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.
He doesn't travel well. He's like fine shrimp.
Anya ,'Touched'
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Kathy A - May 08, 2009 2:31:58 pm PDT #1210 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Juliebird - May 08, 2009 2:34:20 pm PDT #1211 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
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.
Kathy A - May 08, 2009 2:37:43 pm PDT #1212 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Speaking of audio cues, I loved it when Pike broke up the bar fight by whistling the "this is the captain speaking" pipe notes.
Ailleann - May 08, 2009 4:20:11 pm PDT #1213 of 30000
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
HOLY CRAP STAR TREK.
That's all I got right now.
tommyrot - May 08, 2009 5:20:08 pm PDT #1214 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.
Trek was fun. Also silly at times, but mostly just lots of fun.
tommyrot - May 08, 2009 5:25:58 pm PDT #1215 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.
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.
dcp - May 08, 2009 5:56:59 pm PDT #1216 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
I was thinking it was one of those...
Whitefont: Boatswain's call
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.
tommyrot - May 08, 2009 6:04:13 pm PDT #1217 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.
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.
P.M. Marc - May 08, 2009 7:48:23 pm PDT #1218 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
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.
Kathy A - May 08, 2009 9:25:23 pm PDT #1219 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Yay on positive Trek experiences!
In classic films, I finally got around to cleaning out my DVR tonight, and watched Stage Door that I recorded a few weeks back when it was on TCM. Damn, that's a good movie!! I didn't even recognize Lucille Ball and wouldn't have pinged that a very young Ann Miller is in it if I didn't know ahead of time. And Eve Arden already had all her Eve Arden snark in gear in this, her second film. And both Kate Hepburn and Ginger Rogers are simply wonderful, as is Adolph Menjou as the sleazy producer.
Oh, and as cliched as the big tragic finale was, I was crying. I am a sap for dashed dreams, I guess.