No. Keep enjoying the version in your head.
For the love of all that's holy, this.
Zoe: Uh huh. River, honey? He's putting the hair away now. River: It'll still be there... waiting.
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Cashmere - Dec 07, 2009 11:54:48 pm PST #5423 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Frankenbuddha - Dec 08, 2009 3:15:26 am PST #5424 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
For the love of all that's holy, this.
And if you haven't seen it yet, see The Amazing Screw-On Head.
§ ita § - Dec 08, 2009 4:43:00 am PST #5425 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You don't like Kirk?
Kirk never met an alien species whose government he didn't want to subvert. That's who he was rebelling against. His unofficial mission was to convert everyone to humanity, even if their way was working well enough for them--if it didn't make sense to Kirk, out the window it went, and in came his way.
tommyrot - Dec 08, 2009 4:45:14 am PST #5426 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.
How does Picard compare to Kirk in this? He's about as bad, right?
It used to bug me that it seemed like the Klingon High Council couldn't wipe their bums without Picard helping....
§ ita § - Dec 08, 2009 4:49:20 am PST #5427 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think the Federation was more effete by Picard's time. They may have stated the Prime Directive in TOS, but it was laughably ignored. At least when Picard was messing around it was with peer societies.
tommyrot - Dec 08, 2009 4:51:45 am PST #5428 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.
At least when Picard was messing around it was with peer societies.
Oh, good point.
Jessica - Dec 08, 2009 4:56:52 am PST #5429 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Wait. This kind of means I want League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, but without it being really bad.
The new Holmes actually satisfies this desire more than I was expecting. There's a lot of the same blurry-line-between-magic-and-technology kind of thing going on.
And there's one scene especially that, well, if Alan Moore wasn't a hermit he'd probably be suing them for royalties. It's pretty blatant. (From a different book, but still.)
And if you haven't seen it yet, see The Amazing Screw-On Head.
YES YES YES YES YES. In fact, everyone do this anyway.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 08, 2009 5:47:36 am PST #5430 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
(Wait. This kind of means I want League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, but without it being really bad. Should I eventually watch that movie and get it over with?)
If you do, fast forward through every scene that doesn't involve Peta Wilson and Stuart Townsend interacting.
Strega - Dec 08, 2009 7:00:31 am PST #5431 of 30000
Kirk never met an alien species whose government he didn't want to subvert. That's who he was rebelling against. His unofficial mission was to convert everyone to humanity, even if their way was working well enough for them--if it didn't make sense to Kirk, out the window it went, and in came his way.
I don't think I can expand my definition of "rebel" quite that far. Imperialistic and paternal and many other things worthy of critique, sure, but if that's rebellious then Lord Nelson was king of the pirates.
-t - Dec 08, 2009 7:04:28 am PST #5432 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
with these, the serial number is the only thing left.
I'll have to remember that. I feel that way about an awful lot of adaptations - why do they bother to call it the thing they are adapting if all that is left of the resemblance is the title? But I am not getting that irritation from the Ritchie Holmes and I don't know why. Perhaps because there have been so many pastiches and adaptations and homages already? Personal peculiarity on my part, most likely, and fondness for RDJ.