HORTICULTURE'S BIG IN OUR GROUP

[brooms]

i'm a bad star trek fan in that i have no interest in the original series, just abrasmverse, and in that 'verse, mostly just kirk. (like, 90% kirk. i have a fondness for scotty and spock, but jim is my ~feels anchor. i ffw through most parts that have nothing to do with him when i rewatch. so in a way, i'm not a "star trek" fan at all. just a jim pine kirk fan.)

also in that i'm not really looking forward to STXII.

i am, however, looking forward to them -



just look at them :[

digression, but i must put this in writing: this is a promise to myself - i will finish the mark of athena in the next 48 hours. I W I L L, so help me god.

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[mishalak]

I have never seen the Abrams Star Trek. I loved Star Trek (all versions) when I was young, but I tried to go back and most of it made me wince as the crap faeries had been there before me and replaced the show I loved with one that was not nearly as interesting or original. So that and not liking the "big 'splosion!"-ness of the ads I did not go see it. Should I go see it? Am I missing something fun?

Also, curse this digital age when it is so easy to see shows from childhood and thus ruin memories!

[brooms]

Should I go see it? Am I missing something fun?

hmm. *i* thought it was fun, but if you didn't like the 'splosion!-ness of the ads, you probably won't like the reboot. it's more of an action movie than sci-fi, it does rely heavily on 'sploding things, plot isn't tight.

Also, curse this digital age when it is so easy to see shows from childhood and thus ruin memories!

man, do i feel you on this. some things from the late 80s and early 90s did not age well at all.

[mishalak]

man, do i feel you on this. some things from the late 80s and early 90s did not age well at all.

I think this is one of those things that is true in all times and places. I mean looking even further back at the things that people 10 years older than me loved and they are often just as bad as the crap I loved in 80s and 90s. I think the only reason I was a fan of original Trek despite being outside its first run was the lack of SF on TV when I was a sprout and it being in reruns when I was about 10. Perfect age for the introduction to it.

Sometimes I wish I could shut off mah brain and enjoy the action movie, but I get bored by them. Unless they have a humorous hook like Hellboy.

[brooms]

I think this is one of those things that is true in all times and places.

yep, but i suffer from a case of nostalgia that is probably more severe than most people's and it was truly shocking to me how much i just couldn't sit trough an episode of alf or karate kid in their entirety anymore. not even the goonies were as good, tbh.

i can't for the life of me remember a live-action show from the 80s that aged as well as, say, bewitched or the twilight zone. (i know the former is debatable, but it held up so well for me on rewatch.)

[mishalak]

I think "The A-Team" might hold up as well as Bewitched. It is not Twilight Zone though. Only part live action, but The Storyteller was 1980s and I saw it relatively recently and it seemed to hold up well. Pure live action though... ummm... I wonder if I should try watching The Golden Girls now that I am an adult.