There was a 20 minute interview with William Shatner before the movie started
As the opening credits rolled, I was taken aback at the number of actors from this movie who have passed away, and not just the regulars from Star Trek: Paul Winfield, Bibi Besch, Merritt Butrick, Ricardo Montalban
Real theatre sound will always trump even the best home theatre systems
Explosions were much brighter than I remember
Transporters are LOUD
Signage was clear and readable
Some scenes actually looked blurry, I wonder if these were the Director’s Cut clips that were added, but don’t look that bad at home on blu-ray
Spock’s death scene seemed quieter in the theatre, as if everyone was holding their breath
The story was your typical sci-fi plot used to introduce the crew/ship/tech/baddies.
The crew was like one of my old role-playing gaming groups in college, when we’d play either Star Trek or Star Wars RPGs, especially the helm and navigator characters.
The ships look like something that I’d make if I were better at computer imaging.
The tech looks like standard future tech, right down to the shuttles and weaponry.
I picked up Joseph a little after 9:00am. We got to the convention around 9:30am. A quick trip through will call for our wristbands, a ride up the escalators and we were ready to go.
At 10:00am the doors opened, and we were allowed to go downstairs.
The entrance!
Pepsi Leader standing by…
