Saw this on Hulu…Looks pretty awesome…

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again:  I think the newest Star Trek movie is arguably the best Trek film ever made.

But I don’t really have the time or the patience I once had for writing lengthy reviews.   But, here are the main points:

The casting was superb….really nice job there (I especially enjoyed the kid from “Huff” as Checkov).  The audio editing was fantastic too (consider the silent parts of the space battles contrasted with any of the previous films).  The story was plausible, and it gives a convenient way to adhere to current (and future) Trek lore.   More depth was brought to Spock’s character (which is what people wanted).    I could go on and on…

Anyway, rather than that…I was looking at the Trivia section for the new film on IMDB, and I thought I’d reprint (and contribute) some of (what I consider) the most interesting tidbits:

The Apple: In the scene where Kirk is taking the Kobayashi Maru test, he is eating an apple, which is also what he is eating in the Genesis Chamber while recounting his tale of taking the Kobayashi Maru test in “Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan” 1982.

Kobayashi Maru: And speaking of the “no win scenario”, in “Wrath of Kahn”, Kirk tells of how he reprogrammed the simulation so it was possible to win (his son, David notes “he cheated”).  In this film, we see Kirk actually beat the simulation, this time with Spock accusing him of cheating.

Gene’s Wife: Majel Barrett, the wife of “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry, has a role in this film as the voice of the Enterprise computer.  She’s been the voice of the computer for most of the television series and video games, played Nurse Chapel in the Original Series and Deanna Troi’s mother in The Next Generation (among other roles).  She completed her voice-over work for the new film just two weeks before her death on December 18, 2008.

Captain Jonathan Archer: Simon Pegg’s character Scotty explains the reason he’s stuck in that remote station was because he tried (unsuccessfully) to send Admiral Archer’s beagle through a transporter.   Then-Captain Archer (Scott Bakula) was the captain of the title ship in “Enterprise” (which takes place before this movie), and kept a Beagle named Porthos.

Beer: The engine room of the Enterprise was filmed in a Budweiser factory in Van Nuys, California.

Passing the Torch: Every new incarnation of Star Trek had someone from a previous series appear in the premier: DeForest Kelley as Admiral Leonard McCoy in ST:TNG: Encounter at Farpoint; Patrick Stewart as Capt. Jean-Luc Picard on ST: Deep Space 9: Emissary; Armin Shimerman as Quark on ST: Voyager: Caretaker; James Cromwell as Zephram Cochran (ST: First Contact) in ST: Enterprise: Broken Bow; and this movie, where Leonard Nimoy plays Spock.

via Star Trek 2009 – Trivia.