Mad Science in a Cranberry Bog

I think I might murder the Star Trek fandom….

estelendur:

madbogscience:

estelendur:

madbogscience:

woodox-earthtaurus:

for the last time, Cumberbatch did not play Khan. HE DIDN’T PLAY KHAN. OKAY?! His character’s name is John Harrison and from my understanding and vague recollection, he’s a legit character from either comics or old, old Star Trek. So stop saying they got the wrong guy to play Khan or tagging your pictures of the movie with him as Khan. JFC.

If you want a movie with Khan in it, go watch Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. There’s your Khan. I’m done now.

Well, this clears up a massive point of confusion I had with regards to the whole Star Trek thing. Everyone was SUPER ANGRY about the (apparent, I guess) whitewashing - it did, last I checked, list him as Khan in IMDB but come to think of it I have no idea who updates that - but also there seemed to be a thing where there was some confusion as to who he was actually playing? But a lot of people seemed REALLY CERTAIN it was Khan so…?

My only remaining question is where this really strong conviction that he was Khan came from. Was it something the studio made up? Internet speculation taking on a life of its own?

So I guess I’m still confused, but less so than before. (I thought it was mostly just because I’m really not terribly familiar with Star Trek, but this all just seems really weird.)

According to Memory Alpha, John Harrison was an alias for Khan…

Yup, went and saw it. IDK I am just going to label myself as ‘not qualified to weigh in on this’ and leave it alone. Certainly I am not qualified to comment on any finer points especially since I haven’t seen the original stuff.
But also IDK about this version of Khan being the smartest dude ever, since mostly he just ran around and punched people a lot. There was none of the tension of the ‘heroes’ always seeming to be two steps behind the ‘villain’ and then finally triumphing against great odds that, say, Avengers did. It’s kinda boring when you are supposed to have what is I guess a super clever villain and no one is either fooled into truly trusting them or ever really outmaneuvered by them.

From where I stand, which is not having seen it yet, the problem is probably that Abrams etc don’t comprehend what made Wrath of Khan so emotionally successful to the fans. >_> I honestly do not think it is the kind of thing you can just recycle, really. Which is why I am happy to have successfully compartmentalized star trek and jjabrams trek in my mind, so I can probably watch without being unhappy :P

You have no idea how much self control I am exerting right now to not fly into a rant about how much the writing (plot structure and villain quality-wise) annoyed me.

So much self control.

sigoynerblod:

OH MY GOD BABY WEASELS

THEYRE SO CUTE AND TINY WHAT THE HECK

(Source: scumstains)

I think I might murder the Star Trek fandom….

estelendur:

madbogscience:

woodox-earthtaurus:

for the last time, Cumberbatch did not play Khan. HE DIDN’T PLAY KHAN. OKAY?! His character’s name is John Harrison and from my understanding and vague recollection, he’s a legit character from either comics or old, old Star Trek. So stop saying they got the wrong guy to play Khan or tagging your pictures of the movie with him as Khan. JFC.

If you want a movie with Khan in it, go watch Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. There’s your Khan. I’m done now.

Well, this clears up a massive point of confusion I had with regards to the whole Star Trek thing. Everyone was SUPER ANGRY about the (apparent, I guess) whitewashing - it did, last I checked, list him as Khan in IMDB but come to think of it I have no idea who updates that - but also there seemed to be a thing where there was some confusion as to who he was actually playing? But a lot of people seemed REALLY CERTAIN it was Khan so…?

My only remaining question is where this really strong conviction that he was Khan came from. Was it something the studio made up? Internet speculation taking on a life of its own?

So I guess I’m still confused, but less so than before. (I thought it was mostly just because I’m really not terribly familiar with Star Trek, but this all just seems really weird.)

According to Memory Alpha, John Harrison was an alias for Khan…

Yup, went and saw it. IDK I am just going to label myself as ‘not qualified to weigh in on this’ and leave it alone. Certainly I am not qualified to comment on any finer points especially since I haven’t seen the original stuff.
But also IDK about this version of Khan being the smartest dude ever, since mostly he just ran around and punched people a lot. There was none of the tension of the ‘heroes’ always seeming to be two steps behind the ‘villain’ and then finally triumphing against great odds that, say, Avengers did. It’s kinda boring when you are supposed to have what is I guess a super clever villain and no one is either fooled into truly trusting them or ever really outmaneuvered by them.

daxsymbiont:

fandom is such a weird personal thing

even if i don’t always succeed i am committed to accepting that

(a) people justifiably detest things that have uplifted and saved me, and

(b) people have been uplifted and saved by things i justifiably detest.

and i firmly believe we cannot begrudge anyone any of it.

tardisity:

The oldest person alive was born on April 19, 1897, meaning that April 18th, 1897 was approximately the last time the Earth was inhabited by an entirely different set of people and if you don’t think that’s the realist shit ever then you can get right on outta town.

I think I might murder the Star Trek fandom….

woodox-earthtaurus:

for the last time, Cumberbatch did not play Khan. HE DIDN’T PLAY KHAN. OKAY?! His character’s name is John Harrison and from my understanding and vague recollection, he’s a legit character from either comics or old, old Star Trek. So stop saying they got the wrong guy to play Khan or tagging your pictures of the movie with him as Khan. JFC.

If you want a movie with Khan in it, go watch Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. There’s your Khan. I’m done now.

Well, this clears up a massive point of confusion I had with regards to the whole Star Trek thing. Everyone was SUPER ANGRY about the (apparent, I guess) whitewashing - it did, last I checked, list him as Khan in IMDB but come to think of it I have no idea who updates that - but also there seemed to be a thing where there was some confusion as to who he was actually playing? But a lot of people seemed REALLY CERTAIN it was Khan so…?

My only remaining question is where this really strong conviction that he was Khan came from. Was it something the studio made up? Internet speculation taking on a life of its own?

So I guess I’m still confused, but less so than before. (I thought it was mostly just because I’m really not terribly familiar with Star Trek, but this all just seems really weird.)

thatlowvice:

dobdob:

madbogscience:

codenamepancake:

madbogscience:

secretlymisha:

as far as i can tell from my dash there’s some sort of gay musical olympics going on that only europe was invited to

You know if the individual states of the US had to do something like this every year we would probably hate on each other a lot less.

There’s just one problem: what in the world would Delaware sing about?

I don’t think they sing about their countries? As far as I can tell they come up with whatever seems craziest.

Yeah, there’s a certain amount of predictability. Western european countries are all about the love songs sung by attractive people in tight clothes, and pretty much everyone gives 12 points to the country they historically have got along with. Scandinavia is the wild card usually. Often they stick to the folk-rock or ballads but then every once in a while they throw up something mental. I accidentally typed ‘metal’ then, which is pretty appropriate since I was about to mention Lordi, the Finnish band who won by a landslide in 2006. They look like this:

I love Lordi! They are a charming GWAR knock off!

When do we start keeping a list of Things Kitty Has Explained To The Baffled Americans?

So far I think it’s as follows:

• crumpets
• Eurovision

I may have forgotten something though.

codenamepancake:

madbogscience:

secretlymisha:

as far as i can tell from my dash there’s some sort of gay musical olympics going on that only europe was invited to

You know if the individual states of the US had to do something like this every year we would probably hate on each other a lot less.

There’s just one problem: what in the world would Delaware sing about?

I don’t think they sing about their countries? As far as I can tell they come up with whatever seems craziest.

secretlymisha:

as far as i can tell from my dash there’s some sort of gay musical olympics going on that only europe was invited to

You know if the individual states of the US had to do something like this every year we would probably hate on each other a lot less.