#trekkers

Me:

When I was younger I had these books: “The Nitpicker’s Guide for Classic Trekkers.” The title alone was a play on the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, so you knew right away not to take it seriously.

Inside these books, every single episode and movie of classic Star Trek was laid out. First with a summary of what happened, then a list of “nitpicks” detailing mistakes or trivia the writer found. These could be anything from simple wardrobe malfunctions, to incorrect turbo-lift numbers, to genuine plot holes.

All of it was done with a tongue in cheek way. You weren’t supposed to take these seriously. The idea that someone would dedicate THIS MUCH TIME to nitpicking a sci-fi TV show was part of the in-joke.

Then something weird happened during the mid 2000’s, and now nitpicking and listing off “sins” for films has become a quantifiable metric people will actually use.

Which is stupid.

Art is subjective. No amount of legitimate continuity errors makes a film automatically good or bad if the positive feelings it creates resonates with you. This is one of the reasons why people love watching “bad” movies.

If you’re new here, I’m watching Star Trek for the first time and posting my initial thoughts on everything! As always, spoilers ahead, but please don’t leave any spoilers in the comments or reposts lol.

The Wrath of Kahn Thoughts:

- what the fuck guys, you’re just gonna kill my favorite boy Spock like that and NOT say anything.

- Jim Kirk in glasses and his sweater is low-key kinda hot.

- CHEKOV NO, No little Russian Boy, don’t land on that alien planet!!!

- R.I.P to all the souls lost in this movie

- Kahn really should’ve listened to that one dude tbh, they had a whole ship

- did NOT expect them to be that graphic with the bodies of the research team

- KIRK HAS A SON KIRK HAS A SON

- Carol is that girl and I love her for that

- the line from Jeff Goldblum about playing god in Jurassic Park just kept playing in my head over and over again

- Kirk’s son immediately throwing hands with him is so funny.

- Bones. Just Bones. Funny? Maybe, I haven’t decided yet. Iconic, absolutely.

- Kahn just can’t give up when all he takes is L’s

- genesis is kinda cool

- THE ENGINEERS- THE ENGINEERS MAN

- Spock, stay in that science officer chair or so help me god

- SCOTTY NO

- Bones is MVP in this frfr I love Bones

- not the radiation chamber- NOT THE RADIATION CHAMBER

- Kirk for the love of god please start to ask where your first officer is please

- “Jim, you better get down here.” Sobs

- Jim’s entire world being ripped from him just like, the pain in his eyes OW

- Jim completely willing to die and let the radiation leak because nothing matters but getting to Spock

- Spock getting up from the ground and straightening himself and pulling it together because he wants to die with dignity and face Jim with a brave face when he’s dying.

- the heartbreaking goodbyes between them

- and oh my god they can’t reach each other, they’re trying to comfort each other but the wall is in the way

- Kirk choking up at the funeral, I felt that in my soul. The way he tries to hold it together for his crew and for Spock who told him not to grieve but he just can’t. Spock was so deeply intwined with his own being that losing him is unbearable.

I was very disappointed to read this article and find out there was no PLOW TREK: DEEP FREEZE NINE, PLOW TREK: THE NEXT SCRAPE-ERATION, or PLOW TREK: SNOWER DECKS. I feel like we have all failed.

Think of all the missed opportunities:

MAJOR CLEAR-AH NE'ER-ICE.

DOCTOR JULY-MAN SLUSHCLEAR.

CAPTAIN BEN JAMMIN' SICKPLOW.