Gene Roddenberry always wanted to do a movie involving time travel. The producers all said, "Uh, Gene? Laurels? Go rest on them, OK? Let us worry about the movies."
Simon: The decision saved your life. Zoe: Won't happen again, sir. Mal: Good. And thanks. I'm grateful. Zoe: It was my pleasure, sir.
'Out Of Gas'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
Connie Neil - May 08, 2009 7:46:34 am PDT #1146 of 30000
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tommyrot - May 08, 2009 7:46:37 am PDT #1147 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
She was there for the bombings and the military action.
Me too. I was pissed that when the Arizona blew up, it looked nothing like the film footage of the actual event. (In reality, there was a shitload of smoke spewing straight up as well as forward.)
Plus the dialog? An endless series of clichés....
Connie Neil - May 08, 2009 7:49:56 am PDT #1148 of 30000
brillig
That's the problem with so many modern military/war movies, the producers think they have to shoehorn some lame love story into it for the women in the audience, and it just turns into the woman bleating "But what about me? Why aren't I as important to you as the fate of the free world and your buddies who might get killed in the next 24 hours? I'm a selfish bimbo with no concept of a bigger world! Waaah!"
(Lord, I'm in a bitchy mood today. And I can't even blame PMS. Perhaps I am just a bitch and I should claim it proudly instead of hiding behind the hormones)
sarameg - May 08, 2009 7:52:19 am PDT #1149 of 30000
OMG I HAD BLOCKED THAT MOVIE FROM MY BRAIN!
I'm sorry I reminded you!
Kathy A - May 08, 2009 7:52:35 am PDT #1150 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
McCoy and Scotty are definitely older than Spock and Kirk. I liked how McCoy explains his enlisting in Star Fleet--I won't spoil it, but it's fun! (Also, it explains how he gets his nickname.)
Sue - May 08, 2009 7:54:57 am PDT #1151 of 30000
hip deep in pie
I'm sorry I reminded you!
It's okay. Last week, I was a video store and I turned a corner to come face to face with a video of Teorama, a strange Italian movie I was forced to watch in film class. I actually let out a little scream.
le nubian - May 08, 2009 7:58:00 am PDT #1152 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
A reaction to Kathy's white font with a MAJOR FUCKING SPOILER, and represents the only thing I didn't like in terms of a plot point:
they nuked Vulcan. VULCAN. wtf? Spock's always gets screwed over in Star Trek. Always.
Jessica - May 08, 2009 7:58:32 am PDT #1153 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm pretty sure in calendar years, Spock is older than all of them, since he's a prof while the rest of them are all students.
[eta: Well, except for Scotty, but I'm still pretty sure Spock is the oldest one on board.]
Connie Neil - May 08, 2009 8:20:59 am PDT #1154 of 30000
brillig
In (original) canon, Spock served on the Enterprise before Kirk, with Captain Christopher Pike. Is this out the window?
It's better to get my complaining out of the way, because Hubby wants to see this, and he'll be happier if I'm not grousing the whole time.
Kathy A - May 08, 2009 8:23:10 am PDT #1155 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
They don't really address that, although it's possible, since Spock and Pike are familiar with each other in the scenes we see them in together.