the more i think about it...
Sep. 21st, 2009 03:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
acroyearthe less i actually find i like about the new star trek film.
1a) rogue romulan: it's been done, and far too many times.
1b) rogue supervillain with the goal of killing only one person using a weapon that can destroy a planet: it's been done, and far too many times.
2a) chekov as "under-appreciated genius" goes against the original character. they only reason they gave him that role was because Scotty wasn't around yet.
2b) scotty as "just the comic relief with spurts of genius" goes against the original character. it does get him closer to the movies, but the scotty in the movies progressed to get to that point, from the more serious genius character with spurts of humor that he was in the series. In the series, his humor surprised and shocked us, revealing a depth to him, a depth fully embraced by the films. In this film, it actually makes him more shallow to have all this humor first - the only reason we're supposed to respect him at all is 'cause "Real Spock" says he's Scotty. [oh, and note how little Chekov has to do once Scotty is actually in action, assuming the role he's supposed to - it'll make Chekov now a weaker character in the rebooted franchise than he was in this first film]
2c) Uhuru as an "black-American urbanite" goes against the original charcter. you, under no circumstances in the film, ever get the idea that she was African first. [and nevermind the Spock romance crap]
oh, and maybe it was just our theater, but damn it was LOUD. first time in my life i'd needed earplugs to watch a movie.
on the other hand, they got McCoy right. I can live with that. :)
but really, it is highly unlikely i'll be driven to actually see the next one in a theater. cute characters, but it hasn't really proven itself to be "star trek" to me (who has been watching the original since I was 5). i'll probably buy the DVDs when they come out, of course, but probably never again in a theater.
1a) rogue romulan: it's been done, and far too many times.
1b) rogue supervillain with the goal of killing only one person using a weapon that can destroy a planet: it's been done, and far too many times.
2a) chekov as "under-appreciated genius" goes against the original character. they only reason they gave him that role was because Scotty wasn't around yet.
2b) scotty as "just the comic relief with spurts of genius" goes against the original character. it does get him closer to the movies, but the scotty in the movies progressed to get to that point, from the more serious genius character with spurts of humor that he was in the series. In the series, his humor surprised and shocked us, revealing a depth to him, a depth fully embraced by the films. In this film, it actually makes him more shallow to have all this humor first - the only reason we're supposed to respect him at all is 'cause "Real Spock" says he's Scotty. [oh, and note how little Chekov has to do once Scotty is actually in action, assuming the role he's supposed to - it'll make Chekov now a weaker character in the rebooted franchise than he was in this first film]
2c) Uhuru as an "black-American urbanite" goes against the original charcter. you, under no circumstances in the film, ever get the idea that she was African first. [and nevermind the Spock romance crap]
oh, and maybe it was just our theater, but damn it was LOUD. first time in my life i'd needed earplugs to watch a movie.
on the other hand, they got McCoy right. I can live with that. :)
but really, it is highly unlikely i'll be driven to actually see the next one in a theater. cute characters, but it hasn't really proven itself to be "star trek" to me (who has been watching the original since I was 5). i'll probably buy the DVDs when they come out, of course, but probably never again in a theater.
