Star Trek!

That's right ladies, I saw Star Trek finally.  I had hoped to see it sooner, but my present medical condition made sure of me waiting a week after it's premiere to witness it's wonders.

Almost all of the cast was amazing.  Perfect casting for almost everyone.  My one question was about the Winona Ryder as Spock's mother turn, as she was always in age makeup.  Either something hit the cutting room floor, or we could be looking out for a pre-prequel.  Who knows.  

Kirk, Spock, Bones, Scotty, Sulu, etc...  All great casting.  Kudos.

I loved the action.  It was fun to see the Enterprise on the big screen in it's updated, yet still old school form.  And the best part, it was funny.  So much humor in the movie, it didn't lose the feel of the original tone and characters.

To address the time travel bit.  They had to do it.  Definitely a bit of "how convenient" and I'm not going to blow it by going on about it, but one scene wrote the filmmakers out of any present and future continuity gaffes.  Pretty interesting way around it.

Great movie, go check it out!  Now.  

I think I might go see it again... maybe in IMAX!

Heroes Ranting is Back...

Okay, it's time again for another rant about how crappy Heroes has become. You know you want it. You've been waiting for it.

Anyway, apparently this week's episode was stealing from Star Wars, and Splash. That's right, Splash.

I'm already annoyed that Peter Petrelli's powers are weak and pathetic now. Come on, he didn't even need to touch people in the past, and he could collect powers, that was awesome! Now, he has to touch someone, and collect their power, but that seems to be totally random. Can he control that? We don't know, because in the plane, he was accidentally collecting them, now he seems to be able to touch people with or without taking powers. Lame, and lazy writing because the show couldn't figure out what to do with the super powerful Peter, the same thing they did with Hiro. Take it away, because we can't write around it.

Hey, wasn't Mohinder's formula supposed to perfect powers? How come it made PP's powers pathetic?

And back to the Star Wars bit. What was with Peter and Parkman with their little raid on that building pulling Jedi mind tricks on everyone? They might as well have been dressed in Jedi robes carrying lightsabers. WTF? We all want to do Jedi mind tricks, but come on.

What about Splash, you ask? Here is the conversation at home while watching:

Husband: "How is Claire breathing under water?"

Wife: "Maybe it's like Splash."

Husband: "Oh, so it's Splash rules... i see."

Yeah, how was this new guy's underwater breathing ability transfering to Claire via kissing? There was no extra oxygen as far as I could see. Not like in that hot James Bond Tomorrow Never Dies scene. Hmm...

Too many plot holes. All the time.

Oh, and the whole Sylar thing. Yikes.

At least maybe it will be interesting when we find his dad, who seems to be as evil a bastard as he is.

Movies...

I have not yet watched The Office, so I will do so immediately and get back to you.

I have, however, completed the semi-annual re-alphabetizing of the DVDs. You know, that fun little time of the season when you hunt down all the DVDs that have migrated to your bedroom, your children's room, and under the couch? And then reintegrate them into your master collection? Please tell me it's not just me.

Regardless, I rediscovered some gems I have to queue up. Once I get through my DVR list. Sometime in 2010. Enjoy:

The Rocky Horror Picture Show - it's been at least a year since I last watched. Let me grab my umbrella.

Vampire Hunter D - next to Akira, one of the best anime movies of my second childhood.

Evolution - David Duchovny, before his 'rehab' issues. And Stacey... it's got Orlando Jones...

Ninth Gate, Sleepy Hollow and Sweeney Todd - they've got Johnny Depp. And that's reason enough.

Let's talk Sanctuary - has anyone else watched yet? My friend Chuck has been following the show on ITV, but I've only seen the first episode that aired on SciFi Channel. So far, I like it; I want to see how the characters develop, particularly the Big Baddie who I swear I've seen before but, according to IMDB, I haven't. It could be very cool or it could tank - but I'm willing to run with it for a little bit and see where they go with this. I'mpraying that this is one of the few series that Sci Fi decides to get behind, ala Battlestar Galatica, rather than some of the painful crap they put up on the air (although you will never hear me diss Savage Planet - freaking Space Bears, people!) like the atrocious Flash Gordon. Which I will be angry about until my dying day. I won't even link it, it irritates me so much.

Let's recap - Space Bears, yea. New Flash Gordon, nay. Fear me, Sci Fi Channel.

Iron Man

I'll let someone else cover off on the new Fringe episode last night, which was good. This show is steadilly improving from the Pilot, which was better than average but not mind blowing.

So last night, our happy little Amazon.com package arrived containing the Blu-Ray edition of Iron Man. Most of the time, I don't get all hopped up about the difference between regular and HD movies. I realize that with my background, and obsession with scenery, film, and so on, I should totally get hopped up about it. But, I don't, usually.

People, consider me hopped up.

Iron Man looked amazing. The detail and the effects looked so good, I felt like I was sitting in the rooms with them. I know that's totally cliche, but hey, I don't care. It was... Awesome!

Plus, I really loved the movie, and it holds up on the 3rd viewing. I think I'll be watching this one a lot.

One thing that really amazed me about the effects in this film is that the Iron Man suit actually has Robert Downey Jr.'s personality. It walks like him, it moves like him, it reacts like him. I would think that this is a combination of motion capture and some really talented animators. Kudos to the effects team.

If you haven't seen it, you should. It's a superhero funfest.