• Star Trek Beyond

    From Al Kaiser@1:2320/100 to All on Tue Jul 12 05:25:02 2016
    I'm wondering if they have time to add a tribute to Anton Yelchin in the
    in the credits?

    It will be interesting to see how they handle his death for future
    releases. I suspect that in the process of finding this crew they
    tested other actors for the part and may go back to a "runner up" to
    to take over something like the used to do for soap operas and a few TV
    series.

    New Trek series coming out in a couple of years wonder if some of the movie actors will transision to small screen which would be a first.

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  • From Andrew Haworth@1:2320/100 to Al Kaiser on Mon Jul 18 14:19:02 2016
    On 07/18/16, Al Kaiser said the following...

    "Star Trek Beyond," a Paramount Pictures release, is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "sequences of sci-fi action
    and violence." Running time: 122 minutes. Two and a half stars out of four.

    Not exactly a glowing review, but probably better than what the film actually deserves. I don't know how any real Star Trek fan can tolerate these new
    films. It's like they've turned Star Trek into something more akin to Transformers - loud, cliched actionfests for a teen audience who can't pull themselves away from Pokemon Go. I don't really blame Star Trek. It's Hollywood.

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  • From Al Kaiser@1:2320/100 to All on Mon Jul 18 15:32:16 2016
    Review:

    A touch of humor invades 'Star Trek Beyond' by JAKE COYLE, The
    Associated Press

    In the previous "Star Trek" installment, Spock cried. In the latest,
    "Star Trek Beyond," he laughs. And not just a little snicker, either,
    but a belly-full one. What bold explorations into the farthest reaches
    of the galaxy hold for Spock no one knows. A sigh? A hiccup?

    "Star Trek Beyond," like most of the rebooted properties flying around
    our movie theaters, delights in nostalgically resurrecting iconic
    characters and tweaking them anew. The balance is a delicate one, as
    seen in the pre-release debate around this film revealing Sulu (John
    Cho but formerly played by LGBT icon George Takei)as gay.

    The scene in question turns out to be a mere moment, lightly handled,
    showing Sulu greeting his same-sex partner and their daughter after a
    long mission. It's all expressed with just a few arms tenderly draped
    across shoulders. And it's the kind of welcome touch that director
    Justin Lin, the "Fast & Furious" veteran who takes over for J.J.
    Abrams, has brought to this pleasingly episode -like installment.

    The opening scene, fittingly, plays with a smaller scale. Captain Kirk
    (Chris Pine), on a diplomatic mission, appeals to a snarling beast
    looming above him in a crowded amphitheater. Enraged at Kirk's offer,
    the alien beast hurtles down upon him, only to turn out to be no more
    monstrous than a feisty bulldog.

    The film finds a bored Enterprise finishing up a five-year tour in deep
    space.
    The (albeit brief) change of pace is immediately appreciated. The last
    two beefed-up "Star Trek" movies, as if overcompensating for decades of
    Trekkie nerd-dome, threatened to make the once brainy "Star Trek" less
    distinct from other mega-sized sci-fi adventures u just another
    clothesline of CGI set pieces strung together.

    Like its recent predecessors, "Star Trek Beyond" is mostly an
    assortment of effects-heavy scenes with bits of talking in between. But
    unlike the previous film, 2013's bloated "Star Trek Into Darkness," not everything is quite so much of a life-and-death issue (the exhausting
    de facto pitch of today's summer blockbuster).

    The Starship Enterprise, led by Captain Kirk (Chris Pine, looking more
    natural in the role), is lured through a nebula where a would-be rescue
    mission turns
    into a trap set by the villain Krall, whose spectacular army of
    mechanical drones ("bees" he calls them) attack in an overwhelming
    swarm. In a galactic blitz, the Enterprise is torn to shreds and
    crashes down on a rocky planet where the ship's scattered crew tries to
    gather, survive and understand Krall's motives. A local becomes an
    essential guide for them: Jaylah (a nimble Sofia Boutella), a pale
    loner with black streaks running down her face who helps the crew
    discover the Federation's history on the planet.

    The backstory, though, never quite gets filled out, and the plot serves
    as little more than a mechanism to test the efficient camaraderie of
    the Enterprise crew. Among them: Zoe Saldana's Uhura, Simon Pegg's
    Scotty, Karl Urban's Bones and Chekov, played by the late Anton
    Yelchin, a fine actor who's disappointing underused here. They're an entertaining enough bunch meandering around, and screenwriters Doug
    Jung and Pegg (who, as the writer of "Spaced, knows plenty about the intersection of comedy and science fiction) have injected some humor to
    the proceedings.

    The heart of the film, though, like the previous two, is the bromance
    between Kirk and Zachary Quinto's Spock. They're Felix and Oscar in
    outer space, and still the highlight of this batch of "Star Trek" films.

