Are you sure it was the eyebrows that made Quinto work for you? Maybe it was the way he rocked the bowl cut?
I also really dug Spock/Uhura. Maybe it was because they had an established, mature relationship built on mutual respect, which almost never happens in epic action movies? It was like an adult oasis in a desert of emo romantic drama.
However, Spock/Uhura or no Spock/Uhura, there is ALWAYS room for slash jokes. Spock Prime was trying to play yenta to his young self and Kirk! And besides, Kirk always has McCoy, Sulu, and Chekov to eyefuck. And maybe even Scotty too, if he isn't already doing it with that weird, teeny alien.
but he was extremely likeable, which is not always something I associate with my mental image of the character.
I seriously surprised by how much I actually liked Kirk too. Maybe he was likable because his jackass tendencies were balanced out by all the times he got his ass kicked, injected with crazy shit, and constantly failed at getting laid during the movie?
IMO, that last scene came off as Shatner because Pine was lounging in the chair, smirking, and trying to seduce the entire room while crossing his legs at the top of his thighs. What guy does that? Captain Kirk, that's who.
SULU KICKED SOME ASS. I APPROVE.
THIS. Though I would never, ever, ever join his fencing club. Ever.
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Date: 2009-05-09 05:11 am (UTC)I also really dug Spock/Uhura. Maybe it was because they had an established, mature relationship built on mutual respect, which almost never happens in epic action movies? It was like an adult oasis in a desert of emo romantic drama.
However, Spock/Uhura or no Spock/Uhura, there is ALWAYS room for slash jokes. Spock Prime was trying to play yenta to his young self and Kirk! And besides, Kirk always has McCoy, Sulu, and Chekov to eyefuck. And maybe even Scotty too, if he isn't already doing it with that weird, teeny alien.
but he was extremely likeable, which is not always something I associate with my mental image of the character.
I seriously surprised by how much I actually liked Kirk too. Maybe he was likable because his jackass tendencies were balanced out by all the times he got his ass kicked, injected with crazy shit, and constantly failed at getting laid during the movie?
IMO, that last scene came off as Shatner because Pine was lounging in the chair, smirking, and trying to seduce the entire room while crossing his legs at the top of his thighs. What guy does that? Captain Kirk, that's who.
SULU KICKED SOME ASS. I APPROVE.
THIS. Though I would never, ever, ever join his fencing club. Ever.