STAR TREK

[grumbler]

Traditional US Grading Tutorial:

A: 93-100
B: 85-92
C: 77-84
D: 69-76
F: 68 and below, some cut off at 69. 

I've never heard of the "Traditional US Grading Tutorial" (nor is it in google) nor have I ever (AFAICR) taken a course below college level that used anything like this scale.

Kinda curious where you got it from.

Modified US Grading Method (percent):

A: 90-100
B: 80-89
C: 70-79
D: 60-69
F: Below 60, some use a wide D to bring F to 50 or below.

Not even close, Sask.

This "modified" grading scale (it isn't a grading "method") is called the College Board Grading Scale and is used pretty much uniformly throughout the US.
Some school systems (notably Fairfax County and Montgomery County near me) experimented with an alternate grading scale much like your "traditional" one, but they are switching back as it has become apparent that colleges have ignored the "eliteness" perception the school boards wanted to project by looking so "bad-ass" and simply chose less qualified students from school boards that didn't try to fuck with perceptions.

[grumbler]

I've heard a C is considered a bad thing in the US and a C is upper 70s/lower 80s....blimeyl. In the UK a top mark is 70+ and that is very hard to get.

It all depends on what is being tested.  Getting 70% of the questions right on an AP exam, for instance, is very good indeed.  Getting the names of 70% of the countries in Africa right is very bad indeed.

[vinraith]

This "modified" grading scale (it isn't a grading "method") is called the College Board Grading Scale and is used pretty much uniformly throughout the US.
Some school systems (notably Fairfax County and Montgomery County near me) experimented with an alternate grading scale much like your "traditional" one, but they are switching back as it has become apparent that colleges have ignored the "eliteness" perception the school boards wanted to project by looking so "bad-ass" and simply chose less qualified students from school boards that didn't try to fuck with perceptions.

At my high school an A was 95-100, a B was 85-94 etc. The College Board Grading scale is pretty uniform among colleges and universities, I'm not sure how uniform it is among high schools.

[jimmy olsen]

I can't believe what I just saw. When they said they screwed with the timeline they weren't kidding. Still I heartily approve. Five cocksure Captain Kirks out of five.

[Habbaku]

Tainted™.

All the same, I will probably still be dragged to the movie.

[Phillip V]

Cardboard characters. Shallow. Cheesy.

[Siege]

Cardboard characters. Shallow. Cheesy.

My kind of movie.

[garbon]

I liked the onion's take. Thanks, Seedy.

Of course, the best part was the end on the faux-teaser: And elderly black woman is still following Obama around and shedding a tear everytime he does anything. 

[FunkMonk]

All this Star Trek talk is making me want to watch Star Trek IV again.

[Korea]

I enjoyed it. It was a bit predictable in all the wrong places though. And the Romulans seemed like part dirty mexican/part mobster. I did not care for Captain Nero at all.

[Eddie Teach]

Cardboard characters. Shallow. Cheesy.

Glad they kept the spirit of the original.

[vinraith]

Amazingly this movie is starting to rack up very high scores in the major papers over here.

Rotten Tomatoes has it 94% positive, with 93% of the cream of the crop!

That website is stupid.

Especially with regard to Star Trek, apparently. According to RT's review system, the best Star Trek movie of all time is... wait for it... First Contact.

[garbon]

Borg queen

[Siege]

Borg queen

Fag!

Ok, she was hott.

I still fucking hate you.

Or nott.

[Delirium]

Especially with regard to Star Trek, apparently. According to RT's review system, the best Star Trek movie of all time is... wait for it... First Contact.

But that is the best Star Trek movie of all t... Oh, wait. Right.