The Mad Hatter

November 6th, 2015 at 11:44 AM ^

I actually went to the first JJ Trek movie at the theater, and the audience was way younger and less nerdy than I had ever seen at a Trek movie before.

I think as stand alone films they're fine, but they're not Star Trek.

/also pissed about how they fucked up the ending in Wrath of Khan, which they never should have remade because the original was perfect in every way.

UM Fan from Sydney

November 6th, 2015 at 12:29 PM ^

They didn't fuck up anything with Into Darkness.

And yeah, they're not your traditional Star Trek, which is why they're so good. I'm not taking anything away from other older movies (OS and TNG), as they're great, but JJ successfully resurrected a dying franchise. He made them into sci-fi action movies, which is perfectly fine with me. The case is excellent and they play their parts very well compared to the original actors.

Greatgig

November 6th, 2015 at 1:33 PM ^

The first time I heard complaints about the lensflare issue, I was walking by a table full of grown men playing Magic the Gathering or some other D&D type game.  Now I notice it when I watch the new ST movies... It is kind of annoying, but in no way ruins the movies, for me.  I think JJ did an awesome job of reviving that franchise (my wife actually likes them) and look forward to any future Trek movies he might be involved in.

And to stay on topic, I'm really looking forward to the new Star Wars movies!  I'm afraid my 7yr old will break me financially with his desire to scoop up anything that has 'Lego' or 'Star Wars' attached to it, but that's the price I pay for getting him into it in the first place. 

JamieH

November 6th, 2015 at 12:04 PM ^

Apparently Wookies live much longer than humans, and Chewbacca was not very old to begin with in the original movies.  So even 30 years later he's not that old (for a Wookie). 

AKA you can make up whatever crap you want to when you are doing a science fiction movie.