ping pong and motorcycle
i always found the most distracting moments in this scene to be the digitally created ping pong ball and motorcycle. simply because you can doesn't mean you should, and if you CAN'T without having to digitally insert stuff ANYWAY then why do it in the first place? for this reason alone, i find…

holy shit,
I can't wait for OIL!

i think the massive love for ST:IV makes sense. the story has (1) fish-out-of-water elements AND (2) is (was) set in the present day, both of which make the characters more accessible. i'm not much of a trekkie, but i remember loving this movie when it first came out (note: i was 7 years old) and i'd credit it to…