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New 'Star Trek' Movie 'Very Good' Says President Obama

New 'Star Trek' Movie 'Very Good' Says President Obama

President Barack Obama recently asked for and received a screening of the new J.J. Abrams film 'Star Trek' at The White House.

In a recent interview, Newsweek got the chance to ask him what he thought.  Survey Says? He liked it.

And the last movie you saw?
Now, movies I've been doing OK [with] because it turns out we got this nice theater on the ground floor of my house … So Star Trek, we saw this weekend, which I thought was good. Everybody was saying I was Spock, so I figured I should check it out and—[the president makes the Vulcan salute with his hand].

Very good.
Yes, absolutely.

Did you watch that when you were growing up?
I used to love Star Trek. You know, Star Trek was ahead of its time. There was a whole—the special effects weren't real good, but the storylines were always evocative, you know, there was a little commentary and a little pop philosophy for a 10-year-old to absorb.

A lot of U.N. stuff.
Yes, exactly, right.

(source Newsweek)

Read the multi-page article here\ (Star Trek is mentioned on the last page).

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