Did any of the

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.

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.

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.

And Will Smith's character is named: Cypher Raige.

Wut.

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?

Oh, and Will Smith contributed to the script story.

Matt, I have NO idea, but this may be the definition of a clusterfuck.

I think Will Smith gets anything he wants. He's one of the most bankable stars out there.

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.

Supposedly he has made assurances that this is not a "twist" movie, so there is that. But in a summer where I've already seen Oblivion, and Elysium and Pacific Rim are coming up too, I'm feeling pretty ok about giving After Earth a miss. One can only handle so many post-apocalyptic action movies set on Earth in one season.