My top-three list of the geekiest things ever:
1. Star Trek
2. Clay Aiken
3. World of Warcraft
And yet... I saw the new Star Trek movie this weekend and immediately loved it.
No, you do not have to know anything about the series to enjoy the film. No, you don't have to be a science nerd, either. And no, you don't have to have a complete understanding of how time travel "works," although it may be somewhat helpful.
But yeah, you will fall in love with Zachary Quinto's Spock. Yes, Spock. There, I said it, all right?
The movie has a great balance of action, plot, humor and character-to-character relationships. My only criticism is that the villain was not very well fleshed-out, but then again, I hear it's not really characteristic of the series to provide the bad guys with fully developed motives and backstory, etc...
Anyway, my point is that you should give this one a try, even if your usual response to sci-fi flicks is "not so much." I think it will surprise you. And hey, this film even got rave reviews from The New York Times, which is saying something, since their film reviewers seem to never really like anything.
[Speaking of geeks... Take the test to find out just where you rank on a scale of 1 to Geek.]
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