XPost: alt.tv.star-trek.tos, alt.startrek, aus.sf.star-trek   
   From: Daniel47@teranews.com   
      
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   Cross-posted to several Star Trek newsgroups   
      
   I know it's not what some might call "real" Trek, but anyway .....   
      
   I was one of the three people who went to the first session (10:30a.m.   
   3D) this morning at the local multiples, with no real expectations, but   
   was pleasantly surprised!!   
      
   Several references to the original Trek (Leonard Nimoy as Original   
   Spock, Khan and his band of supercharged Humans from 300 years ago, Dr   
   Carol Marcus, Tribbels, one of the leads dying in the Enterprise's   
   reactor room) but the storyline is, sort of, not dependant on any of   
   these, just they all help.   
      
   A couple of problems I noticed (I think) were:-   
      
   a.	At one stage the Enterprise is loaded with 36 Photon Torps but when   
   the (semi-)bad guy asks Kirk how many photon Torps were loaded, Kirk   
   looks at Spook who answers 72, with a bit of a grin his face which, to   
   me, indicated he knew he was giving incorrect information. Although 72   
   is used in the rest of the film.   
      
   b.	At one time, Kirk asks Scotty (who had resigned from Star Fleet   
   during this film) to check out what is located at location nn.nn.43.nn   
   but then actually checks location nn.nn.46.nn (I forget the actual   
   location but remember the third couplets are different).   
      
   A bit of unbelievability(1) in the film is that whilst Scotty is   
   checking out this location in a runabout, a fleet of runabouts shows up   
   to enter the base located there, so Scotty just flies his eunabout into   
   the fleet and enters the base!! How blind are these enemy pilots??   
      
   All-in-all, I enjoyed the film a great deal. Maybe the lack of anything   
   good, SF-wise, at the moment has made me more willing to accept lesser   
   quality, but I don't think so.   
      
   Go and see it for yourself, or wait for is to be on T.V. (or from   
   download) and make up your own mind.   
      
   Live long and prosper!!   
      
   Daniel   
      
   (1) O.K., I know using the term "unbelievability" when dealing with Trek   
   is unnecessary, but, you know what I mean, I'm sure!   
      
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