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I recently watched a bunch of the various Star Trek fan films and series out there and I did come across this one but it didnt grab me. I did, however catch on to a film called Star Trek: Of Gods and Men with Walter Keonig, Nichele Nochols andTim Russ. Extremely well done and its led them to put together a pilot web series called Star Trek Renegades. Worth a look for sure!

Okay so I ready your review of the film first, before I read this. I think you need to re-read this article then go back and re-read your review, lol

I have to go with WarCry on this one Pat. I finally got to go see it yesterday and my initial reaction leaving the theater was, that this movie was prefect, exactly what I was looking for.

To temper that enthusiasm I went home and watched TWOK (also so I could give my wife some context on the movie she'd just seen)

Bottom line is, I think it worked and I think it worked beautifully. I think you're looking at this from the point of view of someone who didn't want to see the property rebooted and obviously Abrams's comment that he "was not a fan" cemented your view that the movies would be bad. That's not a knock on you, just an outside perspective.

What I see happening in this movie is very close to what WarCry is saying. This is all about alternate histories and destiny at play. The whole point is to show what can happen when one thing is changed at a certain point in time and yet this new reality somehow seems to manfiest itself so similarly to the original events.

Was this what Abrams was going for, or is this just me projecting my own take on it? I don't know. But as a life long fan (and someone that was skeptical when the 2009 reboot was announced) I walked away with a geek's paradise of tie-ins and homages. I see where you would find these to be cheap knock off's and cop outs, but again I submit you're letting your jaded view of the franchise cloud your creative perspective.

Is this TWOK in "redux?" No, I don't think it is. I see it as a melding of Space Seed and the final playout of TWOK. Nero's incursion into the past sets up a radically different "Star Fleet" than what evolved out of TOS. The technology in ST09 (2009 reboot) is already more advanced than in TOS, considering the Federation was hit by something radically different and more powerful that they'd seen before. Hell, Vulcan was detroyed with one shot and it would seem the response lead to a number of major technological advances that TOS never saw.

No matter how different Star Fleet looks in this altered timeline, Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Uhura, Checkov, Sulu and Scotty still end up where they are supposed to be. 

In both universes Khan is found and unleashed what changes is who found him and when they found him. For the record I think Cumberbatch embraced and enhanced Montalban's Khan nicely. The calculated savagry I remember from TWOK is perfectly protrayed.

Carol Marcus is inexplicably tied to Kirk and to the events surrounding Khan as well. In the TOS timeline she crosses paths with a young Kirk and David is the result, though as far as I know we never get to see it.  In ST09 she is a military brat who's father (as a result of Nero's incursion) creates a hyper militarized Star Fleet and yet still she crosses paths with the young Kirk.

And in both universes, despite all these little nuanced changes, one of them, either Kirk or Spock climbs into that reactor and sacrifices himself to save the ship. I'm sorry Pat but I don't see that as a soul robbing hack job on the iconic moment. In fact from the moment of the reveal that Harrison was really Khan I anxiously awaited the redux of the scene. Things played out differenty....yet the same. It worked for me. 

We just picked up Amzon Prime so I'm finding a few new things to watch on their prime instant videos. I'm meandering through the first season of Falling Skies. It's okay but really, Noah Wiley left ER for this? Also getting started on Fringe, which I'm not sure why I ignored all these years, tis a good show.

I am trying REALLY hard to get through Netflix's Hemlock Grove but man...it's barely watchable.

"As for The Incredible Hulk, it's unlikely to ever get a sequel, even if Ruffalo turns out to be fan-favorite this summer.  They've already tried two actors, and neither time were they able to get huge box office numbers.  Ruffalo isn't going to change that.  Hulk's just not as interesting on his own, unfortunately, and by the end of this summer, fans will have seen a lot of the character – not to mention, there's still a live-action TV series in the works for him."

I think this one turned out to be way off the mark. I'm hearing that Ruffalo is an absoltue scene stealer and the Hulk's role in this ensemble is supposedly a "break out" performance. I have a feeling we'll be seeing a lot more Hulk this decade.

 Mr . Howard, if you are listening, Karl Urban is your "Roland" not Bardem. Oh, and please don't screw this up. That is all.

It's not the opinions expressed in this "post" that bother me. Everyone is entitled to their own dumb opinions on movies they don't like, thats what Forums are for.

What bothers me, and Pat I have to direct the question to you my friend is, HOW does a "post" like this become a front page "Article"?

It has no current context or relevance. And not to knock whatever "credentials" Msunyata might boast, frankly if this is an "article" it's very poorly written. I'm no journalist by any stretch but I know a professionally written piece when I read it. This is a fanboy rant that belongs in a forum thread. Sorry.

Am I the only one deeply disappointed in Cap's costume? How could they get it so right on his movie and (in my opinon) get it so wrong in this one. It looks like he's wearing a bunch of felt that's been patched together. This Cap costume looks like what I expect a fanboy to wear to a comic-con :(

 Hell to the yes. :)

I only want to see this if UNCLEAgent is in it.