Comments on: First impressions of a 'Star Trek' virgin

CNET News' Caroline McCarthy went into an advance screening of the new "Star Trek" prequel barely knowing what a Vulcan is. Can a total newbie enjoy this film? Heck, yes.

[umbrae]

As a fan of Lost and Star Trek, I cannot wait to see this. The Star Trek IP has really lost its way under Paramount, and I am looking forward to a modernized touch. JJ's special flavor of story telling and film making makes me very hopeful that we may see a resurgence of Star Trek going forward.

[Dr_Zinj]

Nothing wrong with calling it Star Trek.

And it's not a prequel, it's a retcon/reboot from an earlier starting point of the crew of the Starship Enterprise.

Once you accept those parameters, the movie can, and will, stand on it's own.

If you insist on trying to shoehorn it into TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY, ENT, or any of the other movies, you'll be doing yourself a disservice, and you may end up hating it.

The Star Trek Universe will never happen in our future the way any of the shows have envisioned. The act of imagining it changes the timeline. And the givens in technological develpment are not the same.

[Dalkorian]

"... it's a retcon/reboot from an earlier starting point of the crew of the Starship Enterprise."

Riiight. Now try telling us what that is supposed to mean. I still hear "prequel".

[craig.knapp1]

I watched Star Trek (now referred to as The Original Series TOS) as it aired weekly, saw it as reruns on TV through the 70s as a teenager, then of course the following spin offs and movies. At each point in my life there were lessons to be learned and with my aging a new understanding of the social issues I was too young to understand in TOS. Later, as I served in the Army, I continued to enjoy re-looking at all the episodes and came to appreciate how frequently the theme of the strong interpersonal relationships, with virtues such as honor and courage, and loyalty to your "crew" came into play. We should all aspire to such loyalty to our family and friends.

[Hellcat]

I love lost and loved Alias, and Cloverfield, and Fringe. J.J. Abrams is just amazing.

I wonder if Star Trek is as big of a hit as we all hope it will be if they will give him the ok to make a Star Trek series. :)

[aliamir1]

aren't all star trek fans virgins?

Just joking of course, I love star trek but wish they went into the far future instead of the past. I never watched the original series except for the movies and don't see what would be so great story wise. The later star trek series introduces the borg, Q and further developed all the other alien races out there.

Now my question is though will fans of Star Trek like this movie. There have been a lot of recent movies that were new interpretations of old things, but true fans would be sorely disappointed. Dragonball Evolution and Xmen Origins are the best examples. True fans of Dragonball hated this new interpretations whereas Dragonball virgins liked it. People who are truely xmen fans were not happy with some characters in the new xmen movie.

If you are a fan of LOST (past the first season), then you are truly LOST!

Since you have an appreciation for that worthless waste of TV air time called LOST (Sorry J.J.) I must question your taste and your review (if you can call it that) of the new Star Trek film.

I would also call out CNET and ask why they would send someone who has no frame of reference with regards to the previous Star Trek material, science fiction, or movies?

I am sorry Caroline, but stick with your social 'sex in the city' tech and PLEASE stay as far away from movies (not withstanding any chick-flix) as possible.

Oh, yes - Thank you for letting us know about the Budweiser and Nokia, that is a crucial life saving fact!

Caroline, for the love of anything holy......just write about what you know.... or do some research so you can appear to be informed....DON'T WASTE OUR TIME WITH MINDLESS BLATHERING!!!!!!

Thanks!

P.S. Ear-splitting action? OPEN your eyes, it's a movie!

[Hellcat]

It just seems like you have a simple mind and can't stand anything thats complex. You probably love shows that close all the story holes within an hour and anything that put some creative, and thought into a long term story you can't grasp. I love that Lost confuses me because I know in the end weather if its another season or 4 more seasons, the story will have a satisfying end. I love shows that make me think and wonder. Thats what was good about Star Trek. even though they were episode by episode and not an ongoing story, each episode had its own complexity and made you think about the future...our future and our possibilities as a race.

I can't wait to see Star Trek and I love that I'm hearing good buzz about it. J.J. Keep up the good work and don't listen to simple minded people.

O hellcat, how the abstract doth fascinate thee..... you must truly embrace things that don't go anywhere; a car with no wheels, a dog on a chain, a tree, a bush............ O yeah, and LOST!!!

If the world moved as fast as LOST does, then I would be sending this to you via snail mail.

Watching an episode of lost is like looking up into the sky and spinning around and around until you fall down or throw up..... WOW what FUN!

[taoism32]

I am shocked. I thought CNET was a technology company. I fail to understand how CNET can hire anybody that has never seen Star Trek before. I thought it should be on the application? It should be list right after "Have you ever been convicted of a crime" If you answer incorrectly, than no need to apply.

[databrain]

I have always been a casual fan of star trek. But with product placements of Budweiser and Nokia I mean come on!!!??? I am so tired of seeing movies that bombard us with product placements and even though this movie takes place around 2100, I was hoping that the producers did not see the scene to put a place in this movie for any product placements SINCE IT TAKES PLACE 100-200 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE!!!

Do you honestly expect we would be using cellphones by then? I would consider this movie a huge (FAIL) if they use the current Nokia logo.

[ChukchansiDan]

Who's to say Budweiser won't be around in another 200 years?
How long has Guiness been around (that would be about 300...)

Not that I'm for product plament in movies, but budweiser being around doesn't not make sense to me... It's also probably going to get a chuckle out of the audience (which is probably why it's in there).