I Khan't stan' 'im.
Jul. 13th, 2009 11:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lillbetSo, the movie on Saturday. AFI is my new favorite place to see movies, partially because there's not a bad seat in the place, and partly because they're doing this 80's fest right now. They also have tribute serii (series... es?) to directors and actors, which means a week of Spielberg or whoever. Anyway, Khan highlights:
A staffer had us yelling "KHAAAAAN!" all together before the movie started and folks were primed for the moment. Everyone was very enthusiastic and clearly having fun, which was great.
For some reason, I remember the Seti Alpha V scene being much darker in tone, which is funny, because the bridge is darker than I remember- or maybe JJ's lensflare that has just warped my perception of lighting (and when it comes to lensflare, JJ has thoughts)?
I love Chekov's "Boh-tah-knee... Bay? Botany... ZOMG! IT'S THE BOTANY. BAY! DOOD! WE GOTTA JET!" moment, by the way- never have two more innocuous words been injected with such FEAR.
Bones had pants of win- DeForest Kelley gets more posthumous props for wearing space chaps.
JJ must have loved this movie as much as I do because he does a few callbacks to it in XI, which makes me hopeful that Carol Marcus will reappear at some point (apparently there was supposed to be a scene of her meeting Kirk in the reboot, but it got... booted).
Anyway, all jazzed about the movie. I remember I loved the first one too. Persis Khambatta was AWESOME. (I was surprised that Stephen Collins was Willard Decker, and even more surprised that Jeffrey Dean Morgan appeared in an episode... seriously, I could spend hours on this site.)
A staffer had us yelling "KHAAAAAN!" all together before the movie started and folks were primed for the moment. Everyone was very enthusiastic and clearly having fun, which was great.
For some reason, I remember the Seti Alpha V scene being much darker in tone, which is funny, because the bridge is darker than I remember- or maybe JJ's lensflare that has just warped my perception of lighting (and when it comes to lensflare, JJ has thoughts)?
I love Chekov's "Boh-tah-knee... Bay? Botany... ZOMG! IT'S THE BOTANY. BAY! DOOD! WE GOTTA JET!" moment, by the way- never have two more innocuous words been injected with such FEAR.
Bones had pants of win- DeForest Kelley gets more posthumous props for wearing space chaps.
JJ must have loved this movie as much as I do because he does a few callbacks to it in XI, which makes me hopeful that Carol Marcus will reappear at some point (apparently there was supposed to be a scene of her meeting Kirk in the reboot, but it got... booted).
Anyway, all jazzed about the movie. I remember I loved the first one too. Persis Khambatta was AWESOME. (I was surprised that Stephen Collins was Willard Decker, and even more surprised that Jeffrey Dean Morgan appeared in an episode... seriously, I could spend hours on this site.)
(this is jadeddiva from lj on my dreamwidth)
Date: 2009-07-13 06:07 pm (UTC)CAROL MARCUS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE REBOOT?
FOR REALZ?
*dies*
I'm already writing a huge story with her in the reboot verse and THIS MAKES MY ENTIRE FUCKING DAY I THINK I FREAKING SQUEED.
OH HELL.
Thank you <3 Also, I have khan saved on my DVR so I can watch it whenever I want. And Walgreens sells Wrath of Khan themed cards.
Re: (this is jadeddiva from lj on my dreamwidth)
Date: 2009-07-13 06:18 pm (UTC)And yes! 'Tis true!
Orci noted while the time travel story allowed them to alter some backstory elements such as Kirk's first encounter with the Romulans, they could not use it as a crutch to change everything and they tried to approach the film as a prequel as much as possible. Kirk's service on the Farragut, a major backstory point to the original episode "Obsession", was left out because it was deemed irrelevant to the story of Kirk meeting Spock, although Orci felt nothing in his script precluded it from the new film's backstory. There was a scene involving Kirk meeting Carol Marcus, who becomes the mother of his son in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, as a child, but it was dropped because the film needed more time to introduce the core characters. Figuring out ways to get the crew together required some contrivances, which Orci and Kurtzman wanted to explain from old Spock as a way of the timeline mending itself, highlighting the theme of destiny. The line was very difficult to write and was ultimately cut out.
Read here: http://io9.com/5249752/the-shatner-scene-you-never-saw-in-abrams-star-trek
And here: http://scifiwire.com/2009/03/orci-kurtzman-what-famili.php
To which I say "ARGH! YOU BASTARDS!" But on the other hand the second interview intimates that this is meat for future chewing, so...
CAN I READ YOUR FIC, PLZ? I've been thinking about Carol Marcus since the viewing and I'd love to hear how you introduce her into the reboot 'verse.
*runs off to see if Amazon can give her some DVD lovin'*
Re: (this is jadeddiva from lj on my dreamwidth)
Date: 2009-07-13 06:25 pm (UTC)It's over at my fic journal - http://www.livejournal.com/users/jd_lit
I freaking love her.
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Date: 2009-07-14 12:37 am (UTC)I would love to see you make an icon of Bones and his pants of win.
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Date: 2009-07-15 06:38 pm (UTC)Honestly. I've never been a shipper but those pants were just... yeow.
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Date: 2009-07-15 09:07 pm (UTC)http://movies.trekcore.com/gallery/index.php?cat=3
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Date: 2009-07-16 12:01 am (UTC)You, my darling, are an enabler. I like that in a friend. ;)
The original space cowboy.
Date: 2009-07-16 02:58 am (UTC)Re: The original space cowboy.
Date: 2009-07-18 11:13 pm (UTC)