Star Trek

[blueerica]

CP...

As I said before I did feel like I was mourning the old Trek. But I don't feel that they were saying the old experiences didn't matter. I can accept that that universe remains intact, elsewhere. This is an alternate universe. The characters have slight differences, sure - you're going to have a scrappier Kirk due to daddy issues and a more live-for-today Spock, but hey, holy crap, they have something MORE to write about! A slight twist. Like iSm, I also caught the new Kirk acting Kirk-ish in those last moments of the movie. Yay.

I could not heart you more right now.

These events don't change a timeline - they create a new timeline, and I'm pretty damn okay with that. I like a Kirk that didn't have the ideal childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. And I'm thrilled to see a Spock that shows his deep emotions that he'll need to continue balancing. I don't mind the inconsistencies because I have been starved for something great out of Star Trek.

No, I didn't watch the original series when it first came out - I did watch it as a I few up on re-runs... so maybe the magic wasn't there for me in the same way that it would have been had I watched TOS as it unfolded on the small screen. Perhaps because of that, the slapstick didn't bother me. I pretty much saw TOS as camp, anyway. It just took it to another level. No sense in arguing personal taste... it's almost as impossible as arguing religion.

I think I need to go see this movie, oh, about 30 more times.