Star Trek

I don't get to go to the movie's that often - and I've done it twice in two weeks! For two awesome movies :) First for X-Men Origins last week and now for Star Trek today. I'm one lucky girl :) First a day out with my brother, and then today, a date with my hubby! 

Now before I get started talking about the actually movie, I should tell you I'm a major Trekkie. I grew up watching the shows, I've seen the majority of the seasons of all the different incarnations, as well as the movies! Not only that, but I love to read right? I can't claim to have read all the Star Trek books out there, but I've read quite a few. And let me tell you, the one's by William Shatner aren't worth reading ;)

So, understandably, this movie had a lot to live up to for me! Not that I think the originals we're perfect or anything, but I still really wanted them to do a good job. Which they did!

Now they made some mistakes - but I'll be a good girl and not bore you by analysing where they went wrong in this new movie. 

What they did a GREAT job with was the characters! I was the most nervous about Spock, he's always been one of my favorites, and I was worried that Zachary Quinto wouldn't do a good job. I was worried that I would see too much of Sylar of Heroes fame in his character. He did an excellent job though. I was quite impressed!

It must have been hard to cast and recreate characters that so many people know and love, but they did a good job at making each person familiar. As my hubby put it, they pretty much got all the catch phrases in! Which for a Trekkie like myself was great to see :)

I don't want to give anything away from the movie, so I can't say much more. There was only one tact they took that disappointed me, that had to do with Uhura and a romantic interest. Once you see the movie you'll know what I'm talking about! 

 

Do You Hulu?

That's right - I asked if you hulu! No, I'm not talking about that toy we all played with as kids, the hula hoop, I'm asking about HULU! www.hulu.com is one of the web sits that I visit the most often! My brother was the first one to introduce me to this wonderful web-site, and I've been addicted ever since.

So what is hulu and why is it so great?  Well let me ask you a couple questions...

1. Do you hate missing the latest episode of your favorite show?
2. Do you also hate being a slave to tv's time schedule?
3. Do all of the above apply, but you don't own a VCR, DVR, TiVO, or any like device?

THEN - this is web-site for you :) Hulu.com takes all of the tv shows that are available to watch on-line, and puts them in one place for you.  Now, a lot of these you can track down by visiting the actual web-site (fox.com etc), but they also have seasons of some shows that are no longer on tv!

Now, granted, you can't find any show that you want, but there are a lot of your favorites.  Miss Heroes? Did you miss Bones? What about some of your comedy central favorites like the Daily Show or the Colbert Report? Those are all on here!

One of the things that I love about hulu is that you can create a "queue" of your favorite shows.  You pick the shows, and they will update you as soon as there is a new episode available!

I was lucky enough to have cable for almost a year, and while I miss it dearly, I'm very grateful that I didn't have to give up all the shows! And...my jewelry is something I can work on in front of my laptop...so I like to watch old shows to keep me entertained while I create!