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ImpAtom posted:She did as much as anyone not named Spock or Kirk and is the primary love interest of one of the aforementioned characters. The character was a plot device for Spock, basically. My point is that calling her a lead character isn't really accurate. Bones wasnt either, I agree with the posters saying that much. The only two real characters were Spock and Kirk. I said come in! fucked around with this message at 01:10 on Mar 22, 2013 |
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I said come in! posted:My point is that calling her a lead character isn't really accurate. Bones wasnt either, I agree with the posters saying that much. The only two real characters were Spock and Kirk. It's not a poster for the first movie, though...
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Mar 22, 2013 01:34
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Speaking of which, there seems to be more Uhura than Bones in the trailers so far, too.
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Mar 22, 2013 01:36
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thexerox123 posted:It's not a poster for the first movie, though... I'm not going to comment on a character for a movie that no one has seen yet. Maybe things will change and we can have that conversation in two months. Remember, she was on the poster for the first movie too.
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Mar 22, 2013 01:37
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epitasis posted:Yeah let's try to sell a four-quadrant blockbuster to every demographic with nothing but dudes holding guns on the poster. It would be way too gay! So why is Space London like Coruscant? Aren't there space colonies and stuff so people have some elbow room?
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Mar 22, 2013 03:52
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McDowell posted:It would be way too gay! Have you seen what happens to space colonies in Star Trek? I'd never leave the capital either.
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Mar 22, 2013 04:57
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It's like independence day and transformers had a baby! This is some win! (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Mar 22, 2013 07:41
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So what does Hollywood have against London this year? (It gets blown up in GI Joe too.)
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Mar 22, 2013 09:16
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Payndz posted:So what does Hollywood have against London this year? (It gets blown up in GI Joe too.) Outside of time travel episodes New York isn't really portrayed at all in Star Trek. There are references to how _____ character's family is from there or whatever but if I remember right, outside of the west coast almost all of North and South America is large scale controlled farmland. Makes me wonder if, since it's kind of a blank slate it just wasn't even considered as a location. Then again, future London was never portrayed either. Maybe they just wanted more gamers to look at the trailers and think it's a Mass Effect movie/ripoff again.
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Mar 22, 2013 13:34
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Neo Rasa posted:Outside of time travel episodes New York isn't really portrayed at all in Star Trek. There are references to how _____ character's family is from there or whatever but if I remember right, outside of the west coast almost all of North and South America is large scale controlled farmland. Makes me wonder if, since it's kind of a blank slate it just wasn't even considered as a location. They can destroy London as England took over France a while ago and turned it into Dickensian London along with wineyards.
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Mar 22, 2013 13:39
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Neo Rasa posted:Then again, future London was never portrayed either. Maybe they just wanted more gamers to look at the trailers and think it's a Mass Effect movie/ripoff again. The tie-in game even looks like Mass Effect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvTUhO3-cA8
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Mar 22, 2013 13:54
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The MSJ posted:The tie-in game even looks like Mass Effect. If it is a Mass Effect clone, that's a good thing, right?
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Mar 22, 2013 14:10
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Mogomra posted:If it is a Mass Effect clone, that's a good thing, right? If it were, that would be, but this looks pretty crappy. A generic, linear shooter with ugly graphics. Of course, I'll probably still play it, because I'm a sucker.
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Mar 22, 2013 15:31
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DrNutt posted:If it were, that would be, but this looks pretty crappy. A generic, linear shooter with ugly graphics. Of course, I'll probably still play it, because I'm a sucker. I'm just happy they haven't given the female Gorn tits and lipstick.
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Mar 22, 2013 15:46
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epitasis posted:Yeah let's try to sell a four-quadrant blockbuster to every demographic with nothing but dudes holding guns on the poster. Star Trek: Into Dorkness
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Mar 22, 2013 15:46
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Here's another gameplay vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Apri7n9GheU
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Mar 22, 2013 15:47
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Aatrek posted:Here's another gameplay vid: Aren't phasers supposed to be a constant beam? Or did they change that? (Or was it both?) My memory is fuzzy.
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Mar 22, 2013 15:49
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Both shipboard and hand phasers are the 'pulse' version in the JJ films.
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Mar 22, 2013 15:51
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Ha holy poo poo, how could I have not remembered that?
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Mar 22, 2013 15:55
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I wonder if that was suppose to be an intentional callback to the ship battles in The Wrath of Khan.
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Mar 22, 2013 16:00
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Those new Gorn are just awful.
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Mar 22, 2013 16:35
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Trast posted:Those new Gorn are just awful. Yeah, I'd prefer the hulking humanoid Godzilla dudes with insect eyes to humanoid velociraptors.
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Mar 22, 2013 16:41
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Young Freud posted:Yeah, I'd prefer the hulking humanoid Godzilla dudes with insect eyes to humanoid velociraptors. It's worth noting that only two out of the many different types of Gorn apparently in the game are in that trailer. You're going to get your hulking humanoid Godzilla ones, too. (Although even in that video, none of them look quite like the classic Gorn. I do miss the insect eyes.)
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Mar 22, 2013 16:53
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thexerox123 posted:Although even in that video, none of them look quite like the classic Gorn. I do miss the insect eyes. 
