Spock, Kirk and Scotty is the from original series

Picard is the Captain of the USS Enterprise D from the Next Generation Series. So no, Picard is not the captain before Kirk.

ah, so to say Picard is AFTER Kirk? Different timeline again?

Picard is about 2 generations after Kirk...

i have watched this movie and i can say that...its very newbie friendly...there are no continuation from the previous movie and the now conveniently retconned past(or more precisely future lol) events with the events that happened in this movie

The action are fast paced as you would expect of movies this age. some might argue that the captain nero of nadara could do more good by warning the romulans when he went back in time but you must remember that his sense in clouded when he saw the destruction of his home planet and the death of his wife....and also he is just a miner, not some charismatic admiral of a military organization, maybe he is not as smart as he looks:lol:.

i guess in the future movies we can see more of the adventures of young kirk and his crew. the future of the federations are also going to be different now that vulcan is gone.

i have watched most of the movies and a few of the series and its quite sad to see all of them retconned like that.

well at least now we might see new fans that like this fast paced action sequence-type movies. but i guess these new fans might not like the more science-technobable of the series.

i would give it a 9/10 for the newbie friendliness. definitely a movie that anyone can watch and enjoy

The tv series timeline is:
1) Star Trek: Enterprise - Captain Jonathan Archer
2) Star Trek - Captain James Tiberius Kirk
3) Star Trek: The Next Generation - Captain Jean-Luc Picard
4) Star Trek: Voyager - Captain Kathryn Janeway

The Star Trek movie - Generations is where Captain Kirk and Captain Picard met.
I guess it is like a hand-over or passing the baton between Captain Kirk and Captain Picard
where Star Trek movies end and Star Trek:TNG begins ...

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Added on May 11, 2009, 8:16 pm@Haze.
I agreed with you 101%. This movie is for Star Trek fans and newbies.
As what the movie poster says "Star Trek - The Future Begins" ...


This post has been edited by earthcrystal: May 11 2009, 08:16 PM

holy shyt.... i never thought star trek could be so much less boring. this movie rocks. best prequel ever made

watched this movie today...dam freaking awesome...i'm nt a star trek fan but i'm blown away by the movie...chris pine did well acting as kirk...ecquinto too as spock...hoping for a sequel...

ok been reading a few of the posts and i dont seem to like the sound of it. are they re writing history ???? are they rebooting it like hulk ... if so im so gonna be .. meh.

hulk is different in sense that it's the same story.
this one, is set in the same past, only with new future.

omg ... new future ... " how can they just do that lol

it's called alternate timeline my friend.
it's quite common in science fiction.
and trust me, in this star trek movie, it's really believable about this new timeline.
if a trekkie like me can appreciate the movie so much, i don't think how you shouldn't.
unless.. you are one of those elitist.

yeah. i hate elitist. they refuse to evolve according to time.

sadly.. i enjoyed this movie more than wolverine

haha but yeah kudos to jj abrams, he did good

very much hoping they make a sequel soon

hmmmmmm mebbe i should see the movie first b4 giving verdict i dont pre judge movies hehehe all movies deserve a chance lol ...

cos trekkie follows the timeline properly ... those who are new to star trek would just go WOAH!! fantastico .... trekkie will go like lulz what ?

but as i said .. must see first hehe ... sound action packed tho ...

Just saw it on yahoo - Anton "Wictor Wictor" Yelchin is in another hot summer blockbuster movie, Terminator Salvation. With a perfect american accent

This post has been edited by narutokun83: May 12 2009, 02:36 PM

Your confusion is explained in the 4-issue movie prequel comics, Star Trek: Countdown...

The reason why the Narada (Nero's ship) had "tentacles" is becoz of the integration of Borg technology...

You can read a summary of the prequel story here:

Star Trek: Countdown

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Added on May 12, 2009, 4:27 pmOh, you didn't know Spock's mom, Amanda was played by Wynona Ryder?

I like the Michael Giacchino score too, although it's not the best Trek score... I especially like the way Michael used the Chinese Er-hu to portray the Vulcans... It sounds really nice...

This post has been edited by Vanquish: May 12 2009, 04:27 PM

watch back to the future la . time travel really is a headache

Wait till the Blu-Ray version for another excitement as JJ has left out many story part for the sake of quick pace. It will be extended to almost 3 hours with more plots explained.

Shhhh.. we have one of them here..

just saw ST today and it was great.The treat says there is a sequel in 2011 is this confirm???

nice

i might just get it