On 06 Jul 17  15:05:00 JIMMY ANDERSON wrote...   
      
   JA> -=> Drew Klenotic wrote to Orbitman <=-    
   JA>    
   JA>  DK> As a sci-fi movie, the JJ ones could be ok.. as Trek films... I   
   JA>  DK> just can't.    
   JA>    
   JA>  DK> They're just too silly.  Scotty swirling around in the big water   
   JA>  DK> tubes is just the tip of it for me.  Everything seemed to be way   
   JA>  DK> over the top exagerated to the point of being silly.    
   JA>    
   JA> I think that's just the modern way of telling sci-fi stories at the   
   JA> movies.   
   JA>    
   JA> I've enjoyed the Transformers movies (just saw 5 - not as impressed   
   JA> with it) and they use that "style" I think.   
      
   To which Drew Klenotic replies...   
      
   I never really saw the Transformers movies.  I went to see one in the   
   theater and it was so crowded I walked out (I'm not a big fan of being   
   crowded in by people).  My friends who were with me enjoyed it.... alas.   
      
   But as to this being the "modern sci fi" I guess that's my problem with   
   it.  I liked it when things made sense and were utilitarian for the most   
   part.  That's why I loved Star Trek and some of the others.  When they do   
   things just for flash and shock... It just makes me wonder why.   
      
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