Bang! I had a burst of blogging activity here and there:
Furthermore I feel posterity demands that I
record my reaction to the new Star Trek movie:
[Spoiler coming up!]
My problem with the film: this guy Nero sees Romulus destroyed by a supernova. He then is zapped back in time to before it was destroyed. Great, he says, now is my chance to save my threatened planet and its billions of people!
Er, no. He actually says, now is my chance to take spectacular revenge on one individual who tried to save it but couldn't.
Even granted that seeing one's home planet destroyed often makes one cranky, this seems an odd choice of priorities. He got his crew to agree to it, too.
posted by Natalie at 9:36 PM