Showing posts with label star trek. Show all posts
Showing posts with label star trek. Show all posts

Saturday

The new Star Trek movie(s)

The re-imagined Star Trek universe - as featured in the Abrams movie - is not to my taste at all.

I like the sedate pace of Star Trek, the warmth of the characters, the ethical dilemmas, the thoughtfulness of Roddenberry's vision.

Turning Star Trek into an action movie is a mistake. I wish they'd create a new TV show.

Friday

Captain Kirk

It is odd to think that Captain Kirk's reputation in public consciousness is spoofy.

I think that people are confusing William Shatner with Captain Kirk. Shatner is spoofy, Kirk is not.

When I started watching The Original Series, I was surprised by how clipped and serious Kirk was. There's fun and romance in the show, but ultimately Kirk is a very focused, disciplined character.

Don't believe me? Watch the show again.

Tuesday

Knowing when to stop

Hubby says that Star Trek: Enterprise series (season 4) goes bad after the Mirror Darkly episodes. We'll stop watching at that point.

Knowing when to stop is quite a skill.

Hubby left Hammer Into Anvil to the end when we watched The Prisoner and missed the actual double final episode; and it was a great finale.

We stop the third Lord Of The Rings movie when Aragorn says that Hobbits bow to no one. I'd love to chop the dvd so it stops there by itself. The whole return to the shire ending is nothing like the book and hence a waste of time.

The Matrix trilogy can be vastly improved by only watching the first movie.

The same goes for Star Wars. We like Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and will tolerate Return of the Jedi for the space battle and Luke/Vader scenes. Episodes 1-3 are kiddy cartoons and not really of interest.

Thursday

Hubby has Vulcan DNA

Unlike a Vulcan, Hubby has emotions. Despite this, he certainly shares the Vulcan annoying adherence to logical and higher levels of cognition. He can be frustratingly exact and precise and apparently infallible.

Hubby maintains that he does make mistakes.

I've found that he's better at correcting mistakes and learning from them than most people are. Hubby rarely makes the same mistake twice.