Do they still have sandwiches there?

[sovay]

Man. You adapt one gesture from the Kohanim and the next thing you know, six billion of your people are dead and the rest in galactic diaspora. But why did you have to pick on us?

. . . by which you may understand that I just got back from Star Trek (2009) and I have an extraordinarily bad heachache, so this is not going to be a review. On the whole, my reaction is positive. Simon Pegg as Scotty: awesome. John Cho as Sulu: very awesome. Anton Yelchin as Chekov: adorable. It is quite likely I prefer Chris Pine to William Shatner. I do not prefer Zachary Quinto to Leonard Nimoy, but I did not expect to. And I really do not prefer Karl Urban to DeForest Kelley, which is unfortunate—McCoy is traditionally my favorite of the three principals, as problematic as he is, but there were places in this film he actively annoyed me. I would have liked more for Zoe Saldaña to do, because xenolinguistics: awesome. I have a wholly unwarranted fondness for Bruce Greenwood based on I'm Not There and having seen Chariots of Fire last summer, I am pleased to find Ben Cross still working; I can't explain anything to do with Spock's mother, at all. Any further discussion should probably go in the comments, if there's anyone left who hasn't talked the movie out weeks ago. It did make me want to rewatch the original series.

I wish the Omni theater at the Museum of Science still had Leonard Nimoy's voice.

Comments

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

I need to get to this film.

I'm glad that your reaction's positive. I'm very sorry that you've a headache, and I hope you're feeling much better very soon.

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

Still have not seen.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

The Omni theater doesn't have his voice anymore?

Why do things like that have to change? It should always have his voice.

You prefer Chris Pine to William Shatner, eh? I... did not have that reaction!

I love Leonard Nemoy, especially old Leonard Nemoy. He's stored in the same space in my brain as Carl Sagan, Leonard Cohen, and Lloyd Alexander (Old Wise Guys who think/thought about Life, the Universe, and Everything). So, I loved his presence in the movie.

[clarionj.livejournal.com]

I feel like the only person who hasn't seen it. And I know I won't be making it to the theater ( will it work in the smaller house setting, rather than big screen? I hope so).

[thistleingrey.livejournal.com]

the next thing you know, six billion of your people are dead and the rest in galactic diaspora.

I think this is an underdiscussed aspect of the film: just as Sulu slowly became Japanese American rather than random-Asian American, it's very much the case that Jews have tended to portray Vulcans across several decades. And then, um, byeeee! which is weird in light of historical resonances--I mean the cultural importance of maintaining one's own history, perhaps more than from-desert-to-diaspora, since diaspora has been/become one defining aspect of other culture-clusters as well.

I fear I'm making no sense, right after waking up. :( Off to the farmers' market. I hope your headache has subsided!

[strange-selkie.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you saw the film. *hugs* And now I collapse, because the Javits center ate my feet.