Peter Jackson said something in an interview long before any of us had seen the first of the LotR movie trilogy. Something to the effect of (and I am beyond paraphrasing here) "I could try really hard to make this movie into something that would please all the fans, but if I did, what we'd end up with is a watered-down version that wouldn't excite anybody. I consider myself just one fan lucky enough to take what I value most of LotR and present it to the rest of the world in a really dynamic way." From that moment, I was determined to if not love the LotR movies, at the very least respect them, because I thought it was a very healthy and mature attitude of him to take. And of course, I ended up loving the movies.
I guess I'm just impressed by the overall reaction I'm getting from honest, heart-and-soul Trek fans, such as yourself and such as Seb, about this movie. That being, "It was great! Here are the five or six details I would have done differently!" without an overwhelming bucketloads of resentment or malice. It makes me... happy. :-)
I'm a casual Trek fan, at best. I know the basic characters and their relationships to each other, the basic premise, approximately 1.5 episodes of TOS and all of the movies, and while it never sucked up my soul the way subsequent fandoms have, I totally respect its place in the hallowed halls of geekdom history. I kind of thought you might be interested in my thoughts on Spock/Uhura, based on your wavering feelings cited here, most specifically: and I do like that it fleshed out Uruha even more than she already was in this film...more about her than the ship. I'm going to be lazy and directly post my thought's on the matter as I typed up in rangersebulba's LJ yesterday:
I think the reason I sucked up the Spock/Uhura thing so willingly (besides being a chronic shipper, but you already know that about me) was that I just found the idea of this sensible, talented, beautiful girl being so confident and secure that she would totally ignore the hot meat (read: Kirk) and get drawn in by the quiet and mysterious one to be utterly refreshing. For me, it's more about her than it is about them, if that makes sense. The ship didn't play to me like "We must have a romance!!" (even if that was its intention, very possible), but rather like "Here are two people who just happen to be involved and caught up in the same adventure at the same time." I am all about the: "I am Uhura the fleshed-out-character, not the mini-skirt and go-go- boots" love. Perhaps I am too judgmental, though. Admittedly, as I said in my own post, I haven't really seen enough of TOS Uhura to know.
If you want some entertainment, you can go read my utterly hyperactive initial reaction post from yesterday. Hahaha. It's going to make me laugh for years to come.
Karl Urban was amazing. I know what you mean about his performance. Karl Urban is one of the actors I fangirl in a huge way and not once in the movie did I fixate on "Squee!! Karl Urban!!" which really says something because I am an extremely shallow and immature fangirl when it comes to my boys. *glances at Eomer poster hanging three feet away on closet door* I was so thrilled when he got this part because he was finally being given a role that was not the "Testosterone Now" poster boy character. He got a chance to flex his acting muscles in a huge way, and he didn't just answer the call, he hit a grand slam out of the park and into the next state.
Um, when exactly is Paul's cameo, plot-wise? Because I had my eyes open for him the whole movie and didn't spot him. I'm going again tomorrow afternoon with my mom.
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Date: May. 10th, 2009 04:19 am (UTC)Peter Jackson said something in an interview long before any of us had seen the first of the LotR movie trilogy. Something to the effect of (and I am beyond paraphrasing here) "I could try really hard to make this movie into something that would please all the fans, but if I did, what we'd end up with is a watered-down version that wouldn't excite anybody. I consider myself just one fan lucky enough to take what I value most of LotR and present it to the rest of the world in a really dynamic way." From that moment, I was determined to if not love the LotR movies, at the very least respect them, because I thought it was a very healthy and mature attitude of him to take. And of course, I ended up loving the movies.
I guess I'm just impressed by the overall reaction I'm getting from honest, heart-and-soul Trek fans, such as yourself and such as Seb, about this movie. That being, "It was great! Here are the five or six details I would have done differently!" without an overwhelming bucketloads of resentment or malice. It makes me... happy. :-)
I'm a casual Trek fan, at best. I know the basic characters and their relationships to each other, the basic premise, approximately 1.5 episodes of TOS and all of the movies, and while it never sucked up my soul the way subsequent fandoms have, I totally respect its place in the hallowed halls of geekdom history. I kind of thought you might be interested in my thoughts on Spock/Uhura, based on your wavering feelings cited here, most specifically: and I do like that it fleshed out Uruha even more than she already was in this film...more about her than the ship. I'm going to be lazy and directly post my thought's on the matter as I typed up in
If you want some entertainment, you can go read my utterly hyperactive initial reaction post from yesterday. Hahaha. It's going to make me laugh for years to come.
Karl Urban was amazing. I know what you mean about his performance. Karl Urban is one of the actors I fangirl in a huge way and not once in the movie did I fixate on "Squee!! Karl Urban!!" which really says something because I am an extremely shallow and immature fangirl when it comes to my boys. *glances at Eomer poster hanging three feet away on closet door* I was so thrilled when he got this part because he was finally being given a role that was not the "Testosterone Now" poster boy character. He got a chance to flex his acting muscles in a huge way, and he didn't just answer the call, he hit a grand slam out of the park and into the next state.
Um, when exactly is Paul's cameo, plot-wise? Because I had my eyes open for him the whole movie and didn't spot him. I'm going again tomorrow afternoon with my mom.