[Movies] Star Wars: Episode VII

Did you just start with "Not true" and then proceeded to agree 100% with my point?

Considering what the conversation is about, and the part of your post i cut out, you made it seem like you where saying that TOS had as little (or close enough) talky parts as the new ST...

I guess what i was saying is that it was too much action, not enough talk even for TOS... while you where obviously satisfied with it.


I mean i enjoyed the film, but not as much as my non-trek-knowledgeable friends.
 
JJA's take on Star Trek was really well done, IMHO. I tried watching TOS recently and felt it was painful. I enjoy the movies, to a certain extent, but I've never been thrilled about a TOS or TNG movie. I saw the JJA movie multiple times in the theater.

That being said, Trekkies might have a reputation that's a running joke where some are concerned, but they don't hold a candle to the vitriol and filth that comes out of the Star Wars fanbase. I'm excited about the director choice, but I'll keep my expectations realistic about the movie.
 
New Star Wars films are ripe for one of my least favorite fan reactions ever: the "I'm angry and bitter because it didn't turn out the way I imagined it in my head" reaction. I just have a feeling there's going to be a lot of angst about how some things won't turn out the way that some fans wanted it to be if they designed the movies themselves.
 
New Star Wars films are ripe for one of my least favorite fan reactions ever: the "I'm angry and bitter because it didn't turn out the way I imagined it in my head" reaction. I just have a feeling there's going to be a lot of angst about how some things won't turn out the way that some fans wanted it to be if they designed the movies themselves.

You'd figure this would be tempered by three prequels that already fit that bill.
 
I have a feeling that I love the Abrams Trek flick because I'm not a big fan of the shows and haven't been exposed to much of them.
 
New Star Wars films are ripe for one of my least favorite fan reactions ever: the "I'm angry and bitter because it didn't turn out the way I imagined it in my head" reaction. I just have a feeling there's going to be a lot of angst about how some things won't turn out the way that some fans wanted it to be if they designed the movies themselves.
I am going to post a Star Wars fanfic on my nascent tumblr just so I can do this.
 
I have a feeling that I love the Abrams Trek flick because I'm not a big fan of the shows and haven't been exposed to much of them.
Nah, I admittedly started late, but I consider myself a full-blown trekkie/trekker (don't get me started on that name debate though) now and loved the film.
 
Well thats good to know.
I really, really recommend you give The Next Generation a go on Netflix... I know it's a bit scary seeing so many fucking episodes, but I can link to you an "essential season" which is how I've gotten several friends hooked... it's a list of must-watch episodes spanning the entire series that sort of feel like one season (barring the age differences as you skip ahead in years, heh) and by the end you've pretty much been exposed to every character's story, main plot elements and what not. After those 24 eps you can literally jump onto almost any episode in the 7 year run and never feel lost. That's pretty cool.
 
TNG has a few good episodes, but sucks overall.

Deep Space 9 owns and is kind of The Wire in space and I love it from episode 1 forward. I'm near end S1 and people tell me it only gets better.
 
Wow, we must have seen different series or you caught just some bad episodes or something, The Next Generation blew me away several times. Literally going the rest of the day after some episodes in quasi-trance thinking about moral implications, philosophical quandaries, fucking questioning what makes a human human... few series have gotten to me so deeply.

You know that feeling of detachedness from reality you sometimes get after spending hours with a book that really grabbed your brain? I got that several times with a single ep of TNG.
 
TNG has a few good episodes, but sucks overall.

Deep Space 9 owns and is kind of The Wire in space and I love it from episode 1 forward. I'm near end S1 and people tell me it only gets better.
Politics fueled a ton of DS9's tension. Interpersonal stuff.

Interesting "discoveries' fueled a ton of TNG's tension. Impersonal stuff.

The Wire has many more similarities with DS9 than TNG.

I'm guessing you enjoyed The West Wing to some degree, but weren't a big fan of early ER?
 

Necronic

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EDIT: Just to be clear, I didn't make this image, it came up in a GIS for "J.J. Abrams Star Wars".
Notice that the drawing doesn't really look like the actors that played them. It's the original poster that (I've heard) was made before Luke and Leia was cast.

I own it nbd (any value was ruined because the previous owner pasted it to a board, but it looks awesome)
 
I love the original Trek series. It was so ahead of it's time compared to the rest of the shit that was sci-fi when it was made.

Balance of Terror is not only one of the best bits of Star Trek to exist, but is probably better than almost any of the future Trek episodes and movies. I was always bummed that more wasn't made of it in the Trek movies.
 
TNG is also the inspiration for the anti-jumpingtheshark phrase, "Growing a beard".

Cause we all know Riker's beard automagically made the series a good 42% better.
 
I was just about to ask if anyone wanted to see the picture of the time me and Ryker touched beards, but I don't think the forum could handle it now.*




*Also, it doesn't exist.
 
I was just about to ask if anyone wanted to see the picture of the time me and Ryker touched beards, but I don't think the forum could handle it now.*




*Also, it doesn't exist.
In this modern era, there is no such thing as a photo that doesn't exist.

Minions! Launch the Photoshop!
 

fade

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Ryker with his beard was kinda instrumental to my coming out process...

Dat Beard...
You know, I asked my wife if she thought he was good looking. I don't see it. I mean, I appreciate an attractive man, but I thought there must be something I'm missing.
 
I always thought he simply looked like a child without the beard. The beard simply defined him as a man.

Risks of a baby face.
 
I was a little concerned when they confirmed Abrams directing Star Wars. And then I recognized that he basically had turned Star Trek into Star Wars so I'm less concerned.
 
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