Did JJ Abrams help create all the unnecessary "lens flares"?

Did JJ Abrams film this? Cuz those are some nice flares

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Oh, I did - thanks for that, fixed.>> ^MaxWilder:

I agree for the most part. The depth of the character interactions was a great pleasure, as was the complex plot for what is really a simple story.
I have to deduct points for some over-the-top Michael Bay style explosion scenes. And a few silly details that were ignored/overlooked. And one or two "Hey! Look! This is the 70's!" moments.
Other than that, great movie. Definitely going into my Blu-Ray collection.
Also, Speilberg was the producer, JJ Abrams was director. I suspect that's what you meant to type.

I agree for the most part. The depth of the character interactions was a great pleasure, as was the complex plot for what is really a simple story.

I have to deduct points for some over-the-top Michael Bay style explosion scenes. And a few silly details that were ignored/overlooked. And one or two "Hey! Look! This is the 70's!" moments.

Other than that, great movie. Definitely going into my Blu-Ray collection.

Also, Speilberg was the producer, JJ Abrams was director. I suspect that's what you meant to type.

I didn't expect this level of production quality. Lighting like JJ Abrams, but it works here. Also, I watched fullscreen before reading the description. Was confusing at first but that way it didn't spoil any surprises.

Way too late, kymbos. Way too late.

Oh, and I had no idea that Taking Care of Business was co-written by JJ Abrams -- seriously, look it up. I guess I need to watch that again.

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Also, I think more than a truck is needed to stop that train.


DUDE! That's a 1965 Chevy C-10. They were the precursor to the M1A1 Abrams tank!

They won the Vietnam war singlehanded!

True story.

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Poor writing, directing and style choices- it could have been good if hadn't been run into the ground by Hollywood schlock-masters.

Any SF show or movie has to respect the art-form of Science Fiction- or it will fail. This show did not. I imagine some cigar chomping fatty leaning back in his office chair saying "let's give those nerds an alien with big tits - you know, one of those Vogons or whatever those idiots call them". That's why SF shows fail. No science fiction people running the show. That's why Gene Roddenberry was awesome (he hired writers like Harlan Ellison) and that's why the JJ Abrams movie was good too.

>> I would admit that if I came into this movie knowing no Star Trek canon, it would seem very muddy and confusing

I just saw it and L-O-V-E-D, loved it. I honestly know little to nothing about the show/movies, so I think I'm qualified to speak on behalf of the rest of the know-nothings and say it wasn't muddy or confusing in the least. I think it was wise to get JJ Abrams to direct (even though he's not too great a TV producer [he always starts great plots that he has no ability to follow through with]) because he also knew nothing of the original material, so he had to make a movie that would please the rest of us "ignorants."

Star Trek left this reviewer extremely satisfied.

in case you have ears as useless as mine...

"All right, it's late and I'm paying my babysitter overtime and I have to pee, so ... everybody fucking likes you. All my bits are gone. Listen, I had lunch today with Rita [Wilson' Hanks' wife], and her tits were here and her waist was here and her ass was all that. So, what can I tell you that's new?

Tom Hanks - what the fuck? Listen ... Bosom Buddies, people. Me: a fan. Bosom Buddies. I saw Turner & Hooch, The Money Pit; I missed That Thing [You Do!]. I love the Coen Brothers, but the hair, Tom - I don't even know what the fuck that movie was about. You in the airport with the accent; it was a pass for me. Do you love airports, or were you dissing immigrant laws? I didn't know! I love you, and I didn't know what to do. Silly. God, I'm wearing the same fucking dress tonight as your publicist.

Listen, I've got to get home. But I must say this - Tom Hanks, I love you. You do something that two other people on the planet do - and this is true, people. It's so dark out there [in the auditorium], I feel like I'm in space. Thank you, whoever made it light - JJ Abrams, are you here?

But truly, people who Tom and I don't know, I was going to tell you something that is really profound and comes from the heart that I do have. Which is this: Tom can walk into any room and make you feel like you're in your living room, truly. Make you feel comfortable, make you feel like you have something interesting to contribute, make you feel like there's a reason you're on the planet.

And that's a true gift. That isn't acting, and isn't, you know, dinner-party games; it's heart and it's compassion and it's soul. And he has that, and only a couple of other people - that I gave birth to - have that. And also, Sally Field played my mom once!

Tom, I love you, I love you so much. I love Rita. And it's also - this is my big moment, because now I get to say, ladies and gentlemen, one of really my favorite people on planet Earth - and now I'm going to leave and go home - Mr Fabulous, Mike Nichols."

Sounds like someone likes to get high off of anticipation.

You could be a producer for JJ Abrams.

>> ^BoneyD:
If Spock spends the movie 'exploring his emotions', I'm gonna crap a brick. But I just BET Abrams can't help himself.
Yeah yeah sure, I know about pon'farr... this should not be used as a defining characteristic of Spock's character in a film. It is a mere facet of his being and I hope J.J has more talent than to cling to this for dramatic effect.


Has anyone else noticed that we seem to be in the thrall of fanboy directors these days? I can think of JJ Abrams and Zack Synder for a start and I bet there are more coming. Guys who are obsessive about the detail of making a film and the script but can't actually make anything with emotional depth or substance? They're going to make Tarantino (their lord and master) look like Francis Ford Coppola.

Sylar as Spock seems distracting.

I'm all in favor of giving Star Trek a reboot. I'm not so sure the idea of Kirk as the unlikely anti-hero is the way to go with filling in his own personal history.

My own spinoff idea was to take Section 17 from DS:9 and make a series centered around one of their new recruits that's serving on a normal Federation vessel with all the normal goody two-shoes.

Like Alias, only Star Trek-ized. JJ Abrams would do that well, I'd think.

Since when is building a spaceship outside, in the middle of the desert a good idea?
And is it just me or does Spock look all pissed off at 1:25?

EDIT: Oh, and it doesn't look to me like he's violating any laws of physics:

1. Kirk and the car are moving towards the canyon.
2. Kirk jumps from the car in the opposite direction.
3. The force from his jump slightly increases the car's velocity while just slightly decreasing his own.
4. He hits the ground still moving towards the canyon but friction caused by his hands trying to dig into the dirt is enough to slow him.

Stupid? Yes. Still possible? Yes.

Question is: why the fuck would someone do that anyway? In the context of the preview it seems totally pointless. Oh right, it's a JJ Abrams movie.