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PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 9:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

New Beyond clip shows Uhura/Spock and Spock/McCoy dynamics
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Paramount has posted a new clip through Facebook featuring Spock/Uhura drama plus some sage words from the good doctor, this gives a glimpse of the new emphasis on the Spock/McCoy relationship, that we've heard was in Beyond. As with all clips, this comes with a warning of spoilers for those trying to stay pure before July 22.

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I eliminated the original link; the link below is more reliable.

UPDATE: Youtube added more videos today including an alternate take on the scene where Bones tells Spock off. Spock's reaction is classic!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-KTjXh_pHI&feature=youtu.be


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The ships of Star Trek Beyond infographic:


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I am off to see the three newest movies on the 21st---looking forwards to it
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 16, 2016 9:25 pm    Post subject: Our Spoiler-Free Review of Star Trek Beyond Reply with quote

Our Spoiler-Free Review of Star Trek Beyond

TrekMovie.com By: Aaron Harvey

Star Trek Beyond is a rollicking, fun adventure that stays true to the ethos of The Original Series. It seems that Paramount has finally done what they set out to do with the Kelvin timeline reboot: to merge the oil-and-water worlds of Star Trek and the summer blockbuster.

Read on for our spoiler-free review, followed by a spoiler-light version (i.e. nothing that hasn't been seen in trailers, clips, or revealed in interviews).

Our Spoiler-free Review

Last year, Simon Pegg ruffled some fan feathers when he discussed an early draft of Star Trek Beyond and what the executives at Paramount wanted out of the new movie.


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They had a script for Star Trek that wasn't really working for them. I think the studio was worried that it might have been a little bit too Star Trek-y


This had fans justifiably worried that the powers that be would turn this incarnation of Trek into another shoot-em-up explosion-filled action flick. Just another summer tentpole film with Star Trek tacked onto the title.

Those worries, it turns out, were completely unfounded, because the strength (and perhaps weakness) of Star Trek Beyond is that it is, at its core, a big, bold, classic episode of Star Trek: The Original Series.

For Star Trek fans this is absolutely a great thing. Far off locations, cool technology, alien bad guys who are not one-dimensional, character building interactions with the crew in good times and bad, and enough name checks and in-references to make the die-hard fan want to go back and see it again to find more.

And yet, Beyond comes across as the kind of movie you can take your non-Trek friends to. They will need minor knowledge of Star Trek '09 and while the events of Star Trek Into Darkness probably play into Kirk's emotional state, a few well-framed captain's logs can bring the uninitiated up to speed. Director Justin Lin and Writers Simon Pegg and Doug Jung breathlessly push the story forward while still leaving room to get to know the film's heros.


Minor Spoilers Beyond This Point

(nothing that hasn't been seen in the trailers, clips or revealed in interviews)

We begin our journey at the Yorktown, that massive snow globe-like starbase you've seen in the previews and Simon Pegg has been gushing over.

Think Deep Space Nine meets Babylon 5. Actually just think Babylon 5.

This is where we see the events of all the past movies begin to catch up with Kirk (Chris Pine). Whereas in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Admiral Kirk was itching to get out from behind the desk and become a captain again, this Kirk is far more reluctant, and in an arc that makes sense for this universe's Captain. It gives the character actual depth and even Pine seems to be more comfortable in the role, bringing a greater complexity to the character even in the midst of shouting and panting, which happens a lot.

But we don't linger at Yorktown long. Instead, we dive right into the action and watch in horror as Krall's (IIdris Elba) swarm ships gut the Enterprise in a rather violent and emotional way.

I know! I know! You're saying, Oh great, we destroy the Enterprise? And you're not alone. Simon Pegg said the same thing to Justin Lin but eventually warmed up to the idea.


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I realized what he was doing brilliantly was: he was not only taking out a main character but he was removing the physical connective tissue between the crew to see what happens when you take away that which physically bonds them together. If you take away that thing that physically necessitates them being a unit, do they dissipate or do they come back together?

And he's right. Not only does this set up that emotional challenge to the crew, it sets it up physically. More than any current Trek movie, and probably any Trek movie since Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, every character has a chance to shine.

Kirk and Chekov (Anton Yelchin) are the prefect pairing. Ensign Pavel -I can do zat!-- Chekov, is the optimistic young ensign, which is the perfect counterpoint to a Captain who is questioning if he even wants to be doing what he's doing. You can see how much Anton loved what he did and it's painful at times to know we will never see him inhabit this role again. Over the course of the film, Kirk acts more and more like a captain, and this is in no small part due to having to watch out for Chekov.

