Yeah, it’s very insightful. I recommend watching it; it’s a bit of a film education.
He’s actually given me new appreciation for Star Trek The Motion picture.
(paraphrasing). “ST TMP is like classical music. Abrams Trek is like rock and roll. And both kinds are music are wonderful in their own way.”
That’s actually my problem with NuTrek. It’s like a rock version of Beethoven. While I can see the appeal, I think it fails as either.
I liked the written piece except it says that HBO went fantasy by goig from Sopranos to True Blood.
It’s already a step further than THAT. HBO has gone from Sopranos to Game of Thrones, a real, honest fantasy series. While fantasy has made inroads the last decade or so thanks to Lrod of the Rings busting open the gates, it’s still unheard of for a fantasy serties to break out of syndication or find itself relegated to the CW.
The turbolift has always been used to move not only the characters but the story along. It’s a time to get the audience up to speed and allow some characters one-on-one time. Sometimes the most intimate moments happen in the turbolift. JJ does use the turbolift properly when Uhura follows Spock and they exchange some private time. It’s a great plot device.
Apparently, like the Enterprise herself, it moves at the speed of plot.
Correctomundo, Buckerino!
Done, and done. And other words to avoid the minimum.
Ah. Good. Thank You. I had a felling this had been discussed before.
It is! You’re right JJ uses the turbolift perfectly in that Uhura/Spock scene.
What’s amazing about Plinketts review is that he really knows Star Trek deeply. The clips he adds in the review from various different Trek series are so expertly chosen—it blows my mind.
I love the bit where he tracks in real time the movement the turbolift would have taken during that ST TOS scene where Scotty is telling Kirk in the turbolift that he’s rigged the Enterprise to explode.
As for the unrealistic speed of the NuTrek turbo lift in that first turbolift scene with Spock, now that I think about it, hey…this is ultra-advanced technology. Maybe there’s a speed setting the whooooshes you from one end of the ship to the other in 15 seconds. Could happen.
Life is seldom boring being a forum whore. d:
I’m not sure about that because it’s technology that “should” predate “The Cage.” One point is transporter technology takes about as long as “The Cage” to cycle. Yes, we can argue about Enterprise and First Contact timeline influence. But, I’d rather avoid it if possible though.
If anything, the inertial dampener maintenance cycle must be killer. d:
I’m sure someone has posted this before, but – omg —these “How It Should of Ended” videos are hilarious!!
Plinkett trailer for the Ep3 review:
I think this was his trancendent moment… Going from reviewing movies to being in a story that is reviewing movies…
Yeah, his SW reviews are really a step up. Check out his site for a behind-the-scenes vid on the making of the teaser.
Wow. that was… Wow…
There’s been promos for Plinkett’s upcoming Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith Review out there for a while, but when are we gonna see the actual review?
Really love the Plinkett reviews–so interesting and entertaining—I went back and listen to all the Star Trek and Star Wars ones, but know I’m antsy waiting for the next one. 
He’s well aware of the demand. And he’s very comfortable just teasing us.