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New Star Trek Movie Gets Really Geeky USB Solution

James Allen Johnson — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:21:59 +0000

I’m all for finding new delivery methods for multimedia, but seriously? A 4GB Starfleet insignia USB Drive? It’s one of the strangest, yet oddly “geek sheik” ways I’ve seen for delivering a DVD to the masses.

The USB drives are individually numbered which should send thousands of Trekkers on a scavenger hunt for the USB Drive numbered “one.”

The drives are DRM protected, however it can run on up to 5 registered devices and users can burn the movie to a DVD for more practical playback.

The special edition releases are $29 each, of course that price can’t replace the bragging rights Trekkers will have over their “friends” in their mom’s basement. [Gizmodo]

Star Trek Tops Box Office with $76.5M Opening Weekend

Paul Short — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:18:17 +0000

Star Trek was the #1 movie at the box office, earning $76.5 million in its opening weekend.

Paramount Pictures estimated the Star Trek movie would make about $50 million for the weekend, but strong reviews and online buzz helped carry it past the estimates by more than 50%. The latest in the Star Trek movie franchise made $72.5 million from Friday to Sunday, plus $4 million in pre-midnight screenings Thursday, Paramount said Saturday, including a record $8.2 million in IMAX showings.

Star Trek hit the mark with moviegoers by appealing to younger viewers who may not have been familiar with the original 1960’s TV series in that there was lots of background material on the characters, yet veteran Trekkies were impressed by how much of the essence of the series was included. People liked it so much that it recieved 96 percent positive reviews on the critical Rotten Tomatoes Web site.

Star Trek Movie Tops Box Office

With Star Trek in the lead, here are the top 10 movies at the box office this weekend:

1. Star Trek – $76.5 million

2. X-Men Origins: Wolverine – $27 million

3. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past – $10.45 million

4. Obsessed – $6.6 million

5. 17 Again – $4.4 million

6. Next Day Air – $4 million

7. The Soloist – $3.6 million

8. Monsters vs. Aliens – $3.4 million

9. Earth – $2.5 million

10. Hannah Montana: The Movie – $2.4 million

You can see our review of the Star Trek movie here and more Star Trek info here.

Star Trek review – No spoilers

Dennis Bjørn Petersen — Sat, 09 May 2009 09:27:32 +0000

I saw the latest Star Trek movie yesterday. To give it a fair review I thought I would sleep on it, because I was so excited after leaving the cinema yesterday, it would just have been one praise after the other.

I’m sorry to say, that one night of sleep didn’t change that at all. With a 96% review at Rotten Tomatoes and 8.4 on IMDB I’m confident it will make about $92 million at the box office this weekend.

“Set your phasers to stunning.”

The awesomsauce: You don’t have to be a Trekkie to watch this movie. You don’t need to know anything about the Star Trek universe, characters or technology. You’ll miss some references (I noticed a few lines from “Wrath of Khan”) and some Kirk-Spock moments, but that’s details. The story is great, the jokes hilarious and the special effects are very well made without been too unreal.

The actors are spot on. Especially Zachary Quinto (who probably is used to playing emotionless on Heroes) nails Spock. You don’t see Sylar (bad guy from TV-series Heroes), you see Spock in him. Chris Pine makes a great James T. Kirk. In a few scenes you can actually see him make some of the classic Kirk faces and movements. I think he has spent many hours watching William Shatner’s Capt. Kirk. The same goes for Karl Urban. His Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy is simply brilliant. I can see DeForest Kelley’s Bones immediately and of course you get a “Dammit I’m a doctor not a *something*”-line.

JJ Abrams succesfully reboots the Star Trek franchise!

The less good: I’m not going to waste many letters on this. If you are a hardcore Trekkie I’m sure you don’t like the engine room of the USS Enterprise. The warp drive looks like something from gas/hydro plant, but c’mon that doesn’t change the awesomeness of this movie. I did miss one thing. The classic Star Trek theme. When you see the Star Trek logo/badge you always expect it, but soundtrack composer Michael Giacchino has a surprise up his sleeve. You can actually recognize a few classic notes from time to time. (and yes the classic theme can be heard later on in the movie)

To sum up: This movie brought several tears of coolness I’ve only experienced a few times before (as Superman rescued Lois Lane in the plane, so good to hear the Superman theme again or when I heard the Indy theme in Indy 4). Go this the Star Trek movie and you’ll feel just like me – JJ Abrams; we want to see this crew’s next space adventure ASAP!

I give it 10 out of 10, just because I’m still thinking of this movie.

*UPDATE* Star Trek made $72.5 million in North American ticket sales in its first weekend. Not enough to beat Wolverine’s $85 million record last weekend, but I doubt Star Trek will drop 68% next weekend as Wolverine did this weekend.

Star Trek latest: new Enterprise revealed, scene previews shown

Duncan Riley — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:59:22 +0000

The first shot of the new look Starship Enterprise from the J.J. Abrams Star Trek movie is out (picture above).

If it looks like the old Enterprise, just more modern looking, there is a reason. Abrams told Entertainment Weekly (also image source) that “If you’re going to do Star Trek there are many things you cannot change. The Enterprise is a visual touchstone for so many people. So if you’re going to do the Enterprise, it better look like the Enterprise, because otherwise, what are you doing?”

In related news, 400 lucky journalists got their first look at 4 scenes from the yet to be completed movie, with JJ Abrams and Simon Pegg doing the scene introductions.

DenofGeek offers the best description of what was shown here but warning: serious spoilers in the descriptions.

New Star Trek movie pictures

Duncan Riley — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:01:07 +0000

UPDATE: see the New Star Trek Trailer via the link.

It’s still 7 months away from hitting the screens, but the first shots from the forthcoming J.J. Abrams refresh of the Star Trek series have been released.

Single photos have been released to different sites, and there’s some question over who had them first, so a number of them below, with references to the source as much as I can gather, although the links may be incorrect.

Deck shot (MTV)

Untitled (JoBlo)

Spock (AintitCool)

USS Kelvin (TrekMovie)