(um, here. It’s good to have you here, she stammered)

Although she’s 99.999% perfect, one of Mrs. Firefly’s few flaws is an appreciation of George Clooney. She insists her attraction is based solely on his acting ability… Anywho, I get dragged to most of his films and, of course, now she wants to see this “Up in the Air” deal. Is it:

A) tolerable enough to keep me in a theater seat for 90 minutes as long as I’ve got a 10 gallon bucket of popcorn drenched in salt and oil on my lap?
b) mediocre but there are no loud noises so I can catch up on some much needed sleep, opening my eyes just before the credits roll in order to please the Mrs., or
c) chick flick. I should put my foot down and insist she see it with a female friend.

Seems like an easy problem to fix in the script, but they really wanted to make Kirk the bad boy turned good.

And Spock rose up the ranks rather fast, too!

But Karl Urban really won me over as McCoy, a character I feared would be a caricature at best.

I can see your point about CoC – Star Trek is famous for having all the high ranking officers, on ship, exploring the new planet. Kind of like having the Captain of an aircraft carrier taking off in an F-18 – ain’t gonna happen in the real world. But, that’s Star Trek, for you.

That idea is so brilliant it will never be implemented!

Chief amongst them, and the one I can’t get around, I suppose that a star ship the size of an aircraft carrier has no chain of command. Just because a couple of officers are out of the picture, a stow-away who was one second away from the brig, who was previously thrown off the ship now becomes the guy in charge. THAT RUINED THE MOVIE…for me anyway. NO I’m not a big Star Trek fan, and I admit I’m kind of fixated on that part of the “plot”, and I’ve been in the Army for twenty plus years so that probably has a lot to do with it…but I can’t get around that.

For those of you who enjoyed the film I am happy for you.