A really good documentary

http://www.fxguide.com/fxguidetv/fxg...star-trek-tng/

That documentary was interesting, I had seen it linked from one of the Trek sites. The process is intensely intricate, and time consuming. All the more reason to be appreciative that CBS is fronting the dough for something so unprecedentedly cool. And I hope it pays off big time for them so they DS9.

In other cool news, Amazon matched Best Buy. 64.99, smooth as butter.

I am really wondering if the crew who worked on DS9 did just a good of a job as the crew that did TNG? From all the documentaries , it sounded like everything was well organized for TNG. I really wouldn't mind some more CG for DS9. I know that they started using it for season 2 and up.

I would hope so so. The two seconds of upconverted footage of Riker in season 1 is hilarious, but also a true testament to the preservation of the show. We're lucky it was only two seconds!

That's my point with DS9. The last season was pretty lazy. Heck, on my first watch, I thought the war wasn't going to end .

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Opinion about the 9 minutes/Hobbit thing...

...when they did it for the Dark Knight Rises, it was the beginning scene which barely told any info about the movie...

...so moral of the story is take it as going to see a 9 minute Star Trek movie on its own, do not expect a massive storm of info about the full film

Originally Posted by Tony Stark Opinion about the 9 minutes/Hobbit thing... ...when they did it for the Dark Knight Rises, it was the beginning scene which barely told any info about the movie... ...so moral of the story is take it as going to see a 9 minute Star Trek movie on its own, do not expect a massive storm of info about the full film

That's not the point dude. It's all part of a marketing ploy. It's to do two things, force people to go see it (the hobbit)in IMAX 3d (to make more sales) and to get people hyped up about the new movie. It's funny though, it was said that there was suppose to be a preview for Spiderman infront of MIB3 in the IMAX 3d theaters only, yet it showed infront of the normal 2d version...hmm..

I don't care for LOTR or the Hobbit.. The trailer will show up online (both the short and full) in some capacity in the future. Just wait it out.



In other news, just started watching TNG season 2. The opening shot of the enterprise with the repulse (Excellsior class) from the Child episode was jaw dropping wow!
However holy grain hell batman.........almost ALL bridge scenes are grainy as hell. Anything outside of the bridge looks great.

About to watch the hybrid cut of Measure of a man next.

Explosions look great! When the enterprise destroys the Lantri (sp?), it has a nice boom to it.

There are some shots that look like they just CG'ed the ship though :|

The official Star Trek Into Darkness Teaser is up on Apple Trailers, but people have already put it on YouTube also

http://io9.com/5966148/first-star-tr...=recirculation

HOLY SHIT


Either the blond chick is Janice Rand or Carol Marcus.

Based on the few shots, I am thinking the enterprise does get damaged to the point of either destroyed or requiring a major refit.

I think they are trying to tease Spock's death but unlikely.

EDIT: Ok, Trek core posted some shots

Looks like the Nacelle gets damaged.

http://movies.trekcore.com/gallery/a...ness_hd_47.jpg

So this is more of a domestic terrorist type movie....hmm...

Sigh, not sure how to take that.

The thing that gets me is seeing Cumberbatch jump around like that , Hes gotta be Khan right? I was hoping he was Gary Mitchel but it doesnt seem like he has godlike powers just super powers

I ing knew it!!

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=97940

Just finished DS9 last night. Overall I really enjoyed it. Some thoughts:


As someone else previously commented, stringing Dukat out on the Pah Wraith storyline took too long. They could have killed him at the end of season 6 after he killed Jadzia or shortly thereafter. Even the episode with him leading the Pah Wraith cult was interesting, but keeping him around until the last episode just for a quick, dumb death seemed too last-minute. Killing him earlier would have allowed for a better focus on the Dominion War.

Speaking of that... the first half of the last season is spent dicking around in the holodeck. Vic Fontaine added a cool element to the show but I think the senior staff all have better things to do during wartime than to spend so much time with a hologram.

I liked Ezri well enough, but she felt tacked on. The show was ending, so they could have just left Dax off and it would have been fine. Although I did enjoy the dynamics with her and Worf trying to resolve the awkwardness of their new friendship.

I also think Kira should have been involved in confronting Kai Winn since they always had such a confrontational relationship. If Kira and Sisko could have gone to stop them together I think I would have felt better about the ending.

These aren't major gripes, though. It's hard to end a series like this and overall I thought the series as a whole as great.

^ I've never had an issue with the Dukat/Winn final arc line You've got two great actors, Louise Fletcher and Marc Alaimo chewing up the scenery. (Cant forget Solbor , he was great too!)I do agree they should have left Dax dead.All that worf/ezri/bashir stuff was contrived. (I did love the transporter bullet sniper rifle episode tho. (If the bullet is transported , why does it also have to be a sniper rifle? :p Like, why not just a transporter for a weapon? And then you can beam peoples hearts into their butts?)

No discussion of S7 can be had without talking about Take Me Out to the Holosuite. Its the pimple on the ass of all star trek. Insult to injury this episode was written by the same dude that re-imagined Galactica. (Which I love) Whats up with that?

It seems to be a rule that any Trek show (which has a holodeck) must have at least one cheesy holodeck episode. It's practically tradition I think.

You're right. Even the ship that didnt have a holodeck had a terrible terrible holodeck episode...
Those Voyager episodes that took place in the Irish Pub town (Fairhaven?) I think I watched them all of once in their original run and never again. Rackin my brain trying to remember which other ones VGR had.. All I can think of are the Hirogen Killing Game episodes,,

I agree with everything johnnypark said.

Originally Posted by EdRyder ^ I've never had an issue with the Dukat/Winn final arc line You've got two great actors, Louise Fletcher and Marc Alaimo chewing up the scenery. (Cant forget Solbor , he was great too!)I do agree they should have left Dax dead.All that worf/ezri/bashir stuff was contrived. (I did love the transporter bullet sniper rifle episode tho. (If the bullet is transported , why does it also have to be a sniper rifle? :p Like, why not just a transporter for a weapon? And then you can beam peoples hearts into their butts?) No discussion of S7 can be had without talking about Take Me Out to the Holosuite. Its the pimple on the ass of all star trek. Insult to injury this episode was written by the same dude that re-imagined Galactica. (Which I love) Whats up with that?

What's wrong with Take me Out to the Holosuite? It was a sillly, funny episode. I enjoyed it.

There was no issue with the holodeck episodes, except that they were in the final season. I can understand one episode to illustrate how life still goes on during the war, but the last season had so much filler.

I'd also like to add that I still don't get the female changeling just dropping the war based on the link with Odo when she had linked with Odo before. Nevermind that the Breen also dropped the issue even though they weren't in the Dominion. I can forgive lazy stuff like Ezri Dax, the "great" demise planned for Dukat, etc. since the rest of the show was good but the war being over in five minutes was really poorly done. .

Re: Odo and the Founders

There's a couple of interpretations of that. One is that the Founders may only have fighting the war in order to force Odo to return home and his agreement to do so was the realization of their goal. A slightly darker one is that Odo offered to cure the Founders only if they stopped the conflict. Either case, I thought it was tied up well, if ambiguously.