Tumblr crosspost (1 February 2025)

[anghraine]

35 minutes into watching Star Trek: The Motion Picture:

• We’ve heard the full theme suite twice (at least).
• Spock, for unknown reasons, has regressed all character development and is back to pursuing “pure logic” and cultural acceptance, but like in every episode of TOS, is still facing constant microaggressions.
• Don’t like the Vulcan lady immediately invading his mind with barely a word of warning and no choice in the matter on his end. Very “the life of Spock in dealings with women,” in fairness.
• Something in me hates the idea of Kirk as an admiral, but I have the comfort of knowing that Kirk hates it, too.
• The aesthetic is glossier but much less vibrant (much much less vibrant—“bright green uniforms looking like gold” is not nearly as annoying as just going with beige).
• McCoy has a mountain man beard and has been forcibly unretired, but comes across as very him thus far.
• The annoying Decker from TOS now has a more annoying son [ETA 6/19/2025: or brother, I guess, since I gather we're expected to believe this is only a few years after the five-year mission and some details don't make a lot of sense if as much time has passed as had IRL] who just got demoted because Kirk, a literal admiral, has far more experience with this particular kind of problem and they’re facing an existential threat.
• Black women get to have natural hair!
• Shout out to the many competent background characters (especially the base who died getting as much data out as possible).
• San Francisco and Vulcan look fantastic!
• Random obligatory hot lady responds to Kirk effectively saying “hi” with “I’m celibate” and he’s like “o…kay, how about you just do your job” which is, in fairness, a very TOS Kirk response to weird sexual stuff from women.