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OH MY GOD THE NEW STAR TREK MOVIE IS THE AWESOMEST THING IN THE HISTORY OF AWESOME SERIOUSLY YOU GUYS YOU HAVE NO IDEA
Unless you've seen it, already, and even then, seriously, some people clearly do not get how awesome it is because they don't realise just how much they rocked out at some very important points.
Spoilery discussion may come later, but first, a couple of non-spoilery comments:
1) Words can not express my absolute joy and delight that the computer voice was still Majel Barrett Roddenberry. It's not Star Trek unless it contains Majel Barrett Roddenberry.
2) Tally: I cried twice, hyperventilated at least six times, and was bouncing in my seat at points with sheer thrill and joy.
3) And occasional swoon.
I want to point, again, to my essay: Series on the Edge of Forever: the Future History of Star Trek, because I want people to understand what a big deal Star Trek is and should be. Star Trek is part of history in ways that seriously deserve to be recognised.
A quotation I used, that shows a lot of why: "Civil rights came of age in the sixties, and so did I - right here in the South. You can pretty well imagine my environment, so let's say that Spock and Star Trek did as much to change my views as my watching civil rights workers being hosed down and badgered with police dogs." I've recently seen people bringing up Nichelle Nichols' story of being encouraged to stay with Star Trek by Dr. King, and I'm like... people, you ought to know this stuff. This is important history. Nichelle Nichols was an inspiration to many people, for good reasons.
Looking over it, I'd write a better essay now, but still.
Anyway. Yes. Stuff and NO SERIOUSLY PEOPLE THIS MOVIE WAS AWESOME BEYOND THE TELLING OF IT THERE IS MORE AWESOME THAN CAN BE CONTAINED IN JUST ONE POST AND SO MUCH SQUEE AND SERIOUSLY DID I MENTION I LOVED IT REALLY A LOT.
My seriously difficult efforts to remain unspoiled? So worth it, I loved every second of that movie.
Unless you've seen it, already, and even then, seriously, some people clearly do not get how awesome it is because they don't realise just how much they rocked out at some very important points.
Spoilery discussion may come later, but first, a couple of non-spoilery comments:
1) Words can not express my absolute joy and delight that the computer voice was still Majel Barrett Roddenberry. It's not Star Trek unless it contains Majel Barrett Roddenberry.
2) Tally: I cried twice, hyperventilated at least six times, and was bouncing in my seat at points with sheer thrill and joy.
3) And occasional swoon.
I want to point, again, to my essay: Series on the Edge of Forever: the Future History of Star Trek, because I want people to understand what a big deal Star Trek is and should be. Star Trek is part of history in ways that seriously deserve to be recognised.
A quotation I used, that shows a lot of why: "Civil rights came of age in the sixties, and so did I - right here in the South. You can pretty well imagine my environment, so let's say that Spock and Star Trek did as much to change my views as my watching civil rights workers being hosed down and badgered with police dogs." I've recently seen people bringing up Nichelle Nichols' story of being encouraged to stay with Star Trek by Dr. King, and I'm like... people, you ought to know this stuff. This is important history. Nichelle Nichols was an inspiration to many people, for good reasons.
Looking over it, I'd write a better essay now, but still.
Anyway. Yes. Stuff and NO SERIOUSLY PEOPLE THIS MOVIE WAS AWESOME BEYOND THE TELLING OF IT THERE IS MORE AWESOME THAN CAN BE CONTAINED IN JUST ONE POST AND SO MUCH SQUEE AND SERIOUSLY DID I MENTION I LOVED IT REALLY A LOT.
My seriously difficult efforts to remain unspoiled? So worth it, I loved every second of that movie.
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I was heartbroken when I found out Majel had died, because she was just such an amazing, wonderful woman. I loved her and it hurts that I'm never going to get to meet her now. I wonder just how much I'll regret that I surrendered my first chance to meet Nichelle Nichols, last year, due to pain issues - they're the only two Star Trek people I've really, really wanted to meet.
(I know Uhura was criminally underused and all, but I did a lot of research when I wrote that Star Trek essay, which I'm now finding myself wanting to rewrite But Better and without the word limit, and I kind of fell in love with Nichelle Nichols in the process.)
I think my only quibble with the otherwise-brilliant casting of new Star Trek was actually Uhura. Zoe Saldana wasn't quite awesome enough - she was good, but just didn't quite have that flair of sheer unadulterated awesome that Uhura ought to have. Someone on my friends list was suggesting Gabrielle Union to play Number One - I like that idea, but I think she would have been brilliant as Uhura, too.
... Sorry, I'm being rambly. And there's a whole other post I could write about my squee over the way they made Uhura's first name a Thing in the movie. Hee.
... man, I want to watch it again, like, now.