I've been meaning to do a little blogging about the new Star Trek movie for almost the past two weeks now since I went and saw it. Now, before I really get into it, I need to make a confession...I'm a bit, okay, not just a bit, but a lot of a Star Trek nerd. Now, I don't dress up and go to conventions, I don't speak Klingon and I really don't know the difference between a Trekkie and and a Trekker, but I am a self-professed Star Trek nerd. I have what I would term billions of random Star Trek facts roaming around in my head. A friend who has hosted a couple of Star Trek nights referred to me as a walking Star Trek encyclopedia (or something along those lines) at one of these parties. Now, I can't tell you the length or size of ships (although there is a discrepancy from the First Contact to the Insurrection movies as to how many decks the Enterprise-E has....I think they explained it by saying it was fitted with more decks while it was being repaired after the Borg encounter...but I digress).
Anyhow...the new Star Trek movie...I LOVED it!!! I sat there spellbound the entire movie! Yeah, they aren't the original characters...and I don't think any other them tried to be the originals. They took the characters and made them their own. No one will ever replace William Shatner's Captain Kirk, no one. And Chris Pine knew that and he didn't even try to become that Captain Kirk. He went his own direction and made Captain Kirk his own, without changing the heart and soul of the character...so all of you who are upset about that...well, suck it!
Zachary Quinto had the unique opportunity to play Spock while working with the man who IS Spock. And yet, he still made it his own. He played it amazingly well.
And Anton Yelchin, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana and John Cho...they were spectacular. I loved them all and they all became Chekov, Scotty, Dr. McCoy, Uhura and Sulu to me. I will be there for all of the squels, you bet your ass I will!
Now, I do admit, I was a little worried with some of the changes they made to the 'timeline'. But, without giving anything away, I think they made changes that allow them to go their own direction with all future Star Trek movies WITHOUT defiling established Trek-lore. So again to all of you nay-sayers, suck it!
I admit it, I'm a Star Trek nerd, and I abso-f'ing-lutely LOVED J.J. Abrams take on Star Trek!!!
I also went and saw Terminator Salvation last night. Now this part isn't over overdue...I'm actually on top of it...hehe!
Cousin got us tickets to an advanced screening of Terminator Salvation last night. Gotta say, loved it! I am now a huge, huge fan of Christian Bale, Sam Worthington and Anton Yelchin. This movie had a different feel to it than the original trilogy, but it held it's own in my opinion (all of this blog stuff on here is my opinion, so if you don't like it, don't read it...and suck it!)
I thought the special effects were amazing, but didn't overshadow the movie itself (kind of the like the special effects in the second Star Wars trilogy did). So, I'm not going to say much more on it. But still loving it. Loving it a lot!!!
And hey, can't beat a very attractive man naked and covered in mud, right?
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