STAR TREK 2 BEGAN FILMING TODAY.
Somewhere in the world;
Karl Urban is wearing tight clothes and growling with a southern drawl and a raised eyebrow, ‘DAMMIT JIM/ MAN, I’M A DOCTOR’ and shouting incredulously ‘ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR VULCAN MIND?’ and generally making my tummy fizzle/ wish I was married to Karl Urban
Zachary Quinto is being Zachary Quinto i.e flawless. ‘If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth’.
Zoe Saldana is prep-ping herself to awe me with further with her incredible ability. For me, hers was the performance to beat in the first film. Uhura came to LIFE. Simply stunning.
Simon Pegg is dusting off his Scottish accent, and (IF THERE IS A GOD) rehearsing the line ‘I CANNAE DAE IT, CAP’TAN!!’
Chris Pine is swaggering about. At least I assume he is; if I were playing the part of a certain Captain Kirk I’d spent all of my time swaggering about. Actually, come to think of it, if I were Chris Pine I would spend all of my time swaggering about.
John Cho is probably sat in his seat, repeatedly pushing the Warp lever down and crying with joy that he GETS TO BE THE GUY THAT TAKES THE ENTERPRISE TO WARP. Again, what I would spend most of my time doing.
Anton Yelchin is running to and fro shouting ‘I CAN DO ZAT, I CAN DO ZAT, I CAN DO ZAT’. Ever since the last film, I’ve never actually said the sentence ‘I can do that’ normally. Dammit, Chekov.
And Michael Giacchino is putting together what I anticipate to be the greatest film score for 2013. If anyone can deliver, it’s that man.
But most importantly; JJ Abrams is using, what some would label an almost questionable amount of, flare to, what I would label, perfection.
GODDAMN, I am excited.
