Yes, agreed. The new Bones is the only one that does credit to his predecessor. Maybe the new Spock as well, if they weren't forcing him to do stupid shit like kiss Uhura. The rest are just the comedic relief versions of their predecessors.
I sure don't remember the extended space combat scenes during star trek II being that way, but aiight. And the Enterprise was burning and crippled.. Watching the Reliant's phasers slowly etch their way into the Enterprise's hull had more emotional and visual impact than all the endless pew-pew tie-fighter type combat that went on in the reboot.
I seriously thought it was fucking atrocious and I even enjoyed the first one.
That teleported him into an Engineering section that visually had more in common with a 19th century steamboat then it did a warp speed vessel.
If so, that's already been done in the original series as well. The episode with Abe Lincoln and other famous aliens from various planets forced to duke it out.
I thought Pine toward the end of the 1st movie pulled Kirks mannerisms off great.
I don't think either were very good Star Trek movies but I watched the first one and enjoyed myself.
It's a useful description. Fun can be found in bad dialogue, bad stories and huge explosions. I think of this bit when I think of "popcorn flick".
The prequels suck as much cock as you. Has nothing to do with childhoods, unless you talkin bout the Mandingo who used to ply your asshole like the tube of a cresting wave.
The holodeck (and the transporters) pissed me off. I get that the holodeck is a good way to explore certain themes/settings conveniently, and that the transporters had something to do with not wanting to being able to afford shuttle sets in TOS or whatever, but when half of the problems people run into in space seem to revolve around those two not even remotely essential pieces of technology fucking up, it's hard to believe that anybody would want it on their ship. I get that Trek requires a certain suspension of disbelief, and it probably didn't help that I mostly binged through the series', but I'd find myself groaning whenever it got to a 'holodeck/transporter malfunction' episode.