    It's only late in the film that the alien mask is pulled away revealing
    the actor underneath Krall: Idris Elba. For those who didn't place his
    baritone earlier, the reveal comes as a disappointment. It should be a
    crime in deep space, as it is on Earth, to shroud such a tremendous
    force behind mountains of extraterrestrial makeup. But I suppose had
    Elba been an unadorned baddie all along, the Enterprise might really
    have finally met its match.

    "Star Trek Beyond," a Paramount Pictures release, is rated PG-13 by the
    Motion Picture Association of America for "sequences of sci-fi action
    and violence." Running time: 122 minutes. Two and a half stars out of
    four.

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  • From Al Kaiser@1:2320/100 to All on Mon Jul 18 15:32:16 2016
    Review:

    A touch of humor invades 'Star Trek Beyond' by JAKE COYLE, The
    Associated Press

    In the previous "Star Trek" installment, Spock cried. In the latest,
    "Star Trek Beyond," he laughs. And not just a little snicker, either,
    but a belly-full one. What bold explorations into the farthest reaches
    of the galaxy hold for Spock no one knows. A sigh? A hiccup?

    "Star Trek Beyond," like most of the rebooted properties flying around
    our movie theaters, delights in nostalgically resurrecting iconic
    characters and tweaking them anew. The balance is a delicate one, as
    seen in the pre-release debate around this film revealing Sulu (John
    Cho but formerly played by LGBT icon George Takei)as gay.

    The scene in question turns out to be a mere moment, lightly handled,
    showing Sulu greeting his same-sex partner and their daughter after a
    long mission. It's all expressed with just a few arms tenderly draped
    across shoulders. And it's the kind of welcome touch that director
    Justin Lin, the "Fast & Furious" veteran who takes over for J.J.
    Abrams, has brought to this pleasingly episode -like installment.

    The opening scene, fittingly, plays with a smaller scale. Captain Kirk
    (Chris Pine), on a diplomatic mission, appeals to a snarling beast
    looming above him in a crowded amphitheater. Enraged at Kirk's offer,
    the alien beast hurtles down upon him, only to turn out to be no more
    monstrous than a feisty bulldog.

    The film finds a bored Enterprise finishing up a five-year tour in deep
    space.
    The (albeit brief) change of pace is immediately appreciated. The last
    two beefed-up "Star Trek" movies, as if overcompensating for decades of
    Trekkie nerd-dome, threatened to make the once brainy "Star Trek" less
    distinct from other mega-sized sci-fi adventures u just another
    clothesline of CGI set pieces strung together.

    Like its recent predecessors, "Star Trek Beyond" is mostly an
    assortment of effects-heavy scenes with bits of talking in between. But
    unlike the previous film, 2013's bloated "Star Trek Into Darkness," not everything is quite so much of a life-and-death issue (the exhausting
    de facto pitch of today's summer blockbuster).

    The Starship Enterprise, led by Captain Kirk (Chris Pine, looking more
    natural in the role), is lured through a nebula where a would-be rescue
    mission turns
    into a trap set by the villain Krall, whose spectacular army of
    mechanical drones ("bees" he calls them) attack in an overwhelming
    swarm. In a galactic blitz, the Enterprise is torn to shreds and
    crashes down on a rocky planet where the ship's scattered crew tries to
    gather, survive and understand Krall's motives. A local becomes an
    essential guide for them: Jaylah (a nimble Sofia Boutella), a pale
    loner with black streaks running down her face who helps the crew
    discover the Federation's history on the planet.

    The backstory, though, never quite gets filled out, and the plot serves
    as little more than a mechanism to test the efficient camaraderie of
    the Enterprise crew. Among them: Zoe Saldana's Uhura, Simon Pegg's
    Scotty, Karl Urban's Bones and Chekov, played by the late Anton
    Yelchin, a fine actor who's disappointing underused here. They're an entertaining enough bunch meandering around, and screenwriters Doug
    Jung and Pegg (who, as the writer of "Spaced, knows plenty about the intersection of comedy and science fiction) have injected some humor to
    the proceedings.

    The heart of the film, though, like the previous two, is the bromance
    between Kirk and Zachary Quinto's Spock. They're Felix and Oscar in
    outer space, and still the highlight of this batch of "Star Trek" films.

    It's only late in the film that the alien mask is pulled away revealing
    the actor underneath Krall: Idris Elba. For those who didn't place his
    baritone earlier, the reveal comes as a disappointment. It should be a
    crime in deep space, as it is on Earth, to shroud such a tremendous
    force behind mountains of extraterrestrial makeup. But I suppose had
    Elba been an unadorned baddie all along, the Enterprise might really
    have finally met its match.

    "Star Trek Beyond," a Paramount Pictures release, is rated PG-13 by the
    Motion Picture Association of America for "sequences of sci-fi action
    and violence." Running time: 122 minutes. Two and a half stars out of
    four.

    Al Kaiser n1api@cox.net <=-

    That's all for now!

