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Post by Peggy Lane on May 11, 2009 10:12:41 GMT -4
Oh, I disagree with somethings in that article. Not the please don't bring back Khan aspects. Those are absolutely right. Abrams and crew brilliantly served up a way to let favorite characters have brand new adventures in a way that totally makes sense. There's no need to rehash old plots.
However, I think Spock/Uhura could be part of what makes this reboot so different. Letting Spock have a deep relationship with a human outside of Kirk changes that dynamic in really interesting ways. If Abrams handles it adultly and with sophistication, it could really add to the future movies and not just be Dawson's Creek in space. Plus, I think it gives the story a little grounding, especially if Kirk spends the movies banging randoms.
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Post by azaleaqueen on May 11, 2009 10:15:49 GMT -4
No! Don't bring back Khan! He's already been brought back once in one of the other movies. Plus, SNL spoofed him. There are plenty of other villains, both those from the series and new ones.
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Post by incognito on May 11, 2009 10:21:55 GMT -4
However, I think Spock/Uhura could be part of what makes this reboot so different. Letting Spock have a deep relationship with a human outside of Kirk changes that dynamic in really interesting ways. LOL. I wonder if the Spock/Kirk shippers would freak out, though. "OMG, Uhura's just his beard!!! Trufax!" I guess that wouldn't make them any different from other fandoms.
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Post by tabby on May 11, 2009 11:00:30 GMT -4
I adored him! "I love this ship!" He was awesome. So was Urban as McCoy.
Very, very enjoyable movie. There were evidently quite a few Trekkies in the audience, because we were all laughing at the shout-outs. It's hard to say which one was my favorite, but the red-shirt thing was pretty brill. It's been a long, long time since I've been to a movie where people applauded at the end.
Glad I stayed to the end of the credits to see the "In Memoriam" credit to Gene and Majel.
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Post by tamaradixon on May 11, 2009 11:02:45 GMT -4
Saw it last night and liked it. A lot. I think after a 2nd viewing I'll officially love it. I showed up late and had to sit too close, so I think that kind of spoiled it for me...and I had talkers to the right. Annoying!
I also wasn't thinking straight I guess. I was thrown by what happened to Spock's mom and probably spent too much time thinking about how this didn't fit with the series and what the heck??!!!! On the drive home it hit me...d'oh. Alternate timeline. I guess I was tired.
So will go again with fresh eyes and a good seat (Hopefully!)
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Post by azaleaqueen on May 11, 2009 11:05:23 GMT -4
My son, who has been a Trekkie since age two, didn't like it. He thought they should have "fixed" everything the way they always did on the show and in the other movies. Of course, there will be sequels.
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Post by kostgard on May 11, 2009 11:35:31 GMT -4
My son, who has been a Trekkie since age two, didn't like it. He thought they should have "fixed" everything the way they always did on the show and in the other movies. Of course, there will be sequels. I get where he's coming from there - usually with these time travel stories they find a way to reset the time line. But this way they can do whatever they like without having to constantly check back what's already been established. Someone on TWOP had an interesting tidbit about the whole Spock/Uhura thing - they said they were watching some sort of UK Star Trek show where they interviewed Nichelle Nichols, and she said that the Kirk/Uhura kiss was originally scripted to be a Spock/Uhura kiss, but the Shat stepped in because he wanted to kiss her.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2009 12:05:28 GMT -4
Spock/Kirk shipping - what the frak?! Oh I am so glad I have the attention span of a gerbil or that image would haunt me for a long time. oops, sent before adding I may have a little crush on Bones now thanks to Karl Urban. I barely remember the original McCoy other than his "Dammit, Jim", but I thought that character was suposed to add a little comic relief too. I don't understand some Trekkie's aversion to humor in the franchise.
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Post by incognito on May 11, 2009 12:42:28 GMT -4
Spock/Kirk shipping - what the frak?! Oh I am so glad I have the attention span of a gerbil or that image would haunt me for a long time. Heh, where have you been? I'm not even a Trekkie and I'm all too aware of the Kirk/Spock shippers! IIRC, wasn't the K/S fandom responsible for some of the earliest forms of fanfiction as we now know it? Before the Internet was around, these people were scribbling their K/S stories, drawing their erotic K/S pictures, and swapping them back and forth in zines.
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Post by Inkyblott on May 11, 2009 12:55:31 GMT -4
One of my first bits of fanfic expose ever was when I bought a big ole Kirk/Spock fanzine from the local (and late) sci-fi book store. Fished out of box on the death-defying second floor. This was 1990 I think.
Topic? Saw the movie and loved it. I'm not a huge Star Trek fan but the movie just pulled me in. And I loved the Spock/Uhura relationship especially during the scene where Kirk and Scotty are looking like "how's he get a woman like that?" It's interesting how many bits of Trek have just worked their way into general culture (red shirts, "Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a ______", etc). You didn't have to be a Trekkie to get the humor.
And I like Quinto's smirky-Spock. Actually, I remember watching a couple of TOS shows and thinking 'Spock is totally making fun of you' with the way Leonard Nimoy delivered the lines.
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