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Trek: good fun! Left the theatre smiling.
But after watching Jack and Sawyer take ginormous beatings on Lost and have no concussions and then to watch this, I'm annoyed with Abrams. It just makes the next beat-down less worrisome. I know this isn't just a J.J. Abrams quirk, but they were mere days apart for me, so it stood out.
Interesting--Slate's review of Star Trek, while not overly spoilery, does have a link to an audio discussion of the film that is spoilery and titled as such. At the end of the audio, one of the reviewers points out the debt that Abrams owes to Joss Whedon and Serenity, and states that the Firefly-verse might end up being significantly influential in future SF films.
Starship Troopers
I had a mad Star Wars vibe throughout. Complete with the ice planet of Hoth.
Even the pyoo pyoo pyoo sounded more like SW than ST.
Speaking of audio cues, I loved it when Pike broke up the bar fight by whistling the "this is the captain speaking" pipe notes.
HOLY CRAP STAR TREK.
That's all I got right now.
Trek was fun. Also silly at times, but mostly just lots of fun.
Speaking of audio cues
I was thinking it was one of those whistle-things they use in the Navy (and some Trek movies and ST:TNG) to pipe people aboard the ship, etc.
I was thinking it was one of those...
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Star Trek was okay. Many nits to pick, a few smiles, but no laugh out loud or Yay! moments.
I can't decide if including Clifford the Big Red Ball was meant as a joke or not.
What was annoying was the time or two I laughed loudly, and no one else in the crowded theater did. There were more times when I was the first to laugh, by myself, followed by everyone else a second or two later.
I am still buzzed from my Thursday morning Star Trek viewing.
It's just so very... TREK!!! TREK!!!!!!!!
Seriously, the last thing that got me this excited about the way they NAILED a hard to describe emotional tone was that episode of Psych set at the racetrack that totally nailed the Trackmosphere.
TREK.
I feel about the movie how I felt about the series back when I was a Trek-struck kid. And I was a Trek Struck Kid, believe me. It's like... remember how GOOD some things tasted as a kid, and now they taste like ass, but you keep eating them because you want to experience that taste again, but then you find something that tastes JUST LIKE IT SHOULD, and you want to just eat it until you can eat no more? That's how I feel about this movie. I want to see it again. NOW.
And, wow, Bones is awesome. And they need MOAR SULU. And HELLO, unexpected but perfect pairing actions.
Some minor quibbles, but mostly pink sparkle hearts. Hell the fuck yeah.