*Sigh*
The first images from the new Star Trek film are surfacing. Well, actually, there were some images of Zachary Quinto (Sylar on Heroes) as Spock that made the rounds earlier, but these are the official type of images, going along with the first teaser trailer for the new film.
Most importantly, its a look at the new version of the classic Enterprise.
It looks... fine.
Oh, who am I kidding? Try as I might, I cannot get excited over this.
Why?
The film is being made by J.J. Abrams.
For those of you that don't know, J.J. Abrams is a highly successful writer, director, and producer. He has been responsible for some majorly successful productions...
... that I don't like.
You know that super-successful juggernaut called Lost? Yeah, he did that. You remember Alias? Yeah, he did that. You remember Mission: Impossible III? No? Well, can't blame you there. But, yeah, he did that, too.
He's also done this big Cloverfield thing that came out this weekend. Yep, people have been talking about that for a while, but me? No interest at all.
Why do I dislike what Abrams makes? It all goes back to Alias. See, I started watching Alias right at the start. I thought I was watching a show about spies.
Who doesn't like a good spy thriller, right?
Unfortunately, it wasn't long until the spy-centric show was caught up in ancient prophecies and magical devices and Rambaldi-this and Rambaldi-that, and me? I was stuck. I was stuck in this horrible show.
You know, that is where I have to give credit to Lost. I watched the very first episode, and they at least threw an invisible dinosaur right into the pilot in order to warn me, hey, you don't wanna watch this show.
And, so, I watched Alias, and each episode connected to the last, and I could never get off. Finally, after three seasons of watching this show I didn't even like, I looked at my family and said, "I hate this show, and I'm not going to watch it anymore!"
Oh, sweet freedom! Glorious freedom from the bondage of this lodestone!
I'm not kidding. It was such a relief to be free of this show, despite the constant cliffhangers and mysteries that I'll never have answers about.
(But, I was tricked... and I saw Mission: Impossible III... which was just a horribly rehashed episode of Alias with a higher caliber of actor.)
Thus, it was with no small amount of horror that I heard that J.J. Abrams was taking over the Star Trek movie franchise, and re-birthing it.
I don't think I can handle a Star Trek with mysterious polar bears, invisible dinosaurs, ancient transporters designed by DiVinci knock-offs, and prophecies of Ensign Chekov as the key to it all.
Ugh.
Type at you later.
(Another request - Nightcrawler.)
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uses knock out gas on billy locks him into a room welds it shut and turns on alias the complete series on a permanent loop
bwahahaha