And Now: Star Trek
Who said Twitter wasn’t about writing reviews?
Saw Star Trek last night. Better than I expected. Officially “alright”. Could have been much worse. Not a classic though. Scotty was popular before the Morningside, Edinburgh audience. Could have used some trombone whenever his pet alien appeared though. I’d already heard young Kirk was a dick. But he appeared much more likeable than that. Was it all the times he got hit in the face? The music wasn’t good - oddly enough the car chase bit people complain about was the best - and the lens flare was indeed all there. Not a fan of the singularity physics either. But must always remember this is Star Trek… Plot was typical Star Trek big screen. As in convoluted and better in the buildup than the release. But overall, it did work. The Uhura-Spock thing wasn’t overdone to a cringe. Sulu didn’t unleash Kung-Fu whip ass despite all expectations. Alternate timeline was a bit of a cop out, yet understandable given the clear desire to make sequels of this prequel. I’m a picky bastard when it comes to SciFi so this wasn’t really at all bad. Easily the best rejuvenation of a classic I’ve seen in years.
Maybe there’s some rule about not multi-posting in some people’s minds, somewhere out there I don’t give a shit about. 140 characters just winds up being a good way to encourage punchy sentences. No; thank you:- excess punctuation!
