Star Trek: Into Darkness

[caerau]

Well we are at cross purposes then as I was not thinking in terms of Fu Manchu more in terms of geographical origins.

[Exit Stage Left]

There's bound to be some confusion with Genghis Khan, but he was the subject of the 1979 West German Eurovision entry, rather than the subject of a Star Trek Film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeXG9-wyzw0

[essexian]

Just back from seeing it.... my first ever experience of 3D projection.... and with a bit of luck, my last. Blimey that was hard work to watch. To me, certain scenes were just there to make the Director look good and, as said over page, those bleeping lens effects are so distracting!

Talking about the Director, here is an idea, instead of spending money on special effects, all of which we have seen before, how about buying a story line?! I know recycling is important, but most of the film had been done before.

Got a headache and am rather disappointed overall.

[mattc]

I don't mind lens flares, I've pretty much gone ahead and incorporated them into my everyday life. I did the same with incidental music a while back. Trips to Waitrose have never been the same since.

That sounds like a modern 'reboot' of an old idea:

http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Film_20Noir_20Home

[redshift]

Just been to see it.  It does rather smash you over the head with the Star Trek quoter's bible, and then some.

As Star Trek it's OK.  High art it ain't, but you don't go to a Trek movie for high art.

Abrams needs to put the flare on a leash, or at least let his DOP buy some blackwrap. That said it was actually less annoying in this one than the last, I thought. 

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The main annoyance to a long-term watcher is that at the end of Wrath of Khan, Spock and Kirk have been together for 20+ years, and Khan has been brooding on his vengeance for a long time.  The whole needs-of-the-many thing is played out against that, whereas in this film they're still new buddies.  Not the time for heroic self-sacrifice, if you still working out whether she'll respect you in the morning...

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[Cudzoziemiec]

Pakistan and Kashmir seem quite oriental to me :\

Oriental meaning east.  If Arabian areas count as middle-east where are Pakistan and India if not in the Orient?

In fact, Khan as in Ricardo Montalban looked not unlike Imran Khan if I think about it 

In India, and presumably also in Pakistan, what we call the Middle East is referred to as West Asia. I don't think Star Trek is particularly popular there.

[LindaG]

Yeah Cumberbatch is lovely.  A lovely lovely British villain with dark floppy hair.  Yum.

You need to watch those public school boys y'know.

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I liked it when half the crew went screaming and tumbling to their deaths through the enormous plothole.

[Exit Stage Left]

Yeah Cumberbatch is lovely.  A lovely lovely British villain with dark floppy hair.  Yum.

His family has Sci-Fi previous, his Mother was in Space 1999.

[Exit Stage Left]

Sorry, it was UFO.

[Valiant]

Well I liked it. The shots were a bit too fast to be pulled off in HD. Found it difficult to keep track of some scenes.