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[ebonlock]

I've just seen Star Trek, and without an extended squee of complete fannish giddyness I can only say that I loved every single second of it. Yeah there were plot holes big enough to fly the Enterprise through, but I didn't care. It was fan service of the most glorious kind, seriously if you were a fan of the original series you will find almost too many glorious quotes and guest appearances to keep track of. I'm sure I missed a bunch, even though I was paying very close attention, but everything I caught made me actually bounce in my seat like a little kid.

Zachary Quinto bugged me a little at the beginning of the film because it was hard to separate him from Sylar. As I commented to tersa, he had that "I want to eat your brain" look in his eye for about the first 1/3 of the film, but I got past it. This is quite an accomplishment as I loathe him as Sylar, but he totally grew on me as Spock. I will admit Carl Urban stole every scene he was in as McCoy. Not bad for a Kiwi doing a Georgia accent, and he just nailed the character. I think my only complaint about the movie would be there wasn't enough Simon Pegg/Scottie in it because he just lit up every second he was on screen. You could tell he was quite literally having the time of his life in the role.

Honestly I don't think I can point out a single example of miscasting. Sulu was superb and I swear I could hear George Takei howling with glee somewhere. Chekov was adorable, Uhura both competent and HAWT, and Pike quite serviceable (though a tad under used). Even liked Sarek and Amanda, and I've had a profound love for the two characters since I was a kid, so that's saying something.

I will not only watch this film again, I will buy it the day it's released and I'm on board for the sequels. I love the revamp of the universe and can't wait to see where they go with it. Seriously, if you haven't seen it, go now, you will not be disappointed.

Also totally worth paying the extra cash for IMAX, the picture quality and sound is phenomenal. You can actually feel the ships going into warp. I was in fangirl heaven!

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[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

I seem to be developing a K/McC kink, something I never would have considered in the Original Series

OMG, I will pay you to write this.

Seriously.

[seachanges.livejournal.com]

LOL!

I can't right now, too many other irons in the fire at the moment; go read my trip reports for details, if you want them. I will, however, keep it in mind for when I'm between projects. ;)

[seachanges.livejournal.com]

You may want to read this.

More as I find 'em. Also? I so need a McCoy icon.

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

Oooohhhh yes.

And I too need a McCoy icon that reads "Wait, I can fix that!" because that line and delivery just about killed me.

[seachanges.livejournal.com]

And I too need a McCoy icon that reads "Wait, I can fix that!" because that line and delivery just about killed me.

Yes! OMG, that whole sequence like to killed me.

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

You know it hit me last night that there was one thing I didn't like so much about the film, and that was the fact that Spock wasn't as isolated as he'd always been previously.

First we never got the indication that he and his dad weren't on speaking terms because he chose Starfleet. That whole family rift was missing (and gods it makes me want to go watch "Journey to Babel" like you cannot believe). For another thing in the original series Spock was one of the only aliens in Starfleet at the time. So he was not only taking abuse from the Vulcans, but dealing with a lot of bigotry from humans too. Indeed I never felt so much for him in TOS than when the humans would gang up on him and have a laugh at the expense of the alien. This new, improved and open minded version of Starfleet had kind of sanitized that away.

Then you throw in bagging Uhura and most of the conflict is gone. By the end of the film he and his dad are mostly fine, the new crew's pretty much embraced him (save McCoy, bless is heart) and he's dating the ship hottie. I dunno', I'm having a little trouble relating to that.

Though I will say I kind of liked the new more feral take on Vulcans. Instead of the original version where they were rather icy and aristocratic, this time there's this barely contained volcano in each of them. Indeed during the "take this Vulcan Academy of Science job and shove it" sequence, Spock had a perpetual look of barely contained homicide on his face. Maybe I'm seeing too much Sylar right there but he really did look like he wanted to rip the guy's brain out and skull fuck him.

[seachanges.livejournal.com]

One can only assume that the destruction of the Kelvin changed a lot more than just Kirk's first 25 years of life. It obviously accelerated the development of technology in the Federation, and probably interspecies relations as well.

As for the more feral Vulcans ... I've been calling Reboot Universe Spock "Sylar!Spock", which annoys aithine because now she's doing it, too. *g* But yeah, he's not our Spock. Our Spock never scared the crap out of me. Quinto's take on the character has much more of an edge than Nimoy ever did. It's different, and it will take some getting used to.

(edited to use the right icon)