FWIW... I've never been a HUGE Trek fan. Enjoyed the various series and movies, but not religious about them. This movie was much the same.... was a lot of fun, and the breaks in canon from the original series didn't bother me at all. I don't chime in much on the mailing list (though I enjoy reading it) but had to throw in my thoughts on this one. Building an alternate reality for what is already an alternate reality? That kind of works for me in an odd sort of way.
Also, I like mini-skirts. But that's a whole 'nother topic. On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > > > Most fans and non-fans agree with you... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "B. Smith" <daikaij...@yahoo.com> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 10:29:02 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: "Star Trek" Second Viewing Quick Thoughts > > > > I like that the new movie is an alternate history Trek. I love continuity > but in my older, mellower years I have become less hung up about it. I like > that the new continuity gives them leeway to do some different things and > take some chances the other films and series couldn't do. > > The destruction of Vulcan and the death of Spock's mother were actually the > strongest parts of the film for me. This definitely made the movie its own > thing and made Spock even more special in some ways. > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com <scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com>, Keith > Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> wrote: > > > > Ha-ha! Right on! Well said! > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "ravenadal" <ravena...@...> > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com <scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 12:42:39 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > > Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: "Star Trek" Second Viewing Quick Thoughts > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hey, Keith, I am not looking for a mea culpa. You feel how you feel. > (which is why, when people ask me how I feel, I say, "With my hnads.") > > > > ~rave! > > > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com <scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> , Keith > Johnson <KeithBJohnson@> wrote: > > > > > > Tracey, Bosco, Rave, Daryle, Mr. Worf. Martin. > > > > > > I went to see "Star Trek" again today. (Like I said guys: I really > liked the flick the first time around, so don't be surprised). I plan to > drop a second review, one that's not "professional", just hopefully cogent > expressions of my purely emotional reaction to the flick. Until then, let me > say this quickly: > > > > > > I enjoyed the film even more the second time around. It looks > great--even with irritating touches like that "Star Wars" interiour for the > Enterprise, and the crazy pipes and water tanks in Engineering. Abrams has > an ability to make a film look more like real life than many directors. > Indeed, the movie has the best overall look of any Trek film with the > possible exception of "First Contact". The sound is off the hook. The warp > effect, for example--though another annoying "Star Wars" touch--literally > booms across the theatre. The characters are all enjoyable, and I'm > comfortable with all of them taking the franchise forward. It's a funny > flick at times--a bit too much for my tastes--but no major complaints. > Fast-paced action from beginning to end. > > > > > > I was enjoying it immensely until....until...until....Spock does > something completely unsupportable and throws Kirk off the ship, making me > leave the world with a start...until Vulcan is unnecessarily destroyed, > throwing the future history into tatters...until Kirk and Scotty beam back > to the ship and Kirk goads Spock into losing his mind and trying to murder > him in front of the whole bridge, making me feel as if I'm being hit over > the head with a character portrayal...until Spock feels up Uhura before his > away mission...until Kirk is given the ship only three years after > enlisting...until I realized the new timeline is permanent. > > > > > > In short, it's a really fun, great-looking, action-filled movie that > still puzzles me for the changes made to timeline and Kirk and Spock's > characters. I understand what Tracey says about Abrams simultaneously > thumbing his nose at fans and trying to simplify the task of working with a > forty-year history. But as good as the movie was, I still found the changes > hitting me like speed bumps on an otherwise smooth road. I left again really > having had a great time, but with that nagging feeling of "It didn't have to > be done this way" refusing to leave my head. Left very pleased at the > experience, but very disappointed, sad, and wistful at how it had to be that > of another reality. > > > > > > More later.... > > > > > > > >
