Star Trek, Again
May. 10th, 2009 12:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annundrielIf it wasn't clear I was a really big dork before this post, I think it'll be pretty clear after. At least to anyone clicking behind the cut.
I can hardly deal with how very much I loved this movie. Going into it, I wasn't overly excited. I wanted to see it and knew I was going to and that was it. But as soon as it started I was hit with WANT and OMG NOW and PLEASE GOD DON'T LET THIS SUCK and flaily excitement because, dude, it was Star Trek and it was there on the screen. My excitement had a lot to do with the franchise and the characters and less to do with this particular movie itself.
By which I mean that the advertising campaign for the movie left me pretty cold. The teaser trailer was awesome, with the Enterprise being built and Leonard Nimoy's voiceover. But the trailer that came after that? It was like everyone on the internet was flailing but me. I felt a little left out. Then there was a new preview before Watchmen and I was back to squealing and excitement. Only to find all of the TV spots taking me back to that second experience of "meh." Which was when I realized that the movie itself excited me, but only because I already loved the concept and characters.
I wonder if that makes sense now that I've typed it out. Basically, I was excited about it as long as I wasn't seeing commercials or previews for it. Awkward.
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sdrohc_ratiug and I decided to go to dinner tonight instead of staying in. And then we decided to go see what was playing and how busy it was at the theater instead of going home. Clearly we made the right choices because - and this will make me sound like a giant, pathetic, sappy dork - I could cry I'm so happy with this movie.
Now, I'm not really one to judge as I'm not that big of a fan of the original series, though I love Spock and Bones and Scotty and I do love the movies. (Some of my earliest "grown-up movie" theater experiences are Star Trek movies.) Kirk is just not my favorite captain ever. (Picard, I'm looking at you.) But this worked for me on so many levels for so many reasons.
My main question about the movie is this: if paths were changed and lives were different, does that mean that this movie - and any that follow - take place in an alternate universe? They did say something about alternate universes at some point. Which I can get behind. And is convenient. They can stay in the Trek realm with familiar characters and any deviations can be explained away as, "Oh, that was just in the original universe."
Anyway. Things:
- Every frame of this movie is gorgeous and interesting. I really loved the bits in Iowa where you could see these giant things looming in the distance.
- I knew I was going to love Spock. 1) I already did and 2) Zachary Quinto just fit the part. I was not prepared for how much I loved Kirk and Chris Pine as Kirk. Like I said, not the biggest Kirk fan. But Kirk was funny and smart and cocky and got beat up every five minutes and hanging off the edge of things. I basically loved every single character. All of them. Bones, Sulu, Chekov, Uhura, Scotty.
- I got Kirk/Spock before. I really get Kirk/Spock now.
- One of my favorite things was when they all got back on Enterprise from Nero's ship and Kirk and Spock were suddenly just in sync, side by side. And they confront Nero and Kirk offers help and tells Spock he's using logic and he thought Spock would like that and Spock is all, "Not this time, no" and they are completely on the same page and it is beautiful.
I love origin stories. Where you take a couple of characters whose futures you already know and learn their background. I get so excited to see Kirk and Spock hate each other while I know that they are going to be, for lack of a less pre-teen phrase, best friends. Because you know that they'll soon begin discovering all of these things about each other that are frustrating and fascinating and one day they won't just be two guys who work together and have a healthy respect for one another. One day they'll be so much more. They're on the cusp of greatness and I love that.
- HI PAUL McGILLION.
- I teared up repeatedly. The beginning! Spock! Spock's dad and mom and feelings! Leonard Nimoy! The Enterprise! (Confession: Sometimes I get teary during the opening credits of Voyager. Because I love the music and because, no matter how amazing that experience would be, it's not real. It's like...wanting to be an astronaut but only if you get to be on a ship with transporters and food replicators and a holodeck. Oh, man, I am such a DORK.)
- Old Spock and Young Spock and the whole lying/implying thing. Eeee! Spock is sneaky. Also his customary farewell being a bit self-serving. Haha.
- Live long and prosper!
- The music. I really enjoyed the music.
- Kirk and Spock and the whole crew at the end and then the voiceover. ♥
There are other things. So many other things. I could basically just say, hey, if it was there I probably loved it. Because this movie just makes me downright giddy.
I want to watch it again. Like, now. With my parents. Mom has a history with Star Trek and she needs to be there.
I can hardly deal with how very much I loved this movie. Going into it, I wasn't overly excited. I wanted to see it and knew I was going to and that was it. But as soon as it started I was hit with WANT and OMG NOW and PLEASE GOD DON'T LET THIS SUCK and flaily excitement because, dude, it was Star Trek and it was there on the screen. My excitement had a lot to do with the franchise and the characters and less to do with this particular movie itself.
