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It's finally time for me to see the new Star Trek movie!

And to enjoy a certain level of simultaneous non-sobriety.

Later reviews may be somewhat biased.

I'd better bring my earplugs...

So first I read Final Frontier by Diane Carey. It describes the "unrecorded" first journey of the Starship Enterprise, which was the first warp-capable ship to bear that name, it's first captain (Robert April)and crew, and certain details of the Romulan Star Empire (like their lack of cloaking technology) in some detail. The first ship was, according to this book, a Constitution Class Heavy Cruiser, the same ship featured in the original Trek series. It had lasers, particle beam weapons and energy shields. Because the Federation feared the reaction of neighbors to this powerful new ship, they decided it's first mission would be a rescue of colonists trapped in an ion storm. The at-the-time unnamed ship was the only one capable of reaching them in time. This is an excellent book, one of the better science fiction works I've read, and got 4.5 stars on Amazon. It's also very re-readable every few years.

So now I'm watching Enterprise, and having to digest an entirely different early-Trek history. I actually like Enterprise a lot more than I thought I would, but I just watched the episode Minefield, where they have their first encounter with the Romulan Star Empire, which already has cloaking technology. Every time I see these little differences, I feel briefly betrayed at some kind of fundamental level.

This is why, once the Lord of the Rings movies started coming out, I decided not to let myself re-read the books until several years afterward. Being the asshole yelling out "That's Totally Wrong!" in a crowded theater is evidently not a good way to obtain love.

Now I just have to figure out what is...

...and I'm reminded that the only reason I ever watched it in the first place is the Dr.