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We did the fan sneak showing Wednesday night and arrived real early so we could be in front of the line and be sure to get 10 seats together. Totally unnecessary; the theater was never more than half-full. Of course the rumor is that Shatner will be hosting a Wrath of Khan/Into Darkness double feature at the brew-n-view next Friday, so maybe the fans are just waiting for that.
Comparing Blakes' 7 teleport to Star Trek's transporter....
The rules for Blakes' 7 were more defined and rigid. 1. You needed a teleport bracelet. 2. You needed to be within close range, usually low orbit above the destination point, implied as line of sight.
With Star Trek, anything goes.
Blake's 7 still found contrivances to intermittently lose teleport capability to ratchet up tension (e.g. a crewmember would lose their bracelet, or an enemy ship approaching meant they had to move out of orbit and lose teleport capability). But the rules were consistent, adhered to, and made conceptual sense. With Star Trek, it feels entirely arbitrary.
The scriptwriters don't want beaming to be possible? Just say 'too much radiation' or 'moving too rapidly' or 'too much interference' or 'not enough energy' or whatever. The scriptwriters want beaming to other side of the galaxy... sure, just insert techno-babble.
Why even have space ships if you can beam anywhere, anytime?
You know, now that I think about it, McCoy injecting the blood into a DEAD tribble makes no fucking sense. Why wouldn't he use just an injured tribble, if he wanted to study the blood's healing effects? Unless tribble biology is completely backwards, that blood isn't pumping through a dead animal.
The blood itself having healing properties is dumb, yeah, but it didn't bug me. But the way that Bones discovers it is actually super dumb.
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Okay, FINE, this movie was dumb as hell all around. Still fun though. Not conceding that point. I'll almost certainly watch it again. The emotional beats work and the action is great. I wasn't asking for anything more. It wasn't all serious about itself and its themes like Prometheus, so I really can't hate it. Still, good thing that none of these writers are working on Star Wars VII. Abrams is a talented director who can turn out great product if he's got decent material to work with.
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