star trek mirror universe trilogy.
biggest borg invasion ever.
klingon extermination of everybody.
seven of nine feature where like she becomes a giant seven of nine and
starts stomping and assimilating all of tokyo.

face it. except as a sidelight... people don't want to see a) anything to do
with the vulcans (re: enterprise) b) anything that involves starfleet as
care bears c) anything more than passingly cerebral... data having a psychic
war with tribbles... FUCK THAT! d) sentimental depictions of anybody from
previous treks. e) anything where lots of things don't blow up. f) anything
where the bad guys aren't eviler than mirror kirk and mad personality... not
just... here hairy eebil guy wit lazer scheme g) any star trek that talks us
to goddamn death. kirk-khan picard-borg whales bent on vengeance-misfits in
time with tons of cheap yuks.... not evil clone of picard or malcom
mcdowell.... he's about as evil as doctor who... some fucking hairy alien in
armor who literally bites peoples heads off when they piss him off....
THAT'S WHAT *I'M* TALKING ABOUT.

I understand the underlying humanistic aspect of star trek... i understand
that a lot of brainiacs watch it... i understand that once in awhile a
flight of picardian whimsy about some model ship or kirk philosophizing
about how we all should just get along is ok.... but it better be followed
tout suite by a jape at data or spock or khan going apeshit and trying to
kill everything with a starfleet insignia. We're battle-hardened veterans of
a lot of second-rate directors trying to advance to an 'alien' movie...
while we don't need gore... we better have something we're emotionally
attached to get fucked or look like its totally fucked so that we believe
it. be it the original enterprise or spock or picard's simonized unborged
noggin. pike better burn good. that's all i'm sayin'. if you try and make
some emotional deal about a crew member we don't know... it better be
because its going to make someone really fucking hot die before she's
THOROUGHLY flounced her chi-chis around on the big screen.

I hope that's enough. We aren't imbeciles. If it sucks, we'll know, and
we'll tell you unless you put it in a boxed set with ii, iii, iv or viii.
That doesn't mean the franchise is dead... it just means that the people you
put in charge of it should be summarily executed and someone with vision...
bad taste (bad taste sells. spock frying in radiation.)... and a sense of
populism (yes... its important that we be able to talk about it to girls
without looking like geeks).

That said. I hope XI is a good one. FRY PIKE FRY! BURN THAT MUTHA DOWN!

Cheers!
Doc