Every nightmare I have that doesn't revolve around academic failure or public nudity is about that thing. In fact, once I dreamt that it attacked me while I was late for a test and naked.

Willow ,'The Killer In Me'


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Jessica - May 14, 2009 10:29:17 am PDT #1331 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I did get taken out of the movie a couple of times by the very Abrahms-esque

Yeah, but he made up for it by having that character be Leonard Nimoy. You really can't ask for a better Expositor than Future!Spock.


Sean K - May 14, 2009 10:32:50 am PDT #1332 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

There was one other time he did it earlier in the movie, but I've already forgotten the specifics about it, so clearly it was a minor thing for me.

And both instances were blessedly short. JJ kept his expo tight and concise, so we didn't have to spend a lot of time on the matter. Very "KEY BULLET POINTS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED, NOW BACK TO THE FUN!"


Sean K - May 14, 2009 10:42:43 am PDT #1333 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Also, JJ cleary understood that the phlebotenum is irrelevant. In that respect, he was probably the single best choice for reviving the franchise.

Looking back, it frequently seemed that Berman and Braga thought phelbotenum was the only thing that was important.


DavidS - May 14, 2009 10:45:05 am PDT #1334 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Why use a word like "phlebotenum" when Star Trek has its own, native version: "reversing the tachyon field."

It fixes everything! Hell, it could fix Tino's existence.


Frankenbuddha - May 14, 2009 10:48:38 am PDT #1335 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

It fixes everything! Hell, it could fix Tino's existence.

I think Tino is like Q. You can never really be rid of him.


Tom Scola - May 14, 2009 10:49:50 am PDT #1336 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Snapshots from early Trek conventions [warning: sound]. At the time, they were mostly attended by women.


megan walker - May 14, 2009 10:53:01 am PDT #1337 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Q from Bond, or Star Trek?


Frankenbuddha - May 14, 2009 10:54:03 am PDT #1338 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Q from Bond, or Star Trek?

Q from Trek.


Steph L. - May 14, 2009 11:02:38 am PDT #1339 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Q from Bond, or Star Trek?

::love::


Sean K - May 14, 2009 11:03:53 am PDT #1340 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Why use a word like "phlebotenum" when Star Trek has its own, native version: "reversing the tachyon field."

That's exactly it though! I'd have to watch it again to double check, but I'm pretty sure that there was not a single instance of "change the channel" or "turn up the gain" in that movie. I guess there was once or twice that all power was diverted to the forward shields or something, which kind of counts as changing channels and turning up the volume, but I can ignore that since it's not overcoming a plot point - it's blocking a punch.

For that and that alone, I could marry JJ and have his children.