As you can see, I was pretty pumped. (Though it was Erik, pictured above, who gasped and grabbed my hand when Leonard Nimoy appeared onscreen.) My only regret is that I didn't even think to wear my Terran Empire shirt, for total geek effect.
I decided today, after reading Lileks' review of the movie, that I want to see it at least once more before writing a post about it here. Besides, there are still plenty of people who haven't had a chance to check it out yet, and I certainly don't want to spoil it for anyone.
I'm not usually a big Lileks fan, but I think that may be one of the best reviews of the movie I've seen so far. Hopefully you can top him!
Posted by: Chris O. | May 12, 2009 at 02:19 PM
Not only that, but you didn't use the occasion to break out the Klingon tattoo! If there is/was/will ever be a better time to flaunt it, I don't know when that might be. I got Katie's hopes up for nothing.
Posted by: Leif Pettersen | May 12, 2009 at 02:57 PM
Not a fan!!!!
Posted by: sarah Bangmaster | May 14, 2009 at 09:43 AM
I tend to agree with those who speculated that Star Trek was in mid-rewrite when a writer's strike interfered with them finishing it. A lot of lines and scenes seem to reference events which were cut from the first draft.
Also, the first half or so of the movie is BANG-ZOWIE, story-wise, while the second half relies on a ton of extremely unlikely and unexplained coincidences. (Good question, Spock! How DID he find you?)
But none of the plot holes mattered, because the director & cast totally saved the movie. They obviously understood what the movie was *really* about: the relationships between the characters.
Posted by: Tara | May 15, 2009 at 08:18 AM