I am exceedingly apologetic for the long delay in writing the long anticipated second entry on this wonderful blog. My time was consumed in the search for Red Vines. It seems that in this country where everything is produced and there is a counterfeit for pretty much everything, there are no Red Vines and no Red Vines imitations. I have been subjected to the horrible punishment of not being able to enjoy red vines while I enjoy watching movies in my cinema of choice. This brings me to the topic at hand…. Star Trek.

I saw Star Trek at 3:50PM on May 8th, here in Taipei (12:50AM in the US). This was their first showing, and I must admit that when I left the theater I was somewhat dissappointed. I had been distracted by the fact that the theaters here do not sell candy (just fried Chicken and Churros. huh?) and I was not enjoying red vines. But after some contemplation I decided that except for some minor setbacks this movie is like 10 billion times better than Iron-Man (and I am pissed they got rid of Terence Howard although Don Cheadle is amazing). Although the action was somewhat distracting and pointless and really added nothing to the movie, like wtf is the point of a sword fight on top of a drilling platform? shoot the man with your phaser and get it over with.  But actually now that I am thinking about it the point of that sword fight was for us hardcore star trek fans as a throwback to that one episode where sulu went crazy with his sword. But I think they could have ffound a better way.

With the exception of what was mentioned in the preceding paragraph I friggin loved the movie. It was hilarious, it had a message, it was Star Trek. One thing that makes this Star Trek movie amazing is that it has something for everyone from the Star Trek newb to the person who has seen every single episode and happens to know Klingon. I especially loved the little add-ins that were for the hardcore fans. Although it is not as good as star Trek IV or Star Trek II it is a great addition. So if you are reading this and you haven’t fallen asleep you had best go see Star Trek this instant! Because Star Trek is way better than Star Wars and so on and so forth. so go see it!