I was bored by the end, and incredibly turned off by all the gratuitous TOS cutaways (sexism, ethnocentrism, racism, Kirk/Spock...ism) because, again, my expectations were wildly different
Yes, yes, that. All that. The first 3/4 of the file I believed they were going to be creative, turn Khan into like a gray character, bad in that he'll kill innocents but good in that all he wants is to protect his crew. Our real enemy is giong to be from within, the head of Star Trek. It seemed like an interesting twist on the Khan thing and making it the reboot era's own idea and new path! I was even willing to ignore the sexism and whitewash for a while there and then it ended as it did in a revenge chase scene and I was mad as fuck.
But I think if I were really a Trek fan, really a science fiction fan, it would've at least been a really, really good time.
...............hmm...... maybe sci-fi fan but not Trek fan.
Though to be honest, I think I need to see it at least once more to get past the anger and meta in my head. I admit I am one of the people spewing some hate at the movie and I need to step back from it. But really need to wag my finger at my past self and say 'really, what were you expecting?' How were they going to top Reboot anyhow!?
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Date: 2013-05-22 01:38 pm (UTC)Yes, yes, that. All that. The first 3/4 of the file I believed they were going to be creative, turn Khan into like a gray character, bad in that he'll kill innocents but good in that all he wants is to protect his crew. Our real enemy is giong to be from within, the head of Star Trek. It seemed like an interesting twist on the Khan thing and making it the reboot era's own idea and new path! I was even willing to ignore the sexism and whitewash for a while there and then it ended as it did in a revenge chase scene and I was mad as fuck.
But I think if I were really a Trek fan, really a science fiction fan, it would've at least been a really, really good time.
...............hmm...... maybe sci-fi fan but not Trek fan.
Though to be honest, I think I need to see it at least once more to get past the anger and meta in my head. I admit I am one of the people spewing some hate at the movie and I need to step back from it. But really need to wag my finger at my past self and say 'really, what were you expecting?' How were they going to top Reboot anyhow!?
AND SCENE.... that got a tad away from me >_>