In Which Four Scuzzy Superheroes Save Not-Brooklyn

I had one hell of a dream before waking this morning.

( What is this I don't even )

Then I woke up. The mind is a weird, weird place.

Star Trek into Darkness

Well, I couldn't spend time with my actual father today, so why not celebrate Father's Day with a film about daddy issues?

This film, the second in the JJ Abrams "reboot" of TOS Trek, is one of those things that's a big gushy love letter to the original creation and all of its fans. I think it's telling that the characters aren't actually billed as James T. Kirk and Montgomery Scott-- they're "Kirk," "Bones," Scotty" and so forth in the credits. All that and a Leonard Nimoy cameo. Anyway, my complaint about the previous Trek film was that it was a fun and funny whole lotta nothin'-- if you were drawn to the various television series because of the distinct Trek vision and ethics and Prime Directive stuff, you didn't get any of that.

Anyway, this installment is better on those counts, at least marginally.

( Mild spoilers )

( Huge spoilers )