Jaylah, played by Sofia Boutella, is a perfect counterpoint to Scotty. Without giving anything away, she has an interesting background and gives off a bit of a Leelo from The Fifth Element vibe, in a good way. She runs up against Scotty' Starfleet training in some really enchanting and funny moments. The scenes play to Pegg's comedic abilities and Sofia's ability to be approachable but undeniably kick-ass! Seriously, when can I get a Jaylah action figure?

Uhura (Zoe Saldana), now with rank stripes (which we learned was thanks to a fan and Karl Urban's urging to the costume department), has the most agency of any incarnation in the franchise. Thankfully gone is Excuse me while I shush you Captain so I can argue with my boyfriend in the middle of a crisis and in her place is a competent officer. Yes, there is still plenty of interaction surrounding her relationship with Spock, but this time it's tempered by good writing and film-making.

If I had one complaint about all the pairings it would be that we don't get to see more of Sulu (John Cho). Back at the Yorktown, we learn that Sulu is a family man. His husband and daughter live there. Sulu is paired up with Uhura, and it would have been nice to see him talk with her about trying to get out of the situation they're in and his worry that he may never seeing his family again.

Before you can say Dammit Jim I'm a doctor not a , one of the best pairings in the film is unsurprisingly Spock and Bones, played expertly by Zachary Quinto and Karl Urban. Pegg and Jung create dialogue that takes advantage not only of their character interactions, but the genuine friendship the actors have as well. Bones is a great foil while Spock deals with his relationship with Uhura, among other things, and as you know, Vulcans aren't really chatty.

That leaves our villain, Krall. For a good chunk of the movie he feels more like a force of nature than a character. That's not necessarily a bad thing. The swarm ships, with their insect-like attack fashion, add to that feeling, and make Krall a force to be reckoned with. Like most Trek villains, there's more to our villain than what's on the surface.

Technically, the film performs well. It was shot digitally and in a way that will make audiences feel as if they are in the movie, sometimes a bit TOO much. The rapid scene cuts during action sequences are par for the course for summer blockbusters, but the digital nature of the print sometimes made it hard to make things out. I would love to have had the camera settle once in a while instead of always moving. If you see the film on a smaller screen I imagine this will be less of an issue, but still I am not a fan of constant camera shaking to indicate action.

All-in-all, Beyond was really more than I could have hoped for. Action, adventure and emotion. It honors The Original Series, and remembers Leonard Nimoy and Anton Yelchin in ways that are really very touching.

With yesterday's tease of a possible 4th movie, for the first time in this new Kelvin-verse I am looking forward to the next installment!

Aaron Harvey is an unabashed Star Trek fan. One who has been involved in everything from fan films to video games to hosting a podcast about the animated series. He's a lover of all aspects of Trek and enjoys taking deep dives into various aspects of the franchise.

Link and photos at:
http://trekmovie.com/2016/07/15/our-spoiler-free-review-of-star-trek-beyond/


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2016 2:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Okay, now I'm really looking forward to seeing this movie. It sounds pretty damn good. Thanks for sharing this with us, BDT. Very Happy

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2016 9:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

"Star Trek Beyond: EW review"

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It's lightweight, zero-gravity Trek that is, for the most part, devoid of the sort of Big Ideas and knotty existential questions that creator Gene Roddenberry specialized in.

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/15/star-trek-beyond-ew-review
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2016 9:31 pm    Post subject: Star Trek Beyond: USA Today review Reply with quote

Star Trek Beyond: USA Today review
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Slight to Moderate Spoilers ahead

How's this for boldly going where no one has gone before: The best character in Star Trek Beyond doesn't wear a Starfleet outfit, Bones is just as cool as Kirk and Spock, and hip-hop is used as a plot point.

Director Justin Lin's new sci-fi voyage (** out of four; rated PG-13; in theaters Friday) with the starship Enterprise veers off the course of J.J. Abrams' previous two big-screen Treks in that it feels more like an expensive two-hour episode of the original TV series rather than a Star Wars-y epic. That's not a bad thing overall -- what is unfortunate is a momentum-killing middle and a main villain who fails to be interesting until a thrilling third act.

