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[STAR TREK] Say one or two bad things about a guy and suddenly people are shocked you saw a movie!
But I did.



Well, most of it. There were things that I saw pulled from OTHER things:

- The Kelvin facing off against Nero in the beginning reminded me a lot of Serenity.

- The big red ball? OH MY. So Alias.

- Ice/Snow monsters with a mentor in hiding? Star Wars!

There were others, I don't remember them all now, but still.

Casting? I was iffy on casting, not gonna lie. I am not a fan of Zachary Quinto, I'm just not. I don't find him attractive like most people and I really can only associate him with Sylar. So, during those fight scenes with Kirk? I was expecting him to just zzzzzzzzzip - open his head. *shrug* That said? He nailed it. He really did. He looked perfect and really did a great job.

Chris Pine? Smug, arrogant, cocky... oh, hi James Tiberius Kirk. :)

Karl Urban? Get. In. My. Pants. I don't care WHO you're playing, or I wouldn't except... BONES! And oh, wow. I miss DeForest Kelly. ♥

John Cho was a great Sulu (FENCING!) and made me grin. Scottie - Simon Pegg? Same.

Uhura... well. Zoe Saldana is GORGEOUS. Has always been GORGEOUS, will always be GORGEOUS. Not gonna lie (again), but the Uhura/Spock thing kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinda made me go "o.O" for a hot second because... what? SERIOUSLY? But eh. Not my FIRST choice for a pairing, but... eh. It made for good laughs in the movie.

O HAI WINONA. Was I amused that the geeks behind me didn't know that was Spock's mom? YES, YES I WAS!

...

All in all, a decent movie. I liked it. LOVED all the old school lines. Would see again. :)



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So, as I'm leaving the theater, the geeks that had been sitting behind me (after being MUY IMPRESSED with my knowledge on casting) were following me out and talking about T:SCC and I knew enough to go, "Oh, yeah, and new Terminator..." and there was geekage about that, and they were shocked I knew so much. :D

AND THEN, outside one says to another, "No! Only the pilot dies in Serenity. Wash." And I said, "Well, no, Book dies, too. And Mr. Universe." And once they were done being shocked over my knowledge (ONCE AGAIN), the guy says, "Mr. Universe doesn't count. He had to have a robot girlfriend."

So I say to him, "You came to the movies with two of your guy friends. Where's your girl?" And he says to me:

"I don't need one. I got right and left." and holds up his hands. His friends were embarrassed, right? Not me. I was laughing so hard.

I said, "Cannot be mad at the honesty. That's really fantastic."

Seriously. Guy wasn't bad looking AND he just... put that out there. I laughed most of the way home.