#aos2

the wrath of khan.......2!!!!

i knew khan was in this going in but i didn’t realize that they were just straight up going to parallel the ending of that movie but in reverse. like obviously the rest of the movie isn’t the same and they pick and choose certain parts but spock prime’s death aspect of it was straight up just reversed. and you know what. i kind of fucked with it? i was like ohohoho.....the parallels..... like they say you don’t need to see any other star trek stuff to watch these and while that is technically true, it’s a nice little bonus.

in terms of the rest of the movie, it was alright. i think i was right in that the excitement i had in the first half of the 2009 one was just me being excited to be introduced to the new characters because i didn’t have that same feeling this time. i was just like ok here’s the crew. i think bones still wasn’t utilized enough but he had some good moments and i heard he’s used more in beyond. chekov was an absolute little delight. i’m glad uhura had a little? more to do other than being spock’s girlfriend but she still feels very Girlboss. addition of random other woman who’s shown in her underwear for a second is also giving sexualized Girlboss. kirk’s characterization is alright. it is interesting to see the spock and kirk dynamic early on as opposed to them knowing each other for years; it makes sense they would have to do the work to get along. i also did like spock more in this one. i think this spock generally is more of... a bitch? which is saying something because prime spock can also be very bitchy. but with aos spock it feels more explicit.

khan as a villain was...fine. benedict cumberbatch as a casting choice is-look i don’t want to sound like a bully but that man is not genetically engineered to be perfect. he is a weird looking man. not to say the original khan was a god but he looked like a powerful man both in the show and movie. benedict does not look powerful to me he looks like a weird man. acting wise he was fine whatever i really didn’t care.