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Some musings on Star Trek, then and now.
May. 19th, 2009 03:31 pmBefore I start I need to warn you that though DW says it supports the legacy lj cut tags, apparently it does not. I don't know how the formatting is going to turn out either here or over at LJ so if you're spoiler-phobic, just stop reading now.
The Sunday before last, Dawn, Jim and I had some garden work to do (what else is new?) and didn't really feel like doing it. Someone suggested going to see Trek again -- they'd seen it on Saturday, I hadn't -- and I was very excited by the idea so I checked showtimes and since we had about five hours to the cheapest show, it gave us impetus to go out and finish our tasks quickly. We rolled into the theater about twenty minutes before the show began with popcorn and sodas, and I found myself thinking about the other Trek films I'd gone to see.
I had vivid memories of being bitterly disappointed in the first film, and thrilled with the second (Wrath of Khan) I'd actually stopped going after #4 (Voyage Home) not because I didn't like it but because I was just getting weary of the whole franchise. I'd tried watching the spin-off series, but never cared much for them, and the original in syndication, but found it cheesy and silly. I wish I could say otherwise, but I felt that after years of fannishness for ST:TOS, it was time just to call it a day. I'd seen every episode, written and read tons of fanfic (None of mine still exists that I know of.) and seen four films of varying quality and interest. Basically I figured the affair was over.
But I have to tell you, from the moment the film began, I was hooked. Yes, there were problems, but I didn't care. I still don't. Because there's life in the old dog yet. ( Read more... )
The Sunday before last, Dawn, Jim and I had some garden work to do (what else is new?) and didn't really feel like doing it. Someone suggested going to see Trek again -- they'd seen it on Saturday, I hadn't -- and I was very excited by the idea so I checked showtimes and since we had about five hours to the cheapest show, it gave us impetus to go out and finish our tasks quickly. We rolled into the theater about twenty minutes before the show began with popcorn and sodas, and I found myself thinking about the other Trek films I'd gone to see.
I had vivid memories of being bitterly disappointed in the first film, and thrilled with the second (Wrath of Khan) I'd actually stopped going after #4 (Voyage Home) not because I didn't like it but because I was just getting weary of the whole franchise. I'd tried watching the spin-off series, but never cared much for them, and the original in syndication, but found it cheesy and silly. I wish I could say otherwise, but I felt that after years of fannishness for ST:TOS, it was time just to call it a day. I'd seen every episode, written and read tons of fanfic (None of mine still exists that I know of.) and seen four films of varying quality and interest. Basically I figured the affair was over.
But I have to tell you, from the moment the film began, I was hooked. Yes, there were problems, but I didn't care. I still don't. Because there's life in the old dog yet. ( Read more... )
