So I finally finished off the last episodes of Whale Wars season 2; only a few weeks behind on my television watching. After watching, I’ve formulated the following tag-line that can be used to describe just about all of the episodes and the Sea Shepherd’s shenanigans:
“If the Sea Shepherd crew cannot/is unable to (blank), then their entire season may be in jeporady.”
Now, fill in the blank with:
- fix their broken gyro that left their entire crew stricken with nausea
- escape the ice that the crew steered into earlier
- make it back to port with enough fuel
- find the Japanese whaling fleet
- find their lost zodiacs (for the 2nd? 3rd time in the series?)
- retrieve their “prop fouler” that the Japanese vessel confiscated
- throw butyric acid over the Japanese vessels’ nets
- be effective in general
They should really call the show “Japanese Whalers Outsmarting Hippies on a Boat.”
Regarding the last post (Whale Wars is CRAZY) that seemed to get some harsh criticism, I still stand by everything that I’ve stated. Honestly, I have no sympathy for the crew of the Sea Shepherd, nor does their actions in carrying out the mission move me in anyway. Their half-baked schemes and plans truly cause more harm than good, and I would think really deteriorates all of their would-be supporters.
The only thing that actually did have a lasting effect would be the documentation of the killing of 3 whales in the last episodes of the season. It’s a horrible sight to watch and I’m glad to be educated on the cruelty of the subject, but doesn’t Green Peace already fill in that niche?
Just watched Transformers 2, an awesome 2.5 hours of giant robot rumbles.
I also learned that if you die in the Transformer’s world, you end up going to robot heaven. No, you do not meet God at the pearly gates… but giant transforming robots. Badass.
In my previous post Four Movies, I had stated that after having seen MI:3, I was confident that JJ Abrams was going to deliver a solid Star Trek movie that will satisfy all movie-goers out there. Whether be it fans or non-fans.
After having seeing the new movie, I guess I can say that I was half correct on my prediction. Star Trek IX was a wildly entertaining movie with a fast-paced story and action-packed scenes. The characters were pretty spot on where they needed to be, and adding backgrounds to some of the minor characters was definitely appreciated. The story itself did have a few holes here and there, but it did eventually work at the end. But was it really a Star Trek movie? Debatable.
Warning… spoilers ahead:
I’m not sure why time-traveling is currently all the rage right now (e.g. Lost, Fringe, Heroes), but I believe that this Star Trek movie could have definitely gone without it, and gone without splintering the storyline into an alternate universe. Star Trek IX in essence was supposed to be a chapter explaining the “origins” of the classic Star Trek characters. By creating the alternate universe, we can safely assume that everything that happens in the new movie does not really relate to any of the original canon of the Star Trek universe. None of the events that happen in the new movie really matters at all since the new movie is describing an alternate universe. Of course, as a business man, JJ Abrams realizes that he now has complete control of this alternate universe and can create a series of new movies without being constrained to the original storyline. Great for business, crappy for fans.
In the end, I’m happy with the movie… but I am a strong believer that it takes more talent to create a film that would have fit with the original Star Trek storyline, than to create a completely new alternate reality for the sake of having an clean slate. But that’s just one man’s opinion.
After seeing the movie however, I do wonder… what if JJ Abrams rewrote other storylines that are held dear to geeks everywhere? Just for shits… what if JJ Abrams rewrote Star Wars?
If only there were a place to hypothesize some craziness!
I proudly present to you: If JJ Abrams =)
