tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post5732020323680564156..comments2024-03-29T11:29:58.276+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: "Star Trek Into Darkness": reviewKevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-8135730936255933482013-06-18T17:30:57.507+09:002013-06-18T17:30:57.507+09:00C,
Yeah, I think Cumberbatch owned the role of Kh...C,<br /><br />Yeah, I think Cumberbatch owned the role of Khan. It was a performance worthy of Ricardo Montalban's scenery-chewing turn, although it was disappointing that, this time around, Khan didn't quote any Melville ("From hell's heart, I stab at thee... for hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.").<br /><br />You're probably right about the types of propulsion on the Enterprise. <br /><br />re: stun phaser<br /><br />I think that's a good theory. Another theory might be that, in fighting Spock, Khan was faced with someone who was nearly his physical equal, so he was pumped with adrenaline, which made him harder to take down.<br /><br />John from Daejeon thinks I misunderstood the situation, and that Khan was merely playing possum when Scotty shot him. That's not my reading of that scene at all; I think Khan was legitimately felled, but his tough constitution meant that he woke up far faster than a normal human would have.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-63304106597974032372013-06-18T17:16:47.524+09:002013-06-18T17:16:47.524+09:00Finally coming back to this now.
I would have to ...Finally coming back to this now.<br /><br />I would have to agree that if the film has a flaw, it would be that it is a bit too predictable. That being said, I think M. Night Shamalamadingdong has proven on numerous occasions that twists are not everything.<br /><br />Overall, I enjoyed the film. I thought it was quite well done. the acting was very good, and I thought the interactions between the characters were powerful.<br /><br />A little devil's advocate on the phaser inconsistency: is it possible that Khan was caught by surprise the first time around (and it becomes pretty apparent that the blast doesn't keep him out for very long) but was able to prepare for it the second time? At least, that's how I interpreted it.<br /><br />Anyway, big BC fan here, so it was nice to see him in this role. I thought he knocked it out of the park.<br /><br />And I had always thought the thrusters were actual thruster engines for atmospheric maneuvering. I thought that Federation ships had three types of propulsion: warp, impulse, and thrusters (with impulse being used for maneuvering in space). I could be (and probably am) mistaken, though.Charleshttp://www.liminality.orgnoreply@blogger.com