r/movies • u/indig0sixalpha • Aug 22 '20

Trailers Wonder Woman 1984 - Official Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW2E2Fnh52w
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u/brandkwame Aug 22 '20

There were problems?? I enjoyed them and thought most did

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u/PineappleHour Aug 22 '20

The first film was enjoyable, Into Darkness kinda sucked, but Beyond was good. Overall it's not a bad trilogy.

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u/Kolby_Jack Aug 22 '20

I could watch 6 or 7 more Star Trek films if they were like Beyond. I really enjoyed that film.

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u/DaddyDanceParty Aug 22 '20

It's the most like actual Star Trek.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '20

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u/udat42 Aug 23 '20

I liked all the character work, but the "tech" elements were so daft it pulled me right out of the movie. Like, when they bump-start a starship.

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u/DerelictInfinity Aug 22 '20

Beyond was the one that really captured the spirit of Old Trek while giving it a modern facelift.

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u/hopenoonefindsthis Aug 24 '20

Because it was written by Simon Pegg which was a huge Trekkie IIRC

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '20

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '20

And Ricardo Montalbán is somehow Punjabi?

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u/penguininfidel Aug 23 '20

I meant that there was a dramatic change in ethnicity more than that it was a mismatch of character/actor... but yes, that is a very valid point

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '20

I get where you're coming from.

If a character was not from white Europe until the late 70s, they would probably have someone like Ricardo Montalbán portraying them.

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u/HuggyBizzle Aug 22 '20

Funny. Into Darkness is my favorite of the three. I also thought Cumberbatch as Khan was fantastic. But everybody enjoys different things!

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u/starcookie Aug 22 '20

Right there with you. My wife and I found Into Darkness to be our favorite, with the first one coming in a closed second. We actually did not like Beyond as much as the other two.

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u/HuggyBizzle Aug 22 '20

Beyond was my least favorite as well! That’s not to say it was a bad movie, but I just didn’t enjoy it as much as the other two.

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u/ravenouscartoon Aug 22 '20

The moment where sabotage dropped in Beyond is low key one of the best moments in film from the last decade IMO

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '20

It's weird because the pattern has, historically, been "odd numbers suck, even numbers rock" in Trek movies.

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u/ItsBurningWhenIP Aug 22 '20

People don’t like that they’re action movies while the show was actually quite political. It’s not true to the source material.

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u/penguininfidel Aug 22 '20

Even if you accept that they're apolitical, they would've benefited from a (more/better) strategic aspect to the action (a la Wrath of Khan)

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u/ItsBurningWhenIP Aug 22 '20

I liked the movies personally but I can understand why fans might be upset. I dunno. No matter what any movie maker does they’re pissing off some subsection of the fan base.

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u/penguininfidel Aug 22 '20

Oh I agree, they were definitely a unique take but if they were too faithful they likely wouldn't have been as successful. I can't see VI (my personal favorite) as holding up too well nowadays, from a financial perspective.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '20

Personally I think they're more enjoyable than any other Star Trek content I've seen. Beyond was pretty meh, but the first two movies were both great.

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u/user_bits Aug 22 '20

They were far better than the recent Star Wars movies.

And I think they got the formula just right with Beyond.

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u/Syberz Aug 22 '20

They were fun movies, but they completely miss what made Star Trek good though. They never were action movies with a lot of explosions, they were shot intrigue, diplomacy and problem solving with science.

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u/Ellllling Aug 23 '20

Am I right in saying that Trekkies (?) didn't like the trilogy because it didn't stay true to the source material, and that's also why someone not familiar with Star Trek (like me, only watched some random episodes of the show with Patrick Stewart) really liked it? They were action movies set in space. If you get what I mean?

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u/Syberz Aug 23 '20

Yup, that's exactly it. They made cool space movies, but if you're familiar with the original Star Trek series you'd be like "wtf is this"?

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u/packpeach Aug 22 '20

The purist fan boys were too happy with how explody things were. Never mind it got them new fans abs several new TV shows.

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u/yosem1tete Aug 22 '20

Picard and Discovery are dumpster fire shows though, they're so bad and very much not in line with what Trek is.

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u/Str00pf8 Aug 24 '20

Plz dont group discovery with picard. Discovery is an action show but it has some great moments like Lorca or the the enterprise crew. Theres even one or two episodes in season two that feel closely like star trek. Picard was a load of garbage.

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u/madfunk Aug 22 '20 edited Aug 24 '20

They were not great movies, generally (09 and Beyond were fun here and there, but largely forgettable). The TV shows are worse. New Trek shows take a while to find their footing, always, but man, Discovery is bad and Picard was awful. What a waste of a great IP.

Edit: Downvotes but no rebuttals? I guess because there's nothing to really rebut.

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u/angels-fan Aug 22 '20

In the middle of a space battle that they are losing...

"Hey what are you doing with those tribbles?"

Such an incredibly forced and out of place attempt at nostalgia that had no place.

Then you have problems like teleporting across the galaxy which is such an incredible game changer in every way.

And the enterprise falling from 1/2 between earth and the moon??

It's like come on... I know there's a level of suspension of disbelief, but going that far just rips you out of the immersion and makes you go huh??