I know I said I'd get back to that Crisis thing in due time, but I just recently returned from seeing Star Trek and I really must say I was impressed. I'll consider this a tangent from that discussion because it leans pretty heavily on Morrison-esque definitions of a Multiverse and Hypertime, so was in fact the Enterprise's version of a Crisis proper.
I really can't play the role of a snarky reviewer today because I am in no way qualified. See, I am not a Star trek fan. At all. I only begrudgingly agreed to see this movie because it got through my bias filter. Let me explain. The first time I saw a trailer, I only began paying attention halfway through. After a mere two or three short cuts to various things exploding and a pretty girl, I audibly muttered "this movie looks amazing." Then, at the end of the trailer when it blindsided me with the logo, I followed with "You have got to be shitting me." So I was on board to see a film adaptation, pre-opening day no less, of a television show that I despised because after seeing ten episodes which all involved lizards (different lizards, mind you so it was not the same episode ten times) I determined it's the biggest piece of shit the nerd community has on its altar. This is a view I am still unwilling to rescind, citing that the movie managed to take out everything that made Star Trek lame and add in new gimmicks, technologies, and something uncannily resembling acting in order to make the film appeal to non-fans.
This is the part where, I'm afraid, I shot down my own credibility. I am not a fan. For once, I go into the advance screening of of some highly-touted nerd-vana masterpiece not as the initiated backstory-logged fanboy(girl) trying to defend his(her) franchise against the onslaught of that ugly upstart known as mass appeal. I was the newcomer, confused that there were no lizards or tribbles. With no preconceived notions of what this movie needed to be or should have contained, I had the time of my life. An hour and a half after it let out, I'm still on an adrenaline high. Longtime fans can enjoy it as an admirable reboot of the series, but don't hesitate if you are asked to go to the film. Even if you don't speak "the language" it's still a remarkably fun time.
Also, during the credits, we had a geek fight. Two groups of people argued over which blew more, Deep Space 9 or Voyager. One dude hit another dude. Seriously. I've never seen an episode of either, but my vote is for whichever one had 7 of 9 in it. God, her tits were huge.
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