Apparently I now see films the night they come out.

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So, I saw Star Trek Into Darkness yesterday. It was an ok movie. I liked it. It just didn't make me sqee like Iron Man 3 did.

A space ship on the bottom of the ocean is ridiculous, thanks Scotty

As soon as the Cumbervillain started giving his speech I was going. "Oh, pleeeeease, no" Then they took the torpedo apart and I went "Shit, he's Kahn."
And I like Kahn. But seriously? Would it have been hard to keep him Indian?
For a while I hoped BK was supposed to be one of Kahn's people and Kahn himself would be in one of the torpedoes but no such luck.

I did like the retelling of ST - TWoK and all the parallels it draws. But it was a bit heavy handed about it.
The moment ZQ did the Shatner, I burst out laughing, dramatic tension or not.

Calling Spock Prime for spoilers is an obvious solution. Also makes for a nice bit of foreshadowing.
Still, Spock ex machina can't be the solution to all problems.

It's predictable even beyond the whole retelling of STII angle. McCoy poking the dead tribble with some of Kahn's blood? I wonder who they will need to revive later on.

Why did Carol Marcus have to undress before examining the torpedo? Apart from there needing to be some nakedness of course. Did I just miss the explanation or did they just not bother to make one up at all?

Also: Yes, 3D is pretty much *made* for Starships warping out.

Comments

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Yeah, I might not be the very best person to judge the Kahn storyline by. I think at one point I could recite big blocks of II, III and IV by heart. And while I haven't seen Space Seed that often, the basic plot is fixed pretty firmly in my brain.

I don't think I really *mind* BC's Kahn. I'll probably have to watch it again because most of this time round I was sitting there going "Why did they kept his name as Khan Noonien Singh if he was not going to be Indian? Kahn's crew had people from all over earth, so BC could have been *anyone* and kept the story the same. But no, Kaaaaaaahn is to iconic not to have in there. *grumble* *mumble* *pout*"
I think once I'm over my sulk for that, I'll accept that BC did play a good villain :D
(And those are some impressive references, hard to ignore, really...)

That tribble bit though, WOW was that obvious and in your face. I mean, there is foreshadowing and there is "What are you doing to that dead tribble?".