STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS

[dahlia_moon]

Hi
Have my exploded, disjointed thoughts on the film:

• I'm kinda meh about Benballoon Cumberlumps (Gail Simone once referred to him like this so I shall too) because I don't find him attractive? Like at all? It's messed up as all fuck that he was cast as Khan but that topic has been written upon much more eloquently than I could ever expand upon. But, damn, his voice is epic.
• UHURAAA ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
• SPOOOOOCK ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
• KIRK ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
• SULU ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
• CHEKOV ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
• SCOTTY ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
• BONES ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
• KEENSER ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
• CUPCAKE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
• THAT AWESOME BALD WOC NEXT TO SULU THE ENTIRE TIME ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
• SPOCK PRIME ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
• When Admiral Marcus was talking about who persuaded Pike to join Starfleet...I really wanted them to NOT cut away from that scene. WHO WAS IT DAMN IT??? It looked like it was an important tidbit. WAS IT GEORGE KIRK??! OR WINONA KIRK???! COME ON THERE BETTER BE A DELETED SCENE ON THE DVD EXPLAINING THIS JABRAMS.
• Really didn't like that throwaway line about Chapel wherein she was only relegated as somebody whom Kirk slept with and then had to move away from him as far as possible. And it's not at all about shipping her with McCoy because I kinda don't (McCoy/Chekov is my ultimate rare-pair for this fandom--after Kirk/Spock), but it's sad that Abrams only teased her appearance back in STXI just to throw her away like this.
• NEEDED MORE SCOTTY. SCOTTY'S THE TRUE BAMF/BIG DAMN HERO HERE. OMG SIMON PEGG I LOVE YOU AND YOU SHOULD BE IN ALL THE MOVIES.
• Didn't hate Carol Marcus as much as I thought I would? Mostly because I thought she was the one who was in league with her evil father who was manipulating Khan. Mostly, what the semi-vague spoilers told us about her, I took the wrong way.
• Speaking of spoilers, MAN I WAS SO DUMB TO HAVE GOBBLED UP AS MANY OF THEM AS I COULD BEFORE WATCHING. Arghhh what a dunce I am--though to be fair to myself, I really didn't think I'd have a chance to see it in theaters. (Also, knew Admiral Marcus was evil before seeing the movie, but dude did not deserve to go out that way. :/ I literally had to put my hands up to my face because I knew what was happening. Though it was unnecessary because they didn't actually show Khan crushing Marcus' whole face and skull and brain. I appreciate that not getting shown on screen exactly, but it's ten times more horrible that way, I think.)
• The reason I'm lamenting getting myself spoiled is because of that BIG SCENE, you know the one where Kirk "dies"? Yeah, it didn't have as much of an emotional impact on me as I thought it would. I mean, I was just sitting there, being gleeful that Spock was /actually crying for Kirk/. Man, I hope Kirk noticed that Spock was crying for him considering what he had to do to get a reaction out of him before. I'm really horrible because Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto were awesome in conveying the emotional scenes so perfectly. Everyone actually was, Simon Pegg's scene at the beginning when he resigns comes to mind as being an awesome scene mostly for his acting. And I even sympathized with Khan/Harrison when he went into his tragic back story. MAN, so much good acting all around, which shouldn't be surprising and it's not, but I feel it should be commented on.
• WHAT WAS UP WITH ALL THE DAMN CLOSE UPS?! If the 2009's film was all about the ~LENS FLARE~, then this film's thing was all about the ~CLOSE UPS~. Seriously. You could see all of Karl Urban's, Chris Pine's, and Bruce Greenwood's pores.
• Speaking of Bruce Greenwood: PIIIIIIIIIIKEEEEEE NOO :((((( He didn't it make it through the whole movie, it was right at the beginning.
• NOEL CLARKE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ It was awesome seeing you on the big screen though I wish we could've stuck around your character for a bit more. I know logically why we couldn't, but your character got a shitty role and it felt shitty that it was never explained what happened to your daughter to cause her this illness that you'd basically kill yourself for. Khan's blood probably did save her, but we are not given that explicitly either. It was all about the ~manpain in this movie--yours, Kirk's, Spock's, Khan's...which does not make it invalid or anything but your wife would've probably done the same thing were she the one working in Sector 31. I know people might disagree with me, but that's my line of thinking and I'm sticking to it.
• Liked that the ending shoot with Spock by Kirk's side also included Uhura in the same frame. I can acknowledge I'm a bit crazy about shipping Kirk/Spock, but I'm also loving Uhura/Spock that's in the canon. Spock/Uhura/Kirk would be of epic proportions as well. I mean, UHURA SHED TEARS FOR KIRK. THEY'RE A FAMILY OKAYY REMEMBER HOW SHE HATED HIS GUTS IN THE FIRST ONE AND LOOK HOW FAR THEY'VE COME MY BABIESSS. ALSO ALL THREE OF THEM LOOKED SO FREAKIN' HOT IN DISGUISED CIVILIAN CLOTHES WHEN THEY WENT TO THAT KLINGON PLANET AND AND I AM SO ON BOARD FOR THREESOMES WITH THEM.
• San Francisco, you look way different than Iowa looked in the first movie. I know San Francisco ≠ Iowa, even in the future, but the fact that Iowa in the first movie did not look so futuristic kinda makes one think that maybe some places in the ST universe are more technologically advanced than others? (Kinda like now too, actually...with more resources and technology and a "better" way of living the more populated a certain place is.)
• So really the only reason why I gave money to this franchise (it was a matinée though...what's six bucks in the grand scheme of things?) despite its many problems is that basically it was the continuation of the Kirk/Spock love story. It was epically fun and kinda perfect for someone not well-versed in the original series/movies like me. It was pretty intense and I was on the edge of my seat for most of it. (...but if you are a hardcore Trekkie fan...man, I feel so bad for you all because it does seem like you were all screwed? judging by the general thoughts I'd encountered online :/ Although I did like the homage at the end with Kirk's final lines that started with "Space...the final frontier").
• WILL THERE BE MORE SEQUELS?? because they definitely left things open-ended.

I think, initially, this was a journey for every character? Chekov replaced Scotty when he was so unsure of himself, Sulu temporarily replaced Kirk once or twice when he didn't think he was ready, Kirk learned that he can be boneheaded and stubborn but he's trying to be less boneheaded? Spock learned that yes, feelings can be a good thing, or at least talking about your feelings with your girlfriend and pseudo-boyfriend IS A VERY GOOD THING. Uhura and Bones, I think pretty much stayed the same, not that that's a bad thing necessarily because they're AWESOME. Bones also pulled miracles out of his ass. Oh bb, I feel so sorry that you have to be stuck with these lunatics in deep space for five more years...but there's no other place you'd rather be and you're happier with them...although I wish Joanna was back this time around as well; remember, your daughter?

Um, it's possible I might have a lot of Star Trek thoughts? Oops.

Also, I do not have any ST icons on here; that distresses me.