This movie is certainly not for you, then.Serkanner wrote:I'm scared of garden gnomes ... and of Chucky as well.Freakzilla wrote:It's Romeo and Juliet done with ceramic garden gnomes that come to life when humans aren't around. Pretty good, if you like kids movies.Serkanner wrote:... wtf?Freakzilla wrote: Gnomeo and Juliet
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Produced by Elton John too. I saw it recently on cable. Kids are capable of comprehending so much more than this clap-trap.Serkanner wrote:I'm scared of garden gnomes ... and of Chucky as well.Freakzilla wrote:It's Romeo and Juliet done with ceramic garden gnomes that come to life when humans aren't around. Pretty good, if you like kids movies.Serkanner wrote:... wtf?Freakzilla wrote: Gnomeo and Juliet
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Yes, but it's marketed to them well. That's what they wanted to watch.Omphalos wrote:Produced by Elton John too. I saw it recently on cable. Kids are capable of comprehending so much more than this clap-trap.Serkanner wrote:I'm scared of garden gnomes ... and of Chucky as well.Freakzilla wrote:It's Romeo and Juliet done with ceramic garden gnomes that come to life when humans aren't around. Pretty good, if you like kids movies.Serkanner wrote:... wtf?Freakzilla wrote: Gnomeo and Juliet
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Yep. Wonder how long it'll be before the lil ones get it?Freakzilla wrote:Yes, but it's marketed to them well. That's what they wanted to watch.Omphalos wrote:Produced by Elton John too. I saw it recently on cable. Kids are capable of comprehending so much more than this clap-trap.Serkanner wrote:I'm scared of garden gnomes ... and of Chucky as well.Freakzilla wrote:It's Romeo and Juliet done with ceramic garden gnomes that come to life when humans aren't around. Pretty good, if you like kids movies.Serkanner wrote:... wtf?Freakzilla wrote: Gnomeo and Juliet
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I spent the last three months watching every episode of Star Trek: Voyager with my son. I had forgotten how truly amazing that show really was. He really liked it. My six year old daughter, who watched most of them with us, has started drawing a comic called "Borg Chicken," and walks told my neighbor about assimilation on Saturday.
To juxtapose the strength of old Star Trek with JJ Abrams is going to do, the three of us watched the newest movie this weekend. I had also forgotten what an absolute piece of shit that movie was.
Poor boy didn't get it. He said to me "I know you hated it, but it was good for me." I told him that I would weep for him after he went to bed, then tickled him until he was about to puke. All was well in the universe after that.
To juxtapose the strength of old Star Trek with JJ Abrams is going to do, the three of us watched the newest movie this weekend. I had also forgotten what an absolute piece of shit that movie was.
Poor boy didn't get it. He said to me "I know you hated it, but it was good for me." I told him that I would weep for him after he went to bed, then tickled him until he was about to puke. All was well in the universe after that.
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Voyager was never my favourite, more of a TNG and DS9 fan as a kid (watched plenty of Voyager too though).
I actually enjoyed the new movie (there's just one new one right?), but I'm hardly a ST purist or anything so as far as I know they botched the hell out of it!
I actually enjoyed the new movie (there's just one new one right?), but I'm hardly a ST purist or anything so as far as I know they botched the hell out of it!
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The total lack of idealism and Star Trek values was only part of the problem. The other part is that virtually none of it made sense. I tried to make a mental list of bullshit I would talk about in a potential review of the movie, but the list got so big I decided I'd need to watch it again with a pen and paper.
That's just what I remember. There was a lot more.
- Red matter?
Can't be captain if you are "emotionally compromised?"
Shameless rehashing of old dialogue that borders on pandering?
Character run-in coincidences on a galactic scale?
Total character assassination by the writers?
That's just what I remember. There was a lot more.
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I haven't liked any of the movies since Wrath of Khan and don't like any of the shows besides TOS.
The latest movie made me want to vomit.
The latest movie made me want to vomit.
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Right, I forgot the red matter... man that was bad, just horrible! Old dialogue I'm not surprised slipped past me, didn't want the original series much - the rest I agree, weak.Omphalos wrote:The total lack of idealism and Star Trek values was only part of the problem. The other part is that virtually none of it made sense. I tried to make a mental list of bullshit I would talk about in a potential review of the movie, but the list got so big I decided I'd need to watch it again with a pen and paper.
And there are the Trekkie inconsistencies, like warp beaming and shit like that.
- Red matter?
