Now that I've a bit a bit of time. ( SPOILERS )

If you haven't watched the the fourth episode of Torchwood yet. Don't read this post. Just...don't.

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People stop talking about Torchwood already! I'm doing my best to stay away from spoilers and you all are not helping. I'm so fucking scared right now. I think I need to avoid the internet until this whole thing is over. *runs away and hides*

This ep was slower than the last two (what with plot and backstory and very little blowing up) but I still thought it was pretty good. I loved all the team moments. ( Spoilers )

And we're over half-way through with this season. *cries* It's going by way too fast.

Having a cold makes squeeing hazardous to your health. I mean, when you can't breathe in the first place, the whole jumping up and down squealing thing is very hard to do. So I'm just doing it on the inside tonight. I'm absolutely loving this show. IT IS AWESOME FOLKS!!! I will eventually go into more detail about my thoughts but at the moment I'm tired and also quite sick. I need to sleep.

*flails* jsklajio'fjoerqhgoqigiknhikhfekjKWQKLajKKLGSNQIOHGINH
!!!!!!@q

AHHHHHHH!!!! Is it tomorrow night yet?!

GAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! *flails some more* jsdanjksdajkqh1



I promise a more coherent post later.

My resolve to wait until tomorrow for Torchwood lasted all of two seconds after it became available for download. Way to fail willpower.

But aaaaaack!!! *flails* TORCHWOOD!

Go faster little green bar!

So, ever since Star Trek came out, I haven't been watching Robin Hood. The last episode I've seen was Do You Love Me? (episode 6). I meant to catch up eventually, but being busy and obsessed with other things at the moment, I haven't had the time. But I have been occasionally been popping my head into RH communities, to sort of keep track of what's going on, reading a few spoilers now and again. So today I saw a spoiler for episode 12. *cries* I'm not even sure I want to watch the end of this season now. The writers have officially killed most everything I loved about this series. I think I much rather pretend the series ended before the last 2 episodes of season 2 when everything was lovely and fantastic and perfect and pretend the rest never happened. I may still watch the rest of the season, if only to give the show a sense of finality. But I have lost all enjoyment of the show now. If there is a season 4 (which would really be beating a dead horse), I will not be watching.

The absolute worst part of playing catch up on a TV show after it's done airing is that everybody already knows what happened before you do. So when that shocking, omg, wtf just happened moment comes along, your shock and disbelief is met with Duh, we've only known about that for the past couple of months. Where have you been?

I am proud of the fact that I managed to stay away from all spoilers. My shock was total and complete. Just kinda lonely. I've got to get my dad caught up with me again. So I can say I wasn't the last one.

When is Season 4 of Heroes supposed to air again? Because I have to know what happens next.

I was reading a discussion over at kirk_mccoy, and something someone said so made me think about myself. They said something along the lines of growing up and getting their slash goggles installed. LOL. That's totally what happened to me a year and a half ago: I got my slash goggles installed. *giggles* I don't quite remember consenting to that operation, but now that I've got them, I love them. And they work very well with the shipper goggles I was born with. 8D

I finally deleted my original livejournal account dani_teel. I haven't posted anything on it since December 2006. It was time for it to go.

I couldn't have imagined four years ago that I would be still be using LiveJournal regularly. My roommate had to talk me into starting one. I only did to get her to stop pestering me. I didn't think I'd use it. Four years later...

^_^ Thank you Amy.

Real life is getting in the way of my Star Trek obsession. I have three different employers, four bosses, and five separate job descriptions. I'm busy. And when I'm not busy, I'm tired. It's making me fall behind on my Treking. I've got a bunch of fanfics I need to find the time to read. Not to mention finding the time to work on my own (which is still eating my brain, just more quietly). And I still haven't finished season 1 of TOS. It seems I just barely have time for Trek and that makes me very sad. I need more Trek. Real life needs to stop getting in the way.

This fandom is making me think way too much. Like deep thought kinda stuff. I'm analyzing character relationships. I'm lurking in discussions threads about all sorts of different aspects of the movie (and only lurking because I'm afraid I'll type something that makes me sound like a complete and total idiot--but I want to participate, which is new). I'm reading thoughtful metas and geeking out over understanding explanations about how the science of space-time works in Trek. I'm researching pre-movie canon to better understand the movie and the significant changes in it.

