Comments on: To Boldly Go, Where People Can’t Shut It http://lestersmith.com/2009/05/25/to-boldly-go-where-people-cant-shut-it/ A convergence of poetry, game design, and Web tech. Sat, 07 Jan 2012 08:02:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lester http://lestersmith.com/2009/05/25/to-boldly-go-where-people-cant-shut-it/comment-page-1/#comment-425 Lester Wed, 27 May 2009 04:09:45 +0000 http://lestersmith.com/?p=854#comment-425 Oh, if only Ann Richards would start a Drafthouse up here. . . . Yes, <i>Wrath of Kahn</i> was good, for its time. And I can't really argue with the truism that the even-numbered ones are the good ones. Not that any of the Next-Gen-based films were anything but forgettable. I'm sorry you didn't like the new <i>Star Trek.</i> It certainly pushed all the right buttons for me. Oh, if only Ann Richards would start a Drafthouse up here. . . .

Yes, Wrath of Kahn was good, for its time. And I can’t really argue with the truism that the even-numbered ones are the good ones.

Not that any of the Next-Gen-based films were anything but forgettable.

I’m sorry you didn’t like the new Star Trek. It certainly pushed all the right buttons for me.

]]> By: Steve Maggi http://lestersmith.com/2009/05/25/to-boldly-go-where-people-cant-shut-it/comment-page-1/#comment-424 Steve Maggi Wed, 27 May 2009 01:27:56 +0000 http://lestersmith.com/?p=854#comment-424 Lester, Amen to magpies! You should come to Austin, sit through a movie at Alamo Drafthouse which is for diehards. When it's a big-deal movie such as Star Trek or Watchmen, they show a little comical warning that ends with a message: "Don't talk during the movie or we'll throw your ass out!" A favorite of mine is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUqLWTQCeHM Their policy is, you get one warning. After that you get tossed with no refund. As for Star Trek movies. You didn't like Kahn? I remember you coming with us to Undiscovered Country back in 1991 when Eastland had a theater. We enjoyed that, especially after the stinkburger Final Frontier was. Sadly, I just couldn't like this new one. It was Star Trek for retards because Abrams found the backstory a burden for his explosions and other contrived plot devices. I know it's just fiction but even fiction has boundaries, rules and expectations. Here this was more of Hollywood's sexing it up and agism: would it kill them to make Kirk the captain at 34 as opposed to a young turk in his 20s? I certainly wouldn't put the real USS Enterprise in the hands of a guy in his 20s fresh out of Annapolis and I don't care if his name is John McCain IV. In the end, it was just a movie. I can only hope Star Trek continues to follow its past path. The odd numbered ones (this would be XI) suck and you have to wait for an even-numbered movie (II, IV, VI and VIII), with X being the only exception. Lester,

Amen to magpies! You should come to Austin, sit through a movie at Alamo Drafthouse which is for diehards. When it’s a big-deal movie such as Star Trek or Watchmen, they show a little comical warning that ends with a message: “Don’t talk during the movie or we’ll throw your ass out!”

A favorite of mine is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUqLWTQCeHM

Their policy is, you get one warning. After that you get tossed with no refund.

As for Star Trek movies. You didn’t like Kahn? I remember you coming with us to Undiscovered Country back in 1991 when Eastland had a theater. We enjoyed that, especially after the stinkburger Final Frontier was.

Sadly, I just couldn’t like this new one. It was Star Trek for retards because Abrams found the backstory a burden for his explosions and other contrived plot devices. I know it’s just fiction but even fiction has boundaries, rules and expectations. Here this was more of Hollywood’s sexing it up and agism: would it kill them to make Kirk the captain at 34 as opposed to a young turk in his 20s? I certainly wouldn’t put the real USS Enterprise in the hands of a guy in his 20s fresh out of Annapolis and I don’t care if his name is John McCain IV.

In the end, it was just a movie. I can only hope Star Trek continues to follow its past path. The odd numbered ones (this would be XI) suck and you have to wait for an even-numbered movie (II, IV, VI and VIII), with X being the only exception.

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