So, yes, I am in Leicester. I would have blogged before, but when I went online last night I was rudely disconnected. And it wouldn't let me back on until... now, actually. Not that I've been trying constantly since last night! You know what I mean. :p
What have I been doing, then? I spent quite a long while unpacking things. I seem to have a lot of junk. Dad came with me to several shops in search of a cartridge for my C42UX Epson printer. Shops either seemed to have run out or be charging an arm and a leg for the things! Honestly, you can see how printer firms make their profits. Fifteen quid for a 10ml cartridge... the printer only cost about fifty and there were two cartridges with it! Bah...
I picked up some other things, though. I bought the Age of Empires Gold Edition for £9.99. It's fun. Sort of like Civilisation. But different. :)
Hmm... I went to the cinema with Mark. We went to see Star Trek: Nemesis, which was actually pretty good! After hearing that Wil Wheaton had been completely cut from the film, it was sort of nice to see him sitting at the table at the beginning, and also getting a big mention in the credits. In some ways it's strange that he did, since he had no lines. Maybe there'll be a special extended DVD with deleted scenes. You might think it's odd to feel this way about Wesley Crusher, and I can't really figure out why he'd be there anyway, but reading his weblog has made me like him more. *sigh*
All in all it was a great couple of hours of entertainment. And it annoyed me a lot less than seeing The Two Towers would have. (I haven't seen it, incidentally, I just know it'll annoy me if I get round to it. It's hard to explain... I won't bother trying.) It wasn't a bad film, by any means. It was good. I didn't look at my watch once! :)
It made me realise two things: First of all, Enterprise is bad, even if it does star Mr Bakula; Secondly, I can't wait to see Stargate SG-1 on the big screen. Okay, I'm glad there's going to be a season 7, but it means that film's not going to be made for a while yet!
There were lots of things I liked about it. I'll make a list. (These are kind of spoilers, so if you've been hiding from all mention of the film's plot perhaps you ought to stop reading now!) The spoilers aren't going to spoil your enjoyment of the film though. Probably..!
- Picard got to be silly and fairly reckless, presumably because it's probably the last TNG film.
- Riker and Troi finally get married.
- Data sings, amusingly.
- It has Romulans in it.
- We see that Romulans aren't all bad.
- It has Janeway in it, but not for long!
- We meet the evil Remans, (Romulus and Remus, remember?).
- Picard trashes the Enterprise, again.
Personally I didn't think the "young Picard" aspect was too bad. He did look a bit like Picard, and he was a lot younger! So I don't have Mark's qualms about it. Although I agree that the "double glazing" thing was improbable. Sometimes I think Stargate makes a lot more sense. There are points in the film that they'd probably have appreciated a grenade or two. Even the baddie aliens in Stargate have grenades, for crying out loud! And they don't have glass in their spaceships. Glass couldn't withstand the pressures. They have forcefields. Aaah.
And the end was quite sad. I suppose that's the thing about "a generation's last journey". They can kill off anyone and it won't matter...
Dare I say that Trek will never be the same again?
Yeah, I dare. :D
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