| Been a bit of an up and down day…not sure why. I watched the new Star Trek movie today – which is simply the best movie I’ve ever seen. Before I go on I think I need to clarify that. I am a Trekkie or Trekker of whatever they are called. I love Star Trek, I have done since I was first saw TOS back in the late 60’s. I’ve watched all the episodes, even the really disappointing Enterprise series. So my judgement is not unbiased, whose is?
Given all those caveats I still think this is best movie I’ve ever seen. It had everything any Star Trek fan would ever want from a movie, humour, fantastic special effects, characters that ring out as fully rounded people who are not the goody too shoes of the early TNG episodes. There are loads of Star Trek references, and I mean loads, although they are introduced in such away as to make them fresh and at times humourous. So a great way to spend a couple of hours…am placing my Blu ray order shortly. However as the day wore on I became less and less enamoured with the way things went. I suddenly started to have cold feet over my historical research, which I do blow very hot and cold over, I’m now tepid heading towards freezing. However, I finally found something to lift my spirits a half hour or so working on an iPad painting. Oh to have the emotional control of Spock and but then I wouldn’t be human! Simon Marchini |
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