Greetings to all reading this,
If you don't know who I am, let me introduce myself. I am Cmdr. Mike Vivian, X.O. Of the ISS Tomahawk. That's a local Star trek group. If you want to learn more, well fell free to browse this website. This is the first entry in what I plan on being a weekly blog about whatever interest me. A lot of it will be sci-fi, fantasy, comic books and whatever else I can come up with. For my first installment, I will be reviewing the new Star Trek Movie!
To begin with, let me warn you there are spoilers so if you do not want to be spoiled, read no further!!!
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Ok, now on with the review! Let me start by saying I loved it! It was fantastic! JJ Abrams is a genius! It was one of the best Trek Movies in a very long time.
It was extremely well written. The whole plot was rather believable. A renegade romulan ship travels back in time altering history. Thus it paves the way for the reboot. It is an alternate timeline so things didn't happen as they did before or somethings happen that didn't happen before.
Now the cast is superb! Chis Pine as Young Kirk is cocky and a chronic skirt chaser. He even makes a play of Uhura on several occasions with very little success. It turns out she and Spock have a thing going! Hmm, it seems he is not quite so upstanding as we are led to believe as he was an instructor and she was a cadet at the academy. I'm willing to bet even in the future that is a no-no.
Speaking of Spock and Uhura, Zachary Quinto nails Spock. Very talented actor who turns in a fantastic performance as young spock. Zoe Saldana is very hot as Uhura! Very self assured she struts stuff like Nichelle Nichols probably would have given the chance.
Simon Pegg is hilarious as Scotty! I think he did Jimmy Doohan proud. He has the right attitude and his famous line will be “I Like this ship! It's exciting!” and shows what Scotty can really do and just how much of an engineering genius he is!
Then there is Karl Urban of Xena and LOTR fame! I kid you now he channels De Kelley and absolutely nails McCoy! I could almost hear De Kelley speaking at times. He is absolutely dead on!
Anton Yelchin doesn't look much like the checkov I know but he gets it down really well. I think he will be good.
John Cho as Sulu really shines! I think he captured the essence of Sulu quite well. He even go to do some fencing. Yes indeed! This new cast really shines as does the whole movie! Yes it is a Trek Movie and will reinvigorate the franchise! I am quite sure there will be a sequel. I highly recommend it even if you are not a die hard Trekkie like me
So I leave you for this week with that famous Saying, “Live Long and Prosper!”
Commander Mike Vivian
XO, ISS Tomahawk
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I also say the new Star Trek movie and loved it as well. The characters are wonderful and are totally in the spirit of the original cast with some new energy. The new ship is very cool, but I do have a couple of things that I feel could have used some improvement. The bridge was just too bright. It needs a little more color. Some darker colors to contrast would have been nice so that you could see the flashing lights and cool stuff going on with the panels.
ReplyDeleteThe other thing is the engineering area. It looks more like the engine room of a submarine. What's with all the pipes and water tanks?
Regardless of these 2 items, I think that this movie will appeal to anyone, trekkie or not and I think it may give us some hope of some new adventures to come.
Captain Rebecca Allen
CO, ISS Tomahawk
Welcome to the "blogosphere" Mike. Hope you find it enjoyable and you encounter a minimum of crazies in here. I saw Star Trek for the second time this weekend and still rated it an A+ in spite of the HUGE plot hole.
ReplyDeleteHey Mike! Bob here, from some of your other e-places. Couple of notes- first, I find the Kirk/Spock thing amusing because that was a common item in many early fancics written by girls back in the 70's and 80's.
ReplyDeleteSecond, It was DeForest Kelley, not DeKelley. All in all, nice review. Nice blog. I'll see ya 'round. I hope I get to see the film someday...
Tigger LeBounce here! I've not yet seen the new Trek movie, but I intend to one day.
ReplyDeleteMarvelous post!
Like I said in my own blog--GO SEE THIS MOVIE!!! What 'cha waitin' for Tigger?
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