STAR TREK Sequel - "STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS" (SPOILERS)

[AndyDursin]

MJ becoming a Trekkie...love it.

I'm an Original Series guy but I am now going through the old TNG seasons for the first time. Starting very slowly, but I'll get there.

[Monterey Jack]

MJ becoming a Trekkie...love it.

Doubt I'll ever attend a convention or wear the Spock ears, but I'm digging the original series. It was high time to finally understand all of the obligitory geek references dropped in countless other movies and TV shows.

[AndyDursin]

And did it hurt? Nah.

Curious -- did you watch the original episodes or the remastered ones with the newer FX? I always have a hard time deciding but generally pick the original shows with the stereo soundtracks.

[Monterey Jack]

Curious -- did you watch the original episodes or the remastered ones with the newer FX? I always have a hard time deciding but generally pick the original shows with the stereo soundtracks.

I rented the Blus with the option of watching either version, and picked the original F/X with the original mono soundtracks...I figured my first run-through of Trek should be the original versions. Shame that George Lucas has never done the same with Star Wars through their endless revisions.

[Paul MacLean]

I'm an Original Series guy but I am now going through the old TNG seasons for the first time. Starting very slowly, but I'll get there.

TNG got off to a shaky start. I started watching during the first season but gave up on being a regular viewer because the early episodes were generally underwhelming.

Season three is when the show hit its stride, and became a truly great series.

[AndyDursin]

I never watched TNG either because of how bad the first group of shows were. lol.

Took me years to develop an interest in it!

[Eric W.]

I never watched TNG either because of how bad the first group of shows were. lol.

Took me years to develop an interest in it!

Huh. I didn't know that!

[AndyDursin]

Some reviews trickling out, and they're mostly good, but a few are not particularly encouraging. (AICN's Mr Beeks review is ALL SPOILERS so I wouldn't go there unless you want to know it all. As it is, I skimmed over most of it though my suspicions about one major plot element have been confirmed)

I will say that it DOES seem very early to make a STAR TREK II level "heavy dramatic piece" with a crew that's just going through their second film installment, but that goes with the fact that it shouldn't have taken them 4 years to make this first sequel to begin with. Not particularly smart in that regard.

[Monterey Jack]

Look what I picked up this week...



Gonna start watching them next week. Will report back with my thoughts.

[John Johnson]

Looks like Best Buy is jumping on the bandwagon.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Movies-Prom ... =Star+Trek

[AndyDursin]

Blah $2 million midnight gross is not a good sign. Then again, maybe most Trekkies are fast asleep by that hour (in the midst of a workweek at that)

[Eric W.]

Blah $2 million midnight gross is not a good sign. Then again, maybe most Trekkies are fast asleep by that hour (in the midst of a workweek at that)

http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Star- ... ness.shtml

^^ This is fairly typical of the kind of feedback I'm seeing about it.

[AndyDursin]

Yeah the reviews are decent on balance (I think the "Tomato Meter" is still pretty high), but I'm getting kind of a depressed buzz about it from the people I know who've seen it. I'll be going tomorrow night at some point.

If it underperforms, like I've said from the beginning, one reason is that they waited WAY TOO LONG to make this film. Should've been out a couple of years ago to keep the momentum of the '09 film going.

[Eric W.]

Yeah the reviews are decent on balance (I think the "Tomato Meter" is still pretty high), but I'm getting kind of a depressed buzz about it from the people I know who've seen it. I'll be going tomorrow night at some point.

If it underperforms, like I've said from the beginning, one reason is that they waited WAY TOO LONG to make this film. Should've been out a couple of years ago to keep the momentum of the '09 film going.

^^ Already that's far and away the consensus I'm running across. I think it's a given, really.

[AndyDursin]

Still more good news at the start of the Summer 2013 box office as May continues to sizzle. My sources say Star Trek Into Darkness from Paramount Pictures, Skydance Productions, and director J.J. Abrams‘ Bad Robot began its domestic run in 3,762 theaters with at least $14 million including $3.5M in Thursday midnights and Wednesday 336 IMAX late shows. The iconic space tentpole in 3D received a coveted “A” CinemaScore to help word of mouth and 87% positive Rotten Tomatoes score setting it up for a strong weekend. Over 400 screenings offered by MovieTickets.com are sold out for this upcoming weekend. The budget was a costly $190M, but the studio is still predicting a 3-day weekend domestic estimate of $80M and 4-day estimate of $100M.

The international grosses continue to surprise: My sources say the film’s opening day in Russia looks like $1.4 million, or nearly 4x the starting gross of 2009′s Star Trek. The sequel opened in 7 international markets this past weekend, earning $40M thru Wednesday. The combined figures from these territories are almost 70% greater than 2000′s Star Trek from the same UK, Australia, Germany, Mexico, New Zealand, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland. New markets, led by Russia, will open this weekend representing just over 15% of the overseas potential. Total now is just over 50% with 40 markets playing the pic through Sunday.

http://www.deadline.com/2013/05/star-tr ... -and-imax/