Comments on: Oh crap Scottie! Look before you leap! http://www.themugshow.com/2009/05/oh-crap-scottie-look-before-you-leap/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oh-crap-scottie-look-before-you-leap The Dish and the Soup got Nothing on Us! Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Maxll Eckler http://www.themugshow.com/2009/05/oh-crap-scottie-look-before-you-leap/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Maxll Eckler Sat, 16 May 2009 05:16:28 +0000 http://themugshow.com/?p=285#comment-56 Now I have seen the movie through. It was a good movie. Tonnes of fun, but it lacks something major. Star Trek is now a mainstream scifi thrillride, and if you do not know, scifi is not science fiction (SF). There is a difference. The original series by Roddenberry was SF, though only mediocre in arguement, but still undeniably SF. This movie was not by any means. The SF has been slowly ripped out of star trek but within this final film they have achieved their task and mutilated that key purpose. I feel that it ruins an image Roddenberry shaped, and that many fans of the old series have had the veil pulled over their eyes with flashy effects and "tips of the hat" to their beloved past Star Trek through inside jokes. I am by no means a star trek fan. I am an SF fan. I enjoyed the movie from a "shoot-em-up" hollywood standpoint, and I can see why it appeals to trekkies and mainstream movie-goers so immensely, but people should not fool themselves. This is just another movie. We should not be so amazed when an adaption is successful simply because we have come to expect the opposite. Now I have seen the movie through. It was a good movie. Tonnes of fun, but it lacks something major.

Star Trek is now a mainstream scifi thrillride, and if you do not know, scifi is not science fiction (SF). There is a difference. The original series by Roddenberry was SF, though only mediocre in arguement, but still undeniably SF. This movie was not by any means.

The SF has been slowly ripped out of star trek but within this final film they have achieved their task and mutilated that key purpose. I feel that it ruins an image Roddenberry shaped, and that many fans of the old series have had the veil pulled over their eyes with flashy effects and “tips of the hat” to their beloved past Star Trek through inside jokes.

I am by no means a star trek fan. I am an SF fan. I enjoyed the movie from a “shoot-em-up” hollywood standpoint, and I can see why it appeals to trekkies and mainstream movie-goers so immensely, but people should not fool themselves.

This is just another movie. We should not be so amazed when an adaption is successful simply because we have come to expect the opposite.

]]> By: Maxll Eckler http://www.themugshow.com/2009/05/oh-crap-scottie-look-before-you-leap/comment-page-1/#comment-950 Maxll Eckler Sat, 16 May 2009 05:16:00 +0000 http://themugshow.com/?p=285#comment-950 Now I have seen the movie through. It was a good movie. Tonnes of fun, but it lacks something major. Star Trek is now a mainstream scifi thrillride, and if you do not know, scifi is not science fiction (SF). There is a difference. The original series by Roddenberry was SF, though only mediocre in arguement, but still undeniably SF. This movie was not by any means. The SF has been slowly ripped out of star trek but within this final film they have achieved their task and mutilated that key purpose. I feel that it ruins an image Roddenberry shaped, and that many fans of the old series have had the veil pulled over their eyes with flashy effects and "tips of the hat" to their beloved past Star Trek through inside jokes. I am by no means a star trek fan. I am an SF fan. I enjoyed the movie from a "shoot-em-up" hollywood standpoint, and I can see why it appeals to trekkies and mainstream movie-goers so immensely, but people should not fool themselves. This is just another movie. We should not be so amazed when an adaption is successful simply because we have come to expect the opposite. Now I have seen the movie through. It was a good movie. Tonnes of fun, but it lacks something major.

Star Trek is now a mainstream scifi thrillride, and if you do not know, scifi is not science fiction (SF). There is a difference. The original series by Roddenberry was SF, though only mediocre in arguement, but still undeniably SF. This movie was not by any means.

The SF has been slowly ripped out of star trek but within this final film they have achieved their task and mutilated that key purpose. I feel that it ruins an image Roddenberry shaped, and that many fans of the old series have had the veil pulled over their eyes with flashy effects and “tips of the hat” to their beloved past Star Trek through inside jokes.

