Originally posted by Robtard
Once again you didn't read the article, it says "might be" 🙂 Anyhow.That non sequitur aside, Abrams isn't "distancing" himself from the OS, when he's clearly paying homage to it with easter eggs and such. You'd know this, if you ever watched the original series 🙂
The amount of easter eggs is pretty ridiculous too. Hell, even the actors are taking cues from the guys that used to play the characters. Karl Urban for example.
Originally posted by -Pr-
The amount of easter eggs is pretty ridiculous too. Hell, even the actors are taking cues from the guys that used to play the characters. Karl Urban for example.
Without giving anything away..
There are some huge parallels to the orginial series/films and the main 3 are clearly imitating the how the characters were originally portrayed.
Originally posted by DARTH POWER
Without giving anything away..There are some huge parallels to the orginial series/films and the main 3 are clearly imitating the how the characters were originally portrayed.
It's hard not to. I mean, these are some of the most iconic fictional characters ever.
I think Urban just stands out, though (at least in the first movie), as good as the others are. He's very, very good as McCoy.
Originally posted by -Pr-
It's hard not to. I mean, these are some of the most iconic fictional characters ever.I think Urban just stands out, though (at least in the first movie), as good as the others are. He's very, very good as McCoy.
Oh yeah, he's spot on. He's just a younger, better looking McCoy. But then they're pretty much all better looking in this reboot.
Originally posted by DARTH POWER
Without giving anything away..There are some huge parallels to the orginial series/films and the main 3 are clearly imitating the how the characters were originally portrayed.
Firstly I DID enjoy the film.
It was simply good fun.
However the "parallels" have me wondering whether Abrahams simply settled on a formula that worked for the original series out of laziness or homage?
I mean every time Kirk made a decision to do something you could automatically expect the "logical" rebuttal from Spock followed by the "Are you crazy?' speech from Bones.
The non-Trekkie sitting next to me started to groan anticipating Spock's "speeches".
Then there was that scene which was simply a reversal of roles between 2 characters based on the famous scene in Wraith/Khan.
Is this Abrahams being lazy or his nod to nostalgia?
Then there was also the free falling scene from JJ's 1st Star Trek duplicated again in the sequel...once again I have to wonder whether it's lazy story-telling or JJ just playing safe & smart?
And lastly, as another poster pointed out...it's convenient in the Star Trek Verse to have technology that suits the future but logically fails when it comes to action scenes. I mean to have a star ship that's powered by cells to give off radiation BUT NOT HAVE a drone/robot/droid to repair such equipment when it's damaged simply reflects drama in the story & not the technology.
Originally posted by Esau CairnHowever the "parallels" have me wondering whether Abrahams simply settled on a formula that worked for the original series out of laziness or homage?
Pretty sure it was homage.
Although they could have made more effort to make
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Khan seem more like the original Khan. And I'm not even talking about his look. This one talked more like Spock than Khan.
Originally posted by Esau CairnSpoiler:
Then there was that scene which was simply a reversal of roles between 2 characters based on the famous scene in Wraith/Khan.
Is this Abrahams being lazy or his nod to nostalgia?
I've put spoilers in there for you 😛
Have to admit I was a bit worried for a moment that the sequel to this
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would be called "The Search for Kirk"
Spoiler:that ended in exactly the same way would have been really bad. But I feel the way it turned out was a great film giving a lot of homage to the original.
An opposite parallel
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Although I did queeze a bit when Spock shouted "Khan"
But it all turned out great Imo, and gave us something the Original films didn't
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A punch up with Khan
Originally posted by DARTH POWER
Pretty sure it was homage.
Yeah but even JJ admits never been a fan or have interest in any of the Star Trek series UNTIL AFTER given the green light to direct.
It's only been "recent" that he's watched the "classics" for research, not so much imbedded memories from his childhood.
I'm sure there would've been a Trekkie Consult telling JJ what episodes to watch, what scenes,quotes are iconic, what type of humour would be funny...