Star Trek
Monday 27th December, 2010 12:14 Comments: 0
A large part of me hates that Star Trek was a reboot, as one of the nice things was how much effort they made to ensure that the time lines were consistent between all of the later series and movies. At least they've come up with an alternative timeline scenario that means the existing canon wasn't trampled over. But overall I did enjoy the movie, even though there are big plot holes, and I'm glad I received it as a present for Christmas. I decided to check if/when a sequel will be released (potentially 2012, apparently) and spotted this review:
Darth Vader, err, Darth Maul - umm, I mean Nero - has this huge, gigantic awesome Death Star - err, I mean Mining Ship, that can destroy entire planets. So Nero blows up Alderaan - umm, I mean Vulcan, killing Princess Leia's father - I mean, Spock's mother. And then the Death Star homes in on the Rebel Base - Umm, I mean the mining ship homes in on Starfleet headquarters, and only Luke Skywalker can stop it by ignoring orders and turning off his targeting computer and trusting the Force - no, I mean only Jim Kirk can stop it by ignoring Starfleet's orders and trusting his instincts. It's a good thing Old Ben Kenobi was there to give Kirk that fatherly advice earlier - no, wait, that was Captain Pike.
And then they had a big old celebration, and Luke and Han got medals - err, I mean, Jim Kirk got a medal and was made captain.
Well it made me chuckle :) Unfortunately it's very hard to be original. Even when you're original it turns out someone else has already done something very similar that you weren't aware of. It reminds me of the South Park episode "The Simpsons Already Did It".
Darth Vader, err, Darth Maul - umm, I mean Nero - has this huge, gigantic awesome Death Star - err, I mean Mining Ship, that can destroy entire planets. So Nero blows up Alderaan - umm, I mean Vulcan, killing Princess Leia's father - I mean, Spock's mother. And then the Death Star homes in on the Rebel Base - Umm, I mean the mining ship homes in on Starfleet headquarters, and only Luke Skywalker can stop it by ignoring orders and turning off his targeting computer and trusting the Force - no, I mean only Jim Kirk can stop it by ignoring Starfleet's orders and trusting his instincts. It's a good thing Old Ben Kenobi was there to give Kirk that fatherly advice earlier - no, wait, that was Captain Pike.
And then they had a big old celebration, and Luke and Han got medals - err, I mean, Jim Kirk got a medal and was made captain.
Well it made me chuckle :) Unfortunately it's very hard to be original. Even when you're original it turns out someone else has already done something very similar that you weren't aware of. It reminds me of the South Park episode "The Simpsons Already Did It".