{"id":145,"date":"2009-05-19T02:02:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-19T02:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dresan.com\/blog\/?p=145"},"modified":"2009-05-19T02:02:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-19T02:02:00","slug":"the-laymans-guide-to-the-fanboy-view-of-star-trek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/19\/the-laymans-guide-to-the-fanboy-view-of-star-trek\/","title":{"rendered":"The Layman’s Guide to the Fanboy View of Star Trek"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There’s been some confusion recently<\/a> about the “fanboy reception” of the new Star Trek movie – some people going so far as to say “fanboys will hate it because they changed everything”. Well, speaking as a fanboy who recently was seriously arguing with my high school friends about whether J.J. Abrams shitted or pissed on our childhoods (and no, I’m not joking, those literal words were used), I beg to differ: my problems with the movie are with the movie as a movie, and particularly with its plot logic, not with its degree of Trekkiness.<\/p>\n

I’ll deal with the problems the movie has as a movie later (e.g., Nero is mad at Spock because … Spock tried to save Romulus? WTF?!), since the movie is so good on an acting\/directing level I don’t want to give it too much bad press. (No, really, if good acting is your bag, run to the theater, baby; similarly if you like humor, excitement, action or adventure you won’t be disappointed. If you care about a movie making sense … eh.) Right now I want to show that it is indeed a good Trek movie. To see why, let’s go through the Fanboy’s Official Star Trek Movie Checklist and see how J.J. Abrams fares.<\/p>\n

Oh, wait. One thing. SPOILERS AHEAD. Ok, moving on…<\/p>\n

First off, the big three that we need in any Star Trek movie:<\/p>\n