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Author Topic: JJ Abrams to produce new Star Trek feature film Frank Dubrois Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 896 From: Cleveland, OH Registered: Mar 2005 posted 03-12-2007 01:25 PM                    He isn't fat. He's gotten real wrinkly, but he isn't exactly fat.  |  IP: Logged Mike Schindler Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1039 From: Oak Park, IL, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 02-14-2008 11:32 AM                     This thing just got pushed back to 5/8/09. I'm very disappointed. With news of the Star Wars movie, 2008 was looking like it might give 1982 a run for its money as far as genre movies are concerned. Even without STAR TREK, look at what else is coming out: Cloverfield Diary of the Dead Iron Man Speed Racer The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull The Happening The Incredible Hulk Wall*E Hancock Hellboy II: The Golden Army Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-D The Dark Knight The X-Files 2 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Star Wars: The Clone Wars Punisher: War Zone Death Race Quantum of Solace Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince The Day the Earth Stood Still Am I missing anything? Is it just me or is that a crazy list of high profile movies? STAR TREK belongs on that list. EDIT: This also means that will have been nearly four years in between the last episode of ENTERPRISE and the new movie. That's the second longest gap in franchise history, the first being from 1974, when the animated series was cancelled, to 1979, when the first movie was released.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 02-14-2008 12:15 PM                     Despite the significance of some of those titles, it's pretty depressing to see how many sequels and remakes are in that list. Wall•E is one few completely new movies on the list. I don't think this year's slate of major movies, much less the slate of major movies from the last few years compares anything at all to the level of originality we saw in 1982.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-14-2008 12:46 PM                        For fun, here's a list of the movies we played in 1982, sorted in descending order of gross. E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial On Golden Pond Porky's Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, The Rocky III Bambi / Footloose Fox Raiders of the Lost Ark (rerelease) Conan the Barbarian Taps Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Six Pack Poltergeist Private Lessons Robin Hood Some Kind of Hero An Officer and a Gentleman Chariots of Fire Young Doctors In Love Annie Cinderella Star Wars (rerelease) Firefox Hanky Panky Heavy Metal Swamp Thing Absence of Malice Sharky's Machine Things are Tough All Over Silent Rage Mother Lode Pursuit of D.B. Cooper, The Ghost Story Fast Times at Ridgemont High Reds Savannah Smiles Victor/Victoria Quest for Fire Modern Problems Only When I Laugh Neighbors Empire Strikes Back, The (rerelease) Endless Love Zapped Ragtime Tex Secret of Nimh, The Beach Girls Vice Squad On Golden Pond (2nd run) Beastmaster, The Halloween III Paradise  |  IP: Logged Ron Funderburg Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 814 From: Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA Registered: Nov 2007 posted 02-14-2008 01:08 PM                        Okay, Mike, you had a good run of Great to not so Great to good and not so good movies in that list till you hit Halloween III! Major bummer on that one!  |  IP: Logged Mike Schindler Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1039 From: Oak Park, IL, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 02-14-2008 01:27 PM                     quote: Bobby Henderson I don't think this year's slate of major movies, much less the slate of major movies from the last few years compares anything at all to the level of originality we saw in 1982. But when you think about it, there wasn't that much originality in 1982 either. Unless I'm forgetting something, there was E.T., TRON, THE DARK CRYSTAL, and that's it. All of the other big ones (ROAD WARRIOR, STAR TREK II, BLADE RUNNER, THE THING) were based on some sort of pre-existing material.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-14-2008 01:37 PM                        Since when did basing a movie on pre-existing material become a bad thing? Many of the greatest movies of all time are based on books, and quite a few (Ben-Hur and Ten Commandments among them) are remakes.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 02-14-2008 01:44 PM                     quote: Mike Schindler Unless I'm forgetting something, there was E.T., TRON, THE DARK CRYSTAL, and that's it. There was a LOT more in the way of completely new movies back in 1982 than there is now. At least several of the ones on Mike Blakesley's list are now classics. And Bladerunner and Tron, though very influential visually speaking, were both commercial flops in 1982. They built up a cult following, as did certain other releases in 1982. These days if you want something that isn't a sequel, remake, comic book send-up, TV show re-tred, etc., you're forced to search out lower budget indie film fare or foreign titles. The bigger problem is most movie theaters rarely book such movies. On top of that, too many movie going customers keep paying to go into movie theaters regardless of how derivative the crap is on the screen. I think the really bad thing is all the endless sequels of crappy movies that never deserved any sequels and never deserved to be made in the first place.  |  IP: Logged James Westbrook Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1133 From: Lubbock, Texas, Usa Registered: Mar 2006 posted 02-14-2008 02:31 PM                     Mike, "Robin Hood"? Would this be the Disney animated one on reissue? I can't for the life of me recall that one being reissued...  |  IP: Logged Mike Schindler Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1039 From: Oak Park, IL, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 11-13-2008 01:25 AM                     Did anyone else notice that Captain Kirk is wearing Air Jordan XX3's in the new trailer? That guy is as cool as it gets.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-13-2008 11:21 AM                        quote: James Westbrook Would this be the Disney animated one on reissue? Sorry I'm late in answering this but -- yes, it was the Disney "Robin Hood." Back on topic - we are already getting people asking about the new Star Trek film .... which is kind of unusual, because this really isn't a Star Trek town. I suppose the video afterlife of the original movies is creating new fans all the time - maybe that's part of it.  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 청주시, 경북도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 11-13-2008 09:58 PM                     They also recently released the original series in both DVD and Blu-Ray  |  IP: Logged John Hawkinson Film God Posts: 2273 From: Cambridge, MA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 11-14-2008 12:28 AM                     Well, there is a trailer on Quantum of Solace, apparently: quote: Paramount Pictures is excited to announce that the new STAR TREK trailer will debut this Friday on Quantum of Solace! though the sneak I saw tonight only had the attached trailer (Seven Pounds, Will Smith). --jhawk  |  IP: Logged Tyler Potts Expert Film Handler Posts: 159 From: Anderson, SC, USA Registered: Sep 2008 posted 11-14-2008 01:58 AM                       I only had 1 Star Trek XI trailer between my two Bonds. Luckily, the one I watched had it. Its pretty damn impressive and you don't know what it is for the first 30 seconds. Though with all the flashy action they later show, I'm worried it might suffer from Speed Racer type motion sickness.  |  IP: Logged Michael Gonzalez Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 790 From: Grand Island , NE USA Registered: Sep 2000 posted 11-16-2008 07:14 PM                     I also caught the trailer before Bond and yes it does look awsome. And NO it does NOT look like Star Trek 90210 and thank god. Well beside Wyonia Rider, the rest of the cast look pretty good (Simon Pegg as Scotty Awsome!). I dont know too much about Kurt (Chris Pine) as I havent seen anything that he as been in but Zachary Quinto (Spock) is fast becoming one of my favroit actors. I was somewhat so so about this at first but am now really looking forward to seeing it.  |  IP: Logged

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