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Mar 22, 2013 17:00
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There are just some things in the galaxy who, through no fault of their own, trigger something deep down in the human pysche. Something primal, something unfettered by modern rules and governance. A single look at this creature would drive any man to do as his ancestors would and fashion a crude cannon out of bamboo.
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Mar 22, 2013 17:02
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My biggest hope for this game is that there will be a button dedicated to bro fisting your co-op partner like in those Army of Two games. That way, when I'm playing Spock and pull of a sick headshot I can turn to Kirk and be like, "Bro! That was sick! Pound it!"
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Mar 22, 2013 17:03
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DrNutt posted:My biggest hope for this game is that there will be a button dedicated to bro fisting your co-op partner like in those Army of Two games. That way, when I'm playing Spock and pull of a sick headshot I can turn to Kirk and be like, "Bro! That was sick! Pound it!" I would like it if the button causes Kirk to attempt to pound it and Spock to spout a pithy one liner over the childishness of the whole thing. DLC Bones to tell you after every head shot that "He's dead, Jim"
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Mar 22, 2013 17:06
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Barudak posted:I would like it if the button causes Kirk to attempt to pound it and Spock to spout a pithy one liner over the childishness of the whole thing. DLC Bones to tell you after every head shot that "He's dead, Jim" I would totally buy that DLC.
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Mar 22, 2013 17:08
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Huh, I just read on Memory Alpha that the Gorn episode was the first time they ever make mention of the 'Federation,' 19 episodes in no less!
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Mar 22, 2013 17:13
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DrNutt posted:My biggest hope for this game is that there will be a button dedicated to bro fisting your co-op partner like in those Army of Two games. That way, when I'm playing Spock and pull of a sick headshot I can turn to Kirk and be like, "Bro! That was sick! Pound it!"
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Mar 22, 2013 17:13
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Hot Sexy Jupiter posted:Huh, I just read on Memory Alpha that the Gorn episode was the first time they ever make mention of the 'Federation,' 19 episodes in no less!
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Mar 22, 2013 17:15
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FlamingLiberal posted:Or better yet, the upgradeable cursing from 50 Cent: Blood and Sand Yes! I want to spend my hard earned spacebux on "double dumbass" and "the hell I am."
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Mar 22, 2013 17:17
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Hot Sexy Jupiter posted:Huh, I just read on Memory Alpha that the Gorn episode was the first time they ever make mention of the 'Federation,' 19 episodes in no less! Pretty sure Kirk tries to avoid bringing it up so space ladies think he's top of the Human heirarchy.
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Mar 22, 2013 17:18
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FlamingLiberal posted:Early in the series, Starfleet wasn't a term yet. Instead the Enterprise was part of UESPA (United Earth Space Probe Agency), which sounded more like NASA and less like a galactic navy. What exactly is Starfleet's official status anyway? I always felt like there was ambiguity over this, since on the one hand they try to make it sound like they're an exploration and research outfit, and yet on the hand they clearly fulfil the functions of a military force. Apparently all research ships, medical ships, warships etc fall under the same umbrella. How truly it must have sucked to be an exobotanist on some hapless Miranda peacefully sorting through alien plants one second only to have your ship vectored to Wolf 359 the next because hey buddy: we are one big happy (star)fleet! Drunk in Space fucked around with this message at 17:37 on Mar 22, 2013 |
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Hot Sexy Jupiter posted:What exactly is Starfleet's official status anyway? I always felt like there was ambiguity over this, since on the one hand they try to make it sound like they're an exploration and research outfit, and yet on the hand they clearly fulfil the functions of a military force. Apparently all research ships, medical ships, warships etc fall under the same umbrella. How truly it must have sucked to be an exobotanist on some hapless Miranda peacefully sorting through alien plants one second only to have your ship vectored to Wolf 359 the next because hey buddy: we are one big happy (star)fleet! Eh, it sounds more like the Enterprise is in the military scouting wing of Starfleet, not a pure research vessel. I guess the best analogy is if the Royal Society was officially part of the Royal Navy, but still let people like Cook go out and scout the world (so the Royal Navy could then go in and colonize).
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computer parts posted:Eh, it sounds more like the Enterprise is in the military scouting wing of Starfleet, not a pure research vessel. I guess the best analogy is if the Royal Society was officially part of the Royal Navy, but still let people like Cook go out and scout the world (so the Royal Navy could then go in and colonize). The Enterprise is like the Perry Expedition. It brings a message of diplomacy and peace, but is prepared to defend itself and the political interests it represents.
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BrandonGK posted:I wonder if that was suppose to be an intentional callback to the ship battles in The Wrath of Khan. It's because Abrams is a big Star Wars fan and Star Wars blasters go pew pew pew pew, not a single-beam fzzzzzzsh.
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FlamingLiberal posted:Early in the series, Starfleet wasn't a term yet. Instead the Enterprise was part of UESPA (United Earth Space Probe Agency), which sounded more like NASA and less like a galactic navy.
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Barudak posted:Pretty sure Kirk tries to avoid bringing it up so space ladies think he's top of the Human heirarchy. The early episodes Bones was as big of a pimp as Kirk 
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Cingulate posted:When did they settle on the idea that the Enterprise represented not only a united humanity, but a united federation of multiple planets and species?
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