Star Trek: The Swanking

[BarTopDancer]

Star Trek opens May 8th. I'm not sure how swanky Star Trek is, but I'm super excited for the movie to come out and to see it in the theater.

Is anyone interested in seeing it as a group opening weekend?

[Ghoulish Delight]

The 8th is my birthday, on which I already have plans. And I'm guessing the rest of the weekend will fill up quickly. But if something's planned with a group, we'll try to work it in.

[Mousey Girl]

No Bakersfield option? ;)

[blueerica]

No UT screening? No Rocky Mountain Contingent?? :)

[Snowflake]

Live long and prosper, not me

[Deebs]

Live long and prosper, not me

Nor me.

If we wanted I suppose we could do our own, but maybe we should wait for Rosemary's Baby to show again.

[Moonliner]

I protest the absence of a "No - I'm A bitter east coaster and I can't come" option. At least then I would feel like I could partake in the survey and play my part, however small, in the process.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Totally up for something Sat or Sun

[BarTopDancer]

Totally up for something Sat or Sun

Can you or one of our illustrious admin's change my post to the 9th?

I don't have any objections to Saturday.

[RStar]

The 8th is my birthday, on which I already have plans. And I'm guessing the rest of the weekend will fill up quickly. But if something's planned with a group, we'll try to work it in.

That's my mom's birthday also! And mine is on the 4th, so we will spend the day at the park and go see Star Trek at DtD.

[innerSpaceman]

As you might expect, I already have plans and tickets. Not the crazy midnight show, but a respectable Friday night 8:05 pm, at the Village in Westwood, one of the last big-screen, standalone theaters in Southern California.


Yes, it's the 8th. Um, birthdays in multiples.

But anyone's welcome to join me for that. A friend of mine, Bryan Lee, is an extra as a Starfleet Cadet, featured prominently in the recent trailer. So I'm hoping his footage remains in the film.


If there's a more, let's face it, OC-based screening for LoT over the weekend, I might be up for that. I heart Star Trek. Um, yeah, I watched the originals ... when they originally aired. I'm.That.Old.

[DisneyDaniel]

There seems to be a decent amount of theaters showing the film on Thursday, May 7, and I already have plans to see it that evening with a group of people in San Diego. I'm a big Star Trek fan--and not a Trekker or Trekkie by any means--but I'll be dressing up for this one (with a uniform and stuff I bought from Star Trek: The Experience in Las Vegas before it closed).

[innerSpaceman]

What the frell is up with a movie "opening" on the 8th having not just midnight shows on what is commonly thought of as the 7th, but 10 pm and now 7pm shows actually on the 7th.

Shenanigans!!

[Tref]

I will be attending a matinee showing of said movie in my beloved Glendale cinema. I am really looking forward to it, even though I was never much of a fan. To my thinking, Star Trek: The Voyage Home was the last truly great Trek film.

[Ghoulish Delight]

http://www.cracked.com/article_17316_instruction-manuals-uss-enterprise.html

[DisneyDaniel]

http://www.cracked.com/article_17316_instruction-manuals-uss-enterprise.html

OK, GD, the "Instruction Manuals for the USS Enterprise" on that page are simply LOL funny for Star Trek fans, especially bits like:

• Red Shirt Care Instructions: "Exercise Caution - It is not known if Red Shirts can be beamed up. While beam-down is 100% successful, the return trip remains untested."

• The "Command Decisions" flow chart was extremely witty, as one could imagine scenarios or scenes from various Star Trek episodes.

Thanks for posting the link, which I'll be sharing with many other ST enthusiasts. OK, maybe I'm a bigger Trek fan than I admit. :blush:

[JWBear]

Posting this (http://www.villagevoice.com/slideshow/view/8433105/1) here, 'cause it seemed the most appropriate place.

[Ghoulish Delight]

:snap:

[Andrew]

Going to see it tonight, 8pm, AMC Mercado in Santa Clara. Excited!

