Reaction Post: Star Trek Into Darkness (warning: I didn't like it)
The gist: Bill and I went to see Star Trek yesterday morning. A bit late (it’s been out here since Wednesday), but it took a while to find someone to watch Andrew. (Who ended up going to a friend’s house to play with his trains. He barely noticed we were gone because Trains
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THAT SAID...when Abrams agreed to direct the film, I think he also took on the responsibility to make it a good film, the best film he could. And in the case of a film that is part of a very storied, very popular franchise, it was his responsibility to educate himself on the things he was filming. Do I think he should have watched every episode of TOS and movies 1-7? Well...no, because that's quite a lot of information to take in in one fell swoop. Even I can't do it.
But it does mean he needs to know when he should ask questions, and when he should go back and look at references. Clearly he watched Space Seed and The Wrath of Khan. But I doubt he saw the episodes with Tribbles, or he'd know why you don't want to inject them with superpowered serum. And he didn't watch the Mudd episodes, because then he'd know why Mudd was unlikely to just leave his spaceship on the Enterprise.
And don't get me started on the Klingons.
(TBC, Andrew's demanding attention.)
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