Star Trek

[ironymaiden]

was rather like getting some cotton candy. it looked nifty hanging in the window of the vendor's cart. i was totally fascinated by the machine that made it and the skills involved in getting it to spool up so beautifully on the paper cone. the texture was neat for a few bites and i thought the way the texture changed when i handled it was interesting. eating it was fun.

it didn't taste like anything but sugar. later, my mouth burned from the sweet and i wanted some water. my hands were stained from the dye.

a few years from now when i see the cotton candy cart i will only remember that it is pretty and interesting to look at, and i will order it again.

Comments

[mort-q.livejournal.com]

Nicely said.

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

Lovely simile. Me, I ate it up and didn't question. But I'm like that.

[ironymaiden]

hey, it was delicious in the moment.

[pedantka.livejournal.com]

Well, that makes me feel better about having no time to go to the cinema in the foreseeable future.

Waiting for the DVD

[andrew-the-oga.livejournal.com]

Cleverly put. I'll get around to borrowing the DVD from Our Sister puppytown when the time comes.

I'm not sure I've ever read so many online discussions of something so few people claim to have strong feelings about.

Re: Waiting for the DVD

[ironymaiden]

it wants the largest screen available when you do watch. the action scenes are very busy.

[buhrger]

i sometimes find big action scenes easier to watch on the small screen. i remember being nearly completely unable to follow the cave troll scene in FotR in the theatre, but finding it perfectly comprehensible on the home tv.

[ironymaiden]

i see that, but i have a difficult time separating that instance from familiarity with the scene. after having seen the movie a few times one has a few cues as to where to look at certain moments.

at least the one scene in Star Trek with all the flying debris seemed like it would be less comprehensible on a smaller scale.

[buhrger]

in my case, familiarity doesn't cut it as sufficient cause. i saw it in the theatre five times (yes, i'm a geek), and it still dint rilly make sense until the first time i saw it on tv.

People say that

[andrew-the-oga.livejournal.com]

People have said that kind of thing to me about so many movies, and it never seems to make a difference-- most of my favourite films, come to think, I've seen only on the small screen.

The main caveat is that I don't really like film that much as an art form in itself. The other caveat is that the social experience of "going out to a movie" is at best unpleasant for me, and at worst downright punishing--independent of the film's artistic merit.

in case you were wondering what it's really about

[buhrger]

http://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2009/05/do-gay-martians-have-right-to-marry.html

[steve98052.livejournal.com]

I'll remember that warning if I get the urge to try the stuff. But I'll probably try to see it in Imax anyway, and I don't think they have the stuff there.

[steve98052.livejournal.com]

Gee, I read your commentary again, and I realize that I mistook your simile as a literal comment about cotton candy. Funny that I see it now when I'm near dozing off, but missed it hours ago, when I was fairly fresh.

[ironymaiden]

i think it will be great fun in IMAX. that might be how i get C to watch it.

[steve98052.livejournal.com]

As I mentioned (http://steve98052.livejournal.com/534492.html) in TxtLJ, I got around to seeing it, but not in Imax. That would have been a real plus, but I generally enjoyed it in the regular theater too.