[Alex]

I haven't worked up to excited, but based on early response I am no longer feel a mix of dread and obligation.

[innerSpaceman]

Posting this (http://www.villagevoice.com/slideshow/view/8433105/1) here, 'cause it seemed the most appropriate place.

Hmmm ...

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/4169/newkirkplus.jpg



No, not really ...

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/4521/newkirk.jpg



Not saying anything about his performance, but sexy physique? Meh.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Well sh¡t, if you don't want him, send him my way!

[JWBear]

Better than Shatner's was back then.

[innerSpaceman]

Yes, but do any of you remember what "buff" was considered back then? Or if not buff, then movie-star attractive? None of the male stars from the 40's through the 70's looked like they ever saw the inside of a gym.

Not overweight or flabby, mind you. I suppose just more natural-bodied, but alas not the kind of ripped, buffed-out, accentuated M's David muscularity that modern culture ... and yeah, modern gay culture in particular ... have led me to expect when I hear that some guy's got a sexy physique.


That said, I'm all prepared to have the most major crush on the new Captain Kirk after tomorrow night!!

[JWBear]

Compare (this was about the leanist Shatner ever was)

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g114/iloveheartbeat/captain_kirk_fit.jpg

[SzczerbiakManiac]

In this case, new hotness definitely trumps old busted
http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/4521/newkirk.jpg > http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g114/iloveheartbeat/captain_kirk_fit.jpg

[Not Afraid]

Yes, all men should be buff and all women skinny.

Wake up world!

[innerSpaceman]

Oh, I agree. Shatner should never have ripped off his shirt .... the ten or twelve times he did so during three meager seasons!


But if new Kirk is going after the same shirtless look, then kudos to him. If he's trying to be a young star for the new millennium, then it's back to boot camp.

[Alex]

Or if not buff, then movie-star attractive? None of the male stars from the 40's through the 70's looked like they ever saw the inside of a gym.

Mickey Hargitay

http://www.mickeyhargitay.com/pictures/mickey-hargitay-3.jpg

Hey, he's got two complete English language movie credits (both by way of his wife).

[Stan4dSteph]

He's probably more buff in the film. Not everyone wants to work out constantly and eat nothing but "appropriate food" when not required to by a contract.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

In this case, new hotness definitely trumps old busted
http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/4521/newkirk.jpg > http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g114/iloveheartbeat/captain_kirk_fit.jpgI know I'm loony but I think this he is way hotter than all the unnaturally buff action figures we call leading men these days, and that Kirk shown here is hotter than that guy. Don't know his name yet.

Kirk was sexy. Sexier than Picard. GAUNTLET THROWN!!!

[Kevy Baby]

Kirk was sexy. Sexier than Picard. GAUNTLET THROWN!!!I always thought Captain Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks - Deep Space Nine) was the sexiest.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Avery_Brooks.jpg

[Alex]

Yes, but only when he was on Spencer, For Hire. I thought he looked a bit silly in the Starfleet uniform (in a way Shatner and Picard did not).

[innerSpaceman]

I always thought Captain Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks - Deep Space Nine) was the sexiest


I don't know why it is, but I tend to be attracted fairly exclusively to members of my own race.




Maybe you're attracted to members of the race you share a member with. ;)

[Kevy Baby]

Yes, but only when he was on Spencer, For Hire. I thought he looked a bit silly in the Starfleet uniform (in a way Shatner and Picard did not).I did have to look past the uniform to appreciate him

[innerSpaceman]

I'll stop there.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Yes, but do any of you remember what "buff" was considered back then? Or if not buff, then movie-star attractive? None of the male stars from the 40's through the 70's looked like they ever saw the inside of a gym.


I don't know. I just happened to catch an episode of the original show last night, where Sulu loses his mind and ventures around the ship wielding a samurai sword. Pretty darned buff. :)

[innerSpaceman]

Yum, shirtless Sulu all sweaty and swarthy with a sword ... oh ... where was I?





Anyway, Star Trek TONIGHT. Squeee-and-a-half!!!

