SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCK!
May. 9th, 2009 09:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lizbeeI saw Star Trek. It was awesome. I'll end up seeing it again. Maybe three times. Only seeing it this first time was a bit distracting, because I had Russell fic in my head, and I basically got home and got that out onto the page.
But yes, Star Trek. It was all kinds of win.
Vulcan got the Gallifrey treatment. Starting with a black hole in its core, but it turns out that only out if you're a Time Lord. I spent the rest of the movie waiting for the reset, and it didn't come. That alone bowls me over -- I mean, this is Star Trek. They invented the reset button.
So now Spock is like, the last-but-ten-thousand of the Vulcans, and he spends the rest of the movie beingemo and genocidal stoic and miserable. You know, I watched "The Trouble with Tribbles" yesterday, and came to the conclusion that even the best of TOS was less good than what Doctor Who was doing at the same time, but Spock pwns the Tenth Doctor. A lot.
This is so Spock's story. After a while, it started to feel like he was the hero and Kirk was the comedic bumbling sidekick, but that's just because I loathe Kirk regardless of who is playing him. No, that's not true; I have a grudging affection for Pine's Kirk, and want to punch Shatner's model in the face.
There was a bit early on where I was like, "You know, I'm totally shipping Spock/Uhura."
And then they kissed, and it was like the perfect canonical relationship. No hysteria, no OTT displays or expressions of affection, no refrigeration -- just a professional relationship between two people in love. Who are, admittedly, instructor and student, but you know that never stopped me before. Spock/Uhura: it's the new Braxiatel/Romana I. Only less creepy. Mostly.
But wow, they destroyed Vulcan. And now Nimoy!Spock is living in the past, with his younger self. Openly, apparently, which is a nice twist. And Star Trek canon is reduced to Enterprise (*SIGH*) and two hours of movie. That's ballsy, man.
You know it's a JJ Abrams production because there's a giant red floaty ball of mystery. I kept expecting a Bristow or Derevko descendant to appear and steal it. (Note to self: Alias/Doctor Who crossover in which Lady Christina nicks a Rambaldi artifact. Is it worth revisiting Alias? YES.) I also kept expecting Greg Grunberg to turn up, and I was disappointed that he wasn't there. Then I discovered he was the voice of Kirk's stepfather. WIN. (And Wikipedia tells me that they tried to give Keri Russell a cameo, but it didn't work out.)
(Wikipedia also tells me that there's a tribble in the background of Scotty's first scene, which is a great relief tosuburbannoir and myself.)
(How I wish that Jennifer Garner had played Kirk's mother, instead of Jennifer Morrison. With Morrison, I kept wondering why this ridiculous woman was even on a starship, but I think Garner could have convinced me.)
I can't think of much that I didn't enjoy, aside from some of the ridiculous action pieces. (Scotty in the water pipes, for example.) I'm a bit distressed that we had no rebooted versions of Christine Chapel or Yeoman Rand, although I guess Chapel's infatuation with Spock would have to go. Killing off Amanda was a bit ... eh. But she was already established as the chink in Spock's armour, and I do like watching Sarek suffer stoically.
Dude, Vulcan Went Boom. That alone is worth the price of a ticket.
But yes, Star Trek. It was all kinds of win.
Vulcan got the Gallifrey treatment. Starting with a black hole in its core, but it turns out that only out if you're a Time Lord. I spent the rest of the movie waiting for the reset, and it didn't come. That alone bowls me over -- I mean, this is Star Trek. They invented the reset button.
So now Spock is like, the last-but-ten-thousand of the Vulcans, and he spends the rest of the movie being
This is so Spock's story. After a while, it started to feel like he was the hero and Kirk was the comedic bumbling sidekick, but that's just because I loathe Kirk regardless of who is playing him. No, that's not true; I have a grudging affection for Pine's Kirk, and want to punch Shatner's model in the face.
There was a bit early on where I was like, "You know, I'm totally shipping Spock/Uhura."
And then they kissed, and it was like the perfect canonical relationship. No hysteria, no OTT displays or expressions of affection, no refrigeration -- just a professional relationship between two people in love. Who are, admittedly, instructor and student, but you know that never stopped me before. Spock/Uhura: it's the new Braxiatel/Romana I. Only less creepy. Mostly.
But wow, they destroyed Vulcan. And now Nimoy!Spock is living in the past, with his younger self. Openly, apparently, which is a nice twist. And Star Trek canon is reduced to Enterprise (*SIGH*) and two hours of movie. That's ballsy, man.
You know it's a JJ Abrams production because there's a giant red floaty ball of mystery. I kept expecting a Bristow or Derevko descendant to appear and steal it. (Note to self: Alias/Doctor Who crossover in which Lady Christina nicks a Rambaldi artifact. Is it worth revisiting Alias? YES.) I also kept expecting Greg Grunberg to turn up, and I was disappointed that he wasn't there. Then I discovered he was the voice of Kirk's stepfather. WIN. (And Wikipedia tells me that they tried to give Keri Russell a cameo, but it didn't work out.)
(Wikipedia also tells me that there's a tribble in the background of Scotty's first scene, which is a great relief to
suburbannoir and myself.)(How I wish that Jennifer Garner had played Kirk's mother, instead of Jennifer Morrison. With Morrison, I kept wondering why this ridiculous woman was even on a starship, but I think Garner could have convinced me.)
I can't think of much that I didn't enjoy, aside from some of the ridiculous action pieces. (Scotty in the water pipes, for example.) I'm a bit distressed that we had no rebooted versions of Christine Chapel or Yeoman Rand, although I guess Chapel's infatuation with Spock would have to go. Killing off Amanda was a bit ... eh. But she was already established as the chink in Spock's armour, and I do like watching Sarek suffer stoically.
Dude, Vulcan Went Boom. That alone is worth the price of a ticket.
