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Much better than I was expecting

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In Reply to: RE: Star Trek - Beyond... posted by mkuller on July 23, 2016 at 08:30:14

After I saw the first trailer I said the end is near. What with Justin Lin directing and motorcycles leaping threw the air I thought we were getting 'Star Trek, Fast and Furious'. But I'm hear to say hold onto your phasers. If you are a fan of all that is Star Trek then by all means go see this film. The good ship Enterprise appears to be in good hands. After seeing 'Beyond' I can see why Paramount Pictures has ordered up a fourth of the rebooted (movie) series.

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I was pleasantly surprised too... - Steve O 20:12:30 07/24/16 (0)
...it had just about everything you expect in this type of movie. We've all seen it before in some form or another but it was well done with an easy to follow plot and high production values.

As already suggested, the whole thing is made for large format 3D (I saw it in IMAX 3D). The background scenery for the first part of the closing credits was esp spectacular. So much so that I missed most of the credits.

Speaking of credits, I noticed two Chinese organizations listed as somehow having major involvement with the OA production. That combined with the fact that the movie house i visited has majority Chinese ownership has my head spinning. My how times change!
RE: Much better than I was expecting - mkuller 11:54:17 07/24/16 (1)
...I thought they did a great job of capturing the tone and rhythm of the original TV show in places where the characters interacted.

In one scene toward the end I swear Chris Pine looked just like a young Shatner.
- What bothered me about "Into Darkness" was that they killed off Christopher Pike - oldmkvi 14:52:51 07/24/16 (0)
  In the TV Series, he was alive, but confined ( or built into ) to that Chair for survival, and taken to the Planet of Illusions to live out his life with the Woman who was also disfigured.
  I didn't like it that they changed that, if it's supposed to be a Pre-quel to the TV series.

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