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

A thread turns from Swanking to wanking.... good times...

[Alex]

Post #38 seems to contradict Post #34.

[innerSpaceman]

Fairly exclusively. I suprised myself with a major crush on an Asian guy about a year-and-a-half ago.


But, if you'll excuse the expression, the seed was likely planted by shirtless Sulu. I probably discovered I was gay in the mid-60's when this episode first aired. I would have been around 6 years old. ;)

[SzczerbiakManiac]

I don't know why it is, but I tend to be attracted fairly exclusively to members of my own race.Post #38 seems to contradict Post #34.He did say "tend to be"....

I'm actually in the same boat. I generally find myself attracted to honkies, but that are definitely exceptions. Shemar Moore is smoking hot, Daniel Day Kim is very doable, just to name a couple.


I like Star Trek.
^pathetic attempt to make an on-topic post

[innerSpaceman]

Captain Picard is sexy as all hell and BALD. Only achieved one other time in media history ... (Yummy Yul Brynner).


Yay, Star Trek. Off I go. Hope New Kirk is yummy, too.


Have I said Squeeeeeee yet??!




SquEEEEEEEE!

[Prudence]

Kirk was sexy. Sexier than Picard. GAUNTLET THROWN!!!

Oh no you DIDN'T!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Oh no you DIDN'T!Bring it!!! *takes earrings and bracelets off*


Of course i'm among the precious few who actually was hot for Riker, the true Kirk substitute in Next Gen. I do love Picard, of course, but given the choice between the two of them in bed, Riker's my preference.

Yeah, I said it, what? *drops mike, stalks off stage*

[BarTopDancer]

Bring it!!! *takes earrings and bracelets off*


Of course i'm among the precious few who actually was hot for Riker, the true Kirk substitute in Next Gen. I do love Picard, of course, but given the choice between the two of them in bed, Riker's my preference.

Yeah, I said it, what? *drops mike, stalks off stage*

I was hot for Riker too. Kirk not so much. Wesley Crusher? Nope. Riker all the way. Especially when he was scruffy.

[JWBear]

Well... We went and saw it this afternoon......

I was very disappointed.

I'll post a full review later, after I've gathered my thoughts.

[JWBear]

The more I think about this movie, the more I dislike it.

My main complaints are below (spoilerized for those who have not seen it yet).

I’ve heard a lot of praise for the casting. And while I agree that some were brilliant (Spock and McCoy, for example) others were cases of terrible miscasting.

They made Kirk into the same arrogant asshole we seen in nearly every action film out there. He was indistinguishable from dozens of others of that type. At no time did I believe him as Kirk.

The original Scotty was a professional; this movie turned him into a buffoon.

Overall, I was bothered by the “Muppet Babies” version of the Enterprise crew that they presented us. They were all the same age and all at the academy at the same time. How convenient! It ignored that Spock, Scotty, and McCoy were older and more experienced, and that Sulu and Uhura were younger… And what in the name of the Seven Hells was Chekhov doing there?

My second big complaint was the sets. $150 million and they couldn’t afford to build some sets??? The 20th century power plant interiors reeked of Sci Fi Channel Movie of the Week. Totally unbelievable, cheesy, and cheap. Every time they showed “Engineering” I was yanked out of what little suspension of disbelief I could muster.

The destruction of Vulcan was one of the biggest WTF moments in my moviegoing career. If I hadn’t been with friends, I think I would have walked out on the movie at that point. And I shall never forgive them for killing off Spock’s mother.

There were many other things that had me squirming in my seat; the red goo that was so dangerous and powerful that a drop of it can destroy a planet, yet it’s stored an handled so casually; a starship being built out in the middle of a cornfield – at a place that just happens to be where Star Fleet recruits from all over Earth report to (what, no direct flights to San Francisco from anywhere else?).

I give this movie a D. Star Trek? More like Star Blech.

[Gemini Cricket]

This film is getting stunningly good reviews! 94% on rottentomatoes.com. That's really good. 195 fresh reviews, 9 rotten. Wow!