Beyond catches up with James Kirk (Chris Pine) when the Enterprise captain is in the doldrums and questioning his career trajectory three years into the ship's five-year mission. It's difficult to feel grounded "when even the gravity is artificial, Kirk says, lamenting the fact that things are "feeling episodic" over shots of Scotch with medical officer Bones McCoy (Karl Urban).

Their mundane daily life picks up quickly after a distress call arrives from a science team on an uncharted world. The Enterprise sets off to the rescue, only to discover it's a trap set by a mysterious alien villain named Krall (a menacing Idris Elba).

His fleet rips up the Enterprise like space piranha, leaving Kirk's crew scattered on this strange planet: The captain and Chekov (the late Anton Yelchin) investigate the inhabitants, Sulu (John Cho) and Uhura (Zoe Saldana) are nabbed by Krall, Bones tends to an injured Mr. Spock (Zachary Quinto), and Scotty (Simon Pegg) meets Jaylah (Sofia Boutella), a native female warrior whose home is an abandoned Starfleet ship. ...

Boutella is amazing as this new heroine with quasi-tribal facial features and a pragmatic demeanor: She holds her own with Kirk but also comes with a tragic backstory. Of note, too, is Urban as Bones; his grumpy, scene-stealing nature has been seen in spurts in the two Abrams movies, but the doctor comes into his own here.

Pegg and Doug Jung's script adds a lot of surprising humor. Kirk doesn't have trouble with Tribbles but does get into a funny fight with some tiny Teenax. Lin showcases action chops honed on four Fast & Furious movies in the gravity-defying climax, where Krall's origins are revealed and none too soon, because the bad guy spends most of the film as a one-note foe devoid of Elba's usual intimidating charms.

Star Trek Beyond doesn't have the same vision of Abrams films, so it doesn't really seem like a continuation in a sense. Yet it does recapture the exploration motif plus the emotional and social underpinnings of Star Trek past: We see Sulu embrace his husband and child in a moment that's fleeting but touching, and Spock takes time to process the loss of Spock Prime, played by Leonard Nimoy in the previous films, as an in-movie tribute to the late Trek icon. (The film also is dedicated to Yelchin, who died last month at age 27.)

The galactic adventure might be an uneven one, but the combination of gravitas, a little mirth and old-school Trek themes makes Beyond a decently entertaining trip to the final frontier.

LINK for full story and photos: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2016/07/17/review-star-trek-beyond-movie/87222720/

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 5:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I saw a triple bill of the three Trek films 2009-2016 last night, over 6 hours or so, from 7PM through til 2AM [approx].

Seeing them back-to back [with Pegg and Pine visibly aging the worst], the first film still has the best story in my view: just gripping stuff, a real sense of threat throughout.

Into Darkness isn't perhaps quite as good, however that finale in future San Francisco with its' epic destruction and futuristic hover-vehicles is as good as anything in the entire franchize, I reckon---a very memorable main villain, too.

This new one starts fine with the almost-total destruction of the Enterprize ,, and there is plenty of action and future paraphanalia to appease the ardent Trek enthusiast------however, Peggs' co-scripting is cornball in places, with strained humor too much to the fore in my view.

The crew face severe peril face-on, with their situation worsening and worsening in the opening reels: their ultimate 'remedy' is hardly a strong solution, and in fact something similar was done at the end of Mars Attacks!

A good new young female alien character, though.

Worth a look, but not as effective as the 2009 film, in my view.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 6:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Review in The Times today, by Kate Muir:

Justin Lin's take on the space opera delivers thrills and Vulcan jokes

Will Commander Spock give up his day job to make Vulcan babies instead? Is the endless Universe giving Captain Kirk a feeling of ennui? Has Scotty the worst Scottish accent ever? When did Lieutenant Sulu last see his husband? And, most importantly, is the USS Enterprise insured against collision damage?

These key questions are resolved in Star Trek Beyond, the 13th movie in the 50-year-old space opera, and it delivers a satisfying and amusing dollop of sci-fi comfort food. Whereas many a summer blockbuster leaves me chewing my handbag in irritation at the sound and CGI fury signifying nothing but international sales, at least this Star Trek instalment has proper character development, thanks to a script co-written by Simon Pegg, who plays the ship's engineer Scotty.

Also back on the bridge of Starfleet's finest vessel: Chris Pine as Captain James Tiberius Kirk; Zachary Quinto as Spock; the late Anton Yelchin as Commander Chekov, Zoe Saldana as Lieutenant Uhura and Karl Urban as Doctor Bones McCoy.