In short, not only has Trek taken over my life, but it's making me think, a lot, about more than how pretty this person is and how much I want these two characters to be together. I want to discuss this movie so much with other people, but I really don't have a lot of people I can discuss with any real detail with. I wish I could just get over my fear of sounding like an idiot (which took me forever to do in real life).

And what's make things worse is that I'm writing a freaking fanfic. A first other than a few (3) drabble--only one that was actually completed (at a whooping 90 words). The one I'm currently writing is close to 1,000 words, only it's less that I'm writing it and more like the idea's in my head, trying to claw its way out. It's either write it down or have my brain explode. Which, with my usual original fic would be okay, except I've never written a fanfic before and my inner critic is screaming at me. It not original enough, or that's too cliche, or that character wouldn't do that. My internal critic is hard enough to ignore when I'm writing original fic; it's nearly impossible to do with this fanfic. And yet I feel compelled to write it. My muse must be a masochist. No, more like a sadist, since I'm the one with the headache.

Like I said, my brain hurts.

McCoy/Chekov! Seriously?! *flails* I would have never thought of that on my own but...OMG! It is absolutely obscene how quickly I just got sold on that (but only for XI). Wow, someone save me from this fandom.

I’m only about 2/3rds of the way through the first season of TOS, but I’ve seen four (II-V) of the original six movies. And I feel the need to express a few thoughts I have on the Kirk/Spock and Kirk/McCoy relationships. ( cut for length and one minor spoiler for ST XI )

So it would appear that there was a deeply dormant Trekkie fan within me that was just waiting to be set free, because now that she is, she is running full-throttle. I have been in complete and utter Trek!geek mode ever since the movie came out. Besides for seeing the movie several times already (I won’t admit to the actual number), I have been watching TOS online. Also, I’ve reinstated my Netflix account in order to rewatch the movies. So far, I’ve seen the Wrath of Khan and Nemesis (which was the only one we own on DVD). The Wrath of Khan is a great one to rewatch after seeing XI—with all its Kobayashi Maru references. ^_^ And Nemesis was better than I remember it being, though I don’t know if its because I’ve only seen it once (when it first came out) or because I’m seeing it now through my new Trek!geek eyes. And as for TOS, while some episodes (I will admit) are so bad they are painful to watch, most are just delightfully cheesy. No matter what, however, Spock remains beyond cool. I have become such a Spock fangirl—old and new—in the past week (though I only really lust after new!Spock). He is just the master of awesome.

But watching so much of the original and talking with a few long-time fans, I have come to several realizations about the movie. Mostly in understanding why certain fans wouldn’t like it as much as I did. One particular conversation with a co-worker (who hadn’t yet seen the movie) said that he was hesitant because it seemed too much like an action film. Watching WOK and Nemesis, I think I understand his point. While Trek has never lacked for space battles, there is also an emphasis on intellectual battles as well—out-smarting and out-thinking your opponent as much as blasting them to hell. Not to mention there are internal battles to be fought and difficulties to be overcome. Admittedly, there is less of that in XI—it is very much an action film. But I didn’t find it particularly lacking at all because it. It was still a fantastic movie that, I believe, stayed true to the spirit of Trek even if it did have a more action-oriented plot. Personally, I adore a good space battle, but I can see his point.

Along those lines, I do have a nitpick myself. There are two scenes in particular, neither of which advance the story, I believe the movie could have done without. ( SPOILERS BEYOND THIS POINT )

But for this fan, more than anything else, Star Trek XI was more than just awesome. Seeing it re-awoke a part of my childhood, set free the Trek!geek within me, and reminded me of the joy that Star Trek was. May it continue to live long and prosper. (Jeez…I am a geek. ^_^)

So seeing Star Trek in IMAX is even better than seeing it in a regular theatre. Awesome x awesome=AWESOME. And after seeing it three times already, you'd think I'd stop fangirling throughout the movie. Nope. My one consolation is that my sister was as into it as I was.

But I have to stop now. I can see it again when it reaches the dollar theatre and not a day before then.

If my life had a soundtrack.

