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New Star Trek Film Is Out!

posted by martyb on Saturday July 23 2016, @03:18PM   Printer-friendly
from the catch-it-if-you-dare dept.

mendax writes:

Just when you thought it was safe to go to the movie theaters again, the latest in the "alternate universe" Star Trek films hits the theaters today. Ars Technica and El Reg have two reviews of the flick.

El Reg, with its usual caustic brand of British humor, calls it "An unwatchable steaming pile of tribble dung", while Ars describes it thusly: "Trek by numbers is no Trek at all". Both articles do heap praise on Karl Urban's dead-on portrayal of Dr. McCoy. Still, it might be worth watching in the theater, for as as we all know there are is no bad Star Trek. Ever!

As for myself, I think I'll do what I usually do and wait for it to come out on video and see if it is truly targ manure.

[From a more general perspective, the Rotten Tomatoes meta movie review site has a critic score of 85% and an audience score of 86%. -Ed.]

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  • (Score: 2) by SomeGuy on Saturday July 23 2016, @04:57PM

    by SomeGuy (5632) on Saturday July 23 2016, @04:57PM (#379083)

    When I watch science fiction movies, part of the enjoyment is exploring the universe the author has created. To me a big problem with Star Trek is that even with their "alternate time line" the universe is pretty well known. And when someone pulls random stuff out of their butts to change things around it just makes it worse.

    Anyway, mentioning bad Trek with no mention of Star Trek Voyager? Or was that so painful everyone got amnesia and purged the putrid memories right next to those of "War of the Worlds the TV Series"? :P

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 23 2016, @06:02PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 23 2016, @06:02PM (#379104)

    60's
    TOS: MUCH better than "Lost in Space", not as good as "The Outlimits"

    ~90's
    TNG: Good and balanced
    DS9: Liked, general slow, but few great characters
    VOY: YES a few bad BAD seasons, campy and general more believable / constant than TNG. And I found more watchable then DS9

    00's
    ENT: Doing a pre-series with current movie TECH. Unwatchable s2 and s3.

    10's
    The re-boot movies have gotten away with old but NEW tech. Ship looks different, Engineering looks like a brewer, Spook is not so removed.

    • (Score: 2) by Zz9zZ on Saturday July 23 2016, @08:27PM

      by Zz9zZ (1348) on Saturday July 23 2016, @08:27PM (#379155)

      Really good recap

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      ~Tilting at windmills~