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thedivinegoat ([personal profile] thedivinegoat) wrote2009-05-23 07:22 am
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Star Trek

Very quickly, (hopefully a more thoughtful review later) as we're off to the Hay Festival now, but

OMG! I'm in love.

I suspect, like more than a few people in my DW circle/ LJ Friendslist, Star Trek got me through some very unhappy teenaged years of being bullied at school. And then just being unhappy. And once TNG came along Wil Wheaton was cute. (What? I was sixteen!)

Last night was a little like coming home. It got to the end and "Space the Final Frontier" and I was sat there with a huge grin on my face. I came out and wanted to go straight back in to watch it again. So, so awesome.

(I recognised that there was a fair amount of Genderfail in it, but I want to dwell on that later.)
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Hee!

[personal profile] jonfanish 2009-05-23 08:53 am (UTC)(link)
I thought it was a bit awesome too, and I am a jaded, jaded individual where reboots etc. are concerned.
I agree, there wasn't a lot going on for poor Uhura, but in part I put that down to the finite time they had to cram in the stack of back-stories. And at least when she was getting her dialogue on, it was on a par with Kirk's. :D
My only gripe, and it's not really a 'gripe' and more of a 'why?' was the part played by Winona Ryder which could so easily have been filled by an 'actually' older woman. What was up with that? Very odd.
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[personal profile] the_changeling 2009-05-23 09:40 am (UTC)(link)
Me, I'm in lust... Spock's mine. Back off everyone else. :-)

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[personal profile] hily 2009-05-24 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
oh god, your icon too! BRILLIANT.
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[personal profile] the_changeling 2009-05-24 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
I almost went for your pic in mine! It was a close run one!
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[personal profile] eleanorjane 2009-05-23 10:10 am (UTC)(link)
That movie erases my higher brain functions. There are plot points that make me sputter with derision, the genderfail irks me, and so on - and yet every time I see it, I get more :D :D :D about the whole thing.
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[personal profile] helens78 2009-05-23 02:36 pm (UTC)(link)
So much squee! There were quibbles, there were moments, but my overall feeling is "SQUEE SQUEE SQUEE *frantically writes fic*" :) Glad you liked it!

PS: I also had a crush on Wesley. ^_^
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[personal profile] hily 2009-05-24 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
ICON LOVE.

And Wil Wheaton is still cute. And dorky.
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[personal profile] thaddeusfavour 2009-05-24 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
Oh so much agree! I loved it. I am not blind to a couple of faults, but the movie entertained me so much I didn't really worry about them.

Genderfail - yes. Sadly, yes. But other than that, I chalk the other stuff up to WTF!Federation science and practices. The other series and movies had them as well to varying degrees.