Dear World:
I would like to apologize in advance for the capslock that will be making abundant guest appearances in this LJ entry.
Okay, bitches. We're gonna talk some Star Trek.
But first? Via
the_croupier -- and I cannot BELIEVE that I have not seen this already - the BEST fan-made trailer I have ever seen. You know what it's a trailer for
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I might be wrong about this, but besides Vulcan and the other fridgings didn't 90% of the cadets, i.e. all the ones who were on ships which weren't the Enterprise, get fridged? Including Uhura's roommate?
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Thanks for mentioning the comic bit, which I was wholly unaware of. When Nero's ship first sailed on screen the three of of us were all "...um JMS called and he wants his Shadows production design back". I still think there's truth in that, but I am lightening up to know that there is at least a reason it looks wack. Related: I found it a certain degree of Communication-of-Culture Failure that none of us present, all of us Trek fans, recognized that the enemy were Romulan, even after seeing them, until the bibbling about Romulan signals started.
But, I mean, it's a Trek film; we weren't expecting Citizen Kane here. And as Trek films go, it is rocketing to the head of the class. I got all mwaaa every time Nimoy was on screen.
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Because I'm sorry, ten seconds of screen-time and one moment of awesome is NOT ENOUGH when the entire rest of the time, MEN are being allowed the hero role.
And yes, there were other women besides Uhura and her roommate (who is, as pointed out above me, ALSO DEAD). But we didn't get to see them, and there's no reason they will ever be considered main characters.
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I did love Uhura, though, don't get me wrong. She was, along with Pike and Spock, easily the most levelheaded and competent person in any given room, and that's saying something when you realize how well trained Starfleet people on the whole tend to be.
I was absolutely surprised when Uhura/Spock manifested; the director and producers did a good job keeping that under wraps, and it's a testament to how professional both Uhura and Spock were that I didn't see it coming until it was right in front of me ( ... )
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You've been reading my thoughts somewhere...esp with the TOLD v. SHOWN. I better see her cuss someone out in Klingon the next movie--preferably a klingon right before she stuns him. While saving Spock and/or Kirk. Yes.
And New!Spock? He made me throw my metaphorical panties at him when he beat the shit out of people--literally or figuratively--for talking about his mama. I love a man who loves his mama...
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The next film needs to be 80% Uhura. Then I will be happy.
I actually am not totally sold on Quinto's Spock yet. I keep telling myself that this is very YOUNG Spock, so he hasn't grown into the sense of sheer and infectious Logical Zen place that Nimoy's Spock had at the beginning of TOS, so we'll see.
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I find it sad, though, that old!Spock is now stuck in the new!universe and has to deal with watching his younger self grow up (watch from afar, that is). That must be very, very hard to deal with.
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Re: ST, I had a lot of misgivings on my first viewing too, but a second helped a lot. So let's see what you think.
*SPOILERS*
1) I'm not bothered by the uncertainty in Kirk, Spock, etc, because they should not be able to assert themselves. That only comes with years of experience, and they don't have that yet. A young Spock asserting himself on the bridge would have just come off as Wesley Crusher at his worst. It would never have worked. Plus, I think you could make an argument that part of what gave Kirk and Spock their respective grounding is their friendship, the way it helped define them. Since that is only beginning, the benefits they reap from it aren't there yet.
(And, as a side note, at the risk of antagonizing slashers, it's really Kirk-Spock-McCoy that drives TOS. I hope we get more of that in the sequels ( ... )
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And why is the fleet all congregating in the Laurentian system? We never found out why.
Oh, another great scene with Pike: when the Enterprise drops out of warp and into orbit over Vulcan and enters that scene of UTTER CHAOS. Pike was so quick in that scene; you could see that he was in his prime, effortlessly kept it together, and THAT is what I want a Kirk to be like. Not some young arrogant shit with stepdaddy issues.
Bana brought an understated passion to the role. I agree that campy would be a possibility if he'd raged more, and after all he DID wait 25 years for his revenge, but there really wasn't much there for me to work with as a viewer.
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The funny thing is that a lot of my complaints have little to do with what they got wrong Trek-wise and more to do with what they got wrong as a movie. In fact, if this were not Trek, I would be unable to excuse the Bad Science in the least. (It would be unfair to start demanding better of Trek after 43 years of technobabble, especially since I also excuse it all the time on the new Doctor Who.)
Am I sounding like a grumpy old man? I hope not, but I guess I am one sometimes.
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Everyone knows you use black holes to travel through hyperspace (like in Galaxy Quest). :)
(Just read a book about the debate between Hawking and other cosmologists on the nature of black holes, which is not the thing you should read before seeing any space opera.)
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I will say this: visually the new film was LUSCIOUS. Just...beautiful to look at.
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