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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
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nterprise: it will pick you up
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ling special effects,
■action and sexy char-
lo not necessarily mean
■movie. The new“Star
llm has almost every-
lou could want from a
len science fiction, but
lately, it seems to lack
If the charm that made
Inal “Star Trek” series
movies so magnificent.
In’t get me wrong, it
food movie, but it felt a
Iking.
■ Trek” has a fantastic
| sequence. The USS
[is on a routine mis-
len its sensory detect
be phenomenon near a
[pace. This is where the
ton in the film begins. A
[ship of Romulan ship
■own origin and make
I from the phenome-
I attacks the Kelvin,
lets in this scene were
I. Dozens of missiles
| from the mysterious
be camera jumps behind
[siles as they begin to
lie hull, blasting chunks
[is into space and also
la few crew members
liected. While this was
a very intense moment, the
camera was a little too close to
the action and a little too jit
tery to really make sense of the
images displayed, and unfortu
nately, this is not the only time
that happens. The first officer
of the Narada, the name of the
mysterious Romulan ship, con
tacts the captain of the Kelvin
to discuss terms of surrender
on the Narada. Shortly after
discovering where and when
he is, Nero, the captain of the
Narada murders the Kelvin’s
captain and attempts to finish
off the Kelvin. George Kirk,
who is the acting captain and
father of Jim Kirk, evacuates
the rest of the crew including
his pregnant wife, while he
makes a last desperate attempt
to protect them. Jim Kirk is
born just moments before
the Kelvin smashes into the
Narada. Out of all the film, I
think this scene is one of its
best highlights; it is both beau
tiful and tragic.
I don’t want to give away
the whole plot;.to get that, it is
best to just see the movie. The
film does involve time travel
as a way to please fans, and
preserve continuity with the
other “Star Treks.” Overall, it
is a good story, one that will
likely transcend this culture or
time period.
The casting in this film to the film’s creators. Most of
was generally well done. If the time, the camera was near
you are a fan of the original perfect, but from time to time
series, you will most likely the it would move too errati
be pleased. While none of the cally to allow the viewer time
characters are carbon copies, to understand what they were
much of what made the orig seeing, this was especially
inal characters so fun, was prevalent in the action scenes
preserved. -There is, - in my that took place in space. My
opinion, one major exception. other complaint is the con
Perhaps it was the writing, or stant lens flares the film fea
perhaps it was the casting, but tured. A lens flare is appropri
the new Spock wasn’t very ate when there is a perspec
true to the original character. tive outside of the Enterprise
For someone new to the “Star and light from a nearby star
Trek” franchise, this should be is glinting off of the hull, but
irrelevant as the acting itself it seems completely out of
is perfectly fine, but if you are place, when the lights on the
an old fan, expect Spock to bridge of the ship are causing
be quite different from what them as well. If the lights on
he was. In this version, the the bridge are actually bright
various characters are gener enough to cause so much dis
ally sleeker, younger and sex tortion to the picture from a
ier versions of'their original camera, shouldn’t it be quite
selves. I think this is a credit uncomfortable for the crew
to those who were in charge members?
of casting. Most importantly,
When it comes down to it
the characters are funny. They however, the best feature of
have a genuine sense of humor “Star Trek” is its sound. The
to them, and that is what makes dialogue is crisp and easy to
hear. The audio effects of the
them seem the most real.
The camera work was occa various ships and weapons
sionally difficult. The various give a sense of scale and mag
shots of the characters inter nitude. The Enterprise sounds
acting felt natural. The large massive. The phasers and
panoramic shots of futuristic missiles feel powerful. The
San Francisco, the sleek pro soundtrack is topnotch too..
file of the Enterprise or the The musical score is grand
surface of Vulcan are a credit and adventurous. It reinforces
Opinion: Youth vote and voice does matter
In Hurlburt
fclacfaimfls Print
Bien the school was vis-
[by state representatives
Ipril 29, I was able to
be unique opportunity of
[ng with Representative
| Barton in person; I
Id the opportunity, to ask
la few questions about
ig which I demanded
yers for. Eventually, he
pulled away by the other
[ officials because they
wanted to leave, as it was
7 p.m. By this time,, we all
wanted to leave.
But, before he left he
gave me some of his feelings
about the youth vote. He
stressed how votes do matter
and argued that the Florida
elections were proof of that.
He also admitted that he only
won by 970 votes in the elec
tion which put him in office,
“It drives me up the wall
when young people don’t
vote,” he said. He’s only 28
and high baby faced features
make you question him on
that, along with the fact we
as the public are so used to
being lied to by politicians.
His passion however con
vinced me of his faith in the
system.
Another one of Brent’s
pet peeves is people thinking
their Vote doesn’t matter.
He expressed to me, he
loves when people e-mail
him about what they want
seeing done by the state, and
said there are often times
when he makes decisions
based on what he hears from
the public.
So, this makes me jump
to the assumption, of course,
that protesting also works;
So, if The Print suddenly
loses a news section don’t be
too surprised, it probably just
means that I’m on the steps
of the state legislature yell
ing that I want the price of
comics and booze reduced,
along with more free camp
sites! I’m tired of paying to
sleep on the dirt. This is our
time to rise up!.
the themes of the film quite
well.
What I missed the most
about this movie in compari
son to the others is its lack of
a lesson. Maybe I just missed
it in this one, but previous
“Star Trek” films have a moral
point or lesson about human
nature. I grew up watching
“Star Trek,” and I feel that. I
learned a lot about myself and
other people because of that
show. I am hoping that future
films will bring that back.
Go see “Star Trek” if you
haven’t seen it. In fact, even
if you have seen it already go
see it again. It is worth the $8
or $10 for admission.
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