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I know. I meant taken from elsewhere. Probably for study for inspect it for any useful new technology to be assimilated.

As Far as I know, the borg don't think about assimilating, or take things to study, they just assimilate it and use what knowledge from it they can get.

Grundig wrote:What's the difference between automatic phasers and traditional phasers that fire one constant pulse? Wouldn't an automatic phaser just be a phaser that doesn't shoot constantly, i.e. less? If so, why is that so much better?

The difference between a continuous beam and a pulse (both delivering the same number of Joules) is like resting your arm on someone's shoulder vs punching them.

Ever try to hammer a nail into wood? Do you put the hammer against the nail head and lean on it, or do you hit the nail on the head?

Rochey wrote:I know. I meant taken from elsewhere. Probably for study for inspect it for any useful new technology to be assimilated.

Considering the Borg in Descent had similar wrist-mounted weapons (I believe they were identified as disruptors in Descent, though I'm unsure) to the one Seven had, I'd postulate that they usually have them, but don't use them for whatever reason.

They're not seen as standard. Seven and the Descent Drones are the only ones that had them. Presumably Seven was just using a weapon that was of the same (or similar) design to the Descent Drones.

Maybe every seventh drone has them.

Didn't know where to post this, from the NY Times

Title: STAR TREK
Distributor : PARAMOUNT
Weekend Gross $43,034,547
Cumulative Gross: $147,645,384
Wks Out: 2
# of Theaters: 3860

Reading Bernd's review again, he sounds like a spoiled little kid who can't take change in Star Trek's universe.

Royal_Foxx wrote:Didn't know where to post this, from the NY Times

Title: STAR TREK
Distributor : PARAMOUNT
Weekend Gross $43,034,547
Cumulative Gross: $147,645,384
Wks Out: 2
# of Theaters: 3860

From Box Office Mojo:

Domestic: $158,653,970 68.7%
+ Foreign: $72,380,808 31.3%
= Worldwide: $231,034,778

13 days

What was it's budget?

Safe to say they'll be making another one.

Tyyr wrote:What was it's budget?

Safe to say they'll be making another one.

Sources vary between $140 and $150 million.

And, everyone is signed up for a sequel, I believe.

Well it's one thing to sign up for a sequel, it's another for the studio to decide to fun it. However since they've already got about a 50% ROI after two weeks it's safe to say they're going to make a mint on this.

Tsukiyumi wrote:

Royal_Foxx wrote:Didn't know where to post this, from the NY Times

Title: STAR TREK
Distributor : PARAMOUNT
Weekend Gross $43,034,547
Cumulative Gross: $147,645,384
Wks Out: 2
# of Theaters: 3860

From Box Office Mojo:

Domestic: $158,653,970 68.7%
+ Foreign: $72,380,808 31.3%
= Worldwide: $231,034,778

13 days

Sweet!

That's pretty decent, seems Abrams managed to animate Treks corpse after all. Good on him.

I'm wondering if this is an effects error:

In the opening scene with the Kelvin, when Kirk Sr. is about to ram the Narada, the ship goes in full impulse and the camera zooms in on the secondary hull instead of the the red strip which I thought was the impulse engines.

Aren't the red strips the impulse engines?

Isn't the white fire area on the nacelle analogous to the blue strips in Trek Prime; i.e., plasma exhaust, not engine thrust?