Live Long and Fangirl
May. 31st, 2009 01:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
miramira(x-posted to LJ)
As those who read my LiveJournal know, I was somewhat dismissive of the Star Trek trailer when I first saw it. Well, after a couple of weeks of reading everyone else's squees, I finally caved in and went.
Turns out my initial impression was right on one point. McCoy was awesome. But for the most part, so was the rest.
The Awesome:
- Casting. Besides McCoy, I have to give shout-outs to Scotty, Pike, and Sarek (who was so close to Mark Lenard he had me doing double-takes). I still have a bit of trouble accepting Pine as Kirk, but the scenes with Nimoy took care of most of that.
- Apart from the individual performances, the dynamic between the crew worked really, really well.
- The balance between retconning and working in old canon for the diehards was admirably handled. They even threw in a 47! I think I'm the only one in the theater who actually got the reference, which embarrasses me a little, but I'm still happy they did it.
- Aliens that were more than just forehead aliens. The thing on Delta Vega was scary!
- Prologue scene. 'Nuff said.
The Not-Quite-So-Awesome:
- While the time travel plot was remarkably straightforward (and not just considering that this was a Trek movie overseen by the guy behind Lost), the McGuffins and technobabble themselves strained credulity in several places. Though granted, when don't they? (See icon.)
- The major relationship in the film. Hopefully there will be some establishing scenes in the DVD, because while I see a lot of dramatic potential in it, I don't quite buy it as presented.
- As Trek movie villains go, Nero's impressive, but not quite Khan or the Borg Queen. Plus, the lack of hair meant I kept thinking of them as Reman carryovers from the last movie instead of Romulans.
- Was it just our theater, or were there a lot of distracting blue lights cutting across the screen at various points?
There's other stuff I'd like to geek out about in more detail, but it's late, and I'm probably going to see Up tomorrow, so it can wait. In the meantime, I'm just going to try and stop replaying scenes in my head long enough to get to sleep.
As those who read my LiveJournal know, I was somewhat dismissive of the Star Trek trailer when I first saw it. Well, after a couple of weeks of reading everyone else's squees, I finally caved in and went.
Turns out my initial impression was right on one point. McCoy was awesome. But for the most part, so was the rest.
The Awesome:
- Casting. Besides McCoy, I have to give shout-outs to Scotty, Pike, and Sarek (who was so close to Mark Lenard he had me doing double-takes). I still have a bit of trouble accepting Pine as Kirk, but the scenes with Nimoy took care of most of that.
- Apart from the individual performances, the dynamic between the crew worked really, really well.
- The balance between retconning and working in old canon for the diehards was admirably handled. They even threw in a 47! I think I'm the only one in the theater who actually got the reference, which embarrasses me a little, but I'm still happy they did it.
- Aliens that were more than just forehead aliens. The thing on Delta Vega was scary!
- Prologue scene. 'Nuff said.
The Not-Quite-So-Awesome:
- While the time travel plot was remarkably straightforward (and not just considering that this was a Trek movie overseen by the guy behind Lost), the McGuffins and technobabble themselves strained credulity in several places. Though granted, when don't they? (See icon.)
- The major relationship in the film. Hopefully there will be some establishing scenes in the DVD, because while I see a lot of dramatic potential in it, I don't quite buy it as presented.
- As Trek movie villains go, Nero's impressive, but not quite Khan or the Borg Queen. Plus, the lack of hair meant I kept thinking of them as Reman carryovers from the last movie instead of Romulans.
- Was it just our theater, or were there a lot of distracting blue lights cutting across the screen at various points?
There's other stuff I'd like to geek out about in more detail, but it's late, and I'm probably going to see Up tomorrow, so it can wait. In the meantime, I'm just going to try and stop replaying scenes in my head long enough to get to sleep.