The crew is three years into a five-year mission, and everyone is a tad grumpy. Bones and Kirk are necking some hooch and talking about father issues, and there's some raunchy cabin-hopping. Fortunately the ship is stopping to re-supply at Yorktown, which looks like a Moebius strip of Manhattan in space, and boasts a diverse citizenship of about 50 different alien species.

While Gene Roddenberry's original Star Trek provided one of television's first interracial kisses in 1968, this latest film fulfils its --where no man has gone before-- ethos by showcasing a gay marriage with the minimum of fuss: Sulu (John Cho) is reunited in Yorktown with his young daughter and husband (played, incidentally, by Pegg's co-writer, Doug Jung) while Kirk looks on, with a lonely, long-distance stare.

The captain seems bored too, and a shot of his wardrobe filled with a dozen ugly mustard nylon uniforms says it all. However, downtime is short-lived because a distress call comes from the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where a new enemy lurks.

The crew members gird their loins, strap on their phasers and head for trouble, just as they did in the two previous Star Trek revivals directed by JJ Abrams. However, now that Abrams has defected to Star Wars, the Beyond sequel is directed by Justin Lin of the Fast and Furious franchise, a man inordinately skilled at crashing cars. The step up to smashing spaceships at warp drive is an easy one for Lin, and it's not long before the Enterprise crashes into a hostile planet and is wrecked. Trekkies may find this loss somewhat traumatising.

Post-crash, the lines of command untangle as the dispersed Enterprisers fend for themselves on planet Altamid, which has that traditional cardboard-rock landscape. Here, Spock and Bones have to buddy up with some discomfort and thrash out their opposing philosophies. Fear of death is illogical, says Spock, looking a little peaky. Fear of death is what keeps us alive, snaps Bones, ever practical.

Meanwhile Sulu hangs with Uhuru and the mild-mannered Scotty meets the kick-ass alien mechanic Jaylah (Sofia Boutella). Pleasingly feisty, Jaylah looks as if she has been teleported straight from a goth make-up bar in Camden Market, and her favourite centuries-old retro band is the Beastie Boys. Their song Sabotage is hilariously of intergalactic significance here, but to say more would enter spoiler territory.

Pegg has written himself a fun role, making Scotty the wussy foil to Jaylah, whom he refers to constantly as lassie. His Scots accent is as variable as the weather, but his command of clich is unchanging: As my wee granny used to say, Ye canny break a stick in a bundle, he remarks, before encouraging everyone to work together.

Perhaps the most radical development here is Spock's character: he is less Vulcanised and more rubbery and emotional. He makes a number of near-jokes, or at least dry remarks, and he appears smitten once again with Uhura. In a nostalgic moment, we see him looking at a photo of the original Spock, the late Leonard Nimoy.

The only slight disappointment here is the casting of Idris Elba as the reptilian arch-villain Krall, and that's not because his acting is off, but because he is mostly trapped behind a prosthetic blue lizard mask, and all nuance is lost except that you can tell by others reactions that he has really bad halitosis.

Still, the traditional mano-a-mano fight scene is thrilling, as is a headbanging battle finale with destroyer pods swarming like killer bees made of shrapnel. There is also knacky use by Scotty and Jaylah of some ancient, almost analogue equipment salvaged from an older space ship, which will bring joy to traditional Trekkies. The combination of a dirt bike ride and a Beam me up, Scotty lift-off is probably worth the cinema ticket.


Justin Lin, 12A, 120min, 4 stars out of 5
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Custer wrote:
... Kate Muir: ... the late Anton Yelchin as Commander Chekov ...

He was promoted from ensign? This show's that it appears "Kate Muir" probably took a pre-made review from the pressbook.

This is actually common practice. I found that many of the local newspaper reviews of Forbidden Planet are from the pressbook and are slightly altered to fit the local newspaper reviewer's writing style. But in the Seattle Times review it was lifted exactly from the pressbook whereas the Seattle Post Intelligencer it was a completely new review.

Weird.

Check out Wikipedia's review / synopsis of Star Trek Beyond:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_Beyond

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I haven't seen this movie yet, so I'm just registering my concerns here as a loyal Treker.

