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Locut0s

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24. Agreed. But after the last one I didn't expect it to be...
Sun May 26, 2013, 11:15 PM
May 2013

Indeed Roddenberry's touch is gone. So is any semblance of a theme 'about' something. ST was always a thinly veiled discussion on the ails of modern society and the 'what if' of what could be if we could overcome out petty differences.

As an action film and popcorn muncher I still enjoyed it though.

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Saw Star Trek tonight... [View all] TheMightyFavog May 2013 OP
sounds like a real jerk! hrmjustin May 2013 #1
Like I said, some people take Trek way too seriously. TheMightyFavog May 2013 #2
aaaah, a bit of karma kickback perhaps? magical thyme May 2013 #11
No. TheMightyFavog May 2013 #12
I need to go stat... Agschmid May 2013 #3
Nobody yelled at me but I laughed too olddots May 2013 #4
What a jerk... Xyzse May 2013 #5
My friends and I were "shhhhed" at a basketball game! Yavin4 May 2013 #6
I saw it with hard-core Trekkies (well, for my neck of the woods) WolverineDG May 2013 #7
It's not Star Trek. Archae May 2013 #8
+1 magellan May 2013 #22
I agree A Little Weird May 2013 #23
Agreed. But after the last one I didn't expect it to be... Locut0s May 2013 #24
It's people like that that made me stop Flashmann May 2013 #9
Tell him, "Relax, Gandalf!" baldguy May 2013 #10
Lots of laughs there for us Trekkies mainer May 2013 #13
Best way to piss of a Trekkie, call it Star Wars NightWatcher May 2013 #14
I saw it yesterday, too. GoCubsGo May 2013 #15
Check out this article that pretty much skewers it... AllenVanAllen May 2013 #16
great laughs. Thanks! mainer May 2013 #19
He could have changed seats or asked you to be quiet during the movie siligut May 2013 #17
ummm...was he a Trekkie? burnodo May 2013 #18
I just turned around and walked away. TheMightyFavog May 2013 #20
Enjoyed it a lot. tavernier May 2013 #21
I am boycotting this one... Demo_Chris May 2013 #25
They deal with his early promotion in this one. Frank Cannon May 2013 #27
Yeah, that guy was a jerk sakabatou May 2013 #26
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