By which I mean that the advertising campaign for the movie left me pretty cold. The teaser trailer was awesome, with the Enterprise being built and Leonard Nimoy's voiceover. But the trailer that came after that? It was like everyone on the internet was flailing but me. I felt a little left out. Then there was a new preview before Watchmen and I was back to squealing and excitement. Only to find all of the TV spots taking me back to that second experience of "meh." Which was when I realized that the movie itself excited me, but only because I already loved the concept and characters.
I wonder if that makes sense now that I've typed it out. Basically, I was excited about it as long as I wasn't seeing commercials or previews for it. Awkward.
And then
sdrohc_ratiug and I decided to go to dinner tonight instead of staying in. And then we decided to go see what was playing and how busy it was at the theater instead of going home. Clearly we made the right choices because - and this will make me sound like a giant, pathetic, sappy dork - I could cry I'm so happy with this movie.Now, I'm not really one to judge as I'm not that big of a fan of the original series, though I love Spock and Bones and Scotty and I do love the movies. (Some of my earliest "grown-up movie" theater experiences are Star Trek movies.) Kirk is just not my favorite captain ever. (Picard, I'm looking at you.) But this worked for me on so many levels for so many reasons.
My main question about the movie is this: if paths were changed and lives were different, does that mean that this movie - and any that follow - take place in an alternate universe? They did say something about alternate universes at some point. Which I can get behind. And is convenient. They can stay in the Trek realm with familiar characters and any deviations can be explained away as, "Oh, that was just in the original universe."
Anyway. Things:
- Every frame of this movie is gorgeous and interesting. I really loved the bits in Iowa where you could see these giant things looming in the distance.
- I knew I was going to love Spock. 1) I already did and 2) Zachary Quinto just fit the part. I was not prepared for how much I loved Kirk and Chris Pine as Kirk. Like I said, not the biggest Kirk fan. But Kirk was funny and smart and cocky and got beat up every five minutes and hanging off the edge of things. I basically loved every single character. All of them. Bones, Sulu, Chekov, Uhura, Scotty.
- I got Kirk/Spock before. I really get Kirk/Spock now.
- One of my favorite things was when they all got back on Enterprise from Nero's ship and Kirk and Spock were suddenly just in sync, side by side. And they confront Nero and Kirk offers help and tells Spock he's using logic and he thought Spock would like that and Spock is all, "Not this time, no" and they are completely on the same page and it is beautiful.
I love origin stories. Where you take a couple of characters whose futures you already know and learn their background. I get so excited to see Kirk and Spock hate each other while I know that they are going to be, for lack of a less pre-teen phrase, best friends. Because you know that they'll soon begin discovering all of these things about each other that are frustrating and fascinating and one day they won't just be two guys who work together and have a healthy respect for one another. One day they'll be so much more. They're on the cusp of greatness and I love that.
- HI PAUL McGILLION.
- I teared up repeatedly. The beginning! Spock! Spock's dad and mom and feelings! Leonard Nimoy! The Enterprise! (Confession: Sometimes I get teary during the opening credits of Voyager. Because I love the music and because, no matter how amazing that experience would be, it's not real. It's like...wanting to be an astronaut but only if you get to be on a ship with transporters and food replicators and a holodeck. Oh, man, I am such a DORK.)
- Old Spock and Young Spock and the whole lying/implying thing. Eeee! Spock is sneaky. Also his customary farewell being a bit self-serving. Haha.
- Live long and prosper!
- The music. I really enjoyed the music.
- Kirk and Spock and the whole crew at the end and then the voiceover. ♥
There are other things. So many other things. I could basically just say, hey, if it was there I probably loved it. Because this movie just makes me downright giddy.
I want to watch it again. Like, now. With my parents. Mom has a history with Star Trek and she needs to be there.
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Date: 2009-05-10 11:10 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-05-10 11:35 pm (UTC)There were so many other things to say and think about, but they're all jumbly in my head and made more jumbly by my complete and utter fan-love. Plus, I was tired.
But OMG. Tears of joy! When the end credits came up and I turned to you, I really didn't know if I was going to laugh or cry. ::is a dweeb::
Mom has physical therapy tomorrow. We're probably going to go. WOO.
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Date: 2009-05-11 03:19 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-05-11 06:02 am (UTC)I'm getting really tired of the commercials for Burger King/wherever they're giving away meal toys. Quit sullying it!