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Gah how does a week get away from me so fast? I have a bunch of stuff to post about, but we will see how long my attention span for writing about them is. (Hint: short.)

Thursday salvbard, Chiquita and I went over to the Fenway to see a preview showing of Star Trek with chaiya, crazybone, devoken, noeltheone, and assorted other awesome Arisia people.

Seeing this movie with this sort of crowd made a really good movie even better. There are lots of nods to the original series obviously. Chris Pine was really good as Kirk. He totally pulled off the playboy thing without just seeming creepy. As I said as we walked out of the theater, he actually played the character, where I had to admit I was worried that we would see him playing the part of Shatner butchering the character.

Zachary Quinto had some big shoes to fill as Spock, but apparently having Leonard Nimoy on site didn't hurt. I was pleasantly surprised at the job he does. Also due to differences in time-line, small differences in characterization made sense. In the end he shows good hints of that dry intellectual humor that I love. I wish we got a little more of that, but again in the storyline, it is a forgivable difference.

I wasn't as big a fan of Karl Urban who played Bones, but I am having a hard time putting my finger on why. Simon Pegg as Scotty on the other hand rocked my socks!

I am really glad I got to go as much for the social experience as for the movie itself, but having said that, I would have gladly paid full price to see this movie. And that is saying something knowing how cheap I am.