Ninth verse, same as the first!
So...I saw Star Trek again for the ninth time. As the only place I can find it now is the dollar theater in my home town and I'm heading back to college tomorr...well, later today actually, I doubt I will see it again in theaters. And I must say, even on my ninth time watching the movie, I was still full of the excitable shakes as I was, well, at least the second time viewing. I don't think much could top how excited I was after my first viewing. As such: I figure it's time to put some of my random thoughts down:
There is so much that I love about this movie! So much that it actually makes me sad that I waited over a week after it came out to see it for fear of it disappointing me. I had a bunch of people tell me it was great, but as none of them were Trekies there opinion on the movie didn't matter too much to me. It's like the fact that some people can say that X3 was good, when, as a fan of the original comic, that movie made me swear off movies for a month and mentioning that movie is still the best way to get me to start ranting to someone.
That said, I'm not planning on going into full detail about what I loved about the movie so much. I'm instead going to discuss issues that I'm having with fandom in regards to the new movie!! XD Aren't you excited!??
First, why oh why is Jim getting beat by his step father such a strong plot device in fanfic? No, wait, don't answer that, I know why, it just pisses me off. So far the main argument in favor of this plot device is the yelling and threats when the car is stolen. And, I gotta say: Duh. I've heard my dad yell far worse for a lot less. And, yeah, if my kid steals my car, I'm going to tear them a new one. This interaction didn't seem that odd to me, and I come from a very (semi)functional family. Can we please think of other ways to give Jim issues? There's plenty of possibilities.
Also, people seem to be going on the "I did what you said would take four years in three! Suck it!" idea a lot in fic. Which I fully support. The only thing that I'm having a problem with is: Pike said that he could become an OFFICER in four years and have HIS OWN SHIP in eight. So, really, instead of the one year that he said he would knock off, he knocked off five. Um...isn't that a might bit more impressive? Why is THAT not more focused on?
And, now, this new movie has made me totally change around my ships. Gah. I'm usually so loyal to ships that I'm not used to this, but I can't help it! Originally, I was a pretty die hard Spock/McCoy shipper, with the occasional McCoy/Scotty on the side. And I was probably the only person rooting for Sulu and Uhura to get together. Despite the fact that I love Kirk so very very much, I just couldn't pair him with somebody. I know that Kirk/Spock is the "original slash pairing" (despite the fact that while I'll believe that it was the first to be labeled slash, Sherlock/Watson HAD to have come before it) I never really bought it. Also, Kirk was kind of in the same light as Captain Jack Harkness in my mind. Neither can be put in a monogamous relationship. I never believed it, and therefore didn't want to fic it. Now, though, oh WOW! Make room for Kirk/Bones and Spock/Uhura!!! Their chemistry just lit up the screen!!! Now, why oh why can't I accept the Checkov/Sulu pairing? I really want to because the art for it is just so cute, but I can't get into it. ::sigh::
One last thing to end it: as an engineering student, the interior of Nero's ship was possibly the most inefficient use of space ever. When Scotty said the whole "if there's any sense in the design I should be putting you in the cargo bay, not a soul in sight" and ended up putting them in the bridge type area...yeah, that made complete sense to me. Because there was NO sense to the design of their ship. I know this is my massive engineering OCD coming out to play, but I really want to see the blueprints of this ship. Just to see if I can figure out what they were thinking.
And yes, the fact that that is ALL I can bitch about proves how much I loved this movie. I'm possibly the pickiest person when it comes to motion pictures being made about my favorite tv shows/books/what not. I still think I'm the only person who didn't like the transformers movie. But that's a rant for a different time. XP
There is so much that I love about this movie! So much that it actually makes me sad that I waited over a week after it came out to see it for fear of it disappointing me. I had a bunch of people tell me it was great, but as none of them were Trekies there opinion on the movie didn't matter too much to me. It's like the fact that some people can say that X3 was good, when, as a fan of the original comic, that movie made me swear off movies for a month and mentioning that movie is still the best way to get me to start ranting to someone.
That said, I'm not planning on going into full detail about what I loved about the movie so much. I'm instead going to discuss issues that I'm having with fandom in regards to the new movie!! XD Aren't you excited!??
First, why oh why is Jim getting beat by his step father such a strong plot device in fanfic? No, wait, don't answer that, I know why, it just pisses me off. So far the main argument in favor of this plot device is the yelling and threats when the car is stolen. And, I gotta say: Duh. I've heard my dad yell far worse for a lot less. And, yeah, if my kid steals my car, I'm going to tear them a new one. This interaction didn't seem that odd to me, and I come from a very (semi)functional family. Can we please think of other ways to give Jim issues? There's plenty of possibilities.
Also, people seem to be going on the "I did what you said would take four years in three! Suck it!" idea a lot in fic. Which I fully support. The only thing that I'm having a problem with is: Pike said that he could become an OFFICER in four years and have HIS OWN SHIP in eight. So, really, instead of the one year that he said he would knock off, he knocked off five. Um...isn't that a might bit more impressive? Why is THAT not more focused on?
And, now, this new movie has made me totally change around my ships. Gah. I'm usually so loyal to ships that I'm not used to this, but I can't help it! Originally, I was a pretty die hard Spock/McCoy shipper, with the occasional McCoy/Scotty on the side. And I was probably the only person rooting for Sulu and Uhura to get together. Despite the fact that I love Kirk so very very much, I just couldn't pair him with somebody. I know that Kirk/Spock is the "original slash pairing" (despite the fact that while I'll believe that it was the first to be labeled slash, Sherlock/Watson HAD to have come before it) I never really bought it. Also, Kirk was kind of in the same light as Captain Jack Harkness in my mind. Neither can be put in a monogamous relationship. I never believed it, and therefore didn't want to fic it. Now, though, oh WOW! Make room for Kirk/Bones and Spock/Uhura!!! Their chemistry just lit up the screen!!! Now, why oh why can't I accept the Checkov/Sulu pairing? I really want to because the art for it is just so cute, but I can't get into it. ::sigh::
One last thing to end it: as an engineering student, the interior of Nero's ship was possibly the most inefficient use of space ever. When Scotty said the whole "if there's any sense in the design I should be putting you in the cargo bay, not a soul in sight" and ended up putting them in the bridge type area...yeah, that made complete sense to me. Because there was NO sense to the design of their ship. I know this is my massive engineering OCD coming out to play, but I really want to see the blueprints of this ship. Just to see if I can figure out what they were thinking.
And yes, the fact that that is ALL I can bitch about proves how much I loved this movie. I'm possibly the pickiest person when it comes to motion pictures being made about my favorite tv shows/books/what not. I still think I'm the only person who didn't like the transformers movie. But that's a rant for a different time. XP