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Star Trek Premiere Gets Standing Ovation, Surprise Showing In Austin
MrKaos writes "Proving that science fiction can still be great entertainment, J.J. Abrams appears to have impressed Star Trek fans at the official world premiere of Star Trek, who gave the film a five-minute standing ovation at the Sydney Opera House in Australia today. Meanwhile, mere hours beforehand, flummoxed fans at the Alamo Drafthouse theater in Austin, TX, deceived into thinking they were seeing a special, extended version of Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan, were pleasantly surprised when a disguised Leonard Nimoy greeted them and announced they would be seeing the new film in its entirety. ILM's influence on the film is reported as visually stunning, and lucky Australian fans are scheduled to see the movie first, as it opens a day before the American release."
.... I'd hate to see this guy have to do another plot synopsis ;)
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
Those guys in Austin should demand a refund! They paid for a ticket for The Wrath of Khan, but that's not what they got. If it were me I'd be raising hell.
This guy's the limit!
I guess he didn't wear his ears.
Have you read my blog lately?
Well, you see, the Enterprise crashes on this planet, and all sorts of spooky things happen.
Meanwhile, these aliens, called "The Others" keep harassing the crew.
And there are lots of flashbacks to just before the Enterprise crashes.
Fascism starts when the efficiency of the government becomes more important than the rights of the people.
Did I miss the elitist newsletter that told us all we had to say science fiction was crap now?
No, you just didn't see Transformers.
education is no substitute for intelligence
Jeez, miss one meeting...
Speaking of which, your dues are not current. Please remit $263.81 as soon as possible. We also voted you "Most likely to annoy others at the theater by leaving to go to the bathroom during a pivotal scene".
Congrats, I understand this is the 4th straight year you've won the award. ;P
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No, you just didn't see Transformers.
What? Are you mad? Two words: Morgan Fox.
+5 insightful.
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Every time he thinks about Megan Fox, he thinks about his organ.
Rich And Stupid is not so bad as Working For Rich And Stupid.
Not to be confused with Megan Freeman.
More. How many trekkies do you know that can stand for 5 minutes?
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge"
- Charles Darwin
Just as there are no sequels to the Matrix, Insurrection is the most recent Trek movie made. That makes this the tenth, so the odd-even rule still stands...
Transformers was awesome.
Pure action excitement. I can't wait to see it yet again.~
FTFY.
Terrorist, bomb, al Qaeda, nuclear, yellowcake, kill, assassinate. Carnivore is dead... long live Echelon.
And I'm a sci-fi fan.
Don't you know? They changed the spelling to "Syfy"
Sorry, but it's not like ignoring Nemesis would result in the Trek franchise being unsullied, so I don't see it the same as the fact that there is only one Matrix movie. There were already bad Treks, including even numbered ones, and that's just part of the series charm... I guess.
No what really happened is that Nemesis was a real movie, and a real shitty movie. Nemesis was not just an even numbered Trek that sucked, it was an even numbered Trek that sucked so hard that it dragged everything around it into itself until its huge mass of suck collapsed and formed a singularity, making a wormhole into another dimension where the old odd-even rule simply doesn't apply any more.
Nemesis broke the pattern, literally. It's busted. We're in a new world where anything can happen, including good odd-numbered Treks. Also, I think Neptune is slightly more purple in this universe.
The enemies of Democracy are
Honestly, what part of "not following cannon" do you people not understand?
The part where you don't join us in frothing at the mouth and taking up pitch forks and torches in outcry against this heinous heresy!
The enemies of Democracy are
But that means all of the cams will have crappy Australian subtitles!
Oh God, now I'm confused, I just imagined this Megan Fox/Morgan Freeman hybrid narrating The Shawshank Transformers:
"I wish I could tell you that Optimus Prime fought the good fight, and the Decepticons let him be. I wish I could tell you that - but earth is no fairy-tale world. He never said who did it, but we all knew. Things went on like that for awhile - earth life consists of routine, and then more routine. Every so often, Optimus Prime would show up with fresh bruises. The Decepticons kept at him - sometimes he was able to fight 'em off, sometimes not. And that's how it went for Optimus - that was his routine. I do believe those first two years were the worst for him, and I also believe that if things had gone on that way, this place would have got the best of him."
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The story I heard via word of mouth was that they were actually going to play Wrath of Khan, with ten minutes of sneak-preview footage from the movie that hadn't been seen before as a bonus. However shortly after Wrath started playing, the old and damaged film caught fire and was destroyed. Then Nimoy revealed himself, and instead of showing the 10 minute teaser, they showed the whole film.
Wow, that doesn't sound at all unlikely. By the way, did you know that because of a bizarre lexicographical quirk that the word "gullible" isn't actually in the dictionary?
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It's sad... Walter Koenig's name doesn't make me think of Chekov anymore...
"Anatomically impossible, Mr. Garibaldi. But you're welcome to try."
in the theatre where I watched the first screening of Star Wars: Episode I, there was a standing ovation after the movie was over. Later I realized there was a standing ovation BECAUSE the movie was over.
Meesa saw same thing!