10-18-2021, 10:59 PM
I just rewatched this because I have it on Paramount+ and we’re letting that go and I’ve been meaning to revisit it because when I first saw it, I didn’t put together that Joe Taslim was in it, nor did I realize what an action star Sofia Boutella would become.
I also didn’t know that Avarasala played a Federation Commodore, surely the role that got her on The Expanse. Even without seeing her, her first lines were unmistakably recognizable. That voice. Damn. How many cigs and how much whiskey must you down to get pipes that gravelly?
All our previous comments stay true but I confess I enjoyed it more this time, mostly because my expectations were low. I was again struck by how little I remembered. It’s dripping with dumb and illogic, but it’s very visual. The design is eye-popping. Clearly Lin had a vision to take ST ‘beyond’ and like so many of his Furious blockbusters, he achieves that by sacrificing coherence for spectacle.
If you think of this as a theatrical experience, there’s a lot of eye candy as long as you don’t think about anything too hard, which is a contradiction of the 5 year mission. Just think of it as a weak yet visual Ep and it’s okay. So many aliens tho. Were they all included in canon now? Or is this all written off to the Kelvin timeline?
I’d still like to see another movie installment of this crew. They should replace Chekov with Arex. Or better yet M’Ress.
I also didn’t know that Avarasala played a Federation Commodore, surely the role that got her on The Expanse. Even without seeing her, her first lines were unmistakably recognizable. That voice. Damn. How many cigs and how much whiskey must you down to get pipes that gravelly?
All our previous comments stay true but I confess I enjoyed it more this time, mostly because my expectations were low. I was again struck by how little I remembered. It’s dripping with dumb and illogic, but it’s very visual. The design is eye-popping. Clearly Lin had a vision to take ST ‘beyond’ and like so many of his Furious blockbusters, he achieves that by sacrificing coherence for spectacle.
If you think of this as a theatrical experience, there’s a lot of eye candy as long as you don’t think about anything too hard, which is a contradiction of the 5 year mission. Just think of it as a weak yet visual Ep and it’s okay. So many aliens tho. Were they all included in canon now? Or is this all written off to the Kelvin timeline?
I’d still like to see another movie installment of this crew. They should replace Chekov with Arex. Or better yet M’Ress.
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