Greetings, Tribbles!

Apologies everyone.  My attentions have been focused on a friend and an emergency situation he found himself in this week.  Because of that, we’re having another meeting at the docks this week.

I wanna draw your attention to the new Star Trek movie coming out in less than a month (May fifth, for those keeping track).  There has been some light controversy surrounding J.J. Abrams and what his intentions are with a franchise that a lot of folks who know the Klingon language and have an affinity for green women (other than She-Hulk) consider holy.  Among those issues are things like casting, the fact that it’s a reboot (kind of), and the fact that a lot of minor details considered canon are being changed.  Some would say it’s almost worth quoting Shakespeare and yelling “Fire!” over.

I’ve been reading a lot of insider info from a couple of respectable movie websites, and I have read the prequel comic that IDW put out that was written by the same folks who wrote the new Trek script (which is also counted as canon).

I can say that I feel very confident that the new Trek will be quite good.  While not as geektastic as The Wrath of Khan, early reviews have all been positive, stating that it’s a solid little movie.  The continuity changes are actually on purpose and are tied into the plot.  And the actors hired do a great job of invoking the essences of their respective characters.  Not the original actors, but the characters.  So no, Chris Pine does not get all Shatnerian on your Trekkie Trekker Trekkie ass.  But he does capture the spirit of Kirk.

That said, there is one exception – Karl Urban, who plays medical cadet Leonard ‘Bones’ McCoy.  I recently watched a clip that features an dialogue exchange between his character and Pine’s Kirk.

Holy crap.

It’s like the ghost of DeForest Kelley got all Sam Wheat into Urban’s flesh suit.  The man has all of Kelley’s facial expressions, vocal inflections, and body language down pat.  And it’s subtle enough that it doesn’t detract from the performance.  Instead, you watch the clip going, “Holy crap, it’s Bones!”

Don’t believe me?  Check it out for yourself:

Shivers, right?

The past couple of weeks have got me turned around from being skeptical to being excited about this film.  And the best part is that this movie should be able to do what Rick Berman constantly failed to do for the past several years – make a Star Trek movie that is fun for the fans as well as for movie goers who are completely unfamiliar with the adventures of the Enterprise.

And I’m anxious to see it.  Beam me up.

Dammit, Jim.  The Don is a Spwug writer, not a doctor.  But he plays one on TV.

Stumble it!

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