Star Trek marathon

Philosopher-Linguist and I spent the weekend watching all the Star Trek movies, except the newest one which we had seen a few weeks ago.

I suspected I had already seen the first movie, but didn't remember the content. It turns out I was right. I've heard criticism that it was just like a long episode rather than a movie, but frankly I don't understand the distinction in style. Wrath of Khan seems to be everybody's favorite and consequently I'd seen it a number of times - but still, I don't think it's that great.

Search for Spock and the Voyage Home, I did think were that great. Both were funny, compelling, and did a wonderful job of playing the distinctive personalities and especially showing the particular weaknesses of McCoy, Spock, and Kirk. Final Frontier was okay, and the Undiscovered Country was somewhat grinding but I liked it, mostly because of the extensive and multifaceted involvement of the Klingons.

Generations was entertaining, but logically full of holes, and I don't mean just the usual Star Trek continuity glitches. First Contact was great, as I remember it. Funny, I didn't remember the Borg being involved, but they were, and I LOVE Zeffram Cochrane. Insurrection and Nemesis were both solid sci-fi films, though I think I liked the first better.

Finally, the latest Star Trek film is AMAZING. Its plot is kind of arbitrary, and the direction is predetermined because it's a prequel, but I love what they did to show all the characters as young. Also, Kirk's mom is Cameron from House and young Sulu is Harold from Harold & Kumar.