Star Trek meme: Day 22 - Favourite Trek Film
Yesterday was A DAY. I got to work forty minutes early, thinking to have a nice, leisurely cup of coffee, update my blogs and read the internet before I had to begin. Instead, it was all hands on deck, and I worked through my lunch break as well.
ANYWAY.
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country was the first Trek film I saw, and it's still my favourite. It's probably the source of my love for awkward dinner parties as a trope; I adore the show trial and nearly everything else in it, with the exception of the Spock-Valeris forced mind meld. Or, rather, the choice to make it a sexy forced mind meld. Oh, and the bit where Uhura can't speak Klingon, because what? But everything else: wonderful.
It's aged really well as a story -- not so much as a piece of film, I definitely don't recommend watching the Blu-Ray on a HD
TV, the results will not be pretty -- and pays off a lot of things from the earlier films, from Kirk's anger after the death of his son to the presence of Starfleet officers we know in the conspiracy.
If CBS/its licensees ever want to do a tie-in comic or novel about Valeris's rehabilitation,![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
pixiedane and I are ready and willing to write it.
ALSO, Azetbur calls out racism in Federation language ("Human rights. The very term is racist.") because she is magnificent. Ask me about my headcanon that L'Rell mentored Li'l Azetbur.
(I used to think it was ridiculous that the Klingon Empire could have female chancellors in the 23rd century, but not allow women to serve on the High Council in the 24th. Now, in 2019, I get it.)
Day 23 - Best Trek Tech
Day 24 - Best Overall Space Vessel
Day 25 - Favorite Discovery Episode
Day 26 - Planet You Would Most Like To Visit
Day 27 - Character You Would Date
Day 28 - Name Your Own Starship
Day 29 - Favorite Trek Quote
Day 30 - Favorite Trek Series
ANYWAY.
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country was the first Trek film I saw, and it's still my favourite. It's probably the source of my love for awkward dinner parties as a trope; I adore the show trial and nearly everything else in it, with the exception of the Spock-Valeris forced mind meld. Or, rather, the choice to make it a sexy forced mind meld. Oh, and the bit where Uhura can't speak Klingon, because what? But everything else: wonderful.
It's aged really well as a story -- not so much as a piece of film, I definitely don't recommend watching the Blu-Ray on a HD
TV, the results will not be pretty -- and pays off a lot of things from the earlier films, from Kirk's anger after the death of his son to the presence of Starfleet officers we know in the conspiracy.
If CBS/its licensees ever want to do a tie-in comic or novel about Valeris's rehabilitation,
pixiedane and I are ready and willing to write it. ALSO, Azetbur calls out racism in Federation language ("Human rights. The very term is racist.") because she is magnificent. Ask me about my headcanon that L'Rell mentored Li'l Azetbur.
(I used to think it was ridiculous that the Klingon Empire could have female chancellors in the 23rd century, but not allow women to serve on the High Council in the 24th. Now, in 2019, I get it.)
Day 23 - Best Trek Tech
Day 24 - Best Overall Space Vessel
Day 25 - Favorite Discovery Episode
Day 26 - Planet You Would Most Like To Visit
Day 27 - Character You Would Date
Day 28 - Name Your Own Starship
Day 29 - Favorite Trek Quote
Day 30 - Favorite Trek Series
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