Boldly going (backdated)
I got home from watching Star Trek to catch the last half hour of American Idol - the top three results. I don’t feel that I missed much beyond the recap and the filler. Jordin Sparks looked good, sounded terrible, did nothing to worry Beyonce, Rihanna or Leona. Katy Perry sounded equally terrible and Adam really doesn’t need her support. His moment with the smallest theatre kid and the kid’s reaction were really endearing and the snakeskin boots were perfect.
And so the results? Now, I was expecting Danny and Adam to get through and really wanted Adam through, but in the first humongous pause, it struck me that now would be the time to announce that Kris was through. And he is! I’m really pleased, because I like him more than Danny as a performer, and as eye candy. I partly agree with Simon that it was Heartless that dun it - it was really contemporary - but I think there’s got to be some merit in the pity vote theory, i.e. that other people thought the judges’ choice was so hamperingly lame that he deserved a pass. Natch, I am delighted that Adam is through and I’m looking forward to the finale (it’s Adam’s to win, seeing as he is 'straordinary), but I always enjoy the American Idol finale, anyway, because it’s always a great show.
Star Trek
Yay entertaining sci fi blockbuster! The geek in me thinks that altering the timestream (although when was Romulus destroyed? Can I have it as an AU of an AU?) was a very nifty way of rebooting the franchise. I’m loath to say it was clever, and some of the changes, particularly involving Spock and the Vulcans didn’t sit well with me.
What I did like? The chunky retro look, the acshun deftly mixed with comedy. I LOVED Bones, Scott (I’m sick, but hee at Archer’s beagle), his sidekick (what race is he? So cute!) and Chekov - who turned into a better reimagining of Wesley Crusher, I suppose. Bruce Greenwood was great as Captain Pike. The more direction Kirk had, the more I liked Pine as Kirk. Quinto was fine, but had to use less of his range than he does as Sylar, and for me was somewhat upstaged by Nimoy. Plus, I didn’t like what they had him and the Vulcans being up to, and I’m more truly peeved by that than at Uhura. I mean, it’s a shame they didn’t do more with her than the feisty love interest and not of who you expected her to be.
The film reminded me that my true Trekverse OTP is probably Kirk/Enterprise.
I chortled over the return of Alias’s Muller device - red matter schmatter, that’s what it was. And though in my head it’s an alternate reality to an alternate reality of the Trekverse (depending on when Spock and the Vengeful [Romulan] Miners travelled back from), I hope they do get to do a sequel (KLINGONS! Also, I dunno, Carol Marcus, as Kirk should get it off with more than an Orion chick).
It is slightly amusing to me that in everything (not much) that I've read about the film that they get some race wrong. Also, however many years about fandom, critical mass is deciding it's all about the 'bromance' of Kirk/Spock. Um, yes.
And so the results? Now, I was expecting Danny and Adam to get through and really wanted Adam through, but in the first humongous pause, it struck me that now would be the time to announce that Kris was through. And he is! I’m really pleased, because I like him more than Danny as a performer, and as eye candy. I partly agree with Simon that it was Heartless that dun it - it was really contemporary - but I think there’s got to be some merit in the pity vote theory, i.e. that other people thought the judges’ choice was so hamperingly lame that he deserved a pass. Natch, I am delighted that Adam is through and I’m looking forward to the finale (it’s Adam’s to win, seeing as he is 'straordinary), but I always enjoy the American Idol finale, anyway, because it’s always a great show.
Star Trek
Yay entertaining sci fi blockbuster! The geek in me thinks that altering the timestream (although when was Romulus destroyed? Can I have it as an AU of an AU?) was a very nifty way of rebooting the franchise. I’m loath to say it was clever, and some of the changes, particularly involving Spock and the Vulcans didn’t sit well with me.
What I did like? The chunky retro look, the acshun deftly mixed with comedy. I LOVED Bones, Scott (I’m sick, but hee at Archer’s beagle), his sidekick (what race is he? So cute!) and Chekov - who turned into a better reimagining of Wesley Crusher, I suppose. Bruce Greenwood was great as Captain Pike. The more direction Kirk had, the more I liked Pine as Kirk. Quinto was fine, but had to use less of his range than he does as Sylar, and for me was somewhat upstaged by Nimoy. Plus, I didn’t like what they had him and the Vulcans being up to, and I’m more truly peeved by that than at Uhura. I mean, it’s a shame they didn’t do more with her than the feisty love interest and not of who you expected her to be.
The film reminded me that my true Trekverse OTP is probably Kirk/Enterprise.
I chortled over the return of Alias’s Muller device - red matter schmatter, that’s what it was. And though in my head it’s an alternate reality to an alternate reality of the Trekverse (depending on when Spock and the Vengeful [Romulan] Miners travelled back from), I hope they do get to do a sequel (KLINGONS! Also, I dunno, Carol Marcus, as Kirk should get it off with more than an Orion chick).
It is slightly amusing to me that in everything (not much) that I've read about the film that they get some race wrong. Also, however many years about fandom, critical mass is deciding it's all about the 'bromance' of Kirk/Spock. Um, yes.