http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/12/06/what-do-you-think-of-the-star-trek-into-darkness-teaser-trailer Comments On: What Do You Think of the <em>Star Trek Into Darkness</em> Teaser Trailer? by Paul Constant en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:00:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by ScrawnyKayaker]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 06:30:22 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Noadi]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 02:32:25 -0800 The Stranger Posted by dwightmoodyforgetsthings]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:53:28 -0800 The Stranger
But I have to agree with balderdash @24. This just does NOT look like Trek. It looks completely joyless, without the slightest hint of Trek philosophy.

Still, new Spock. *swoon* I'll probably see it.
Posted by Reverse Polarity]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 18:02:22 -0800 The Stranger Posted by MrBaker]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:18:54 -0800 The Stranger
I actually liked the first movie in the rebooted franchise, but mostly only if I only think of it as a distant cousin to the original franchise
Posted by Sheryl]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:06:05 -0800 The Stranger
I hope you're right, but the rumor is that Cumberbatch is playing Khan, to the point that the rumor is cited on IMDB.
Posted by keshmeshi]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:02:37 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Spindles]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:28:00 -0800 The Stranger
As for the repetition of old tropes and characters, well, keep in mind most of the audience for this film probably BARELY remembers Voyager & Enterprise, let alone TOS, TNG, DS9 or any of the older films. So, while it certainly feels like rehashing familiar territory to us old Trekkers, it's still all quite new to the youngsters who've never seen it before.
Posted by COMTE]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:18:11 -0800 The Stranger
As long as Cumberbatch's villain is better than what's his face in Batman I should like this flick.
Posted by Simone]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:57:47 -0800 The Stranger
The "Inception" music has got to fucking stop though. For real.
Posted by rara avis]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:52:07 -0800 The Stranger Posted by More Borg please...]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:36:28 -0800 The Stranger Posted by scary tyler moore]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:28:51 -0800 The Stranger
I was hoping it wasn't because I hated the idea of Cumberbatch as Khan.

Many of my favorite TNG episodes had Ron Moore's fingerprints all over them. Think someone can convince him to direct movies?
Posted by keshmeshi]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:17:10 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Pick1]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:56:58 -0800 The Stranger Posted by GermanSausage]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:46:45 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Max Solomon]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:45:48 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Puty]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:44:39 -0800 The Stranger Posted by PCM]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:43:09 -0800 The Stranger
I love Space Opera of all flavors. I do! But I also have an abiding philosophical love for Star Trek, and the "reboot" was not fucking Star Trek, and the disservice they did to the core principles of the Trek ideal really made me mad. This doesn't look like it's going to Get It any better than the first one did.

On the other hand, the Mass Effect fanboy in me really, really, really wants to see more of what that trailer had to offer. In fact, you know what? Let's just take Star Trek right out of Abrams' sweaty, XBox-controller-callused hands and give him Mass Effect to make movies out of instead. It seems right up his alley and I honestly think he could do a good job of it, and oh man I would just about die of happiness if we got good Mass Effect movies.

Give Star Trek to, I don't know, maybe Joss Whedon... except I think I recall hearing he hates Trek on principle, so never mind that. Somebody else. Somebody who actually gives a shit what the Federation, a post-scarcity humanist society, was intended to be.

Also, come on, you guys, this is clearly just Wrath of Khan. Did you need to see the Japanese trailer to figure that out? Honestly?
Posted by balderdash]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:42:54 -0800 The Stranger
(I'm hoping that was him, for the brief second...)
Posted by judybrowni]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:32:53 -0800 The Stranger Posted by care bear]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:31:01 -0800 The Stranger
That was a first season episode though. The first season also had that horrendous episode with the planet of the blonde, childish nymphomaniacs. Anything to let Riker get his freak on, I guess, even if it means ignoring the Prime Directive.
Posted by keshmeshi]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:25:55 -0800 The Stranger Posted by brandon]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:16:05 -0800 The Stranger Make that two votes.
Posted by fairly.unbalanced]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:06:06 -0800 The Stranger