Star Trekkin'!

[hsavinien]

I went to the new Star Trek film yesterday and it was good!  Everyone should go see it, whether a previous fan or not.

Storyline was reasonable.  For Star Trek.  ^_^  It was even a semi-logical ret-con.  The opening was amazing and made me and my friend both sniffle and go teary over the sheer heroism.
Kirk was all right; still not going on my list of favorites any time soon, but not terribly annoying.  Mini-Spock was adorable, though I could see years of psychiatric treatment coming out of his childhood if Vulcans went into that sort of thing.  (Mini-Kirk was a twerp.)  Seeing Spock shoot down the high muckamucks at the Science Academy was very satisfying.  Hm...McCoy was generally yay and his grand scheme for getting Kirk aboard the Enterprise was hilarious.  I had forgotten that Sulu fenced...  Chekhov!  So cute!  All curls and accent and cleverness!  Definitely my favorite.  Oooh, Scotty, I hadn't known that Nicholas Angel, sorry, Simon Pegg was playing him.  It was awesome.  ^_^
Story was pretty strong and had some really cool bits.  It was awesome to see Mr. Nimoy.

Comments

[hsavinien.livejournal.com]

It was amazing... I'm a big British navy lit buff (Napoleanic wars=awesome) and it reminded me so much of a scene from that era.

I don't know that it's cool exactly, but perhaps a little more mainstream? Star Trek was one of the first things my brothers and I were ever allowed to watch on tv.

[erincalenear.livejournal.com]

Did you know Captain Picard is based on Horatio Hornblower? No joke. So not only is he Patrick Stewart, a Shakespearian actor, he's Hornblower as well! What more is there to want?

[hsavinien.livejournal.com]

I've got to say (having finished the series), Picard's a whole lot less screwed up in the head than Hornblower... I like my Aubrey-Maturin books a lot better.