AICN first look at new Trek movie (spoilers!)

[marycrawford]

Via catalenamara: Harry Knowles from Ain't It Cool News visited director J.J. Abrams and got to look at seven minutes or so of the new Star Trek movie, being put together in the editing room.


TOS and K/S was my first fandom - or rather, the first fandom I shared, the first fandom where I discovered slash and zines and fanfic and Usenet and fannish friendship - and I've never really fallen out of love with it. In fact, I'm falling back in: reading favorite stories, planning to go to Closet Con in the UK, watching episodes (sometimes with flambeau, who says delightful things like "They delved too greedily and too deep" while watching The Devil in the Dark) and trying really hard to keep my hopes down about this movie.

Yeah, that last isn't going so well. And Harry's first-look comments are just fueling my expectations, especially about the casting:

"How is Chris Pine? He’s young. The scene I saw wasn’t a strong KIRK scene, but a proto-KIRK scene. To see a character called Kirk that isn’t comfortably calling all the shots is a bit strange, but welcomed at the same time. I can’t wait to see how JJ takes the character and thrusts him into “greatness” – which has to happen in this film."

"But then there’s McCoy – when you see McCoy… you’ll realize how metaphysically perfect Karl Urban was for the casting of the character. He’s got that right cantankerous, best buddy, ethical, but anything for his friend type of doc attitude – and he has it down pat."

"Zoe Saldana doesn’t look like the Uhura we knew – she looks young and hungry, confident and determined. And Spock… perfect."

Oh, I have hopes.

*bounces*

How about you?

Comments

[muccamukk]

I am trying very hard not to feel excited. I really am. I've been disappointed by this franchise so often over the last ten years.

Not doing so well though. I keep slipping into squee.

[marycrawford.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's exactly it - slipping into squee here, too. I can't help it!

I do feel, though, that nothing can destroy TOS fandom at this point. Disappoint us hugely, sure, but if this fandom can weather ST:V and ST:Generations, it can weather anything.

[muccamukk]

I suppose. I just did this with the last few movies, and Enterprise, and most of Voyager, and I just don't want to get excited again.

Dude, Generations had the Lady in it. I'm so not knocking that movie. Just pretending that any part of it not set on a boat didn't happen.