I liked the film, except that I was a bit disgruntled they aged everybody down by about a decade. And Hugh Dancy's character was supposed to have been an average-looking guy in his early 40's, not a curly-mopped, merry-eyed crumpet with a biker's body (which... OK, I didn't mind as much because Dancy was ADORABLE. It didn't hurt that the first words out of his mouth was "... are you here for the Buffy convention?")
Also, you can tell it's not gonna have a happy ending when the main guy's all bumpy.
Tara ,'First Date'
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Vonnie K - Apr 29, 2009 5:08:01 am PDT #939 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Fred Pete - Apr 29, 2009 6:29:09 am PDT #940 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
"... are you here for the Buffy convention?"
I'd forgotten that bit. Which shouldn't have been forgotten, if only because of the "invisible" vampires.
Kathy A - Apr 30, 2009 10:29:13 am PDT #941 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I'll post this here, since the exhibit is mostly movie-based: Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry has the world premiere of the new Harry Potter traveling exhibit opening now, running through September!
The article is written by a complete fangirl, and she makes it sound very cool. Although I don't know if it's $18 cool (cost of the exhibit), but the exhibit's gift shop sounds like it might be worth it--it's designed like Diagon Alley.
Laga - Apr 30, 2009 2:43:48 pm PDT #942 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 30, 2009 6:46:21 pm PDT #943 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The Ferris Beuller Fight Club Theory
This would only work if Cameron was the narrator. Since it's Beuller talking to through the fourth wall, not so much. Plus, I hate FBDO with the fiery heat of a thousand suns, so I'm EXTREMELY disinclined to give any coolness points in it's favor.
erikaj - Apr 30, 2009 8:08:18 pm PDT #944 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Really? I like it a lot, though I saw it about four years after everybody told me it ruled. Maybe I passed out in the Baskin Robbins.
Jessica - May 01, 2009 2:43:27 am PDT #945 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Star Trek Star Trek Star Trek Star Trek! Eeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!
(Um, yeah, I liked it a lot. No idea what purists will think, but as a casual fan I thought it COMPLETELY ROCKED.)
Frankenbuddha - May 01, 2009 3:47:17 am PDT #946 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Excellent news, Jess! Not a purist (though I know WAY too much geekery from it), so I'm totally psyched. They kinda had me at the previews, though.
Frankenbuddha - May 01, 2009 3:50:50 am PDT #947 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Really? I like it a lot, though I saw it about four years after everybody told me it ruled. Maybe I passed out in the Baskin Robbins.
It's a movie about a smug, popular, deliberate underachiever who gets away with everything. Yeah, I hate it. Hits some big hot-button issues from high school.
Jessica - May 01, 2009 4:17:00 am PDT #948 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I really had no IDEA how smoking hot Zachary Quinto was until this movie. (Sure, Sylar's attractive in a villainous kind of way, but...WOAH. Spock. Hawt.)
The rest of the cast is good too. Simon Pegg as Scotty is fantastic, as is Karl Urban as Bones.
I have to hand it to JJ for coming up with a really slick way to solve the issue of pre-existing canon. The "problem...SOLVED!" hand gesture I imagine him doing just offscreen doesn't play well over the interwebs, but it was very cleverly done.
The only possible weak point is that Eric Bana is completely wasted as the bad guy. He's not a villain, he's a backboard. It's an origin story, and so the "real" antagonist is Kirk's own immaturity which he has to overcome in order to get the rest of the crew to trust him blah blah originstorycakes, and JJ quite rightly treats that as the core of the story, and who they're fighting and why is mostly secondary. Still, why cast Eric Bana if you're not going to give him a personality or a storyline?