Dave Caolo

It’s fantastic. The plot, which I won’t reveal, makes every aspect acceptable and sets up potential sequels. The actors capture the essence of their characters without doing impressions (Bones and Scotty* are particularly good. Heck, they all are), there are plenty of goodies to delight old-time Trekkies and the action is unlike anything in a previous Trek offering.

Go and see it right now.

*Scotty should have been introduced sooner, because Simon Pegg was a lot of fun. That’s my only complaint.

The once mighty Star Wars galaxy has become a parody of itself, largely in part to shamelss, incessant merchandising. I can’t respect a franchise that’s so obviously used as a cash grab.

The folks at Spyglass must have the same goal for Star Trek movie as their marketing eruption gets underway. I’m sure I’ll be completely turned off by May.

While recording the Sci-Fi Cast with Ged the other day, he said something that struck me. We were talking about JJ Abrams‘ plans for the upcoming Star Trek movie. Specifically, he wants use it to make hope hip again. To make positivity cool.

That sounds good, doesn’t it?

There is a tendency on the web, especially the tech web, towards snarky sarcasm. I perpetuated it for a while, but I’m done now. There’s enough negativity in the world.

Now, before you say I’m burying my head in the sand, I’ll tell you that I’m not. I know there are unpleasant things in the world. I just chose not to dwell on them.

So, expect to read the “good news” here at hardcore geek. Thanks for reading.

For some hardcore hope, check out HopeRevo.