Pun Salad

The second see-it-in-the-theatre blockbuster for us this season; probably the one I most wanted to see. What can I say? Your unfaithful blogger is a big old Star Trek geek. As I type, the IMDB raters have this at #161 on the top 250 movies of all time. Hm. I don't think that can be defended in objective Aristotliean standards of artistic quality, but I sure had a good time.

And note: there's apparently no official colon after Trek in the title. It's Star Trek Into Darkness. What's next? Star Trek Through Peril? Star Trek Over Adversity?

I usually do a brief plot summary in these blurbs. Won't bother. Suffice to say: the previous film established the "new" movies in an alternate timeline from the original. But that doesn't mean that capital-D Destiny doesn't draw the same characters back into interaction. Also plot elements, but always with a twist or neat inversion. I imagine the movie stands well on its own, but if you see it, it probably wouldn't hurt to brush up on the "good parts" of the original canon.

(That's probably too broad a hint. I accidentally discovered the movie's big surprise with a single glance at its IMDB front page. Oops! Don't make the same mistake if you want to maximize the shock.)

For a Star Trek movie, it's notably action-packed. If I had a quibble, it would be that there's nary a moment's peace, where the characters can just yak. (And if I had a second quibble, it would be about that tribble…)