I thought it was already a bit unrealistic that Fat Rambo could beat up Russki-Schwarzenegger like that.

That’s an interesting interpretation. I hadn’t thought about it that way before.

Well, Wrath of Khan was about grappling with aging and paying the debts for your youthful misadventures.

Which is just more of the same.

It’s not ridiculous, it’s fucking cool!

Because Star Trek is comfort food and change is bad.

Find some old Star Trek toys and toss them in a dumpster along with some gasoline and a lit match.

To be fair, I think a lot of the interiors were not supposed to feel lived in. At least not the places that Sasha lives. I get the feeling that the movie does not approve of Sasha’s lifestyle. 

“He could duck bullets but he couldn’t duck... me!”

Mostly agree. Nice point about Cathy (“Diana Ross”).

As long as he’s playing Keanu Reeves.

Her character arc consists of giving in to Marcus’ critique of her cuisine as “inauthentic”.

Sad to report that I am not excited about this. The second season was so disappointing after that brilliant first season. I’ll wait to see whether the reviews indicate that they’ve managed to spin that shit into gold.

This particular story is about a complaint by the Communist Party of Russia, which is not the Kremlin. The Communist Party is no longer the ruling party in Russia.

Well, it can’t be worse than the JJ movies.

Gene Roddenberry always wanted to remove as much conflict between crew members as possible in order to demonstrate how enlightened and peaceful humanity could become.

Wow. My mind is blown imagining Springsteen/Mitski or Springsteen/Japanese Breakfast. Or what about Springsteen/St Vincent?

Yes. All I’m saying is that both actors have enough pull to get producer credit. I don’t think either of them should be credited with the auteuresque status of making this a “Seth Rogen movie” or a “Charlize Theron movie”. The primary creative forces are the director and the screenwriters.

Both Rogen and Theron get “producer” credit. But it is a Jonathan Levine film, with a screenplay by Dan Sterling and Liz Hannah.

We “need” food, water, air, shelter, and medical care. We do not “need” Star Trek movies, or even movies at all.