I <3 Scottie’s assistant/pet/sidekick. Adorable. I did too! That's just what Scottie needed, you ask me. He's so isolated down in Engineering!
Chekhov is what Wesley should have been. Underaged supergenius, yes, but freaking adorable.
Lots of the people I saw it with were grumbling about his accent. I saw it as an excuse to make the expected "nuclear wessels" joke but it was done with fun, not mockery. I liked him a lot, and I totally agree with your analysis. ("I can do zat!")
As for Spock, okay, I'm biased, but the film didn't help me not be biased since it was better about creating a new Spock than it was about creating a new Kirk. So, yeah, I loved his whole story. I rewatched First Contact recently, and it occurred to me that this is now a Federation that has lost its parents, not just Kirk and Spock who have. The Vulcans were the ones to shepherd humanity out into space and prosperity. And now they're gone. I really think there's a lot that could be done with that, thematically.
And, surprisingly, I even loved the Uhura relationship. It snuck up on me. I know she kissed him in the lift and all, but it seemed like a slightly inappropriate advance on her part in trying to reassure him than outright romance. And then they made out on the transporter platform while Kirk was like, "I'm experiencing cognitive dissonance trying to imagine, let alone actually see, what I'm seeing." I think you're right about this and other things shaping a Spock who turns more towards humanity than Vulcan-ity(?). Which is a totally different outlook for the character as the crew we used to know comes together to face new things in the future. I like that we have new versions of familiar characters--we know them enough to be comfortable, but they're different enough to still surprise us.
I totally want more from this AU. :)
(Also, I'm informed that, much as you might like to let it get overwritten with everything else, Enterprise is still cannon. My roommate pointed out one line of Scotty's where he mentioned transporting "Admiral Archer's" beagle. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.)
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Date: 2009-05-09 04:36 pm (UTC)I did too! That's just what Scottie needed, you ask me. He's so isolated down in Engineering!
Chekhov is what Wesley should have been. Underaged supergenius, yes, but freaking adorable.
Lots of the people I saw it with were grumbling about his accent. I saw it as an excuse to make the expected "nuclear wessels" joke but it was done with fun, not mockery. I liked him a lot, and I totally agree with your analysis. ("I can do zat!")
As for Spock, okay, I'm biased, but the film didn't help me not be biased since it was better about creating a new Spock than it was about creating a new Kirk. So, yeah, I loved his whole story. I rewatched First Contact recently, and it occurred to me that this is now a Federation that has lost its parents, not just Kirk and Spock who have. The Vulcans were the ones to shepherd humanity out into space and prosperity. And now they're gone. I really think there's a lot that could be done with that, thematically.
And, surprisingly, I even loved the Uhura relationship. It snuck up on me. I know she kissed him in the lift and all, but it seemed like a slightly inappropriate advance on her part in trying to reassure him than outright romance. And then they made out on the transporter platform while Kirk was like, "I'm experiencing cognitive dissonance trying to imagine, let alone actually see, what I'm seeing." I think you're right about this and other things shaping a Spock who turns more towards humanity than Vulcan-ity(?). Which is a totally different outlook for the character as the crew we used to know comes together to face new things in the future. I like that we have new versions of familiar characters--we know them enough to be comfortable, but they're different enough to still surprise us.
I totally want more from this AU. :)
(Also, I'm informed that, much as you might like to let it get overwritten with everything else, Enterprise is still cannon. My roommate pointed out one line of Scotty's where he mentioned transporting "Admiral Archer's" beagle. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.)