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Subj: Re: I'm glad you're around to help me procrastinate. Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 at 10:09:01 am EDT (Viewed 419 times) | Reply Subj: I'm glad you're around to help me procrastinate. Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 at 12:22:17 am EDT (Viewed 470 times) | ||||||
Quote: The board always seems to churn along well when I have little time to visit, and then days like today when I'm stuck at a computer from morning to night, nobody has anything to post. Go figure.I know, I wasn't able to get here on the week-end (was working this week-end) and yesterday I was doing soccer registrations all day, so I had time to pop in here and there and nothing. I'm a little over a page into the new AL story; I'd hoped to work on it yesterday, but my planned 10 hour day turned into an 11 hour day with registrations getting dropped off at my house after work too, so I didn't really get a chance. Quote: Quote: I think they realized the key to a good Star Trek story is Kirk, Spock, and McCoy. McCoy was a little third wheel by the end and didn't really have much to do (other than get Kirk on the Enterprise), but it was a good start.Quote: Quote: Yeah, McCoy really had nothing at all to do in that one once Kirk was aboard. Assuming future sequels don't have Nimoy, however, I assume he'll get to have a larger role as they go forward. Getting the proper screen time balance in Star Trek movies seems to be really difficult.Now that the stage is set, if they can maintain this cast, I hope they can build on the crew relationships a little more. I did like that each of the "old" crew got a moment to shine, and especially liked that Uhura got a boost beyond just being the receptionist. Was surprised to see her rocking the mini-skirt though; I thought that didn't really fit with the military aspect of Star Fleet. I wouldn't mind seeing some of the old cast pop in as their characters grandparents or parents too, actually, though having Nimoy as Spock was nice. The alternate reality thing was a good way to shut up all the Trek purists who would've been screaming about every changed detail too I thought. Quote: Admittedly, with the original series the rest of the crew were always bit parts, but I kind of felt bad for all the others in the Next Generation films. They were never really given anything decent to do in the films, it seemed... At least nothing memorable.Yeah, whenever Jonathan Frakes directed I noticed he always shifted Riker away from the rest of the cast, presumably so he could direct everyone else. Kind of sloppy really. Quote: Quote: I'm hopeful for a little more plot with Whedon then we might get with another director. I liked Ang Lee's Hulk because it wasn't just a smash-'em up monster movie (like the sequel was); the ending kind of fell apart but otherwise it was a strong film.Quote: I remember liking parts of it, and then finding other parts grinding to a halt or spinning off the rails into truly bizarre territory. I liked that it was contemplative, however, and as you said not just a smash 'em up (though that can be fun if done well.) I do remember being somewhat disappointed, however, because I had recently read a "Hulk" novel by Peter David and it gave me all sorts of insights into the character that I hadn't had before that the movie didn't match. I don't know if I've ever seen a movie that was as good as the novel, to be fair. Quote: I especially liked the idea the novel raised that getting cursed with the Hulk was divine judgment, because God gave Banner the gift of an intellect that could change the world and instead of using it to help solve the problems of the world, he used it on gamma bomb weapons development. And so he was cursed to repeatedly lose that intellect and transform into a living bomb as penance. It's a little meta-textual for me, but it's an interesting idea. Kind of "My Name is Earl" meets a Gamma Bomb. I'd watch that show, actually. ~Hat~ | |||||||
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