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BRWombat wrote:Serves you right. I mean, we Windows users may have to put up with slow startups, crashes, errors, viruses, and bugs of all variety, but at least we... um... What was my point again?

No shit. :mad:


(Fixed that for you. If you're going to say it, go for the gold. -CujoSR)

BTW we saw the movie today and I have to say.


NO MORE LENS FLARES! I can't see the movie when every light on the ship blinds the camera. Otherwise not bad. Wish it had lived up to the hype, honestly.

So, to keep this sort of on topic. I have a question. Is there anyone reading this who has seen the new Star Trek movie and is familiar with the original series (not necessarily a huge fan, but seen the episodes and familiar with characters and such) that thinks the guy who played McCoy did a bad job?

I'm just asking cause I have yet to talk to anyone who thinks he didn't nail McCoy perfectly.

darph nader wrote:No shit. :mad:
(Fixed that for you. If you're going to say it, go for the gold. -CujoSR)

No! No! No, Cujo. Let darph screw up. He's good for a laugh or 3. darph, you just got back OL for reals & already have a Mod giving you gold. Some luck! Glad you are back with us. Need $10.00 yet? ;)

lady ulrike wrote:So, to keep this sort of on topic. I have a question. Is there anyone reading this who has seen the new Star Trek movie and is familiar with the original series (not necessarily a huge fan, but seen the episodes and familiar with characters and such) that thinks the guy who played McCoy did a bad job?

I'm just asking cause I have yet to talk to anyone who thinks he didn't nail McCoy perfectly.

I think I qualify under your description -- I once knew the original series backwards and forwards, but never became a "Get-a-lifer" like at least one of my geeky friends did.

That being said, I kind of felt that way about all of the characterizations, not just McCoy... I didn't notice it any more with him than the others. In fact, Scotty stood out more to me -- not because I didn't enjoy Simon Pegg's performance, but because Scotty wasn't such an overtly comical character in the TV series (though he became more so in the movies).

All of the cast had some characteristics that were familiar, and some that weren't. I was able to just file them all away as "due to different actors" and enjoy it for what it was.

Personally, I think the guy who played McCoy probably did the best job out of the cast they had for the movie. As Wombat stated, each of the characters had aspects of the original cast...but I also found Simon Pegg's Scotty to be overly comical, but this was most likely due to the script. The one thing that stood out to me was Chris Pine's run...he has the Shatner/Kirk run down!

lady ulrike wrote:So, to keep this sort of on topic. I have a question. Is there anyone reading this who has seen the new Star Trek movie and is familiar with the original series (not necessarily a huge fan, but seen the episodes and familiar with characters and such) that thinks the guy who played McCoy did a bad job?

I'm just asking cause I have yet to talk to anyone who thinks he didn't nail McCoy perfectly.

I thought the actors did well at bringing the little things back that the original actors and actresses had done to make the characters their own.

I also appreciate the way the introduce the characters, so even if you've never HEARD of Star Trek before, you get to know everyone. I appreciate that they didn't just build on the existing characters with the notion that everyone knows them.

I also loved that, unlike TOS, this NCC-1701 was immense and sensory overload.

I look forward to the next movie.