tonnaree wrote:

Guess I know what I'll be doing this weekend. *swoon*

...wash his hair???

Last edited by SolarSystem (September 13, 2013 5:12 pm)

Hey, thanks!!  I was wondering what extra that little dance gif we saw was on.  Whole thing is adorable.

And ok, so I cheated a little... if the companies are going to make me decide (well, maybe I shouldn't be annoyed at them, as I heard it was a Bad Robot choice) between what version....  grumble....   you get to the point where as a fan you excitedly want to see all that cool stuff, but not worth jumping through hoops for, especially if you can see some of it online.  And especially if, unfortunately, you must admit some 'featurettes' they tack onto movies don't have a whole lot of substance.   So was browsing what I could on youtube, and seems like the 'main' big ones included on the standard blu-ray are indeed the best/important ones, so probably not going to bother with the 'special' Target/Best Buy.  Sucks, though...  I know they want to show us some of the stuff behind such a visually beautiful film, but they really could have combined a lot, or not left out some of the 'typical' add-ons big movies include, such as the outtakes and deleted scenes we -really- love to watch....  especially since only Best Buy got the 'Safety First' one!   

Maybe if any of you got versions from those stores, you can just tell us about it. 
I'll just be over here watching Benedict dancing.

SolarSystem wrote:

I'd actually be interested if there might be a really good behind-the-scenes-special on one of those editions. The two featurettes on my dvd are each just about five minutes long, that's not too great. And I have to admit that I'd expect at least one really good special on a dvd/blue-ray from an Abrams-movie. You can see from all those short featurettes that there obviously has been a lot going on behind the scenes, and I'd be great if they made a special with a bit more substance out of that. AND I'd love to see some outtakes...!

 
Exactly what I was saying!!  Seriously!   Even the previous Star Trek got a cutely hilarious blooper reel and deleted scenes (on the blu-ray).  And all of the retailer-featurettes look really short, too, basically just going 'here, have a tiny glimpse of the amazing work that went into this set/music/scene'.  At least someone posted 'Safety First' on youtube... that's the closest thing to an outtake, it seems... shame, since it's evident people love seeing the work/goofy camaraderie being done on set.  Eh, well... not to sound like I'm complaining about the 'main' featurettes, since they are cool, especially considering the work done for the Red Planet and asteroids/fight scenes.  Maybe eventually someone will put up the whole things online so we can see what we missed, and studios will have heard us out for next time?

I watched it for the first time today! I am now silently fangirling over his voice and hair

How could we?!

Oh tonnaree, not that pic again, now I won't get any sleep once again.

The Black Pants of Sex, maybe?

http://www.startrek.com/article/first-look-idws-khan-1

ComicBookBatch

Very good.

I actually thought Khan's motives were very well explained, but the explaination is dotted throughout the film in various small conversations. Marcus was basically holding his entire crew (family) hostage so he was forced to do what Marcus wanted. He tried to get his crew out by smuggling them in the torpedoes but was caught and believed Marcus had killed his crew, so he went on the warpath. Understandable, really. That's why he surrendered when he learned that the Enterprise had all 72 torpedoes on board.

But the script actually wasn't particularly good. I fangirled over Benedict but most of the script had holes you could fly the Enterprise through. I also don't find Chris Pine overly convincing as Kirk. Not sure if that's Pine or the script - I mean, he's an arrogant, entitled brat most of the time and there are never consequences...really?

I see your points. I think the film probably makes more sense if you're familiar with the original series' and Khan episode/film. Zachary Quinto is very convincing as Spock (I wondered several times if they had to do multiple takes of a scene so he could keep a straight face!)

I disagree with you on Simon Pegg's character though. LOVE Scotty