Yeah, I remember hearing that about Urban and Nimoy. (Admittedly, it made ME giggle like an idiot. And now I can't watch The Two Towers without thinking "Dammit, Jim, I'm a horseman, not a politician!") The first reboot nearly killed me with him--I still love the part where he has to chase Kirk down to vaccinate him. (It's entierly possible that was another original series callback--there's an episode that's sort of a retconned payoff of that whole scene. There's this real casual moment where Bones is lurking just off the turbolift, and Jim steps off the lift and Bones casually tears off Jim's sleeve and blasts him with a hypospray and they just carry on without breaking stride or even mentioning it. It cracks me the fuck up every time. I laugh just THINKING about it.)
I did like the reversal of the sacrifice (I liked "This is what YOU would have done." Jim is not subtle), although the angry Khan yell was a bit much. It didn't make me cry like the original always does (shut up), but Spock's Single Manly/Vulcanly Tear got me close.
One thing I did miss from the orignal was that, even though Spock had a pretty excellent solution to Khan's little Mexican standoff, they didn't get to do the cool moment where they realize he's got some outdated battle tactics. The rest of Wrath of Khan up till that point is kind of rubbish, but I really liked the 3D chess payoff.
I think even Uhura's Klingon was a bit of an homage to the alterna-timeline, since at one point in I think movie 6 Original Flavor Uhura had to do some fast-talking in Klingon and, dictionary flipping notwithstanding, managed a pretty decent job at it. Either way, Hell yeah, Uhura speaking Klingon. Zoe Saldana is shaping up to be a--polyconglot? Multiconlingual? Anyway, it is awesome.
Spock Prime's response to "Have you ever run into a guy named Khan?" was priceless. His face just goes "Oh, shit, Khan. I HATE that guy." And he's all "I can't tell you anything that might reveal your future or make a bigger mess of the timeline than I already have, but seriously, FUCK THAT GUY."
Have you read Redshirts? Please tell me you've read Redshirts.
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Date: 2013-09-23 03:52 am (UTC)I did like the reversal of the sacrifice (I liked "This is what YOU would have done." Jim is not subtle), although the angry Khan yell was a bit much. It didn't make me cry like the original always does (shut up), but Spock's Single Manly/Vulcanly Tear got me close.
One thing I did miss from the orignal was that, even though Spock had a pretty excellent solution to Khan's little Mexican standoff, they didn't get to do the cool moment where they realize he's got some outdated battle tactics. The rest of Wrath of Khan up till that point is kind of rubbish, but I really liked the 3D chess payoff.
I think even Uhura's Klingon was a bit of an homage to the alterna-timeline, since at one point in I think movie 6 Original Flavor Uhura had to do some fast-talking in Klingon and, dictionary flipping notwithstanding, managed a pretty decent job at it. Either way, Hell yeah, Uhura speaking Klingon. Zoe Saldana is shaping up to be a--polyconglot? Multiconlingual? Anyway, it is awesome.
Spock Prime's response to "Have you ever run into a guy named Khan?" was priceless. His face just goes "Oh, shit, Khan. I HATE that guy." And he's all "I can't tell you anything that might reveal your future or make a bigger mess of the timeline than I already have, but seriously, FUCK THAT GUY."
Have you read Redshirts? Please tell me you've read Redshirts.