Current status of the USS Hadhafang

[ladyhadhafang]

Hey. Mostly getting back to catching up on my Star Trek stuff as I'm preparing on seeing BEYOND at one point. (Thinking of going with a friend) I decided to start by catching up on the movies -- trying THE FINAL FRONTIER first. (Insert cries of "Why, why would you do that to yourself" here

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[ladyhadhafang]

Thanks! I was definitely pretty nervous about that one, especially considering how...explosive Final Frontier really is in the fandom. (I mean, I don't think stuff like Generations, Insurrection, and Nemesis, or even The Motion Picture really got this divisive -- correct me if I'm wrong, of course. And even the really polarizing Abrams films have their defenders. Frontier, though...it is very much on the "hate it" side of the Love It Or Hate It thing.) Honestly, I think there is a good movie somewhere in there if you do some rewrites.

Very true re: Spock's friendships. And it's clear that even though he and, for instance, McCoy go at each other's throats a lot, they really do care a great deal about each other. (The scene in SEARCH FOR SPOCK where McCoy begs Spock to remember is a pretty lovely example of that) I think by and large on the Enterprise, people mostly treat Spock...sort of like he's an equal, like he's one of them. Which I can imagine, considering the crap Spock's had to deal with regarding his heritage, is a pretty massive relief for him. (And they do the same for Uhura and Sulu and Chekov as well, which is doubly pretty awesome considering the time period that TOS was made)

DS9's pretty good. I didn't like the pilot (then again, to be fair, I was watching the pilot episode when I was feeling rather physically awful, so maybe that contributed), but stuff like "Duet" is amazing and stuff like "The Magnificent Ferengi" is really clever. And I think it's cool that they didn't make Dukat just a one-dimensional dictator, but really took the time to flesh him out. (The fact Marc Alaimo did a great job helps)

Thanks! And yeah, I haven't seen "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot", but "Finding Dory" was excellent!