Star Trek X

[c9]

I finally saw Nemesis tonight. For a trekkie who really likes the movies, I had oddly never bothered to see this one. Never really called out to me, I guess. Plus maybe I was cranky that Wil Wheaton was cut from it. *shrug*

Anyway, I finally downloaded it and watched it. What a piece of garbage! Hardly worth my time. Certainly would feel more abused if I were home and not lonely in a Winnipeg hotel, that's for sure.

I'd reel off the problems with it, but that's maybe taking this "it's my blog and I can talk about whatever I want" thing a bit too far.

So, I guess it comes down to VI, II-III-IV, V, I, and then VIII, VII, IX, X.

I need a paid account so I can have a Star Trek icon for these things.

Comments

[lifein2x3.livejournal.com]

THANK YOU!!!!

Argh. The whole Nemesis/Enterprise thing really, really pisses me off. Some of my favorite books (which I know aren't canonical) are the ones written by Diane Duane about the Romulans.

And the book Federation, too, was good.

[thespos]

I know!

Spock's World and The Romulan Way are two of my favorites!

And God knows, ch'Rihan and ch'Havran would have been far more interesting to explore.

It's official. I am a major geek. The fact that I can remember Romulan language without looking it up.

[lifein2x3.livejournal.com]

See, what's funny is that I considered responding... in the same language.

And that I have both of those books. Did you ever read My Enemy, My Ally, which was the first book in her Rihannsu series?

[thespos]

Yes - but I remember The Romulan Way most vividly. I loved the tapestry Duane wove, without violating canon - she is amazing.

I even tried to do a paper on it for a class! :-) Professor wasn't going for it, tho.

[lifein2x3.livejournal.com]

::chuckle:: I always thought the Romulan language she invented was much more plausible/fun sounding than the TNG Romulans. I have trouble imagining a cross between Welsh and Latin.

[c9.livejournal.com]

Yes, Federation was very good. I liked, but didn't love, Diane Duane's books. I really fell for Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens' work -- even the Shatner ones, a bit. Prime Directive specifically.

[lifein2x3.livejournal.com]

::nods:: I need to get like $50 and go to a cheap, used paperback bookstore. At one time I had close to 50 of the paperback books... many, many hours were spent in the sci-fi section of the Rawls Public Library in Smithfield. :-)

Prime Directive was one of my favorites, btw.

[c9.livejournal.com]

I had about 40 novels in my younger days. When I moved out of my parents' place I took the important ones (I thought), but most times I return I look at the pile again and take another one or two. I keep telling my parents it's OK to toss them, but for some reason they don't.

[lifein2x3.livejournal.com]

If you want to get rid of them, I could buy them off you. :-)

I really want to re-build my collection, I had almost all of them from the late '70s and '80s.

[c9.livejournal.com]

A tiny part of me says I should keep them still. :-P But I'll look at them again next time I'm at my parents'. Maybe they'll find their way into a box for you.

[lifein2x3.livejournal.com]

Hell, if nothing else, just list 'em, to refresh my memory.

I really wish I hadn't gotten rid of mine... I think I need to look up the bookshop in Virginia Beach where I bought most of 'em. They used to give 1:2 store credit for returns, which was great.