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Well, I have finally seen Star Trek – took my mum (who got me into the original series) because Andy had already seen it. And may I say, I was *very* pleasantly surprised. I'd heard almost nothing but good stuff about it, but I admit I was very sceptical that it could possibly live up to the original series (all of them) and still bring something new to it.
But it did. And a lot of the reason it did was because it created an alternate reality. That was an incredibly clever idea (and I'm amazed that I hadn't heard that it was AU, and neither had my mum, who actually reads spoilers). It enabled them to use the characters we all know and love, and yet it got round all the problems of trying to fit in with canon and the cries "They can't destroy Vulcan! They can't kill Amanda!" etc. etc. that my mum was uttering throughout the film, until I managed to explain that it was now AU so that didn't matter.
The actors were all amazing. They all looked so right (with the slight exception of Kirk, I felt) and it was almost as if I could see the original actors superimposed over them. And the bridge of the Enterprise too – it was different, but it still felt familiar. And I'm so glad they didn't change the exterior of the ship. It was lovely seeing her looming over us on the screen just like in the old days!
The story was decent too, though I can't remember much about it at this instant. Again, it certainly felt very much like an original Trek story.
Loved the inclusion of Captain Pike, too – he was perfect. And of course of Leonard Nimoy. They handled that very nicely, though I felt very sorry for his Spock, stranded on Earth without his friends/team in a time over a hundred years before he should have been… *g*
And talking of Doctor Who parallels, destruction of Vulcan=destruction of Gallifrey anyone? At least I guess we won't be getting much emo stuff from Spock, though. *g*
Oh, and Spock/Uhura? That was just weird. It seemed to come completely out of the blue. There was no spark between them (not that we saw them together much at all before they were suddenly snogging in the turbolift – and what happened to not touching a Vulcan???) and more than that it was completely unnecessary. Let's keep the relationships out of Star Trek, yeah? That's for the fanfic.
Mind you, I have to admit that so far I see no chemistry between Spock and Kirk either, which is a shame, as Kirk/everyone else was pretty much there as it was with William Shatner. Ah well. Perhaps it'll develop in time.
I'm sure I shall think of more to say as soon as I've posted this, but I shall just conclude with: all in all, this is a wonderful homage to the original series and something I am very much looking forward to seeing more of.
But it did. And a lot of the reason it did was because it created an alternate reality. That was an incredibly clever idea (and I'm amazed that I hadn't heard that it was AU, and neither had my mum, who actually reads spoilers). It enabled them to use the characters we all know and love, and yet it got round all the problems of trying to fit in with canon and the cries "They can't destroy Vulcan! They can't kill Amanda!" etc. etc. that my mum was uttering throughout the film, until I managed to explain that it was now AU so that didn't matter.
The actors were all amazing. They all looked so right (with the slight exception of Kirk, I felt) and it was almost as if I could see the original actors superimposed over them. And the bridge of the Enterprise too – it was different, but it still felt familiar. And I'm so glad they didn't change the exterior of the ship. It was lovely seeing her looming over us on the screen just like in the old days!
The story was decent too, though I can't remember much about it at this instant. Again, it certainly felt very much like an original Trek story.
Loved the inclusion of Captain Pike, too – he was perfect. And of course of Leonard Nimoy. They handled that very nicely, though I felt very sorry for his Spock, stranded on Earth without his friends/team in a time over a hundred years before he should have been… *g*
And talking of Doctor Who parallels, destruction of Vulcan=destruction of Gallifrey anyone? At least I guess we won't be getting much emo stuff from Spock, though. *g*
Oh, and Spock/Uhura? That was just weird. It seemed to come completely out of the blue. There was no spark between them (not that we saw them together much at all before they were suddenly snogging in the turbolift – and what happened to not touching a Vulcan???) and more than that it was completely unnecessary. Let's keep the relationships out of Star Trek, yeah? That's for the fanfic.
Mind you, I have to admit that so far I see no chemistry between Spock and Kirk either, which is a shame, as Kirk/everyone else was pretty much there as it was with William Shatner. Ah well. Perhaps it'll develop in time.
I'm sure I shall think of more to say as soon as I've posted this, but I shall just conclude with: all in all, this is a wonderful homage to the original series and something I am very much looking forward to seeing more of.
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Re Spock and emo. I dunno, uh, new!Spock is kinda not so subtly crazy pants. Unstable touch telepaths, yeesh.
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And actually, you have a point there about Spock. Hmm. Good thing he and the Master are in different realities. *g*
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His dad, George, looked way more like original!Kirk.
I have to say, I saw the Spock/Uhura chemistry. So cute, and not over-done or anything. But I went ahead and read Kirk/McCoy throughout the whole thing.
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Ah well, it seems I'm on my own re. Spock/Uhura, then! (Which is weird, actually, because there was loads of chemistry in the original series!) And oh yes, totally Kirk/McCoy in this one. It was kind of weird having a good-looking McCoy, because the old one, whilst a great character, was not in any way good-looking, which definitely affected how I saw him!