Regarding ST:TOS episode lengths - when we were kids, my brother and I would record Trek onto audio cassettes. Then we'd record our own bits of dialog to go along with the episode. (I've forgotten most of what we did, but at one point we had Nurse Chapel bring Spock some "Vulcan diarrhea soup", so that should give you some idea to the level of humor we employed.)

Anyway, we used 90 minute tapes, and one episode was just a little too long to fit on one 45 minute side of a tape.

I kinda wish we still had those tapes....

Bana had some killer lines in there that seemed so freaking iconic, like "I should have killed you when I had the chance!" and "Fire everything!!!

and then there were his hilarious modernly casual "Hi Christopher, I'm Nero."

Saw ST2009 again yesterday, and I definitely saw some female officers in pants. Not many, though.

What stuck in my mind this time is Earth geography. Because if Starfleet is supposed to be HQ'ed in the Presidio, how the fuck can they see the TransAmerica pyramid and still be so close to the water? What, did the Big One leave the coastline and kill the two giant honking hills in between the Presidio and the Pyramid?

(I don't think anything in the above is spoilery, but feel free to tell me to whitefont if you do.)

I definitely saw some female officers in pants. Not many, though.

Someone on LJ noted that the female officers on the Kelvin wore pants, but not the rest. Does that jibe with what you saw?

Finally saw Trek tonight, and OMG LOVED! None of the nits picked here bothered me, but I don't remember Romulans having those face tattoos. Am I just spacing on that, or were they new?

sj, they're new. I think they needed a way to play dress-up while they were spending 25 years hanging around waiting for wormholes to open.

Thanks, amych. I didn't even realize that they were supposed to be Romulans until they said it.

One more Trek question: How was Pike injured in TOS? It has been ages since I saw that episode, and it struck me that Pike was older than he should have been.

if Starfleet is supposed to be HQ'ed in the Presidio, how the fuck can they see the TransAmerica pyramid and still be so close to the water?

Pretty much any movie you watch that's set somewhere you're familiar with the geography you're going to find something that doesn't make any sense.

In When Harry Met Sally they drive the wrong way on Lake Shore Drive to get to New York from the University of Chicago.

In Wayne's World there's palm trees and mountains in Aurora Illinois.

In Titanic there's pacific white sided dolphins in the north atlantic.

amych, they're explained in the tie-in comics. The markings are normally a temporary symbol of grief, and Nero and his men tattooed them on since they didn't intend to let go of their grief.

I saw Terminator Salvation tonight! It's a pretty awesome depiction of the War Against the Machines.