I went to see Star Trek yesterday and I absolutely Loved it!! Then I went to the restroom and heard a couple of girls in a different generationtalk about the movie. This is how it sounded w/my thought captions...
Girl #1: Spock had ears like Orlando Bloom in Lord of the Rings.
My Bubble: Spock was the first with those ears!!
Girl #2: He was sooo much cuter than Orlando Bloom.
My Bubble: Leonard Nimoy? Orlando Bloom is sooo much hotter!!
Girl #1: Captain Pickard is soo much smarter then Captain Kirk
My Bubble: Captain Kirk has character and street smarts!!
Girl #2: Yea, but Vulcan kids look like they were self studied, kinda like home schooled in those 360 spheres
My Bubble: Captain Kirk always heard all sides of the situation before decisions and so did Pickard, so both were great captains in their own way!!!
Based I this encounter at the movie theater bathroom....I have come to the realization that I am two generations past these girls; even trying to have a conversation regarding the Star Trek series would be useless because they just don't have the experience that I do in this matter; and final conclusion!!! I am old now and remember, not only the Star Trek as it stands today, but the original series!! I even remember the Captain Pike character from the original series and where he was left after he was paralized and burned!!
Another epiphany!! I am a closet TREKKIE!! I remember the Trekkie conventions at the Capitol Center and getting Leonard Nimoy's autograph and talking to Lt. Aura. All in all...I am glad to see that as the series grew, Klingons were not enemies anymore and Wharf proved that they passed a time in history where we were able to move past our differences and embrace cultural strengths to explore strange new places where no one has gone before.
LOL now!!
