This Isn't a "Reboot," it's a "Shortout"

[motherwell]

I watched the latest Star Trek movie some time ago, and wanted to write about it after my thoughts about it had cleared. Unfortunately, here it is, many weeks later, and my thoughts are still as muddled as when I left the theater. I've come to the conclusion that this is, quite simply, a hopelessly muddled movie

Comments

[peaceful_fox]

And don't Vulcan males get horny only once every seven years?

No, that's not true.

[motherwell]

Well, it was true in one episode. Their "mileage" may vary in other episodes or spinoffs.

[peaceful_fox]

In the TOS episode "This Side of Paradise", Leila Kalomi hints at having had a special relationship with Spock some six years earlier, which may suggest an encounter between them during pon farr. Likewise in the film Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, the regenerated adolescent Spock went through at least two pon farrs at accelerated speed. As his mate was not available on the Genesis planet (where Spock underwent the accelerated pon farrs), it was implied that he mated with Lt. Saavik, female Vulcan scientist on the crew of the Enterprise on the Genesis planet with him during the accelerated pon farr

[motherwell]

Okay, it HAS been a long time since I watched TOS with any regularity. I don't even remember what that episode was about. Was that the one where everyone gets sprayed by the Commie-Flowers, gets happy, and deserts the ship to live in an agrarian paradise?

And when did "TOS" come to mean "the original series?" Every time I see that acronym, I can't help thinking "'Star Trek: Terms of Service?' What, Kirk and his crew get stuck dealing with copyright issues?"