Damon Lindelof addresses your second point.
I gave her everything... jewels, beautiful dresses -- with beautiful girls in them.
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Polter-Cow - May 22, 2013 10:46:54 am PDT #24462 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Zenkitty - May 22, 2013 11:17:28 am PDT #24463 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Did any of thenon-white-non-male-non-humans in that scene have lines, though? Present in the background is a pretty low bar for diversity.
They did not, but in fairness, no one in that scene spoke except Kirk, Pike, and Marcus. Everyone else was background. Even Spock didn't have any lines, although he got to emote some.
In this brave new universe, Spock emotes. A lot. He's emoted more in two movies than he did in three seasons of the tv show. This is not the old Spock. I don't dislike it, exactly, but it bothers me a bit. With all his talk of getting rid of his feelings, he's pretty emotional.
Dana - May 22, 2013 11:47:06 am PDT #24464 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I noticed the same thing Felicia Day noticed, but I also appreciated the black helmswoman who took over for Chekov (or, wait, Sulu's at the helm, so I guess she's the navigator) and the general diversity of characters on the bridge.
le nubian - May 22, 2013 2:22:00 pm PDT #24465 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I did not know that After Earth was a film by M. Night Shyamalan. Beau *hates* Will Smith, so I knew I wasn't going to see this film in the theater. The trailers made it look unappealing.
But the M. Night shit? Wow. I may not even watch this on TNT.
le nubian - May 22, 2013 2:25:08 pm PDT #24466 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
And Will Smith's character is named: Cypher Raige.
Dana - May 22, 2013 2:29:09 pm PDT #24467 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Wut.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 22, 2013 2:44:17 pm PDT #24468 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I wondered how something with such a patently ridiculous plot got made! Is he financing the project with his own money, or did he get incriminating pictures of a studio head?
le nubian - May 22, 2013 2:48:37 pm PDT #24469 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Oh, and Will Smith contributed to the script story.
Matt, I have NO idea, but this may be the definition of a clusterfuck.
§ ita § - May 22, 2013 2:54:19 pm PDT #24470 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think Will Smith gets anything he wants. He's one of the most bankable stars out there.
Amy - May 22, 2013 3:06:44 pm PDT #24471 of 30000
Because books.
Cypher Raige! M. Night is now writing bad fanfic!
I cling to my love of The Sixth Sense and even my fondness for Signs, but the rest ... Ugh. I didn't want to see this before, and I want to see it even less now. And I *like* Will Smith.