I'm not the kind of person who cares whether or not a spoiler is alerted to me, mostly because I don't care about spoilers. I don't need to go into a movie "fresh." Usually I end up forgetting what it is that got spoiled for me.
That being said; did anyone see Star Trek this weekend? It was pretty amazing. I read about three reviews and the authors all said to some degree the same thing that Scott Foundas said in his negative review in the LA Weekly and I quote him here: that they were 'long time (albeit casual) Trek fans.' I love that Star Trek fans (among which i am counted) have to so distance themselves lest they be called Trekkies. At least we're not dressed up like Chewbaccas right, guys? Anyway, the first thing that was wrong with Foundas' review is how short it is. It reads like he reviewed the trailer. But this is not a review of a review; it's a review on JJ Abrams' megalomania.
This movie had Abrams' stamp all over it: 3D lettering floating in space (pun?), the needless inclusion of time travel, and lots of daddy issues. I've never seen Alias because it was the worst, but I feel pretty sure it had all those things. Was anyone else waiting for Kirk to call someone freckles?
Speaking of time travel: It's amazing how totally obvious JJ Abrams was about making sure that the audience all knew that this new Star Trek was his Star Trek. He straight up destroyed 2 Federation planets that were a pretty big part of the old Trek mythos. JJ Abrams is basically Captain Nero- taking it upon himself to rearrange the past for his own selfish purposes. I'm not complaining- I love the new Star Trek movie and am not the kind of nerd who thinks remakes have to be faithful to source material (I am a different kind of nerd). I like the fact JJ Abrams used his first Trek film to establish himself as it's universe's new God. Looks like Simon Pegg was wrong about all odd-numbered Star Trek film being shit.
This movie had Abrams' stamp all over it: 3D lettering floating in space (pun?), the needless inclusion of time travel, and lots of daddy issues. I've never seen Alias because it was the worst, but I feel pretty sure it had all those things. Was anyone else waiting for Kirk to call someone freckles?
Speaking of time travel: It's amazing how totally obvious JJ Abrams was about making sure that the audience all knew that this new Star Trek was his Star Trek. He straight up destroyed 2 Federation planets that were a pretty big part of the old Trek mythos. JJ Abrams is basically Captain Nero- taking it upon himself to rearrange the past for his own selfish purposes. I'm not complaining- I love the new Star Trek movie and am not the kind of nerd who thinks remakes have to be faithful to source material (I am a different kind of nerd). I like the fact JJ Abrams used his first Trek film to establish himself as it's universe's new God. Looks like Simon Pegg was wrong about all odd-numbered Star Trek film being shit.
Star Trek is out now, and it is gooooooood.
"just like every odd numbered star trek movie is shite.."
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