tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post4960459662028340234..comments2024-02-16T10:27:42.320-08:00Comments on Krell Laboratories: The Way of All FleshVulnavia Morbiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722740955194993451noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post-37424028748834344792011-02-27T19:03:47.829-08:002011-02-27T19:03:47.829-08:00No biggie. I've already found a solution. Than...No biggie. I've already found a solution. Thanks for the offer, anyway.Vulnavia Morbiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722740955194993451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post-2489995006831681692011-02-27T12:57:46.839-08:002011-02-27T12:57:46.839-08:00A follow-up: I checked the dungeon, and apparently...A follow-up: I checked the dungeon, and apparently, I don't have either INSURRECTION or NEMESIS anymore (sorry). I don't remember unloading them, but I must have somewhere.cinemarchaeologisthttp://cinemarchaeologist.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post-5566823563550876652011-02-26T18:45:39.985-08:002011-02-26T18:45:39.985-08:00I'm going to say my favorite of the new movies...I'm going to say my favorite of the new movies was Generations. Why? Shatner, of course. He gets not one but THREE death scenes, comes off as completely unfazed by the afterlife (something's missing here... toast!!), and gets to display his 'hold them and hit them' technique on McDowell. I love me some Stewart, thought he was the best thing going in Excalibur, but nothing matches the sheer camp that was the original series.GlendaPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post-63563085224991499472011-02-26T17:10:18.685-08:002011-02-26T17:10:18.685-08:00Wow, that last line should, of course, say "I...Wow, that last line should, of course, say "I liked it a lot better than you did, though." The way it's written makes it subject to a VERY unfortunate misinterpretation.cinemarchaeologisthttp://cinemarchaeologist.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post-47392560399694998312011-02-26T11:56:21.321-08:002011-02-26T11:56:21.321-08:00"I'll figure something out, I'm sure...."I'll figure something out, I'm sure."<br /><br />Tell you what: I'll check my dungeon, where the remnants of my late, lamented video store still molder, and if I still have my copy of the lamentable INSURRECTION, you're welcome to it.<br /><br />I should also note that the fact that the recent TREK revamp was easily the best Trek we'd gotten since ST6 doesn't mean it's great Trek. In the land of diarrheal puddles that is the TNG movies, even a well-polished turd can rule.<br /><br />(I liked it a lot more than you, though.)cinemarchaeologisthttp://cinemarchaeologist.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post-54168645725660406242011-02-26T09:24:55.173-08:002011-02-26T09:24:55.173-08:00Hi, Mykal. I'll be getting to Nemesis soon eno...Hi, Mykal. I'll be getting to Nemesis soon enough, but I have to find a copy of Insurrection first. Netflix doesn't have it, it doesn't appear to be available locally for rent, and I really don't want to buy it. I'll figure something out, I'm sure.Vulnavia Morbiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722740955194993451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post-41360611286709226072011-02-26T08:08:57.975-08:002011-02-26T08:08:57.975-08:00Dr. Morbius: A bright, shiny polished turd, you sa...Dr. Morbius: A bright, shiny polished turd, you say? Really, there's no reason to sugar coat it like that, say it plain. ;-)<br /><br />Anyway, I have to say my fav Star Trek film was <i>Nemesis</i>, mostly for the cool performance by Tom Hardy as Shinzon - also for the cool concept behind the story. Plus, I have always liked the way the Star Trek franchise uses CGI (introduced in FC) modestly and effectively – until the aforementioned last polished turd, that is. <br /><br />Fantastic review on <i>First contact</i>; which I liked as well for all the same reasons. I feel the need to defend Shatner, but the actor himself makes it so hard, what with being such an ass hole and all. All my arguments sort of boil down to "He's Captain Kirk, goddammit!" which really <i>does</i> count. On his best days, Shatner could summon up a real aura of noble; plus, I can't help but feel Patrick Stewart is kind of a classic Old Vic blowhard. <br /><br />Man, this franchise sure does go in for the Melville quotes, eh? I’d love to hear your thoughts on <i>Nemesis</i>. Turd? Not so turdy? <br /><br />Per usual, nice work.Mykal Bantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12148489896145024134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post-77390297461613199652011-02-26T06:58:54.357-08:002011-02-26T06:58:54.357-08:00Obviously, I disagree with you both, but