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Out of the Blue

[May 11, 2009, 09:12 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Last year MrsBlue bought a pair of deck brushes, saying we could use these to clean our deck with OxyClean instead of hiring someone to power-wash it. This weekend I learned what should have been obvious, which is that by "we" she meant I would be doing the work, apparently her brush would be for beating me if I slacked off. So I'm out there following the instructions from the OxyClean container -- mopping the deck with some Oxy-water, letting it sit, scrubbing it with that deck brush, and hosing it all off -- when it occured to me what was happening: In the year 2009 I was actually swabbing the deck! I would have complained, but I was afraid I'd end up in the brig... or maybe even walking the plank.

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Re: Out of the Blue

May 11, 2009, 18:37

Cutter

Just got back from ST and it was OK. Not good, not bad, OK. JJ Abrams was the wrong guy for this in the first place. Then again, I've never cared for any of his stuff.

Cast?
Kirk - totally wrong.
Spock - ok.
Bones - Perfect. Karl Urban nailed it!
Scotty - wrong. I like Simon Pegg, but he wasn't right for the part.
Checkov - good.
Sulu - ok.
Uhuru - good.

The whole time travel/alternate reality angle sucked. That's such weak writing, and just the sort of crap I expect from Abrams and his buddies - look at their writing credits and you'll see what I mean. They're great at writing fluff - but who isn't, really? - but it's obvious they have no idea what Star Trek is really all about. They treat it as a vehicle for an action film that will net them sequels, spinoffs and merchandise, and not the morality tales Rodenberry intended them as originally. In this respect the film not only misses the mark, it misses the entire point of Star Trek's raison d'etre.

I'd give it a 5/10. You can easily skip the theater and wait for the DVD for this one. It's just too bad they didn't turn this project over to more capabale people.




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