[alphabassettgrrl]

JW- yours is the first bad review I've heard. I'm sad you didn't enjoy it. I'm hoping to see it.

[innerSpaceman]

Wow, JW, I loved, loved, LOVED it.


Not entirely without any problems whatsoever, but I thought it NaILeD so MuCH.


Oh, and new Kirk is yummy-yum-and-yummy.


I rescind my former quasi-offer to turn him over to the S.Maniac. Sorry.

[JWBear]

Wow, JW, I loved, loved, LOVED it.


Not entirely without any problems whatsoever, but I thought it NaILeD so MuCH.


Oh, and new Kirk is yummy-yum-and-yummy.


I rescind my former quasi-offer to turn him over to the S.Maniac. Sorry.

Nailed what? And a hot male lead does not automatically a great movie make. Please tell me what you loved about it (besides Chris Pine).

[JWBear]

This film is getting stunningly good reviews! 94% on rottentomatoes.com. That's really good. 195 fresh reviews, 9 rotten. Wow!

JW- yours is the first bad review I've heard. I'm sad you didn't enjoy it. I'm hoping to see it.

Read the reviews on IMDB. There are plenty of negative reviews there, and most are spot on with what bothered me.

[innerSpaceman]

JW, since there's already another Star Trek thread (http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showthread.php?t=9503), I'm gonna use that one for spoilorz and reply to you there.

[Gn2Dlnd]

I loved the movie, the friends I was with loved the movie. Was well aware that JJ Abrams was leading us down the garden path from the moment the baby was named, and was constantly surprised by how well he did it. I was moved to geek-tears several times.

[€uroMeinke]

I think I might try to see this on Sunday

[Cadaverous Pallor]

geek-tearsOk, now I KNOW I'll cry. :D The trailer gave me butterflies...

We're seeing it this evening at the District in Tustin. Not sure exactly when (post dinner, they have showings every half hour) so if you're interested in meeting up PM or text me.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Posting this (http://www.villagevoice.com/slideshow/view/8433105/1) here, 'cause it seemed the most appropriate place.Finally got around to clicking this. Awesome. :snap:

Hope my expectations aren't too high....

[Deebs]

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g114/iloveheartbeat/captain_kirk_fit.jpg


Kirk was sexy. Sexier than Picard. GAUNTLET THROWN!!!

Oh nooooo, I must disagree.
Patrick Stewart is sexier.
Always.
Even when Shatner was young he was not as cute and never anywhere near as cool.
PS is hotter as Picard, or as anybody, really. Young or old.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/disneyballerina/posting%20pics/patrick_stewart_as_oberon.jpg
Anybody else see a resemblance to Fee Waybill?

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/4521/newkirk.jpg
I'll reserve judgment here, until after I've seen the movie. Ah well, nvm, I can give a shallow and premature opinion I suppose. I'm with iSm. Meh.

[blueerica]

Loved it.

[mousepod]

Hated it. Big Time.

[innerSpaceman]

I'll reserve judgment here, until after I've seen the movie. Ah well, nvm, I can give a shallow and premature opinion I suppose. I'm with iSm. Meh.
My opinion has, of course, completely changed. I have the epic man-crush on Pines' Kirk. :evil:

Hated it. Big Time.
:eek: Wow, talk about alternate timelines. I seriously cannot imagine anyone hating this movie. Look forward to your more detailed remarks in the spoilorz thread.

[€uroMeinke]

So, I'm still thinking about seeing this today - anyone else going? I'll probably hit a local (Long Beach) Theater sometime around 2:00 - unless some steers me else where.

[blueerica]

I am posting this here, so that it does not get lost in the raging debate (only slightly less difficult to argue than religion) in the other thread:

Star Trek Food & Drink Primer (http://www.seriouseats.com/2009/05/a-primer-to-star-trek-food-and-drink.html)

Brought to us by the awesome Serious Eats.

NOM.