Trekspam

Aww. The new movie made Spock cry. (Thanks, gethenian!)

Can you imagine how surreal his life must be? Although all things considered, I think there are worse lives to have than Leonard Nimoy’s—he seems to have enjoyed it quite a bit, anyway. I wonder what he thought of Baby Spock’s performance, and what kind of tips he gave him.* I’m with him on Karl Urban’s performance, though—dude was a spot-on Baby McCoy.

Upon second viewing, my sister has decided that her favorite character in Star Trek is the soundtrack, which is a total fanboy. You think I was in capslock? That was directly the result of the soundtrack, which was also stuck in capslock. The whole movie it’s like “HAY GUYS HOW COOL IS IT THAT THIS IS A STAR TREK MOVIE AND I GET TO BE THE SOUNDTRACK? DID YOU JUST SEE THAT AWESOME THING KIRK DID? AND HOW ABOUT THAT SPOCK, HUH? THIS IS SO GREAT HOW WE’RE ALL HERE WATCHING THIS!”

And since we took Mom’n’Dad today, we got to spend a few minutes after the movie pinning down the timeline for them, including an explanation that, depending on which fan you ask, ( one of two possibly spoily things happened )

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And last but not least, kjpepper posted one of the better YouTube tributes to Redshirts I’ve ever seen. Go collective Ensigns Ricky!

*"More eyeshadow!"

Another Message From The Headpeople

In other news, a character in my own space opera just outsmarted me. Dweiji came up with a much more interesting trick to solve a problem than I had. My sister points out that this is still me, but I don’t know if I can take the credit because I did it subconsciously and the character had to clue me in herself.

I was doubly surprised that it was not only a good idea, but it was one she could pull off. To my surprise, I have managed to make a character who is both devious and a good actor. I have difficulty with this, since I myself am a terrible actor and a lousy liar. My main character shares these traits, and I have to work to keep everyone else from being totally frank, honest, and painstakingly precise as well. But I must be getting the hang of it, because it’s pretty easy with Dweiji.

I’m not sure exactly what this means, but I think it’s a good sign.