Comments on: Night at the Movies http://www.butteredham.com/blog/2009/05/09/night-at-the-movies/ The vaguely daily blatherations of Aaron Baugher, JF Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:58:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Aaron http://www.butteredham.com/blog/2009/05/09/night-at-the-movies/comment-page-1/#comment-2047 Aaron Tue, 12 May 2009 13:34:26 +0000 http://aaron.baugher.biz/blog/?p=956#comment-2047 Yes, I'd like to see them do sequels if they're as well done as this was. Certainly better that than a Voyager movie, as a couple people over there were suggesting. Yikes. Yes, I’d like to see them do sequels if they’re as well done as this was. Certainly better that than a Voyager movie, as a couple people over there were suggesting. Yikes.

]]> By: Eric R. http://www.butteredham.com/blog/2009/05/09/night-at-the-movies/comment-page-1/#comment-2046 Eric R. Mon, 11 May 2009 19:12:29 +0000 http://aaron.baugher.biz/blog/?p=956#comment-2046 A comment on your comment from WDTPRS: The Uhura/Spock relationship adds a great deal to the movie as well as the characters. First, it was certainly unexpected. Kirk has always been the one to get the girl, not Spock. A great twist. But it was not just for shock value. It provides depth to both Uhura and Spock. As you mentioned, it enhances Uhura's role so that she's not just a glorified receptionist. This was already played up given her proficiency in languages (given my own feeble performance in Spanish and Latin, I'd imagine learning all three Romulan dialects quite the feat!). But this relationship also takes Spock's character a little deeper. His conflict between his emotional and logical sides is made more apparent. The exchanges with his father, who married a human woman, take on a different resonance that the old Spock would have been able to provide. I think this makes the character a bit richer and can certainly open up new and interesting story potential for sequels. Which, admit it, is what we all Trek fans want anyway :) A comment on your comment from WDTPRS:

The Uhura/Spock relationship adds a great deal to the movie as well as the characters. First, it was certainly unexpected. Kirk has always been the one to get the girl, not Spock. A great twist. But it was not just for shock value. It provides depth to both Uhura and Spock. As you mentioned, it enhances Uhura’s role so that she’s not just a glorified receptionist. This was already played up given her proficiency in languages (given my own feeble performance in Spanish and Latin, I’d imagine learning all three Romulan dialects quite the feat!). But this relationship also takes Spock’s character a little deeper. His conflict between his emotional and logical sides is made more apparent. The exchanges with his father, who married a human woman, take on a different resonance that the old Spock would have been able to provide. I think this makes the character a bit richer and can certainly open up new and interesting story potential for sequels. Which, admit it, is what we all Trek fans want anyway :)

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