I am by no means a star trek fan. I am an SF fan. I enjoyed the movie from a “shoot-em-up” hollywood standpoint, and I can see why it appeals to trekkies and mainstream movie-goers so immensely, but people should not fool themselves.

This is just another movie. We should not be so amazed when an adaption is successful simply because we have come to expect the opposite.

]]> By: Maxll Eckler http://www.themugshow.com/2009/05/oh-crap-scottie-look-before-you-leap/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Maxll Eckler Mon, 11 May 2009 03:11:51 +0000 http://themugshow.com/?p=285#comment-45 Many trekkies, like most fans of anything, are purists. For this reason, the same arguements between ST:TNG and the original ST will erupt since this too is a new generation. I have seen my fare share of star trek, and I actually hate the entire premise of the series, but I do respect the creativity and writing of the stories. I am sure this is a movie I will enjoy as it looks nothing like the original clean-cut tame version I have seen. Seriously, ST has always been so black and white with its heroes and villians I want to feel more extremes and questionable actions. Get Firefly on the fans asses, know what I'm saying? (fckin Whedon lol) Many trekkies, like most fans of anything, are purists. For this reason, the same arguements between ST:TNG and the original ST will erupt since this too is a new generation. I have seen my fare share of star trek, and I actually hate the entire premise of the series, but I do respect the creativity and writing of the stories. I am sure this is a movie I will enjoy as it looks nothing like the original clean-cut tame version I have seen. Seriously, ST has always been so black and white with its heroes and villians I want to feel more extremes and questionable actions.

Get Firefly on the fans asses, know what I’m saying? (fckin Whedon lol)

]]> By: Maxll Eckler http://www.themugshow.com/2009/05/oh-crap-scottie-look-before-you-leap/comment-page-1/#comment-949 Maxll Eckler Mon, 11 May 2009 03:11:00 +0000 http://themugshow.com/?p=285#comment-949 Many trekkies, like most fans of anything, are purists. For this reason, the same arguements between ST:TNG and the original ST will erupt since this too is a new generation. I have seen my fare share of star trek, and I actually hate the entire premise of the series, but I do respect the creativity and writing of the stories. I am sure this is a movie I will enjoy as it looks nothing like the original clean-cut tame version I have seen. Seriously, ST has always been so black and white with its heroes and villians I want to feel more extremes and questionable actions. Get Firefly on the fans asses, know what I'm saying? (fckin Whedon lol) Many trekkies, like most fans of anything, are purists. For this reason, the same arguements between ST:TNG and the original ST will erupt since this too is a new generation. I have seen my fare share of star trek, and I actually hate the entire premise of the series, but I do respect the creativity and writing of the stories. I am sure this is a movie I will enjoy as it looks nothing like the original clean-cut tame version I have seen. Seriously, ST has always been so black and white with its heroes and villians I want to feel more extremes and questionable actions.

Get Firefly on the fans asses, know what I’m saying? (fckin Whedon lol)

]]> By: Chris Rambo http://www.themugshow.com/2009/05/oh-crap-scottie-look-before-you-leap/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Chris Rambo Sun, 10 May 2009 22:37:57 +0000 http://themugshow.com/?p=285#comment-42 I enjoy the majority of the Star Trek movies and really liked the new one... I hope they get to make a sequel (which seems likely due to the HUGE profits this weekend) that has a bit more of the famous Star Trek science and moralizing in it though.. I enjoy the majority of the Star Trek movies and really liked the new one… I hope they get to make a sequel (which seems likely due to the HUGE profits this weekend) that has a bit more of the famous Star Trek science and moralizing in it though..

]]> By: Chris Rambo http://www.themugshow.com/2009/05/oh-crap-scottie-look-before-you-leap/comment-page-1/#comment-948 Chris Rambo Sun, 10 May 2009 22:37:00 +0000 http://themugshow.com/?p=285#comment-948 I enjoy the majority of the Star Trek movies and really liked the new one... I hope they get to make a sequel (which seems likely due to the HUGE profits this weekend) that has a bit more of the famous Star Trek science and moralizing in it though.. I enjoy the majority of the Star Trek movies and really liked the new one… I hope they get to make a sequel (which seems likely due to the HUGE profits this weekend) that has a bit more of the famous Star Trek science and moralizing in it though..

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