"STAR TREK Into Darkness" - 2013

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Bromptonboy

Quote from: Bryancd on July 11, 2013, 12:14:18 PM
I got my order update from Amazon for the phaser set!
Did you redirect the order to CT or PA?  :)
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Bryancd

:)

The phaser included is identical to the one released previously but with the addition of the rotating barrel. The phasers in Into Darkness were actually somewhat redesigned and have a different color scheme. My understanding from a threa over at the RPF is that they are going to do a true Into Darkness updated phaser sometime in the near future.

Rico


WillEagle

Here is something Wal-Mart is offering on the Blu-ray release. It includes a die-cast of the Vengeance. I hope I remembered that name correctly. Here is a link and its only $40. That I might be able to do. I wouldn't be able to get the $70 with the phaser.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Star-Trek-Into-Darkness-Blu-ray-DVD-Digital-Copy-Villain-Ship-Walmart-Exclusive-Widescreen/26780164

Ktrek

I've pre-ordered this on Blu-Ray but I can'y say I'm waiting with bated breath for it to come. This was the first Star Trek movie that I have not seen more than once in the theater. I hope that with time and multiple viewings at home I will come to enjoy the movie more but I have my misgivings, but who knows it may grow on me. There are several films in my collection that I have come to enjoy much more than I did when it was first released.

Kevin
"Oh...Well, Who am I to argue with me?" Dr. Bashir - Visionary - Deep Space Nine

Ktrek

Well, at the Vegas Star Trek convention this year the attendees voted Into Darkness as the worst Trek movie ever. I probably agree with the list at the bottom of the article as far as what are the best and worst films.

http://trekweb.com/articles/2013/08/14/Fans-Name-JJ-Abrams-Star-Trek-Into-Darkness-as-the-Worst-Trek-Movie-Ever-at-Vegas-Convention.shtml

Into Darknessis is visually appealing and well done in the special effects department but it has to be one of the worst scripts and stories ever in my opinion. Of course the $450 million take just bolsters Paramount to keep Orci and Kurtzman but I really wish the job had gone to another writing team.

Kevin
"Oh...Well, Who am I to argue with me?" Dr. Bashir - Visionary - Deep Space Nine

Bryancd

Yeah, we have been discussing that on the Treks in Sci-fi Facebook page. Consensus is the list is B.S. To say Into Darkness is worse then Nemesis, ST-V, and Insurrection is just dumb. But considering the source of that list, I am not suprised by that.

Meds

Yeah I call BS on that as well, though saying that i watched Nemesis last night and you know I think its a pretty good film. I just dont understand all the negativity towards STID, yeah ok we wanted more Bones but i really rather enjoyed it. I think people need to stop thinking that this version should be the same as the old version. Enjoy both.

Bryancd

Quote from: Meds on August 15, 2013, 12:11:49 PM
Yeah I call BS on that as well, though saying that i watched Nemesis last night and you know I think its a pretty good film. I just dont understand all the negativity towards STID, yeah ok we wanted more Bones but i really rather enjoyed it. I think people need to stop thinking that this version should be the same as the old version. Enjoy both.

Yeah, which sort of contiunues to beg the question, is STID a remake of TWOK? Besides the character of Khan and a death secne the two films have nothing in common.

billybob476

"Inspired by" TWOK might be a better way to put it.

Ktrek

"Oh...Well, Who am I to argue with me?" Dr. Bashir - Visionary - Deep Space Nine

Bryancd

#1661
The films have virtually nothing in common. The theme's of growing old in TWOK, absent from STID. The actual plot of the film, Khan seeking vengeance on Kirk and the McGuffin of the Genesis device? No where to be see Into Darkness. A rouge Admiral with a block ops ship trying to start a war with the Klingons in TWOK? Nada. You can be critical of the film for a myriad of reasons, to suggest one of those criticisms is that it's a remake of TWOK falls way short by any metric.

Meds

As you say Bry there are only two nods to TWOK and they are KHAAAANNN and the death scene, otherwise its totally original. Saying that though it backs up the point that they could have had a totally new villain and kept the entire story even the two nod scenes (bar changing the name)

ChrisMC

On my last viewing of STID, I did find that scene a tad bit cringe inducing and thought that in the end, it wasn't necessary. But I lived the movie as a whole, tons of fun.
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Bryancd

Quote from: Meds on August 15, 2013, 01:18:43 PM
Saying that though it backs up the point that they could have had a totally new villain and kept the entire story even the two nod scenes (bar changing the name)

Sure, but I would even go so far as to say the films villain was Admiral Marcus, not Kahn.