Star Trek (2009)

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Wikidata Q213081, film, IMDb tt0796366, TMDB 13475: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Faran Tahir as actor (doomed captain in opening) (Iron Man); 1 more episode agrees.

Also said as Star Trek (Chris Pine as Kirk): the same Wikidata item, so listed here.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

Who talked about it

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi: 2 lines theme ×2

  1. theme (theme): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Trek. The film's alien-gender worldbuilding shares Star Trek's problem: utopian only by its own era's standards.
    “sort of the same problem with Star Trek where it's like a genuinely utopian future.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:19:42 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Chris Pine: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Chris Pine → Star Trek. His Kirk should not have worked and totally worked.
    “He's a great Captain Kirk.”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’ · 1:41:27 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Faran Tahir: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Faran Tahir → Star Trek. Tahir (Raza) is the doomed captain in the Star Trek opening scene the speaker loves.
    “I love him so much in the opening scene of Star Trek, which is a movie I've seen 1000 times.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:38:22 · unknown (Griffin or David) (0.40 sure it was them)

Iron Man: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Iron Man → Star Trek. Both use real industrial locations (a factory) as sets rather than green screen; Star Trek's engineering was a Budweiser plant.
    “like in Star Trek, which is the year after this, where engineering is a Budweiser factor.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:55:05 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Zachary Quinto: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Zachary Quinto → Star Trek. Simmons and Russillo say Margin Call lifted Quinto beyond Spock/Heroes.
    “He was Spock and Star Trek.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:55:59 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Zoe Saldana: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Zoe Saldana → Star Trek. Saldana was cast in Star Trek after the Avatar mocap but before Avatar came out.
    “She gets cast in Star Trek after doing the motion capture for this, but before it comes out.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 1:11:50 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (4)

  1. career (career): Zachary Quinto → Star Trek. Simmons and Russillo say Margin Call lifted Quinto beyond Spock/Heroes.
    “He was Spock and Star Trek.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:55:59 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Chris Pine → Star Trek. His Kirk should not have worked and totally worked.
    “He's a great Captain Kirk.”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’ · 1:41:27 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Zoe Saldana → Star Trek. Saldana was cast in Star Trek after the Avatar mocap but before Avatar came out.
    “She gets cast in Star Trek after doing the motion capture for this, but before it comes out.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 1:11:50 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Faran Tahir → Star Trek. Tahir (Raza) is the doomed captain in the Star Trek opening scene the speaker loves.
    “I love him so much in the opening scene of Star Trek, which is a movie I've seen 1000 times.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:38:22 · unknown (Griffin or David) (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Iron Man → Star Trek. Both use real industrial locations (a factory) as sets rather than green screen; Star Trek's engineering was a Budweiser plant.
    “like in Star Trek, which is the year after this, where engineering is a Budweiser factor.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:55:05 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

theme (2)

  1. theme (theme): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Trek. Whether droids feel pain is compared to Star Trek's Data having a switch for his emotions.
    “it's sort of like in Star Trek, like data can turn his emotions on.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:14:14 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Trek. The film's alien-gender worldbuilding shares Star Trek's problem: utopian only by its own era's standards.
    “sort of the same problem with Star Trek where it's like a genuinely utopian future.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:19:42 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Star Trek: Star Trek's engineering room was a Budweiser factory; fans complained but it looked real, and real locations beat a railing against green screen.
    “where engineering is a Budweiser factor.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:55:05 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.