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Well, I watched the latest Trek movie last night, and I'm pretty impressed.
I've only recently gotten very into Trek (and by that I mean I'm currently at the end of S5 of DS9 and S3 of VOY on a continual marathon until I reach Nemesis).
I have a few minor issues but on the whole I really enjoyed the film. Some wonderfully lighthearted moments which capture the interaction of any service personnel, and most notably the humour and bond often shared. I thought the premise of an upcoming war with the Klingons was well employed, particularly when twinned with an increasingly insecure Star Fleet that decide to try and take the initiative. What I was most impressed about, however, was the way the film explored JUST how the Trekverse has changed after the destruction of Vulcan, resulting in Khan being discovered in a totally different capacity. Taking this further, I really enjoyed the parallels to Wrath of Khan, and some of the throw backs to it - when Spock yells 'Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!' at the top of his voice, I positively laughed with delight, just as I sat there grinning after Kirk decked Scotty in order to enter the warp-core. 'All this has happened before...' and suchlike! I also really enjoyed other nods to canon, such as Section 31 and the NX-01 model cameo...
Also - loved the look on Chekov's face when Kirk told him to 'put a red shirt on'...
And finally - Tribbles!!! Though why we didn't get a post-credit scene with an Enterprise over run with tribbles, I will NEVER know...
However,
Not so impressed with the Star Wars Empirical uniforms that we saw a lot of times, not just the ceremonial gear worn at the end, but the stuff worn by Mickey Smith, sorry - Noel Clarke, at the beginning (especially his little hat...). I couldn't decide if I was indeed watching the origins of the Empirial Forces, or Starship Troopers. To my knowledge, nothing in Trek, even the 09 movie, sets a precedent for that style of uniform, particularly with the very military style rank insignia on the rank slides... it did make me wonder.
I also didn't think the Klingons looked very... Klingon. I was prepared for something resembling TOS Klingons, and something resembling TNG+ Klingons... not whatever they were. I doubt I'd have recognised them out of context. Further - what was with those masks!?
Minor point - but I still cannot get my head round Jim Kirk being a captain when he's STILL freshly commissioned...
And - ironically, the entire point about attacking an archive just to bring the senior officers together kinda falls apart when it becomes clear that it was actually a Section 31 installation... ho humm.
Overall - good film, preferred Star Trek 09, but will definitely buy on DVD.
Well, I watched the latest Trek movie last night, and I'm pretty impressed.
I've only recently gotten very into Trek (and by that I mean I'm currently at the end of S5 of DS9 and S3 of VOY on a continual marathon until I reach Nemesis).
I have a few minor issues but on the whole I really enjoyed the film. Some wonderfully lighthearted moments which capture the interaction of any service personnel, and most notably the humour and bond often shared. I thought the premise of an upcoming war with the Klingons was well employed, particularly when twinned with an increasingly insecure Star Fleet that decide to try and take the initiative. What I was most impressed about, however, was the way the film explored JUST how the Trekverse has changed after the destruction of Vulcan, resulting in Khan being discovered in a totally different capacity. Taking this further, I really enjoyed the parallels to Wrath of Khan, and some of the throw backs to it - when Spock yells 'Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!' at the top of his voice, I positively laughed with delight, just as I sat there grinning after Kirk decked Scotty in order to enter the warp-core. 'All this has happened before...' and suchlike! I also really enjoyed other nods to canon, such as Section 31 and the NX-01 model cameo...
Also - loved the look on Chekov's face when Kirk told him to 'put a red shirt on'...
And finally - Tribbles!!! Though why we didn't get a post-credit scene with an Enterprise over run with tribbles, I will NEVER know...
However,
Not so impressed with the Star Wars Empirical uniforms that we saw a lot of times, not just the ceremonial gear worn at the end, but the stuff worn by Mickey Smith, sorry - Noel Clarke, at the beginning (especially his little hat...). I couldn't decide if I was indeed watching the origins of the Empirial Forces, or Starship Troopers. To my knowledge, nothing in Trek, even the 09 movie, sets a precedent for that style of uniform, particularly with the very military style rank insignia on the rank slides... it did make me wonder.
I also didn't think the Klingons looked very... Klingon. I was prepared for something resembling TOS Klingons, and something resembling TNG+ Klingons... not whatever they were. I doubt I'd have recognised them out of context. Further - what was with those masks!?
Minor point - but I still cannot get my head round Jim Kirk being a captain when he's STILL freshly commissioned...
And - ironically, the entire point about attacking an archive just to bring the senior officers together kinda falls apart when it becomes clear that it was actually a Section 31 installation... ho humm.
Overall - good film, preferred Star Trek 09, but will definitely buy on DVD.
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