Star Trek: Into Daffitude

[browngirl]

I had a really lovely day with WD today. He took me into the sunshine, on necessary errands, to dinner with WG, and to see STID.

... I kind of wish I'd seen it in five minute Youtube chunks. There were so many moments of awesomeness studded into a matrix of nonsensical plot and stupid character decisions, it was like a chocolate chip cookie made of gourmet chips and mud for the batter.

I did entertain WD and WG with my post-movie ranting, though.

Comments

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

Since I'd gone to see it after reading spoilers, I was able to be prepared for the Terrible Stupid Of Space, and enjoy the character moments even when they were at TERRIBLE TIMES AND PLACES oh my gosh that relationship discussion.

Um, where was I?

Oh, right. Anyway, so definitely, Curate's Egg to the max.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

I think I somehow didn't believe the io9 piece as much as I should have, or something.

I should not have enjoyed that relationship discussion because OMG, Jim's little "You're really going to do this now?" but I did because OMG all of them.

Also, what's a Curate's Egg?

[amaebi.livejournal.com]

The parson's family had the curate to tea.

Mrs. Parson enquired, "How is your egg?"

The cautious curate replied, "Some parts are excellent."

[wanted-a-pony.livejournal.com]

I didn't know this a'tall. Is it the same as kitty_hides Parson's Egg comment above?

[kitty-hides.livejournal.com]

yep! :D

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

Well, io9 did also say that Trek had previously always tried to make the science believable, which made me gesticulate at the screen and say "What!?" a lot. But most of their other criticisms were spot on, yes.

(And, once I got over the fact that they were having that discussion where/when they were having it, well -- it was a great scene.)

The rest of it-- well, the fact that everyone spends So Much effort in order to bring Khan back for trial, and then they Khansicle him without (AFAIK) a trial, is basically a microcosm of all the rest of the logic and plot holes wandering around

Amaebi has explained Curate/Parson's Egg for me; sorry, I assume everyone knows my not-pop-culture references.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

No, no, it was a good metaphor, used independently by several others in describing this movie, so I was wondering.

(And I agree so much.)