Coping strategies for the modern world

[__marcelo]

Just watched the trailer for Star Trek Beyond. New life rule: as long as I consider these movies as belonging to an "action heroes in space" franchise that just happens to share its name with my much-beloved "nerds in space" franchise (isn't that a weird coincidence?), I'm a much happier person

Comments

[maajaml]

Star Trek 3 looks really fun and exciting. I don't know anything about the show canon though.

[__marcelo]

Probably the best way to enjoy the movie! The movies aren't cinematic masterpieces by any means, but I think the main reason why I disliked them is that their spirit is so very different from that of the shows; characters share names and some characteristics, but others have changed a lot, and that's kind of jarring if you grew up with them.

[lexin]

That tower...if you're going to look like a super-rich mega-villain, at least do the thing right.

[__marcelo]

Very much so. It's good to know that at least some of our heartless overlords have at least retained a modicum of style.

[oflittlefaith]

After Into Darkness, I have zero interest in seeing anything further in this reboot. I was, in fact, angered enough by it that it retroactively ruined the enjoyment I had derived from the first movie. Additionally,  J.J. Abrams has burned whatever credit he had with me, such that I don't want to see the new Star Wars.

I just can't sit through another one of these things. Part of me feels happier having given up on these franchises. The rest of me is just tired of it all.

[__marcelo]

I can certainly relate.