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Early Twitter Buzz: Star Trek Has Secret Premiere in Austin
Early Twitter Buzz: Star Trek Has Secret Premiere in Austin
Paramount pulled a MASSIVE bait and switch with tonight’s Alamo Drafthouse’s screening of Wrath of Kahn on Monday night. The announced line-up included some never before seen footage from JJ Abrams Star Trek followed by Star Trek II: Wrath of Kahn . Guess what… They ...
Star Trek Makes Surprise World Premiere in Austin! Read Our First Review!
Star Trek Makes Surprise World Premiere in Austin! Read Our First Review!
filmschoolrejects.com — We should begin this little report with a few disclosures — first of all, I just got... back home from seeing J.J. Abrams’ new Star Trek movie at the world famous Alamo Drafthouse in Austin. I was there, as you may know if you follow ... (more) Star Trek Makes Surprise World Premiere in Austin! Read ...
Quint has seen JJ Abrams' STAR TREK!
aintitcool.com — Ahoy, squirts! Quint here… Holy crap what a night. I started it expecting to see 10 minutes... of JJ Abrams’ TREK with the full feature of a pristine WRATH OF KHAN and ended it by watching about 5 minutes of WRATH OF KHAN (the opening credits) with the ... (more) Quint has seen JJ Abrams' STAR TREK!
STAR TREK: THE WRATH OF A REVIEW!
STAR TREK: THE WRATH OF A REVIEW!
chud.com — Tonight was the world premiere of JJ Abrams' Star Trek in Australia... or so everybody thought. Paramount... actually secretly brought the film to the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas, where a crowd had assembled for what they thought was a free ... (more) STAR TREK: THE WRATH OF A REVIEW!
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Star Trek and Iron Man 2 Get Twitter Treatment
Movies - Spoilers — ... Well today, Paramount had a secret premiere for the movie one month ahead of the actual US Premiere in Austin, TX and /Film has posted several Tweets from fans with early reaction from the screening and it is all quite positive. ...

STAR TREK thoughts from around the web...
Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. — ... for 5-6 minutes - until the guests took the stage for a post film chat. After the film, the audience was a collective smile, some crying they were so happy. You have to understand, none of the attendees knew they were seeing this film tonight and the media that was there - were folks that just wanted to see WRATH OF KHAN and 10 minutes of New Trek. And here are the reactions so far.... Trek Movie.com /FILM has a collection of thoughts on the film from around the web. /Film also put this together from early Twitter reports! The tough critic Rodney Perkins at ...

First Reviews of J.J. Abrams’s Star Trek from Secret Screening in Austin
Film Junk — ... Only one more month to go! You can bet we’ll be having a special live episode of the Film Junk Podcast with Reed Farrington when the movie finally hits theatres. In the meantime, the first batch of reviews are linked below. Feel free to share any others you find out there. Ain’t It Cool News (Harry) Ain’t It Cool News (Quint) CHUD Film School Rejects Cinema Blend Twitter Buzz Courtesy of /Film

Star Trek Has Been Seen
TheBadandUgly.com — ... Romulan looking to beat the competition (read: Vulcans/Federation) in order to show who had the bigger stick. The only thing that would’ve changed would have been Bana’s ship might not have resembled Sarrisus’ destroyer from Galaxy Quest so much, and it possibly could have given Bana something to do; the man’s trying but he’s basically roaring angrily for 80% of his screentime. Thanks to /Film, you can read the knee-jerk Twitter buzz HERE. Also, AICN is collecting full reviews from the Austin screening ...

“Star Trek” Beams Down in Austin
The Screengrab — ... If anyone was disappointed by the bait and switch, they weren’t tweeting about it. Slashfilm has collected reactions ranging from Harry Knowles’ predictable “holy fuck! the new Star Trek fucking rules the universe” to the more restrained “ZOMG!! Just saw the new star trek movie and it MELTED MY PANTS!!!!!\” This is all well and good, but it still raises the troubling question: Can we ever trust the Alamo Drafthouse again? For instance, tonight’s schedule would have us believe that the “Young Frankenstein Quote-Along” is on tap, but if I show up ...

The week in geek: JJ Abrams's reboot of Star Trek gets the fanboys drooling
Film: Film blog | guardian.co.uk — ... I offer this salutary warning for a reason; the first verdicts on the new Star Trek film have hit the interweb (despite a supposed embargo on this side of the pond - surely now a highly outdated convention?) - without exception they are very positive indeed. ...

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Let's Not Go TOO Crazy over These Early 'Star Trek' ReviewsCinematical
The Internets are abuzz today with talk of the super-secret-surprise Star Trek screening that took place last night in Austin. As demonstrated in the roundup we provided earlier, the response has been overwhelmingly positive -- ecstatic, even. And why shouldn't it be? As recounted at the  ...