Start Wreck: The Linkage (No spoilers outside the cuts)

[prog]

I saw Star Trek and enjoyed it very much. If you like cool shit, you'll probably like this movie. Lilek's thoughts on it jibe with mine, more or less.

I had cortezopossum's summary of " they managed to screw up everything, and yet it worked" in mind as I watched, but I don't think any apologies for canon-drift are really necessary. The producers made room for

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[prog]

Here is a shameful confession: I didn't even notice the miniskirts. I am trying to say this in a "oh dear" way and not a "look how colorblind I am! I mean pantsblind! Wait what" way.

[radtea]

I didn't notice the mini-skirts, but I did notice the legs...

On the plus side, Uhura is presented as far more than a glorified radio officer: she's very clearly a highly-skilled, highly-competent linguist.

There was more they could have done just by increasing the number of female cadets and officers, and boosting a few ranks. It would have been nice to see Bones meeting Dr. Chapel, say. But still, my expectations of the series are so low in so many respects that this film was a pleasant surprise on many levels.

the best feminist barf-o-meter

[cthulhia]

http://www.amptoons.com/blog/the-mo-movie-measure/

which actually is misnamed.

original strip:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zizyphus/34585797/sizes/l/

Re: the best feminist barf-o-meter

[cnoocy]

Actually, the movie passes this, but just in a single scene. Which, as others have said, is pretty good for a TOS movie.

Re: the best feminist barf-o-meter

[prog]

Racking my brain trying to remember when this was. I'm perversely hoping that it was the moments when Uhura first walked into her dorm room and chatted with her roommate, before the subject changed to the naked man under the bed.

Re: the best feminist barf-o-meter

[cnoocy]

Ding! (It does put an odd spin on "passing" the test if both participants in the conversation are in their underwear.)

[cortezopossum]

I preëmptively dismiss the claim that any adaptation of Trek has to be sexist in order to stay true to its roots.People may call Uhura being a 'switchboard operator' sexist but having a woman officer on the show (eps a BLACK woman officer) was extremely progressive for the time. The show even had the first 'interracial kiss'* on a major television network which kinda made some heads a splode

[cnoocy]

Re: Terminator:
You're just saying that because the plot (the ones who once served us have taken over and are endangering us, so we have to form an armed society to destroy them) is the same as the plot of Birth of a Nation.

Actually, I do hope they complicate it a bit from that. It does seem likely that the movie won't have the complexity of "Sarah Connor Chronicles".

[prog]

Ha! I originally made a reference to BoaN in my post, but canned it for being a bit much. You make a compelling argument though!

I still haven't watched Sarah Connor despite all the good word it's gotten...

[radiotelescope]

I had a great time watching the Star Trek movie and would totally go see it again this weekend. With people

[prog]

The plot was hella dumb, but I would push back against anyone who would see that as a demerit against the whole picture. The movie is a big, dumb, lovable doggie. I wanted to hug it.

I have read complaints along the lines of "What, nobody on those planets containing entire spacefaring civilizations could do anything about this threat?!" But I was as blind to this as I was to the miniskirts, because the movie had its paws on my chest and was licking my face and I was laughing.

[radtea]

Apparently the plot is deeper than you think!