Scar trekkin
Now that I've seen the movie, Ryther said I could read the review of Star Trek that was in the New Yorker. Or rather that I 'should' read it. It's written by Anthony Lane, who obviously hates Star Trek, Sci Fi, Fantasy, and his mother. Well, maybe just his mother. But I'm guessing that he's not a fan of any of the afore mentioned. I'm guessing he doesn't even like the genre.
If you want to read his review, it's here. http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2009/05/18/090518crci_cinema_lane
I would like to say that there may be spoilers here, so don't go any further if you haven't seen the movie and want to be surprised.
My first real eye roll was when Mr. Lane poked fun of the name of the Romulan villain, Nero, and the name of Kirk's grandfather, Tiberius. It's all too first century Rome to him. Well, if he knew anything about the Star Trek universe he'd know that Kirk's middle name has been Tiberius for well on 40 years now, nothing new there. That a ROMulan, who's planet has (again, give it that 40 year history) emulated Rome for some reason, has a name that sound very ROMan, well, gee, that's a tough one to figure out too.
He then pokes fun of the fact the the young Kirk is able to find fossil fuel in the 23d century for the stolen antique Corvette he's driving. Well, seeing that he's in IOWA, the freaking Corn Belt, and that even today in the dark ages we have ethanol, you don't think that in the distant future, some hot rod enthusiast couldn't manufacture some kind of carbon based fuel for an antique? PLEASE!
He bemoans the back story. Well, he's missing the point of the movie then. It's a new back story. It's there to restart the Star Trek machine. It's there to show you that from here on out, things are not going to be the same as in the TV series, and you can't sit there and say "Hey, wait a minute, that didn't happen!" because we know it didn't, that was in a different time line. It's all up for grabs now. And this is why.. And for some reason, he just doesn't get that.
He refers to the encounter of Kirk with an Orion woman as being eco-sex because of her green skin, utterly missing the fact that she is an Orion, famous for their seductive and irresistible women. Guess he missed those episodes.
Mr. Lane admits he's not a Trekkie. All I can say is "Indeed."
If you want to read his review, it's here. http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2009/05/18/090518crci_cinema_lane
I would like to say that there may be spoilers here, so don't go any further if you haven't seen the movie and want to be surprised.
My first real eye roll was when Mr. Lane poked fun of the name of the Romulan villain, Nero, and the name of Kirk's grandfather, Tiberius. It's all too first century Rome to him. Well, if he knew anything about the Star Trek universe he'd know that Kirk's middle name has been Tiberius for well on 40 years now, nothing new there. That a ROMulan, who's planet has (again, give it that 40 year history) emulated Rome for some reason, has a name that sound very ROMan, well, gee, that's a tough one to figure out too.
He then pokes fun of the fact the the young Kirk is able to find fossil fuel in the 23d century for the stolen antique Corvette he's driving. Well, seeing that he's in IOWA, the freaking Corn Belt, and that even today in the dark ages we have ethanol, you don't think that in the distant future, some hot rod enthusiast couldn't manufacture some kind of carbon based fuel for an antique? PLEASE!
He bemoans the back story. Well, he's missing the point of the movie then. It's a new back story. It's there to restart the Star Trek machine. It's there to show you that from here on out, things are not going to be the same as in the TV series, and you can't sit there and say "Hey, wait a minute, that didn't happen!" because we know it didn't, that was in a different time line. It's all up for grabs now. And this is why.. And for some reason, he just doesn't get that.
He refers to the encounter of Kirk with an Orion woman as being eco-sex because of her green skin, utterly missing the fact that she is an Orion, famous for their seductive and irresistible women. Guess he missed those episodes.
Mr. Lane admits he's not a Trekkie. All I can say is "Indeed."