Wednesday, May 13, 2009

the future begins


Chekov, Kirk, Scotty, Bones, Sulu, Uhura


Bill and I saw Star Trek last night, and we loved it!

I really liked how they integrated lots of "old" Star Trek themes - the music, the sound effects, the colours of the uniforms, and some of the characteristics of the previous actors. For example, to me (and apparently many others) Bones wouldn't be "Bones" if he didn't say "Damn it Jim, I'm a Doctor, not an Engineer!" lol

Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto did an excellent job of portraying James T. Kirk and Spock, and I thought it was nice that Leonard Nimoy made an appearance. Bill was disappointed that William Shatner didn't. In the new movie, Chekov is very young, and I thought that was so cute. I quite liked the young Scotty, too.

The nicest thing was that we went on cheap night, and since we had a $25 gift certificate to start with, we paid only $6 in cash for the entire evening.

Love that part the most.

9 comments:

  1. I have heard nothing but positive reports about the film. As a former Star Trek fan, I'm definietly going to see it when it gets here.

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  2. Not really a fan - think that I'll swerve - glad that you had fun though!

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  3. Ditto Lerm though I do really like Simon Pegg - can't imagine him as Scotty though but he is a great actor. Karl Urban grew up on kiwi TV and I can kind of imagine him playing a young Bones. Thinking about it now...I might actually go see it now that I've heard your good review as well. Cheap movie night too, lucky you guys!

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  4. sounds wonderful:) i would like to go see it.

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  5. I really want to go see that. I can walk to the theatre if I want to.

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  6. We saw it this weekend and loved it. I am not really a Trek fan, but I don't think you need to be to enjoy the movie.

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  7. I really want to go see this one. Sounds really good. Terrific that you had a cheap movie night too!

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  8. I have always loved the original version of Star Trek and now that they have brought back the old characters it has to be great...

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  9. Its a definite see on our list - I loved the old series and some of the new - got lost with the latest movies but can hardly wait to see this one. I believe Monday is supposed to be ugly and its playing every half hour so hmmmm

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