Whenever we finally get around to setting foot on an extrasolar planet, I’ll be severely disappointed if it doesn’t look like Vasquez Rocks.
100% roxor. Star Trek 2009 accomplishes the impossible feat of making a aged pop culture reference relevant again. Only Casino Royale and maybeDoctor Who have managed to pull this off as successfully.
I have to admit to a bias though… I’m a forty-three year old orthodox original series Trek fan (no Reformist Next Generations please) so the old-style sound effects, designs, implied “We come in peace… shoot to kill” attitude, and the not-too-effecty effects, hit all the right spots. The cast felt like they had been working together for awhile without just imitating the roles (Karl Urban’s McCoy isn’t imitation, but an amazingly eerie invocation/inhabitation). Finally, for once in the entire history of the franchise, Engineering looks like actual engineering takes place there.
A modest suggestion to Star Fleet operations: you may want to consider sending in a reconnaissance shuttle first before sending in your entire fleet… in case it’s an ambush. Just saying.