Have year heard of Mr. Cranky? more bombs in the review equals the worse a film was. His reviews are usually hilarious. I thought I'd post his Trek reviews here. Read them with some humor from a non-Trekkie. HIs reviews are actually infectious and you can't stop reading them. He even reviews old films like Casablanca and other classics. Nemesis - 3 bombs http://www.mrcranky.com/movies/startreknemesis.html Insurrection - 3 bombs http://www.mrcranky.com/movies/startrekinsurrection.html Star Trek: First Contact - 2 bombs http://www.mrcranky.com/movies/startrekfirstcontact.html Star Trek: Generations - 3 bombs http://www.mrcranky.com/movies/startrekgenerations.html Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country - 3 bombs http://www.mrcranky.com/movies/star-treck-vi-undiscovered-country Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - 2 bombs http://www.mrcranky.com/movies/startrek4voyagehome.html Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - 2 bombs http://www.mrcranky.com/movies/startrek2wrathofkhan.html Star Trek XI (2009) - only 1 bomb http://www.mrcranky.com/movies/star-trek Don't take him too serious. Just have a few laughs, come on... I've been a TrekBBS member for a while. Not intended for flaming. If this is not your style of humor no need to comment.
I like that he gave special attention to the only S-bomb ever dropped in Star Trek history. Ah...Data. Good times. Good times.
The ST09 review is poor - it's just a collection of borderline insulting unfunny broadsides directed at the "look" of the Enterprise & the fact that they used a youngish cast without any actual analysis of the film.
He had no choice. He liked the movie (as is evidenced by the fact that he rated it only one bomb), but his gimmick is that his reviews always trash every movie, so he had to complain about unimportant stuff.
Yeah, he's essentially a funnier version of that Kristin Wiig character on Weekend Update, the gossipy opinionated auntie that *must* hate everything. Only funnier.
S-Bombs dropped during time travel, or by people of past era's don't count. It's just not as funny. I look forward to Quintospock(TM) dropping the first f-bomb in the next movie, Star Trek XII: The Quest for More Money.
This guy is quite obviously more than just a non-Trekker "casual" film watcher. He makes comments about the TV series (e.g. Wesley) that demonstrates he knows more than he's letting on.
I don't think you need to be a fan to know who Wesley is when you watched only a few episodes and when he's a character that appeared in those episodes. People are not dumb, you know?
Yes, but referring to Tribbles and Quadrotriticale in the same context takes a certain kind of knowledge, wouldn't you think?