So I saw the new Star Trek movie Sunday night. It wasn't bad, really. It wasn't what I was hoping for, but at the same time, it had a little of the feel of the first two movies from way back in the day (I was there, I can say that, yo).
There seems to be some rumbling about a scene at the beginning where little Jimmy Kirk plays the song Sabotage by the Beastie Boys. The issue is about another song of theirs called Intergalactic. For those not intimately familiar with the song, and don't have the lyrics handy, there's a line at the end which says "Like a pinch on the neck of Mr. Spock".
The argument follows that as the song Sabotage is played in scene, that the Beastie Boys existed in the Star Trek universe; it further states that assuming all else is equal that the rest of their catalog would have been the same... which would then include Intergalactic. How could the Beastie Boys know about Spock, Vulcans, or that snazzy little number that's defused so many situations on the bridge of the Enterprise and across the galaxy?
Sure it's possible that in the Star Trek universe they just didn't write that song, or that one line didn't appear in it, but assuming it did it would leave one trying to explain how they knew about our Vulcan friend.
Spock, along with most of the Enterprise's bridge crew was in California in 1986, and our pointy-eared friend dropped a guy on a city bus with a pinch. People talk and getting the people that overheard his name, and the people that saw the bus situation to talk to each other wouldn't have been hard. So it's a very small stretch to think that the story would have made it to these fine young rappers, and eventually into a song about things from out of this world.
That is all I have to say on the issue.
It's all about time travel bitches... and remember that's old school warp factor 10 with a slingshot around a star, anything else is slack.
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How to build a better B movie
Just when you think the entertainment industry couldn't possibly show any less intelligence.
"Let's see, we produce unimaginative drivel that's not worth the medium it's stored on. We'll spend exorbitant amounts of money making it seem far more exciting than even we could ever hope it to be, then because it fails utterly we're going to place blame, not on the fact that we couldn't produce a 1st grade Christmas play without making even little Suzie's parents pack up the camcorder and go home before they ever see the manger scene but instead we're going to blame the fact that people can now tell their friends while being subjected to our drivel that there's no sense in anyone else wasting their money on it."
Hmmmm... yep, makes perfect sense to me.
"Let's see, we produce unimaginative drivel that's not worth the medium it's stored on. We'll spend exorbitant amounts of money making it seem far more exciting than even we could ever hope it to be, then because it fails utterly we're going to place blame, not on the fact that we couldn't produce a 1st grade Christmas play without making even little Suzie's parents pack up the camcorder and go home before they ever see the manger scene but instead we're going to blame the fact that people can now tell their friends while being subjected to our drivel that there's no sense in anyone else wasting their money on it."
Hmmmm... yep, makes perfect sense to me.
I've taken all I can take, and I can't take no more.
O'kay... I've been thinking this for a while, but reading this article has made me realize that I can't do it anymore. I refuse to buy another movie, or music recording from the big media machine until they as a whole realize that being raving lunatics will not solve their inability to change with the times.
The RIAA and MPAA are forking nuts... I can't support idiots, and will no longer.
True, I don't buy that much as it is... just have other things that my money needs to go to, but the occasional purchase that I used to make is no more. I'll make do with mp3.com, and cable TV until these unimaginative morons realize that suing away their problems will not work. Only treating their would-be customers as though they care about them will.
Damn fools... *shrug*
Then there's this. Why in the hell do people think that doing stuff like this is a good idea?
Does anyone else want to get together with me and start our own country somewhere, and the first law we'll pass is that stupid people are to be put on the first boat off island.
The RIAA and MPAA are forking nuts... I can't support idiots, and will no longer.
True, I don't buy that much as it is... just have other things that my money needs to go to, but the occasional purchase that I used to make is no more. I'll make do with mp3.com, and cable TV until these unimaginative morons realize that suing away their problems will not work. Only treating their would-be customers as though they care about them will.
Damn fools... *shrug*
Then there's this. Why in the hell do people think that doing stuff like this is a good idea?
Does anyone else want to get together with me and start our own country somewhere, and the first law we'll pass is that stupid people are to be put on the first boat off island.
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