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[snowystingray]

I leave for school tomorrow. Technically, I should be packing right now (OH GOD OH GOD WHY AM I DOING THIS ALL SO LATE???!!?), but I wanted my last journal entry of the summer to properly reflect how I've spent my break. It's been almost two weeks since I finished up my viewing of all the TOS films, and with the exception of some fangirly flailing

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[stellypippin]

Good luck with school - hurray for procrastinating! :D

[snowystingray]

Haha, try telling that to my dad! I was literally throwing things in my purse as I was running out the door -- "Oh, oops, my toothbrush! I guess I need that! And some sunscreen. And, oh yeah, my deodorant would be nice."

[queeniefox]

Well, I haven't seen III for such a long time that I'm not going to include it in any ranking out of fairness - apart from that I pretty much agree with you. I would probably rank II and IV equally first though; I love them both but I watch them in different moods. (Did you know the people Uhura and Chekov talk to when they're asking directions were just random passers-by that thought the actors are nutters?)

I really don't understand the V hate either. From what I've read people's problems seem to be a) the bad special effects at the end b) the fact that it has such a lofty premise and then it just turns out to be another alien and c) it was Bill Shatner's pet project and people like to mock him. As far as I'm concerned I can ignore c) and overlook a). (It's Trek for gooness sake). As for b)...I do agree that it turns into something that we may have seen before, but I don't feel let down by it. Like they would ever actually find God. The point is the effect Sybock has on everyone. (I think V may have been the start of my Vulcan

[snowystingray]

I didn't know that about IV -- that's fantastic! Ahaha, their reactions were pretty much the best thing ever, so I guess it makes sense that they were authentic.

Yeah, I'd say the biggest factor seems to be the fact that people love to hate on William Shatner as much as possible. But you know, I think it's interesting that the one film that he directed is the one that seems to have the best balance between the characters, without being focused primarily on Kirk and Spock. You'd think it would be the perfect opportunity to let your ego run wild, but it turned out to be quite the opposite.

The prison scene is definitely my favourite part of VI. The rest of it was okay, but not something that I really feel the need to watch multiple times.

Thanks for the recommendation! I'll add it to my reading list, assuming that I stay motivated to read on my own time once I have to start reading for class. (Yes, I am that lazy!)

[queeniefox]

Well, it's a very light read that you can dip in and out of, so I would give it a look. He did do one just about the series as well. One of my favourite story from that one is Leonard Nimoy annoying people by bringing a bike to work so he could ride to the canteen van ahead of everyone else. At one point Bill steals the bike and puts it in his dressing room along with his pet dobermans guarding it...another time it got hung up in the rafters for Nimoy to suddenly catch it out of the corner of his eye during filming.

The passers-by story never fails to make me laugh! Also the fact that Spock was supposed to remain dignified on the edge of the ship when it was in the sea, but Bill dragged Leonard Nimoy in!

[snowystingray]

I just checked the online catalogue for the library by my school and it doesn't look like they have Star Trek Movie Memories, but they do have the one about the series so I will probably check it out some time soon. Of course, I have to get a library card here first... I was planning on doing it today before I remembered it was Sunday, and then I was planning on doing it tomorrow before I remembered that it will be Labor Day! The calendar is against me :(

[foolshavepride]

good luck with school ^^

[snowystingray]

Thanks :) So far moving in has gone pretty well, but we'll see if that stays true when classes start!