tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504827047542759744.post8156243406300387938..comments2024-02-09T06:08:18.431-05:00Comments on Blam's Blog: Star Trek TooBlamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504827047542759744.post-55116708118931453632012-12-19T23:47:50.614-05:002012-12-19T23:47:50.614-05:00i was just rereading this post after putting the P...<br>i was just rereading this post after putting the Pictogag that leads it off over on <a href="http://blamken.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow">my new Tumblr blog</a> and I realized that I left out mention of the most egregiously ass-backward (or ass-diagonal, or ass-Möbius-stripped) series of film titles of all: <i>First Blood</i>, <i>Rambo: First Blood Part II</i> (so far so good), <i>Rambo III</i>, and finally... <i>Rambo</i>. Yeesh.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504827047542759744.post-90585550319944520072012-09-30T12:46:53.250-04:002012-09-30T12:46:53.250-04:00Ha! Yeah, I always got a kick (an eye-roll, too, b...Ha! Yeah, I always got a kick (an eye-roll, too, but it's part of the whole theme) over the fact that pretty much every incarnation of the Enterprise or other lead <i>Star Trek</i> vessel would go perhaps a little boldly into any situation — darkness surely included — no matter all the crazy stuff they'd seen in the past. Sure they were on exploratory missions, but <i>geez</i>.Arbenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366836660775218956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504827047542759744.post-20848876890544071102012-09-29T23:50:28.040-04:002012-09-29T23:50:28.040-04:00Star Trek: Into Darkness really doesn't bother...<br><i>Star Trek: Into Darkness</i> really doesn't bother me as long as it's written properly either with colon or by decapitalzing the preposition. I do prefer the colon, though.<br /><br />And I do expect that "the darkness... OF THE HUMAN SOUL!" is <i>exactly</i> what the title is supposed to imply, perhaps as a by-product of literally trekking into some uncharted region of space. <br /><br />"It doesn't appear to be a black hole, but no light escapes this area. No vessel that's entered it has been known to return, either. The area has come to be known as the Miasma." <br /><br /><i>"Let's take a look!"</i> <br /><br />Oh, Enterprise.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504827047542759744.post-52986840542032589082012-09-19T20:35:05.792-04:002012-09-19T20:35:05.792-04:00I like your faux poster a lot more than the title....I like your faux poster a lot more than the title. My fear is that it <i>is</i> an existential sort of thing, like Teebore says, and while that doesn't bother me if it's handed well it would kind-of be nice to just have a grand adventure, with fun character stuff, rather than a deep meaningful exploration of demons within, blah blah blah. It's a shame that big-budget feature films are far apart enough and such "events" that each one has to be Important in terms of Origins and Turning Points and Crises of Faith rather than just a cracking good Batman / <i>Star Trek</i> / whatever story.Arbenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366836660775218956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504827047542759744.post-66063458275669319002012-09-17T12:34:32.788-04:002012-09-17T12:34:32.788-04:00Nothing to see here, move along, move along...Nothing to see here, move along, move along...Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504827047542759744.post-52490699149320467462012-09-17T12:34:11.038-04:002012-09-17T12:34:11.038-04:00When hearing the title, one of my friends scoffed,...When hearing the title, one of my friends scoffed, "they're already in space where it's dark; where are they going to go?" <br /><br />To which I replied, joking and hoping I'm wrong, "they're trekking into the darkness...OF THE HUMAN SOUL!" <br /><br />Later, Dr. Bitz and I were discussing this offline, and joking that, given some of Hollywood's ridiculous insertions of number into titles (ie <i>Step Up 2 The Streets</i>), the <i>Star Trek</i> franchise should have followed suit by replacing letters with the number of the sequel: <br /><br /><i>2tar Trek</i>, <i>Star Tr3K</i>, <i>St4r Trek</i>, <i>5tar Trek</i>, etc. <br /><br />Or, they could have gone the "verb" route: <br /><br /><i>Star Trek</i>, <i>Star Treks</i>, <i>Star Trekking</i>, <i>More Star Trekking</i>, <i>Still Star Trekking</i>, <i>Star Trekked</i>, etc <br /><br />While neither of us seriously condone these options, it does make <i>Star Trek Into Darkness</i> seem more palatable by comparison. :) Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504827047542759744.post-390626124391673962012-09-14T02:16:36.583-04:002012-09-14T02:16:36.583-04:00First: I love that fake poster. Hell, I'd put ...First: I <i>love</i> that fake poster. Hell, I'd put it on my wall. Maybe I will.<br />Second: How much do I hate that nonsensical title? About as much as I love your fake poster! If they don't at least put in the colon or lowercase the "into" properly I might boycott this movie.El Quéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01853255978667966997noreply@blogger.com