Don, we went to see Star Trek Into
Darkness. You were right, it was amazing! It met our expectations. The plot was
sound, the characterizations were believable, the CG effects were excellent. My
only suggestion would be less Kirk and more Scotty. I enjoyed the twists in the
plot, the changes from the original scripts I grew up with. And I truly believe, Cumberbatch makes one fine villain.
I’m most impressed with the
communication between the older generation characters and the younger versions.
I’m pretty sure there was a lot of deliberation as to how the new crop of
actors would present a younger version of the characters many of us grew up
with. It shows. Even though Into Darkness takes place in an alternate universe
to the one Star Trek originally started in, the characterizations are similar,
believable.
Kirk is a bit out of hand – more roguish,
more undisciplined than his older counter part – is that the way Shatner’s Kirk
wanted to be? I remember Admiral Pike asking Kirk what he’d learned (a scene
early in the movie) and that became my question at the end. Kirk, what did you
learn? Someone pointed out that the movie plot needs Kirk to be a slow learner;
there has to be someone to keep getting the crew in trouble, posing morale
questions. We get to see the other characters grow, but, for me, Kirk remains
two dimensional.
We saw Star Trek in 3D which was okay,
and I say that with hesitation. I’ve now seen four movies in 3D and I have to
say that I’m not as enamored with it as the movie makers would like me to be. I
find the 3D presentation to be cumbersome and not all that realistic. Maybe I’ve
grown up seeing movies on a flat screen and that is how my mind envisions
movies to be, so anything different poses a problem. But, I find movie 3D
not to be natural. In a normal day, my eyes and mind are able to see beyond telephone
lines and slats in the blinds, almost like they’re not there. But in the 3D
movies, those lines, bars, fuzzy blurry places stand out making it impossible
to see beyond them. I think I’ll stick to movies shown the old fashioned way so
I don’t get hung up in trying to see what the fuzzy blur is on the right side
of the screen.
There has been a lot of space news this
week. One quick article by Mike Wall on Space.com was about the private sector
picking up the moon quandary as NASA heads out to the asteroids and Mars.
Bigelow Aerospace has developed expandable housing units for space or other terrestrial
bodies; Golden Spike wants to launch and return 2-man missions to the moon by
2020; numerous companies are already planning on mining the moon’s surface. Sierra
Nevada Corporation is currently building a taxi service – a spacecraft that
that can return home (Fernholz, 2013). I might not be able to vacation on the
moon, but it looks like my grandchildren might. There is hope for us yet.
Okay, onto the Riddle Cave.
The only thing that comes to mind is pine
cones, Don, and I know I’m way off. I’m
sure this will be one of those smacks to the head when you tell me. And yes,
Hair was the answer to mine. I loved the picture!
First
to show up in the spring
Some
call it a bane, others call it wine
Dancing
heads floating on the breeze
Have a great week everyone!
Carolyn
All images from Google Images:
fig. 1 - When Simon Pegg pranked The Star Trek Into Darkness retrieved from www.flickeringmyth.com
fig. 2 - Star Trek Into Darkness and
Also London retrieved from www.flickdaily.com
fig. 3 - William Shatner not in ST
Into Darkness retrieved from www.comicbookmovie.com
fig.4 - Earth from the Moon - Lunar Landscape retrieved from
www.geolocations.ws
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