Can't be captain if you are "emotionally compromised?"
Shameless rehashing of old dialogue that borders on pandering?
Character run-in coincidences on a galactic scale?
Total character assassination by the writers?
That's just what I remember. There was a lot more.
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Must've been unobtanium.
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It wasn't just that it was a made up matter that sucked, it was that the whole concept and execution sucked. This stuff is THAT powerful, but for some reason needs to be delivered deep within a planet? DUMB.
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Don't forget the whole time travel aspect.
I REALLY hates me some time travel. BAD.
(And I've only half-watched the piece of shit during wakeful periods on a trans-Pacific flight. Fuck Abrams. With a blunt broomstick. And a bedknob or two. )
I REALLY hates me some time travel. BAD.
(And I've only half-watched the piece of shit during wakeful periods on a trans-Pacific flight. Fuck Abrams. With a blunt broomstick. And a bedknob or two. )
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I think me having enjoyed it must have been due to turning off my brain, as I am prone to do with SF on film.
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That movie did not go more than one minute without presenting something that failed to make sense.
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That .. but it flies past so quickly and fluidly that you simply don't have the time or the inclination to flag the bullshit. I enjoyed it hugely the first time I saw it, but hated it the second time.Omphalos wrote:That movie did not go more than one minute without presenting something that failed to make sense.
The time travel aspect fitted, although they were on about getting old-Kirk involved in the sequel, which would be a terrible idea.
My theory is that at the end of the third film they will discombobulate the Nu-Trek timeline (for some universe-threatening reason that has already killed our favourite characters). Kirk goes back and saves his dad, and sets up the original timeline as it was. Cue fast-cut flashbacks and flashforwards.
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Exactly how I felt. It was so obvious after the second viewing that I was almost too to admit that I liked it the first time. Though I had a LOT of nagging feelings after that first viewing, the only criticisms I had were of the red matter and the "emitionally compromised" bullshit.DuneFishUK wrote:That .. but it flies past so quickly and fluidly that you simply don't have the time or the inclination to flag the bullshit. I enjoyed it hugely the first time I saw it, but hated it the second time.Omphalos wrote:That movie did not go more than one minute without presenting something that failed to make sense.
I think I'm going to write a review of the movie.
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Maybe that's part of why I didn't notice a lot of what you'd pointed out, I've only seen it the once.Omphalos wrote:Exactly how I felt. It was so obvious after the second viewing that I was almost too to admit that I liked it the first time. Though I had a LOT of nagging feelings after that first viewing, the only criticisms I had were of the red matter and the "emitionally compromised" bullshit.DuneFishUK wrote:That .. but it flies past so quickly and fluidly that you simply don't have the time or the inclination to flag the bullshit. I enjoyed it hugely the first time I saw it, but hated it the second time.Omphalos wrote:That movie did not go more than one minute without presenting something that failed to make sense.
I think I'm going to write a review of the movie.
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Don't forget them building the starship on the planet's surface.Omphalos wrote:I think I'm going to write a review of the movie.
That was one stupid piece of shit that glared wetly even in the trailers.
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I don''t think the thing could even support its own weight much less take off.SandChigger wrote:Don't forget them building the starship on the planet's surface.Omphalos wrote:I think I'm going to write a review of the movie.
That was one stupid piece of shit that glared wetly even in the trailers.
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Yeah, I've also only seen it the once, and quite enjoyed it as a mindless action SF flick with some random nods to its predecessors. I guess I was prepared to give it a lot of Trek canon license, too, given that its a reboot.
I guess the problem is that it shouldn't have *been* a mindless action SF flick.
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I guess the problem is that it shouldn't have *been* a mindless action SF flick.
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SUSPENSORS!!!
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Sure, you start with them and build the ship around 'em?SandChigger wrote:SUSPENSORS!!!
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That was on the list. Along with the Local fuckup just kinda showing up with the trained cadets to go to space without bothering to enlist.SandChigger wrote:Don't forget them building the starship on the planet's surface.Omphalos wrote:I think I'm going to write a review of the movie.
That was one stupid piece of shit that glared wetly even in the trailers.
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That bugged me too, even with the obvious grav-tech in ST, the resources to build on the surface are silly.SandChigger wrote:Don't forget them building the starship on the planet's surface.Omphalos wrote:I think I'm going to write a review of the movie.
That was one stupid piece of shit that glared wetly even in the trailers.
Mindless is what I expect from filmed SF though, every once in a while I'm pleasantly surprised (District 9).