re: Star Trek First Impressions (SPOILERS IN THREAD)

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195 to 9 on rotten tomatoes, so the masses seem to be enjoying it.

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And hell, reviewers aren't just the masses, reviewers as a national group are the thoughtful informed masses.

For a Sci-Fi movie to get 96% positive rating nationwide from reviewers is unprecedented.

Also, if all it takes is a drop of "red matter" to create a black hole powerful enough to stop a supernova, why is Spock rolling around space with ~250 gallons of it in his little ship?

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THought it was dumb that there were NO SHIPS ON EARTH capable of putting a stop to that drill and spock had to fly down in his little 'general greivous' motorcycle ship to shoot at it.

I mean really? A big arse tube from space is burning a hole into the Earth and we can't even scramble a couple of nearby F16s with a few sidewinders?

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And if a drop can destroy a planet, why are you wasting time firing torps and phasers and not getting the frick out?

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no kidding..did spock & the romulan ship REALLY get far enough away to unleash the entire payload of that big red lava lamp stuff without creating a black hole that sucks in nearby galaxies?

No I just don't watch the movies assuming that if they don't give an explaination, there really isn't one. Makes the experience more enjoyable for me.

But knowing the deal about Spock and Kirk not being a coincidence has less to do with knowing any mythology and knowing more about meanings of words.

On a side note, I am about to catch my second viewing and there are maybe 50 people here at the Rave on a Friday

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And if a drop can destroy a planet, why are you wasting time firing torps and phasers and not getting the frick out?

Warp cores ain't cheap Scotty!

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Yea, I agree totally. I loved how they dumped their payload on the romulan ship and then sat their and watched it for a few sec before they had the "oh shite" moment and decided they might ought to get away from the black hole (but by then it was too late, of course)... I laughed out loud.

If they *really* had to shoot at the ship getting devoured by a black hole, they have aft torpedo's.

And the warp cores... would that have even worked? They were close enough to the black hole that they couldn't escape its gravitational pull at warp whatever, so...
1) Wouldn't an explosion powerful enough to overcome the black hole's gravitational pull also blow the enterprise to pieces?
2) When they ejected the warp cores, shouldn't they have dropped out of warp? When that happens they would be traveling at warp speed into the black hole and this maneuver would not have had time to work.
3) Also about the ejected warp cores, after they eject... the gravitational force pulling on the enterprise from the black hole is ~400,000 times greater than the same force that's pulling on the warp core, due to the difference in mass. It doesn't seem like you could just "shoot" a warpcore into the black hole when you're that close. So, you'd be detonating warp cores right outside of the hull, which would probably destroy the enterprise.

I had very similar thoughts about the warp core idea. Its just a standard Trek way of doing things

"Oh frick, we can't get out of wherever we are, let's just eject the warp core that'll probably do it"

If going multiple times the speed of light can't get you out, why is this explosion going to propel you to new speeds never obtainable?

Finally saw it this afternoon, I thought the story was so-so, but the casting and music were terrific.

Overall good and surprisingly funny.

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but the casting and music were terrific.

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The music was good, but it wasn't "Star Trek music" if that makes sense... it didn't sound like a Trek movie to me. Those of you who are oldschool fans should get what I'm saying