I finally saw Star Trek last night. I'd never seen a Star Trek movie before, and have only seen a couple episodes of one of the TV shows. Most of my prior Star Trek knowledge came from recognizing references to it in The Simpsons, Futurama, Can't Hardly Wait, xkcd, etc. Here are my thoughts.
- In the event of a Romulan attack, I don't think it should be necessary for Star Fleet crew to stand at attention whenever the captain walks by. I think they should keep doing whatever the hell it is they need to be doing.
- The average shot length, towards the climax at the end, was probably about 2 seconds.
- About halfway through I realized that the actor who plays Uhura was Anamaria in Pirates of the Caribbean. I liked her better as Anamaria.
- Speaking of Uhura, this movie fails the Bechdel-Wallace Test with flying colors. The movie pays lip service to equality at the end, making a point to say "To boldly go where no one has gone before" instead of "no man." But why talk the talk if they ain't gonna walk the walk?
- Who knew that Hoth was really just Delta Vega?
- Simon Pegg rules. There needed to be way more of Scotty. I also liked his little walking cabbage sidekick.
- My other favorites were Bones and Chekov.
- The clever thing about the time travel plot device is that it allows J.J. Abrams some leeway - if it's an alternate reality, he can stray from the canon. But even so, having Kirk born in space strips Riverside, Iowa of its claim to fame.
- There was not nearly enough pandering to K/S slash fiction writers. I demand more fan service, dammit!
- I am soooo glad I was an English major. They don't shoot English majors off into space before we even graduate.
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