In the original Klingon
Jul. 9th, 2010 10:34 pmOkay, I may have skipped a few Star Trek movies. But I got to the end of The Motion Picture and realised that I watched II and III only last year, and IV is best watched with friends (and ![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
suburbannoir has been keen to watch it for ages). And while there may have once been a fifth Star Trek movie, I can only assume that it was eaten by a mysterious crack in the universe and wiped out of history.
So we hit The Undiscovered Country, for which I have a massive soft spot on account of how it was my very first encounter with the TOS crew. And, y'know, I still love it. It has all the interstellar politics, backstabbing and Walter Koenig that make Babylon 5 so awesome, and I think it might actually have triggered my great love for really awkward dinner scenes.
On the other hand, I am very, very glad that Nichelle Nichols and Brock Peters refused to say the most racist lines in the script, and that the director let them. And I am very glad that Saavik was replaced by Valeris, because I love my Saavik almost as much as Spock does, and I couldn't buy her as a traitor. It is my hope (for the great thing about the newmovieverse is that you can look at old canon with new eyes) that in the AOSverse, Spock Prime seeks out Valeris and guides her development enough that she doesn't start doing epically stupid things like betraying the Federation. Also, Kim Cattral is really, really bad at that whole acting thing, and I don't think it's wholly appropriate to respond to an unwanted mindmeld with orgasm noises.
In short: jolly good movie, does not overstay its welcome, includes Christopher Plummer literally twirling in a chair and quoting Shakespeare. And you could create a drinking game called Spot The Redressed TNG Set, which would be kind of fun, only also weird.
AND NOW I am still having stomach pains from BREAKFAST, so I'm off to bed to rub my belly and feel slightly sorry for myself.
suburbannoir has been keen to watch it for ages). And while there may have once been a fifth Star Trek movie, I can only assume that it was eaten by a mysterious crack in the universe and wiped out of history.So we hit The Undiscovered Country, for which I have a massive soft spot on account of how it was my very first encounter with the TOS crew. And, y'know, I still love it. It has all the interstellar politics, backstabbing and Walter Koenig that make Babylon 5 so awesome, and I think it might actually have triggered my great love for really awkward dinner scenes.
On the other hand, I am very, very glad that Nichelle Nichols and Brock Peters refused to say the most racist lines in the script, and that the director let them. And I am very glad that Saavik was replaced by Valeris, because I love my Saavik almost as much as Spock does, and I couldn't buy her as a traitor. It is my hope (for the great thing about the newmovieverse is that you can look at old canon with new eyes) that in the AOSverse, Spock Prime seeks out Valeris and guides her development enough that she doesn't start doing epically stupid things like betraying the Federation. Also, Kim Cattral is really, really bad at that whole acting thing, and I don't think it's wholly appropriate to respond to an unwanted mindmeld with orgasm noises.
In short: jolly good movie, does not overstay its welcome, includes Christopher Plummer literally twirling in a chair and quoting Shakespeare. And you could create a drinking game called Spot The Redressed TNG Set, which would be kind of fun, only also weird.
AND NOW I am still having stomach pains from BREAKFAST, so I'm off to bed to rub my belly and feel slightly sorry for myself.
