Thoughts: 10-May-2009

I saw the new Star Trek movie yesterday. I thought it was great. Well done, good cast, and was a nice reboot setup for the series. Basically, this film takes place in a different reality created by the actions of the villains, so we will have a clean slate for new stories and possible remakes of some classic stories. So lame plots like Spock's Brain are gone and we have a whole new world to explore with Kirk and Spock.

Some fans may not like the turn, but I think this is a great way to keep a concept fresh. Hats off to JJ Abrams who did a great job with this film. And now, I blame Tom Cruise for Mission: Impossible 3 not working.

I think that ABC's series The Unusuals is starting to run out of steam. The last episode seemed kind of forced to me. I am guessing it will not be renewed.

Dollhouse came to a season's end with a terrible finale, yeah some questions were answered, but who cares? The FBI agent who was so gung ho to take the Dollhouse down, now is working for them? So he buys into the whole brainwashed sex objects for rich perverts deal? He did get them to release one of the dolls who got paid in full for his services, so I guess that makes it alright. There was a revelation about the Amy Acker character that she used to be one of their number one dolls, and when Alpha slashed her face up, she was no longer fit to be a sex doll. So they download a doctor's imprint into her and she works doing that. So Joss, when her five years are up, how the frak does she get compensated for her face being scarred up, assuming she gets her persona back? What a bunch of crap, this show does not deserve to be renewed.

American Chopper is still going with this lame Jr. does not want to work for OCC plot. When he is not there building bikes, everybody whines that they need him and how could he want to work a boutique with his girlfriend. But when he is there, Sr. picks fights with him over trivial crap. Sr gets upset about Jr. spending all day fabricating a pair of handle bars, then he takes all doing picking a seat out for the OCC 10th anniversary bike? Jr. puts some thought to design a something for a theme bike that looks good, Sr. screws around picking out seats. And that is a good use of time? American Chopper has definitely been on too long.

Oh well.