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The dialog in the new st movie is exceptional bad. Particularly Kirk calling for the execution of the bad guy completely jarring and pretty much turning me off

The dialog in the new st movie is exceptional bad. Particularly Kirk calling for the execution of the bad guy completely jarring and pretty much turning me off to the movie franchise from here on out.

Gracana 10y ago
They seem okay as brain-dead action flicks, but they're star trek in costume only. I would to see a star trek movie in the style of a star trek TV episode, with suspense and strange phenomena and whatnot...
- TeMPOraL 10y ago
  Thank JJ Abrams for screwing things up for everyone and keeping to do it. The last three Star Trek movies are Star Trek only in name, they're cheap action flicks and go completely against the spirit of the whole franchise.
  - quantumhobbit 10y ago
    I'm similarly disappointed in those films, but I'm holding out hope for Discovery, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Discovery https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Discovery . Looks to be mostly online and set in the original timeline. Bryan Fuller is involved, he wrote for Voyager and has a history of dialog heavy shows after that (pushing daisies is so underrated by the way).
    - TeMPOraL 10y ago
      We'll see. I'll hold out hope too, both for the series and for CBS not to kill it if it turns out to be good (like they did to Person of Interest). > pushing daisies Yeah, I've seen some of it; it's quite ok :).
  - ajeet_dhaliwal 10y ago
    Agreed, after wasting time on Lost and the previous two Star Treks and Force Awakens I can't be bothered to watch the next Star Wars or the current Star Trek Beyond, the trailer just has a shoot up and explosions, what happened to discovering new civilizations and exploring space? It's all so weak and lacking the charm, grit and magic.
humanrebar 10y ago
Execution implies imprisonment. Killing an enemy to save lives on an active battle field is rarely controversial.
- bitJericho 10y ago
  spoiler alert I don't think that applies in st beyond. Kirk was chasing an ex star fleet officer gone mad. He was a giant terrorist, and Kirk has always been one to flaunt the rules, but to order the killing rather than any attempt for capture was pretty shocking.
  - Animats 10y ago
    I think you meant "flout".

Gracana 10y ago

They seem okay as brain-dead action flicks, but they're star trek in costume only. I would to see a star trek movie in the style of a star trek TV episode, with suspense and strange phenomena and whatnot...

TeMPOraL 10y ago
Thank JJ Abrams for screwing things up for everyone and keeping to do it. The last three Star Trek movies are Star Trek only in name, they're cheap action flicks and go completely against the spirit of the whole franchise.
- quantumhobbit 10y ago
  I'm similarly disappointed in those films, but I'm holding out hope for Discovery, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Discovery https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Discovery . Looks to be mostly online and set in the original timeline. Bryan Fuller is involved, he wrote for Voyager and has a history of dialog heavy shows after that (pushing daisies is so underrated by the way).
  - TeMPOraL 10y ago
    We'll see. I'll hold out hope too, both for the series and for CBS not to kill it if it turns out to be good (like they did to Person of Interest). > pushing daisies Yeah, I've seen some of it; it's quite ok :).
- ajeet_dhaliwal 10y ago
  Agreed, after wasting time on Lost and the previous two Star Treks and Force Awakens I can't be bothered to watch the next Star Wars or the current Star Trek Beyond, the trailer just has a shoot up and explosions, what happened to discovering new civilizations and exploring space? It's all so weak and lacking the charm, grit and magic.

humanrebar 10y ago

Execution implies imprisonment. Killing an enemy to save lives on an active battle field is rarely controversial.

bitJericho 10y ago
spoiler alert I don't think that applies in st beyond. Kirk was chasing an ex star fleet officer gone mad. He was a giant terrorist, and Kirk has always been one to flaunt the rules, but to order the killing rather than any attempt for capture was pretty shocking.
- Animats 10y ago
  I think you meant "flout".