That'll Give You, Er ... Warp.

My siblings and I finally caved and watched Star Trek: The Motion Picture for the first time today, and I really liked it.* But the danger of watching anything with the three of us is … well, you know how movie chatter goes.

So! Here are some of the things we worked out based on this movie:

1. Given the old joke about how Starfleet uniforms look like pajamas, we have decided that Chekov’s uniform has footies.  Whether he wants it to or not.  Maybe it's something about the way the replicator interprets his accent.
2. The Enterprise is run on bees. This was a carefully reasoned-out decision, based on the hexagon motif through the film, the engineering crew’s beekeeping outfits, and a general decision that bee jokes could only improve the movie-watching experience. So the movie got a lot of comments like “See that other patient in sickbay? He works in engineering and just found out he’s allergic” and “I cannae get the engines started till we get the honey outta the warp core!” Not to mention the Eddie Izzard and weird internet meme references. (“Yes, Kirk likes his women like he likes his coffee ... COVERED IN BEES!”)
3. McCoy spends an awful lot of time loitering in the turbolift just off the bridge. He probably has a folding chair and a newspaper in there.

Also, William Shatner had clearly not gotten the hang of gluing down his rug yet. I wanted to get one of those Scotch poster stickers and tamp it for him.

Who says watching movies is passive?


*All y’all nerds can kill me for this, but I think I prefer it to Wrath of Khan. Sure, the latter has a great ending that makes me cry, but it’s more because I’ve seen the Kirk/Spock/sometimes-McCoy dynamic already in the show itself. But that movie wasn’t really focused on it, so you get a bunch of boring shit about Khan and Kirk is all angsty and Spock’s in the background like Word, Yo and then there’s a thing thing at the end where suddenly the writers are like WE’RE IN UR SCRIPT KILLIN UR DOODS. On the other hand, the first one has a really cool discovery—my favorite of any Trek story so far. Granted, it could have benefitted from editing. Would’ve made a great high-budget standard episode.

Torn World Plug!

Hey, dudes!

ellenmillion’s Torn World is up and running and looking for contributors! It’s a cyberfunded creativity project where, writers, artists, nerds, etc. can engage in sandbox play—including stories, art, worldbuilding, and roleplay.

Right now we’re looking for people to help build it. I spent a while hammering out some of the language with ysabetwordsmith, and we’re still working on that. And I’m guessing that any other areas of expertise would be more than welcome to offer their two cents. But I’ll let Ellen explain a little more. It’s been fun so far—hope y’all enjoy it!

Weird Hobby

You know, I’m still working on that doll blog I’ve been threatening to start. I’ve got an intro entry (guest written by … well, me) and photos, but I’m having the blank-space panic that usually goes with starting something. But after I get done with the icons—the plan is one for each of them so you’ll know who’s posting—I will have no real excuse. I’ll have to make something entertaining.

Just give me one more day to stare at the blank page …