't see is that this is a golden opportunity to take Trek back to its core cultural appeal, without the clunky baggage, and actually retell many of the familiar stories from the canon. And if you want the original canon it's still there, still preserved and Nimoy functions as the bridge between the two. I think it's a neat solution. Controversial, obviously. As controversial as a Time War wiping out the Time Lords, I'd say. And most of us are pretty much at home with that idea now.<br /><br />It's a fun film, carries out some lovely augmentation to the familiar cultural icons and yet remains true to them. The story isn't quite as good as it might have been but that's not really the point. The point is that we have Kirk, McCoy and Spock back in a familiar universe with new stories to tell. <br /><br />I'm also going back to see it again. It's so crammed full of visual delight that it deserves a second pass! <br /><br />Look forward to your review!Frank Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00680654042528560764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235139994190228.post-77250281039211306932009-05-08T12:09:00.000+01:002009-05-08T12:09:00.000+01:00I absolutely agree. I've never been a huge Star Tr...I absolutely agree. I've never been a huge Star Trek fan but the film blew me away last night - just thrilling. I'm collecitng my thoughts at the moment for my own review vbut it seems you've more or less said it all really! Just a terrific adrenalised film with heart, soul and a strange sort of beauty. I rarely go to the cinema twice to see the same movie but I'm sorely tempted with this one. Just terrific, mainly because I just wasn't expecting a lot from a franchise I've never really been all that connected to.Paul Mounthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07633402797573408873noreply@blogger.com