so i took my mom to see the star trek movie, she's been looking forward to quite some time.
... now i knew my parents used to watch the original when i was a kid or before, i'm honestly unsure of the timeline, but i had no idea until today....
my mom is a trekkie.
OKAAAY i *know* she doesn't dress up in costumes, go to conventions, or wait in line for tickets to the most recent movie, or read the books or anything else the typical trekkie does, but folks letme explain, my mom is timid, shy, down to earth person, her main occupation for the last 20 some odd years has been to care for children now it is mostly to wrangle my two teenage sisters under control, but i digress... under normal circumstances when my mom wants to see a movie i say ok cool and off we venture to the nearby theatre, a decent 6 screen usually showing the latest flicks, not being a fan of crowds we tend to wait a week or two until she mentions the movie she wants to see, again, under normal circumstances, we'd sit in the theatre, she'd munch on popcorn and sit quietly and afterwards when i ask her to remark she'd say "it was alright" or "it was pretty good, i liked it"
but not star trek oh no no no....
Star Trek turned my normally shy mother into a giddy school girl, i do NOT exaggerate. Ever see the plays where the audience is expected to participate? oh yes. she cheered on the enterprise through every battle, remarked quite clearly audibly when she recognized a character, she explained scotty, his presence, etc. she hip and horrayed through every sequence... fists just a-raising, she clapped and laughed and cried, and oh lordy when leonard nimoy made his first appearance she quite literally squeed. I found myself in a fit of laughter everytime i saw her face light up, or hear her comments, like when spock hit kirk, she goes "now i get to be captain" as if 'reading kirks mind'? at least i *think* thats what was being conveyed, she inserted SEVERAL of her own lines to the dialogue and i found it, hilarious, fun and AWESOME! lol
overall: damn good day
... now i knew my parents used to watch the original when i was a kid or before, i'm honestly unsure of the timeline, but i had no idea until today....
my mom is a trekkie.
OKAAAY i *know* she doesn't dress up in costumes, go to conventions, or wait in line for tickets to the most recent movie, or read the books or anything else the typical trekkie does, but folks letme explain, my mom is timid, shy, down to earth person, her main occupation for the last 20 some odd years has been to care for children now it is mostly to wrangle my two teenage sisters under control, but i digress... under normal circumstances when my mom wants to see a movie i say ok cool and off we venture to the nearby theatre, a decent 6 screen usually showing the latest flicks, not being a fan of crowds we tend to wait a week or two until she mentions the movie she wants to see, again, under normal circumstances, we'd sit in the theatre, she'd munch on popcorn and sit quietly and afterwards when i ask her to remark she'd say "it was alright" or "it was pretty good, i liked it"
but not star trek oh no no no....
Star Trek turned my normally shy mother into a giddy school girl, i do NOT exaggerate. Ever see the plays where the audience is expected to participate? oh yes. she cheered on the enterprise through every battle, remarked quite clearly audibly when she recognized a character, she explained scotty, his presence, etc. she hip and horrayed through every sequence... fists just a-raising, she clapped and laughed and cried, and oh lordy when leonard nimoy made his first appearance she quite literally squeed. I found myself in a fit of laughter everytime i saw her face light up, or hear her comments, like when spock hit kirk, she goes "now i get to be captain" as if 'reading kirks mind'? at least i *think* thats what was being conveyed, she inserted SEVERAL of her own lines to the dialogue and i found it, hilarious, fun and AWESOME! lol
overall: damn good day
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