i was never really star trek fan... they started off very early in the 50s or 60s... and the settings was soooooo lame IMO. the only star trek i watched is star trek voyager... voyager looked cute.. not like conventional star trek ships with out-stretched engines.

star trek 09 is good... very nice. but still got some lame stuffs.

they should have made the small shuttle ships better(not boxed shape like cardboard), and the bridge chairs are like office chairs... then.. they were talking bout shields... i never see any shields on the ships. everytime it always kena hit by missiles... and damaged.

y like that?... what are the shields for actually? and y no AI computer (artificial intelligence) present in star trek? any star trek fans here... ans pls...

This post has been edited by cruel_boy: May 16 2009, 05:26 PM

1. the shuttle designs follow the original star trek designs. no point changing those coz it'll go out of place. same goes with the bridge design. look up the term "retro-futuristic".

2. shields in star trek have always been invisible. u dont see it until it is hit by an offensive weapon like phasers, disruptors etc. during the early days, shields are a bit primitive. facing an advanced borg-infused battleship from the future such as the narada (nero's ship), they stand no chance. a cluster of those missiles was enough to disrupt the entire shield array, damaging the ship directly.

3. one of the in jokes amongst trekkies about the absence of AI is 2001:space odyssey. or at least google hal9000, the AI that went haywire and killed almost its entire crew.

on the other hand, the ship always had a basic system AI, but not enough to control the entire ship. star trek universe relies on human (or alien) capabilities to control the ship. the reason for this is computers are good at doing repetitive jobs, but would be almost useless in critical situations that involves unique parameters. humans on the other hand are good at handling critical situations, but would bore out and dive into complacency in a repetitive situation. this is the exact same reason why airline jets today still have pilots. did u know that we do have enough technology today to fly and land jets totally without the presence of pilots?

How did Kirk pass that simulation test designed by Spock?

Anyone here watching Fringe? TV show by JJ Abrams... Episode 19 got something...hehe

he cheated.

i think many ppl watch the cartoon ver b4, it was shown on tv3 if not mistaken, during the 90s. I still remember Spock said "I come in peace"

I LOVE CAPTAIN KIRK <3



LOVEEEEEE

Awesome movie!

gonna watch it later at 11.50pm...hope its good

I never watch any Star Trek. Star Wars yes, Star Trek no. Today my friends invited me to watch it in the cinema and my verdict of it is "It's surprisingly good."

When Kirk stole the antique car, a man on the phone shouted "Just because your mother isnt here..."

Then, a human lady appeared in Vulcan and married a Vulcanian, giving birth to Spock.

Near the ending, at the docks, Ol' Spock said to Spock something about you two (refering to Kirk and Spock) being connected in ways beyond your imagination or something like that.

Does Kirk and Spock have the same mother?

if this is an entirely fresh reboot, then it is possible.

but unfortunately, it still follows most of the original timeline. spock's mother was amanda grayson, a school teacher, while kirk's mother, winona kirk, was a starfleet officer.

I see I see... thanks for sharing.

the old spock look like spock's father...haha

Question.
Why there are no seat belt on the chairs in the bridge?
Captain Kirk and the rest of the crew has to hold tightly to the seat when they are being bombarded or they should be jump over the place to give a dramatic look?

This should be Star Trek - Episode 01

good question. more interestingly, if u look at the pilot and nav's console, their seats arent built in to the floor. more things to fly around during chaos perhaps? LOL.

Heroes had another Star Trek alumni too....Hiro's father who played Sulu

On the beginning scenes, i felt that if i watching lost esp seeing how james t kirk was born and his dad sacrificed himself. Perhaps some JJ Abrams signature?

Watched today and it is a perfect pilot episode in which by the end of the movie, you cant wait for next week to watch the next episode!

Too bad the next sequel will come by 2011 instead of next week.

I wonder why they aren't doing a series with this cast.

Perhaps I'm wrong but none of them are A-list actors thus won't cost a bomb to make a series, I remembered the cost for the last season of ST:TNG the cost per episode was crazy coz the actors were so in demand their contract prices kept going up and up. Just like how FRIENDS actors ended up being over greedy.

you have to know this happens way back in the past when the enterprise is still primitive... as you can see young kurk and spock..

they prolly would invent seat belt years or decades later

This post has been edited by Flizzardo: May 18 2009, 02:33 AM