Star Trek Sequel Will Be More Character Driven

I absolutely loved the movie, and I'm not a big star trek fan. Excited for the sequel

ORCI THAT HACK!!! I SAW THE BOARD WHERE SOMEONE SUGGESTED THE LINE - "Everyone said [Kirk] is too young to become Captain," he explains,"So maybe in the next movie, somebody goes, 'Man, you sure became Captain young and fast.' - TO HIM! It's the Sucker Punch of science fiction movies and the sequel will suck even bigger.

Dude, I'm seeing suggestions on that same board where a number of people are suggesting that Kirk and Spock come out of the closet!

YES, BEST PART WAS THE CASTING AND THE RETURN OF NIMOY!

In the original series, it was Nurse Chapel that always had a thing for Spock. The Uhuru/Spock thing was a real low point in the movie for me. Chekov was only 17? AND navigator on the fleet's newest and finest ship? Facepalm #2. Karl Urban's portrayal of McCoy hit the nail on the head. I hope they can explore a little more of his character.

NAH, NAH....EVERYONE watch this video!!!! i was dying of laughter....this is f ucking brilliant...even if you love the movie watch it anyway!!

I was a TOTAL STAR WARS FAN. NEVER EVER watched a SINGLE Star Trek episode OR movie. One trip to the movies to see the new Star Trek film with little to no expectations and BOOOM!!!! I'm already considering switching over to Star Trek.

Meaning: It was INCREDIBLE!!!! 3rd FAVORITE MOVIE OF ALL TIME!!!

Still waiting, anxioiusly, for the sequel.

They should have Shatner eating a bucket of chicken, wearing the yellow shirt just barely above his belly botton lolz.

The first one had a fair amount of character development considering that they had to introduce each character AND follow a plot, so this has to be a good thing.

@Zeroethic

- Contrived story (This is the only Trek time travel story, right?)

- Bad dialogue "Hi Chris, I'm Nero!"

- Bad acting (Pine,Greenwood,Quinto, Saldana)

- Unbelievable coincidences (The ice cave scene, one minute everyone's a cadet the next they're all qualified starship crews, Nero arrives minutes before Spock does)

- Unbelievable plot advancement (10 year old kid leaping from a corvette, Cadet to Captain in 90 mins)

- Lens flares

- silly design (the Enterprise, the costumes, no rank for miniskirts?)

...just to name a couple

@fullmetal & JonnyNemo are you [frick]ing kidding me. Star Trek was dead before Abrams took over, Nemesis made almost nothing and Enterprise went down in failure. The studio was not going to make any more shows or movies till Abrams came in do you understand that. I would not call myself a Trekkie but I was a Star Trek TOS fan saw all the episodes and movies as a kid and watched every episode of TNG and most of DS9 the first couple of episodes of Voyager and only about 5 of Enterprise and I have been to one convention only. I loved the new movie and was glad to see the original crew again. I always liked Kirk the Cowboy the best with post-Locutus Picard coming in second. I know you may want a more intellectual and Trekker style Star Trek movie but the franchise was in the crapper with no hope what so ever till the day Abrams came in. And it brought in a lot of new Star Trek fans but I really get the sense a lot of you Trekkers don't like that because it makes you feel that the masses are intruding into your little club and only prefer "true" Trekkers. Well guess what Abrams Star Trek out grossed them all and the last one before that, Nemesis did the worst ever. You should be happy that Star Trek is alive and just enjoy the movie.

@Dmon

The higher the gross for a bad movie says alot about the intended audience. They had a chance to make a good movie, but they instead pandered to the MTV generation. Everyone has the right to make money as do those of us who appreciate a well thought out story have the right to pick apart a bad movie.

If I was a film critic - oh wait - I am! I give this movie way low points for insulting the intelligence of their audience.

@ Chewtoy - I actually had a chance to speak with Orci recently - yes, really - and he justifies the rank jumping as a "...reflection of the times we live in. It's no different than JFK, Bush or Obama."

Say WHAT???

I thought it was really weak plot advancement and a clear demonstration that Bob Orci has no idea of how the real world works. I told him that it was a bit weak, and his reply was "...yet somehow I got away with it."

I call Orci and his partner a pair of lazy writers who have no concept of plot advancement. Even I hate to admit it, but at least James Cawley's heart is in the right place.

@JonnyNemo well the kind of Star Trek movie you want they would have lost money and very few would want to see it putting Paramount in worse trouble then they are now. And you got that with Nemesis which was terrible by the way. They could not pander to the hardcore Trekkers audience because there are not enough to finance the film sorry only way to do that would be to give it the budget of Phase II the web series hell you Trekkers can always go watch that.

He's a moron for stating his opinion? That's rather one track, and simply put - it *was* a terrible movie. If what I was reading earlier has any merit, it's entirely possible the next movie will have Kirk/ Spock homosexual overtones.

@fullmetal lol its cool

@fullmetal wrath of khan was the best one ever made

@ Dmon, read closer: I never said pandering to the Trekkers, I said it was poorly written because it insults the intelligence of the viewing audience. The Trek movie I would have to have seen made was pitched and nearly accepted by Harve Bennett back in the early 90's.

Plenty of wonderful films have opened poorly to do better in later release. I've seen better dialogue exchange on Sesame Street! For a technologically advanced society, they (technobabble aside) talk to each other like they're simpletons. I guess for the MTV Generation, that dumbing down is good storytelling?

@ dmon..hell mother f ucking yeah!!!! "To the last, I will grapple with thee... from Hell's heart, I stab at thee! For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee!"