* "Trekker" means a supporter of the ideals and concepts present in TOS, as opposed to a "Trekkie", a term which we clearly defined in the early 70's as "a groupie who just adores those sexy stars of TOS". That's an important difference, and it's gotten lost somewhere along the way, dammit. Sad

That said, here's this: I can't figure out why so many folks are claiming the new movie has turned its focus back towards TOS after the previous two films alleged strayed away from there roots. Everything I keep hearing seems to refute that.

A few examples:

Spock is more enjoyable to watch in this one because . . . he's funnier and more human and he likes girls all the time, not just every seven years when he goes nuts over 'em. Somehow, less Vulcan is a better Vulcan because he's more human.

But wait, isn't that like saying you'll move to a drier climate for your health . . . if you can just find one with a nice beach? Shocked

And then there's Sulu. Our hero, Sulu. Our role model, that deep-voiced Asian bad-ass who inspired men everywhere to be more manly and bold!

You know, like this guy!






And definitely like this guy!!





But in this movie they made a teeny tiny change in his character. He just pretends to like girls. Jeez, he sure had us fooled, eh? What's next, I wonder? Scotty isn't really Scottish, he's really a blond Swedish lesbian? Shocked

And hey 'bout that Jim Kirk, eh? All these years we were told he was "married to his ship". If was his love, his life, his Rosebud, if you will. But not anymore. Now he envies people who are married and in love, even though said people aren't exactly married the way we always thought Big Jim the Space Wolf might someday be.

And I guess that's lucky for Jim, 'cause if he was married to the ship, this movie turned him into a widower when it destroyed the Enterprise early on, in a complete reversal of Star Trek: The Motion Picture's long and loving tribute to our beloved starship with the space dock scene, which proved that even though Robert Wise's 1979 movie didn't get Star Trek's heritage of bright colors, fast action, rousing humor, and macho heroes, it did fully understand that the Enterprise was just as much a character in Star Trek as the people.






I don't get it, folks. I just don't get it. Confused
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I don't "get it" either, Bud.

To complicate matters, check out John Kenneth Muir's review of both Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness:

http://reflectionsonfilmandtelevision.blogspot.com/

I can't wait to see what he makes of Star Trek Beyond!

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I've been along to see the movie today - as the start time was the most convenient for me, I saw the 3D version, and I can recommend it, there are plenty of cool effects and vistas making full use of that. Just take along your own pair of glasses from a previous trip, in case, like my local cinema, yours has started to charge for them.

Our Spock gets the news of Ambassador Spock's death fairly early on, and is affected by that. It's towards the end that he looks at the group photo, from the era of The Motion Picture, of Kirk, Spock, Scotty, Bones, and the other original crew. There's no post-credits sequence, though, at least in 3D, the early credits sequence is quite entertaining... stay long enough and you may see a credit, among the FX staff, for someone called James Kirk. Nice use of the Alexander Courage music for part of the credits sequence.

I'm not sure why Idris Elba was needed to play the villain - sure, you need some English guy, but with all the make-up and strange vocals, why such an expensive signing? We all know that the Enterprise gets badly hit, leading to a crash-landing - well, more of a crash, so it's lucky that the air on the strange uncharted planet is breathable. Nobody for an instant thinks it might not be. The story only begins because the Enterprise just happens to have a mysterious small alien artefact on board, from a failed diplomatic mission - just Kirk's luck that it is the one thing Elba's character, Krall, needs to complete his world-zapping weapon! Not that Krall is all that bright, as a spaceship he knew well from years before is crashed within walking distance of his base, and is the long-time home to an escaped prisoner, Jaylah, who welcomes some of our crew. And it just needs Scotty to connect a few wires for the old ship to be fully functional...

But I'd better not go into details. Only the Beastie Boys can save the universe - with a little help from Kirk, Spock, Bones, and Scotty. The Sulu hype is no big deal, we just see from a distance him meeting a young girl who may be his daughter and some guy who might just as well be his brother or brother-in-law, when they have some shore leave time on the Yorktown station, a place in space looking rather like Dubai. There's a lot to like here - but people who read this forum are liable to be seeing this movie anyway, whatever people say!
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Just take along your own pair of glasses from a previous trip, in case, like my local cinema, yours has started to charge for them.

"Started charging"? I don't know about other areas of the U.S., but around these parts they've been charging (gleefully, I might add) from the very beginning of the modern 3D technology era. Last time I saw a 3D movie the extra charge was $4, on top of the $50 ticket.
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