276 Reply by Kyle

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Wait, wait.  We're complaining that Kirk became captain of the Enterprise at the end of the movie?

Why the fuck was Luke handed a space F16 at the end of Star Wars, with zero experience in a dogfight?  It's not like he'd done ANYTHING of worth in that movie aside from clutch his sister real hard while swinging across a 20 foot chasm and manning a turret, if I recall.  Wheras JTK fucking beat a time travelling badass Romulan with a ship that singlehandedly destroyed like 8 Constitution class starships- through sheer will and strategy.  Kirk proved himself as a tactical commander, as a leader, and as a man committed to Starfleet.

It's a fucking movie.  Starfleet is not real- I hate to break your heart, Brandon from Galaxy Quest- but it is NOT key that they follow strict military procedure.  Let's be honest, 60's Kirk would be fired from any real life military organization so fast your head would spin.

He's a badass cowboy with a good heart and a good head that WILL NOT GIVE UP even when it doesn't look like he's got a chance in hell.  Go get some more guys and then it'll be a fair fight.

How could you possibly have a problem with that?

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277 Reply by Kyle

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Oh, hey Eddie.  Nice to internet meet you.

You're far and away my favorite fight choreographer to appear on DIF.  You've never talked shit about Randy Savage.

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278 Reply by Kyle

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I've grown up around Star Trek.  My dad is a fan.  The names "Kirk" and "Spock" and "Picard" have been a part of my worldview for as long as I can remember.

I'm don't know that I'd call myself a Star Trek fan- I'm a Star Wars guy through and through (and like Teague I can trace that all the way back to Star Tours).  I've SEEN plenty of Star Trek, but it's never grabbed me viscerally.  It appealed to my imagination and sense of adventure.

JJ's Star Trek GRABBED my imagination and sense of adventure.  I saw this movie and just gaped at the screen the entire time.  It was not unlike the difference between reading about the battle for Gondor and actually SEEING it come to life in front of me.  They managed to capture EVERYTHING I ever enjoyed about Trek- Kirk's swagger, Spock's well intentioned dickery, the "we might all die right now if we don't come up with something fucking BRILLIANT in the next 8 seconds" scenarios- but made it so much more real to me.  The original Trek made me root for Kirk.  This Trek made me want to fucking join Starfleet tomorrow.

Brian is FROTHING right now at what I've said, but it's how I feel.  I've never come out of a Trek episode or movie and gone "I want a 24 hour feed of that universe fed into my brain from here on out, or at least 2 hours of it every six months."  JJ's Trek did that for me.  And it's not the lens flares and it's not the explosions, and it's not even Simon Pegg.  It's just that it took the emotions that Trek used to tickle in me and FLUNG them at me nonstop from bell to bell.

I fucking love this movie.  I have no shame in this being "my" Star Trek.

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279 Reply by Kyle

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Here's another point.  Just because you have insight into a project or genre or something doesn't mean you're a good Down In Fronter.

Eddie is a great example.  If DIF ever does the Karate Kid or Drunken Master or some shit I want Eddie there.  He has all the awesome kung fu insight be he's also very entertaining.  He fits the DIF mold- you listen to Eddie talk for two hours and he's immediately a new friend in your head. 

Trey's Abyss commentary wasn't awesome because he worked on the Abyss, it was awesome because he worked on the Abyss and he's a hilarious asshole.  I love you Trey, you know what I mean.

There's a certain amount of charisma required to DIF, and the core four have it in spades- as does Eddie, as does Ryan.  If you have someone with personal insight who fits in well with the team and brings more to the table than raw factoids about the project I could find with a little research, by all means bring them.  If you do The Wrestler without me I'll kill all of you.  But just be a little selective about who you let on the air, because I DIF for friends in my head, not to find out the dirty secrets of the Best Boy on Legally Blonde 3.

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