What I'm Watching:
Quantum of Solace: I finally got around to the 2nd Daniel Craig Bond film. I knew the first, Casino Royale, was going to be all sorts of different because there were no naked dancing chicks in the opening credits. The naked dancing chicks are back for this one so I was afraid that we'd be back to the old Bond formula and I was right.
I still think Craig makes an excellent Bond - in some spots of the movie here he's trying to be polished but his inner thug comes out quite often, and the movie tries to address his state of mind after his betrayal from the last movie but it gets lost in all the action.
Still, the people who reset the series are trying: during the beginning car chase a car goes off the side of the cliff and doesn't explode. I was so impressed!
Lost: Eloise Hawking wins the award for Worst Mother of the entire Time-Space Continuum.
What I want to Watch:
Star Trek: They're hyping the Hell out of this one, aren't they? But if I get to see one movie in the theaters this year this is the one I want to see. Yes, even over the new Terminator movie! I know some fanboys are soiling themselves over some of the changes - the kerfluffle over Spock and Uhura having some special moments in this movie is pissing some folks off to no end ( I think it's great! My two favorite characters! Well I love Dr. McCoy too but if Uhura had ever been given the chance to actually have a shipboard romance she totally would have gone for the science officer! Smart is sexy!).
Sorry for the major geek squee moment. But I've said it before and I'll say it again: I don't mind someone taking someone else's ideas and reworking them as long as it's good.
A Word From the Boss
7 years ago
2 comments:
My biggest problem with the new Startrek is the huge set of continuity issues it has with the original show.
Hey Stuart:
I can see that bothering people. I don't particularly care - I know the tangent they're taking this is 90 degrees from the original series, but it frees Abrams and crew to do what they want with these characters without having to straitjacket the stories into the several decades worth of canon. It's hard to get too involved with the risks and safety of these characters if you already know their fate.
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