Star Trek

Battlestar Galactica?!?!!?! Do you really want to see BG with 20-year olds trying to play Adama and Roslin? If everybody's pretty, how will we know who's a cylon?

If a reboot really was needed, I don't see any reason it had to be this reboot, with this weak director, silly writing, and loathsome cast.

To this day, I still have no idea what the 2009 movie was supposed to be about. It doesn't seem to be about star trek.

I'm all for broadening star trek's reach. But I'm at a loss as to why it needed to be done in such a tacky way.

Well thankfully you're just part of the Mouthy Minority. None of your whiny opinions matter, 2009 is already made and well received and there's nothing that your never-ending verbal twaddle will be able to do about it. 

Good day. 

Chris Pine was 29 years old in 2009. Shatner was 35 when Star Trek's first season came out. That's a six year age difference -- really not much at all. For the most part, people just look younger for their age than they used to. And isn't the whole idea of nu-BSG not to know who's a cylon?

Making personal attacks because someone criticized a movie you like -- but I'm the whiney one. Hahahaha. Ridiculous.

It is not about how old Chris Pine was in that 2009 thing.  It is about the fact that his «Kirk» became captain when he did not even have finished Star Fleet Academy training yet.  That is so wrong.  The real Kirk was talented but he had experience when he became captain, no? 

I'd grant you that. In that respect he was more like Captain Watters ["Red squad! Red squad!"] than original Captain Kirk. That was probably the biggest stretch to my own suspension of disbelief. Not quite enough to stop me from enjoying the movie, (or wanting to see the next one), mind you, but all the same...

well uhura always had effections for spock even in the original series

Better Spock than Scotty!

Honestly though I'm not trying to just run my mouth that was my first post I know my place, but I'm just reading all these posts and I'm just shaking my head. I mean...silly writing and loathsome cast? Are you kidding me? Did we WATCH the same movie? Not only did all the actors cast for this film MORE than resemble the originals, they SOUNDED like them...they ACTED like them...take the entire package and sprinkle a bit of reality here they werent gonna find clones OR the fountain of youth. I mean he took $200 million and todays technology and gave us the Star Trek we all love dont TELL me you didnt smile when you saw the uniforms...OR the Enterprise...OR the shuttle craft...OR Pike's uniform and wheelchair...OR the credit fonts...I mean i can go on and on and on. And this WASNT a reboot I hate hearing that term nothing was altered here no liberties were taken. This wasnt like the rape that befell BattleStar Galactica where guys became girls, Cylons became chicks and Adama became hispanic. THAT series was a reboot it took creative liberties. Other than the Enterprise suddenly being able to decide whether it wanted to fire straight phasers or bullet phasers, Abrams' film WAS Star Trek. It was. None of you are Gene Roddenberry and none of you are Martin Scorsese get off your high horses and just appreciate a visually stunning and very entertaining film that paid hommage to its original. AND it's the highest grossing Star Trek film of all time. AND it won an Academy Award (the first for any Star Trek film). I mean what more do you want. Seriously.

For one we want JJ Abams to repect Star Trek and not make it into some Flippant Joy ride to satisfy his own desires, make changes to the film but we wanted Trek changes not Abrams' changes...At least BattleStar Galactica made COOL changes.. There's nothing wrong with Cylon women OR ADAMA being Hispanic.

Exactly what did JJ change that you don't like? It looks to me like all the important elements are there, with the only real changes being cosmetic.

What he did that I like ? NOTHING ! read the thread Court is in Session.

I have to give my nod to the posters that are positive about the new Trek.  I grew up with the old...remember so fondly my first watch on 22 Sep 1966 with "Where No Man...".

Love the new Trek...but the 1966 season will always be my favorite Trek by leaps and bounds...but having "said" that...I'm so glad to have this NEW version.