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ark_ader:
One of the reasons why I gave it 9 out of 10.

Red matter, Vulcan, You know who's mommy, Kirk the know it all.  :P

Maybe they will fix it in the sequel. ;D

patrickl:

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Speaking about odd accents, why would Checkov be unable to pronounce the letter "V"? Is that a reference to the original series? It's the last letter of his own name for crying out loud! The letter he replaces it with, the W, actually does not exist in Russian!

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It is a reference to the original series.  The actor playing Chekov is actually Russian but wanted to pay homage buy having a bad Russian accent.  Ironic, eh?

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Heh ironic indeed. I wonder whether the guy playing Scotty had the same idea.

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Well both of them were indeed trying to use the same overdone accent as the original actors did. You can call that an hommage I guess, but I'd rather assume they were all told to do so. Really all the actors were doing their best to mimic the old actors style, mannerisms and accents. That's not a coincidence.

How was replacing the letter V by a W a reference to the original series though? Did the original Chekov make the same weird mistake? I have to admit, the last time I saw the original series must have been decades ago. All I can remember is that he had an over the top Russian accent and that used to say "ciptin" instead of captain.

:edit: never mind, indeed I just remembered the original Chekhov would say things like "wessel" instead of vessel.

:edit2: Downloaded the Tribble episode and Chekov says "inwented" a couple of times, but he can say "first". Silly. I wonder how he pronounces his own name. Pawel Chekow?

ChadTower:

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--- Quote from: shmokes on May 09, 2009, 10:55:47 am ---BTW, just how many black holes was Spock planning to make when he set off with like 200 gallons of red matter?   ;D

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I can never remember, does red matter go with fish or beef?

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Neither.  Doesn't matter!

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shmokes:

--- Quote from: shmokes on May 09, 2009, 10:55:47 am ---BTW, just how many black holes was Spock planning to make when he set off with like 200 gallons of red matter?   ;D

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One of my facebook friend's response to the above question:

Ya, what the hell was that about? Maybe the Vulcan's just had a black hole ship that anyone who was making a black hole had to check out from the vulcan science academy.

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saint:
Just saw it. It was good. Few small annoyances, but meh. I thought the casting for the most part was outstanding! Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Sulu - all excellent cast choices. Uhura, Scottie were OK. Wasn't fond of the Chekov casting.

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The whole romance thing was pointless and irritating.

Overall I really liked the movie. I cracked up (in a good way) at some of the homage references, and about cheered when Sulu answered what combat training he'd had. Good times.

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