Another Fan for the STAR TREK reboot
Posted by Dianne Brooks on Tuesday, May 12, 2009
I'm a fan, not to be confused with a Trekkie. I don't dress up and have never gone to a convention. I have never read nor published any zines or Star Trek inspired novels. I did however watch the original TV series in syndication and was crazy about TNG. I believe I have seen all of the feature film Star Treks. I don't know exactly where that puts me but I know I didn't have any concerns about them violating any sacred rules...I'm much more worried (as you know if you read the last post) about what's going to happen in the american version of ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS.
Unfortunately, because I can't get Paramount to invite me to any advance screenings (Benjamin Button being the lone exception) I missed out on actually reviewing the film here as it's my policy to blog about but not review films I'm not invited to. Once I heard the reviews come in I ran right out to the IMAX theater up the street and caught it. Sadly there were no crowds of trekkies, perhaps it was the steep ticket price but the film was wonderful nonetheless.
Abrams and co. rustled up the requisite nostalgia for the original series, hewing to certain aesthetic and thematic details that made me go all soft: the uniforms, the Vulcan mind-meld and that thing Spock does to knock you out, as just 2 examples. The plot was intellectually challenging in a science nerd way but not so confusing that an ordinary non-scientist couldn't follow and enjoy. In fact at the bad astronomy blog, the professionals applaud the film even though it has several misses in terms of accuracy.
And I can't say enough about the new Spock! I have always been drawn to those brain characters, I loved the original Spock (Leonard Nimoy) much more than Kirk, and Data was second only behind Capt. Jean Luc Picard who was the perfect combination of brains and brawn in the hands of Patrick Stuart. Zack Quinto is spot on here without doing any sort of an impersonation - nerd with emotion in a very attractive package, what every girl really wants, at least smart girls. Chris Pine's Kirk is refreshingly so unlike William Shattner that I can stop ignoring him completely the way I used to do on the original show (I have been loving Shattner on BOSTON LEGAL though.) And to think Uhura has more to do including some little bit of romantic entanglement.
My only real complaints would be and this is a big one, please get rid of TYLER PERRY, what's he doing in this movie anyway and replace that hole with more SIMON PEGG who is actually funny and who can actually act AND write!
It's making a mint, it doesn't need any more fans but I'm here to say go see it, you'll love it.
Unfortunately, because I can't get Paramount to invite me to any advance screenings (Benjamin Button being the lone exception) I missed out on actually reviewing the film here as it's my policy to blog about but not review films I'm not invited to. Once I heard the reviews come in I ran right out to the IMAX theater up the street and caught it. Sadly there were no crowds of trekkies, perhaps it was the steep ticket price but the film was wonderful nonetheless.
Abrams and co. rustled up the requisite nostalgia for the original series, hewing to certain aesthetic and thematic details that made me go all soft: the uniforms, the Vulcan mind-meld and that thing Spock does to knock you out, as just 2 examples. The plot was intellectually challenging in a science nerd way but not so confusing that an ordinary non-scientist couldn't follow and enjoy. In fact at the bad astronomy blog, the professionals applaud the film even though it has several misses in terms of accuracy.
And I can't say enough about the new Spock! I have always been drawn to those brain characters, I loved the original Spock (Leonard Nimoy) much more than Kirk, and Data was second only behind Capt. Jean Luc Picard who was the perfect combination of brains and brawn in the hands of Patrick Stuart. Zack Quinto is spot on here without doing any sort of an impersonation - nerd with emotion in a very attractive package, what every girl really wants, at least smart girls. Chris Pine's Kirk is refreshingly so unlike William Shattner that I can stop ignoring him completely the way I used to do on the original show (I have been loving Shattner on BOSTON LEGAL though.) And to think Uhura has more to do including some little bit of romantic entanglement.
My only real complaints would be and this is a big one, please get rid of TYLER PERRY, what's he doing in this movie anyway and replace that hole with more SIMON PEGG who is actually funny and who can actually act AND write!
It's making a mint, it doesn't need any more fans but I'm here to say go see it, you'll love it.
Tags: "star trek" "zacharay quinto" "chris pine" "jjabrams"
