[TrashMan]

As they'd probably say on Trek, the modulation is important. But if we want to critique your delivery we can take it back to the monkeying thread.

Well, I think Trek has been getting progressively worse.
I can call it a big piece of s*** if I wanted to (but it's not that bad, at least the earlier ones), last time I checked that fell under the basic civil rights of any person. You don't have to like it.
There's nothing really inflamatory about considering some show/game/whatever bad.

[General Battuta]

Nope, there's nothing wrong with having an opinion. Just express it politely.

I really liked the direction they're taking with the visual effects, and I like the idea of making some of the novels partially canon -- allusions to 'Spock's World' are fine by me.

And it looks like they have a (time travel) explanation for why new-Kirk is slightly different, personality-wise, from old-Kirk.

[Rick James]

Nope, there's nothing wrong with having an opinion. Just express it politely.

I really liked the direction they're taking with the visual effects, and I like the idea of making some of the novels partially canon -- allusions to 'Spock's World' are fine by me.

And it looks like they have a (time travel) explanation for why new-Kirk is slightly different, personality-wise, from old-Kirk.

Eh. I still think he's going to be the Byronic hero we've all come to know and...love.

[TrashMan]

http://db.rambleschmack.net/images/posts/how-to-put-it/kirk-inspirational-awesome.jpg

[IceFire]

Looked good. But well find out in what, a year?

The trailer says May 2009

[Bluecap]

I will admit the special effects look dazzling and the explosions tempt me...but I have to say:

Please, can we let it die? There are a lot of other franchises that can be hashed out and spent money on (such as Space: Above and Beyond) that could use their own feature-length movie. There are a lot of unexplored science fiction novellas and books that can be brought to the screen. I really want new material.

And what is it with prequels lately? It seems that prequels have become oh-so popular in modern media...that and remakes of remakes of remakes. I already know what happened to the original star trek crew - I've read all the novels, memorized the TV series, etc. My loyalty has been established with the original cast, too. Why do I want to see them portrayed by another cast?

If anything, this will potentially be effective at drawing in a new crowd to throw cash at the Star Trek milking farm, but for someone who obsessed about Trek, putting everything else aside to be loyal to its original incarnation, I'd rather they just moved on to something else new.

And is it just me, or does the kid call himself "James Siberius Kirk" instead of Tiberius?