Star Trek
For some reason (supreme nerdiness, don’t say it), Star Trek is still in my head this afternoon, so I figured I would type extemporaneously on the subject while I still can.
Characterization: I am hardly familiar with the characters from this franchise, but I know bits and pieces. This movie acts sort of like an origin story that is consistent with what I know (Kirk:horndog::Rice:white), but simultaneously contradicts and/or provides an alternate story line for the future stories in the canon. It’s confusing to me head, and I know it bothers Michael enough to have mentioned it twice in the movie theater.
Peeves: In the movies, how come they always send in troops who are actually cadets in training? Is this normal? Does this happen in real life? I know we have like, the Army Reserves and stuff, but do they sends dudes from West Point to take over for tenured captains and whatnot? I mean, I don’t know anything, just seems like one of those movie conventions I’m seriously tired of. Kirk says he’ll be a captain in 3 years, and the movie comes full circle. But it’s still a steaming pile.
Science: I am bad at science. Just ask Mr. Winterscheidt, my 12th grade Physics teacher for whom I wrote the “Physics: What’s Wrong with Masters of the Universe” paper to which I refer in the video. Not only did I get a mediocre grade on the paper (was I too vested in He-Man to undermine the teachings of Gwildor? or did I just use the same bullet points as everyone else in my study group?), I also got a mediocre grade for the entire class. Not that it still bothers me or anything.
FYI, Winterscheidt: I still believe the universe is made of Music.
I authoritatively informed Michael that light doesn’t travel in space because you can’t see the stars when you are there, and he looked at me askance. Turns out it’s sound that doesn’t travel in space, and you just can’t see the stars because they’re too flipping far away, obscured by the powerful light of the sun and Earth and junk like that. According to that internet, light travels faster in a vacuum (you know, like outer space), and so then I thought - well, maybe I will use this factoid to explain away the copious lens flares.
SNL: The clip I mention:
Enjoy.
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