( This should be interesting )

I am officially in love with the new Star Trek movie—if you guys weren’t already aware of that from my last post. And it has sucked me into the Star Trek fandom. Not that I haven’t always been a fan of Trek. I grew up on Voyager and reruns of TOS and TNG. In fact, Voyager was probably the first show I actually was a “fan” of—meaning it was the first show I watched regularly that wasn’t a cartoon or children’s show. And even those I only watched whenever, whereas I looked forward to Wednesdays every week for Voyager. I was totally in love with Tom Paris and Harry Kim and was a complete Janeway/Chakotay and Seven/Doctor shipper (even though I didn’t know that’s what you called it back then). I also had a completely embarrassing crush of Captain Kirk from TOS. And I loved watching reruns of TOS and TNG with my father. I fact, I once remember asking to watch TOS with him even though I was grounded at the time and wasn’t technically allowed to watch TV. He let me.

I also remember going to see Generations when it first came out in theaters. Trek was a family thing; everyone in mine watched in. A new Star Trek movie meant a trip to the movies together. Nothing’s changed. When I went to see this one Thursday night, it was with my family. It’s been years since all of us went to the movies together. So I’ve seen all the TNG movies in theatres growing up. And my dad had all the older films on VHS. I’m pretty certain I’ve seen them all, but some of them were when I was very young. I only have hazy recollections of them. I remember The Voyage Home the most since it was my favorite of the originals.

Suffice to say that Star Trek was a big part of my childhood. I’ve been a fan since long before I became cognizant of the concept of fandom in terms of active communities of fans.

Then came Stargate (in particularly, Atlantis) during my senior year of high school, and I became an active member of a fandom for the first time, diving into its wild, crazy, and completely awesome world. Since then, I have entered several fandoms (most prominently Robin Hood, Torchwood, and Merlin), but Trek was never one of them despite watching (or re-watching) the complete series of Voyager, DS9, and Enterprise in college.

But this movie has changed all that. I’m obsessed with it. I came out of the film with an intense desire for fanfic, and I immediately started searching for icons the minute I got home. I want to discuss it with pretty much everybody who’s seen it, and I’ve been telling everybody who hasn’t seen it to go see it. I even took a friend of mine who actually doesn’t like Star Trek to go see it. She liked it—which made me extremely happy. I’ve seen it three times. It’s only been out what? four days? Not to mention I have no money, but I’ve seen it three times already! It’d be a really sad state of affairs if the movie wasn’t so damn good. I LOVE THIS MOVIE! It has officially won the title of my favorite movie. And if I’m not careful, I can totally see this movie taking over my life. If it weren’t for Heroes, I’d probably have spent all weekend absorbed in complete Trek-nerdiness. As it is, I didn’t sleep at all last night because I needed to find out what happened next. But now that I’ve finished season one, I want to obsess over Trek again. It’s a very sad state of affairs indeed.

If you're a fan of Star Trek, you have to go see the movie. If you're not a fan of Trek, you have to go see the movie. If you despise all things Trek and/or you've seen the movie and hated it--don't talk to me. My brain would explode with complete incomprehension that someone could not like that movie. Literally explode. We're talking my life here, folks.

But in all seriousness, it was an incredible movie. The characters were so on par with the original crew. I felt that Gene Roddenberry's characters were brilliantly transferred into a modern movie, their personalities pretty much intact and very little tweaking. Every single actor in the movie did a extraordinary job creating each of their characters. They owned each of their roles, so much so that it's hard to imagine that anyone else ever played these parts. And unquestionably, the actor deserving of the most applause was Zachary Quinto. He was phenomenal. I have no doubt that his Spock will be every bit as iconic for my generation as Leonard Nimoy was for my father's.

And speaking of actors, I squeed so much at Paul McGillion's little cameo. Yay! Beckett! ( SPOILERS ) ^_^

Plus, Anton Yelchin's accent is to die for.

It was also wonderfully scripted: it had plenty of nods and winks to long-time fans but not so many that first-time viewers will feel like they are missing anything. There were also a few surprises for long-time fans too, or at least for this fan. ( SPOILERS )

And, as to be expected, it was visually stunning. OMG, some of the visuals literally took my breath away. And the score was...I'm buying that soundtrack.

This was, by far, the best Trek movie to date. In fact, there is no competition. No other Star Trek movie even comes close to this. I want this to be a series. At the very least, there needs to be another movie.

I am going to see this movie again. Probably this weekend. Possibly next weekend too. Seriously, do yourself a favor, go see this movie. It's worth the (ridiculous) price of a ticket.