Believe it or not, my #1 Star Trek movie nit-pick: lens flares.

[tzikeh]

I think this sums up my thoughts on the matter.

NOBODY ON THE BRIDGE WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE ANYTHING BECAUSE OF THE FUCKING LASER ZEPPELIN SHOW GOING ON, DUDE, WHAT, YOU NEED THE CREW TO BE ABLE TO SEE THEIR MOTHERFUCKING CONTROL PANELS AND SHIT TO FLY THE SHIP, AND NOT HAVE EPILEPTIC FITS AND GODDAM, YOU THINK THE AUDIENCE WAS ALL "WTF LENS FLARES BAROOOO?" BUT IMAGINE TRYING TO DO YOUR JOB AS A GQMF STARFLEET OFFICER WITH ALL THAT FUCKING DISCO SHIT GOING ON MOTHERFUCK GODDAM SCOTTY NEEDS TO SEND SOMEONE UP TO THE BRIDGE TO FIX THE MOTHERFUCKING LIGHTS BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL FLICKERING WHAT THE FUCK I HAVE A LADDER GIMME A FEW MINUTES SHIT SON GET RECESSED LIGHTING OR SOMETHING SHIT

Thank you for your time.

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lens flares

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

I didn't even notice the lens flares, though. (:

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Any time there was a scene on the bridge, there were (on average, someone actually downloaded and counted) twenty-seven lens flares. There were lens flares at the bar, on the Romulan ship, on the Kelvin... other settings as well. I think the only time there weren't any lens flares at all were at the Academy and on Vulcan, and I could be wrong about that. You seriously missed them?

Re: lens flares

[liviapenn.livejournal.com]

there were (on average, someone actually downloaded and counted) twenty-seven lens flares.

I don't know why this makes me *so happy*. But it does. Oh, human beings. <3

Re: lens flares

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

I've seen other people mention they missed them, too. I think it just merged into the general fast-paced aesthetic for them. It was just the way that the world looked, during the movie.

I noticed them, but they didn't bother me. I have heard that JJ was amused at how many he'd put in and was possibly planning on toning it down in the next one, if that helps.

Re: lens flares

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Yeah - I read an interview in which he said he realized "Oh, wow, too many lens flares" at one screening.

Re: lens flares

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

Oh, see, I think of lens flares as shown in the macro -- the round things that Photoshop will generate for you. (:

These things, yes, they are lens flares, and I did notice them. But I guess I never really objected to them, because I've been vidding Firefly and they're all over Firefly, too. Joss talks in the commentary of one of the eps about how they set up the lighting using practicals and just got glare all over the camera everywhere. He loved it. I love it, too.

Given how bright the new Trek movie is, though, with all that white plastic everywhere, it is perhaps overkill.