I'm i...Obviously, I disagree with you both, but I'm in the position of not really liking TOS (or William Shatner) all that much. But that's apples and oranges, I guess. <br /><br />I will take issue with the notion that the recent revamp was "the best Star Trek since ST VI", though, because, frankly, I'm on record as having hated that movie, and not because it hews to a version of Trek that I dislike, or whatever, but because it had a screenplay that was written by morons. I'd place it on the level of ST V, actually. Maybe a shade lower because it takes itself so very seriously. To be more blunt, I thought it was a bright shiny polished turd.Vulnavia Morbiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722740955194993451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post-35508735983865453702011-02-26T00:18:41.806-08:002011-02-26T00:18:41.806-08:00Gotta' go with glendaP on this one, and maybe ...Gotta' go with glendaP on this one, and maybe even take it further. TNG isn't "Star Trek," and, to state the matter bluntly, TNG just sucks. Boring, bloodless characters blandly going where the crew of the real "Star Trek" series boldly went before. The show where any effort at human drama and problem-solving is replaced by meaningless technobabble.<br /><br />The story behind it is that Gene Roddenberry spent the '70s cooking his brain on chemical amusements, and just didn't have anything left in the tank (or much of a tank, either). He'd totally lost his grasp of the concept of what he'd created. The "Motionless Picture" (good name for it) was the last time he had any real creative control of the real "Star Trek," and that abomination became the blueprint for TNG, which he launched years later when he was in even worse shape. I have a sincere love of the original series going back to some of my earliest memories, and TNG was always, to me, like this tragic monument to how far a once-great creative force had fallen. It's where he finally got to stick in all the nonsense his baked brain had accumulated over those years.<br /><br />I'd strenuously object to the idea that TNG had better actors. Patrick Stewart is every bit as good as you say, doc, but he was terribly mistreated by the TNG writers, and most of the rest of the TNG cast can't hold a candle to the original. In their defense, a lot of this is due to the fact that their characters were written so badly, and the show, through both the series and the movies, had an ironclad rule that they could never improvise anything (meaning they weren't really allowed to act at all).<br /><br />(The harsh restrictions imposed on all of the Trek sequel series is what led Ronald Moore to revolt and intentionally create the BATTLESTAR GALACTICA revamp as the anti-TNG--it became the best series of its kind since the original Trek.)<br /><br />FIRST CONTACT was the one in which the TNG creators were trying to duplicate the original. It isn't TNG's version of THE WRATH OF KHAN; it's TNG's very poor effort to ape THE WRATH OF KHAN and ST4. This is even reflected in the trailers (which, among other things, falsely posited the notion that we'd be seeing Stewart go Kirk-hardcore on the Borg). The Cochrane storyline is there to duplicate ST4, and does, indeed, seem entirely out-of-place (like an afterthought, as you put it). There's no coherent vision (beyond trying to copy past success) guiding any part of this dreadful mess of a movie.<br /><br />Those behind the film franchise have wisely abandoned TNG. The recent Trek revamp, for all of its shortcomings, was easily the best STAR TREK we've gotten since ST6. The only Trek we've gotten since then, really.<br /><br />I hope I don't sound like a raving loon in writing about all of this. If you detect, shall we say, a hint of the fanboy in these words, it isn't your imagination, but I'm certainly never one to judge something based on those sorts of standards--if something earns it, I'll still love it. TNG just isn't lovable.cinemarchaeologisthttp://cinemarchaeologist.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post-59647967631074763032011-02-25T13:09:45.555-08:002011-02-25T13:09:45.555-08:00It's funny how people see things differently. ...It's funny how people see things differently. I thought this was one of the worst movies in the series, except maybe the first one (the Motionless Picture). I don't see the things you do about existentialism and humanity, I just see Brent Spiner crying for a lead role. Frankly, I think he's got all the arrogance with none of the ability to mock himself that defines the Shat.<br /><br />I guess my biggest problem with Star Trek now is that it isn't Star Trek anymore. I like the show but I don't even try to compare it to the original series. The movies have nothing to do with it either, besides the name.glendaPnoreply@blogger.com