a musing: derivations of a non-conformist idealist

James Kirk is back.  Looking younger and more bad-boy-like.  And running around space trying to save Vulcan and Earth which become targets of vengeful time-lost miner.  The story is nice because it gives the viewer a lesson in how to provole a Vulan half-breed- by letting him lose his Earthling mother when his whole planet is decimated by the largest laser drill in at least a dozen solar systems.  Ok, just 10 solar systems.  The race to beat the clock and save Earth from the same fate was not as gripping as saving four Cardinals over in my last post however there were just as many unbelievable stunts in this movie- take for example beaming into a ship in mid-warp.  I mean, that’s like so can’t-be-done!  The subjects would have been mutilated by the try, their bodies in such a mess, they would have been unrecognizable if at all bearing any material semblance.  But this is a movie and a decent two and half hours of adventure comedy.  Comedy?!?  Joshing.  But the scenes with Mr. Scott and his assistant Mr. Keenser were amusing.  I have to mention the stars behind and in this film: young Spock was played by Heroes’ main villain; old Spock was by the role originator (another impossible feat: the two Spocks could- should never have *three-lettered spoiler word erased*!); and the main villain here was 2003’s Hulk; and JJ Abrams of Felicity, Alias, Cloverfield, Lost, and Fringe directed.  Oooh!  This movie felt like it was a big, long, tv episode, but still great!  And it has a 93% fresh rating over at rottentomatoes.com.  My rating- 3.75 stars out of 5.  Up next, a real honest-to-goodness comedy, um, sequel…  It’s a sequel, bummer.  But I’ve heard some good reviews.  And I have yet to watch it.