Star Trek: Into Darkness

I very nearly didn't watch this one at the cinema. Even without reading past the spoiler cut, none of my friends seemed excited, or even vaguely approving. There wasn't a sudden explosion of fic, or indeed any fic that turned up where I was reading, where there had been for the previous movie. And I was somewhat apprehensive about that whole 'Darkness' bit, since grimdark is a pervasive problem.

But hey, it's Star Trek! I always watch Star Trek!
... but now I've watched it I am far from convinced it is Star Trek.

Plus some of the more familiar complaints would apply even if it were just some random movie with spaceships.

So it's kind of hovering on the line between 'those hours could have been better spent sleeping' and 'kinda wish I hadn't given them my money'.

But it only actively pissed me off when it was most directly a remix of previous Trek. And at those points, it really and sincerely did.

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So was there any of the film I liked?

... I liked the music. I stayed to the end of the credits listening the music.



*really big sigh*



So maybe this wasn't my best day for watching. I've been awake a really long time. My original plan involved coming home much earlier, but I just finished college (all! finished! Work returned and log book picked up and Done now!) so I wanted to Do Something.



This particular something leaves me wanting to write my spaceship movie. Not wanting to watch this one.

Just felt the need to say

I been reading a lot about the Star Trek Reboot movies and several come up with how it was so clever to have them kick off with time travel that explicitly alters the history of the 'verse.

Which kind of proves really nobody did watch Enterprise.

Because that's their first episode, and persistent plot thread.



I could only watch Enterprise once I'd been back watching Doctor Who and reading comics for a while and acclimatised to the flexibility of the concept 'canon', because really, seen as a prequel, they're Doing It Wrong. Plus there was a whole lot about Vulcans I couldn't be having with.

... but I fancy Malcolm so I kind of watched them all anyway. I just went through on my recorder box and made edited down good bits versions of anything I kept.

... okay, pretty bits versions.



ANYway, doing clever time travel that gives you complete freedom to play with the established 'verse = Enterprise, whatever you think of the results.

Movies? Remix.

Has a tumblr, has a pictures to put on it

http://beccaelizabeth315.tumblr.com/post/53783396323/today-i-went-into-norwich-for-the-first-time-in

Iron Ape

... things found in Norwich while the camera had batteries for once.

(probably I need to get photo editing software set up again, but these are straight out of the camera)

This is right up there with the TARDIS Elephant :-)