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  • From Al Kaiser@1:2320/100 to Andrew Haworth on Wed Jul 20 04:22:18 2016
    Andrew Haworth wrote to Al Kaiser Subject: Re: Star Trek Beyond

    Not exactly a glowing review, but probably better than what
    the film actually deserves. I don't know how any real Star Trek fan
    can tolerate these new films. It's like they've turned Star Trek
    into something more akin to Transformers - loud, cliched
    actionfests for a teen audience who can't pull themselves away from Pokemon Go. I don't really blame Star Trek. It's Hollywood.

    Well the critics may influence some people to see or not see the movie but
    in the end it will be the fans who make the final decision if it's a good movie or not.

    I think it was Gene Rodenbury who said once that the week that Trek comes out it is the top grosing movie because all the Star Trek Fans go see it. It's the following weeks that tell the story if they like it they go again and bring their friends. If they don't like then the draw drops and we know it's a flop.

    I've said before that I'm not pleased with the "parallel universe" this
    trek runs in but I still enjoy it for what it is. Though I STILL would like them the get back to "our universe" somehow.

    You know for those that have not been around "FIDO" for as long as I have when the TV Shows were running and there were four TREK Areas running one for each of the shows, there were "lurkers" who read FIDO because it told them how they were doing and what the people though of the shows and the characters. There were even rumors that some posted under fake names even though you were (and still are), required to use your real name when posting, (in most areas). Also there were rumors that one or two episodes were directly related to posters personalities in TREK.


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    Thanks and take care!

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  • From Allen Prunty@1:2320/100 to Al Kaiser on Sun Jul 31 16:45:48 2016
    Re: Star Trek Beyond
    By: Al Kaiser to All on Tue Jul 12 2016 05:25 am

    I'm wondering if they have time to add a tribute to Anton Yelchin in the in the credits?

    They did I specifically read the credits to see. They did an "In Memorium" credit for Leonard Nimoy and had a touching moment at the end with New Spock where he opened the box of posessions from "Ambassador Spock" that contined his meditation lamp, robes, and a picture that was all of the first cast together in uniform on one of the incarnations of the enterprise. Uhura had gray hair... I think it was the last publicity picture they had of the TOS cast.

    I will say I was pleased to see Yelchin take a more prominant role as Checkov than any other movie or story. He did a great job. It was sad to know it was his last role. It's been announced that the character will be retired and I think he may be replaced by the new "Jayla" character... who also had a good performance.

    The nod to anton was simply "For Anton" which seemed very appropriate.

    All in All I felt good about this story... it was written by Simon Pegg and his Scotty is spot on... the Yorktown was AMAZING.... there was moer character development in it than the first two... it had some "pacing" problems but once it got moving it moved well.

    It will be interesting to see how they handle his death for future releases. I suspect that in the process of finding this crew they
    tested other actors for the part and may go back to a "runner up" to
    to take over something like the used to do for soap operas and a few TV series.

    Since they announced that his character would be retired... anything is possible in this trek universe... it is an "Alternative" timeline. Already people are dead that are alive in the classic series. Seems like they just unraveled all of the Canon.

    One thing I can say is they validated the Captain Archer's enterprise series. Spock wore a unicorm from that series through half the movie.

    New Trek series coming out in a couple of years wonder if some of the movie actors will transision to small screen which would be a first.

    Actually Startrek Discovery will be out in January on the CBS on demand service. Not sure what timeline they will use but rumor is that it will be using Roddenberry penned scripts from 200 floppy disks that they retreived data from.

    Allen
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  • From Flavio Bessa@1:2320/100 to Allen Prunty on Tue Aug 23 05:48:18 2016
    Allen Prunty wrote to Al Kaiser <=-

    One thing I can say is they validated the Captain Archer's enterprise series. Spock wore a unicorm from that series through half the movie.

    New Trek series coming out in a couple of years wonder if some of the movie actors will transision to small screen which would be a first.

    Actually Startrek Discovery will be out in January on the CBS on demand service. Not sure what timeline they will use but rumor is that it
    will be using Roddenberry penned scripts from 200 floppy disks that
    they retreived data
    from.

    Actually it has been officially stated that Star Trek Discovery will
    happen around 10 years before TOS.



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  • From Allen Prunty@1:2320/100 to Flavio Bessa on Tue Aug 23 21:57:30 2016
    On Aug 23, 2016 05:48am, Flavio Bessa wrote to Allen Prunty:

    Allen Prunty wrote to Al Kaiser <=-

    Actually it has been officially stated that Star Trek Discovery will
    happen around 10 years before TOS.

    Since they have referenced "Admiral Archer's Prized Beagal" then perhaps we will see archer again. You are going to like the tie ins with ST:Enterprise and it's era.

    Allen

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  • From Flavio Bessa@1:2320/100 to Allen Prunty on Tue Sep 6 03:40:26 2016
    Allen Prunty wrote to Flavio Bessa <=-

    Actually it has been officially stated that Star Trek Discovery will
    happen around 10 years before TOS.

    Since they have referenced "Admiral Archer's Prized Beagal" then
    perhaps we will see archer again. You are going to like the tie ins
    with ST:Enterprise and it's era.

    I really hope that it happens. I enjoyed ST: Enterprise a lot!

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