To split infinitives

Tonight I decided to watch the new Star Trek movie. Not because I'm a Star Trek fan - or because I've ever seen a Star Trek movie - or more than 2 episodes of the original series - but because I need to return a DVD and my parents just saw this movie.

All in all, I thought the movie was surprisingly fast-paced ... basing my expectations on no sort of prior knowledge, of course. It did ... go on a bit, but overall I think I enjoyed it.

I'll break my random thoughts down into a few categories:

Things that were not quite the movie's fault:

• Something seemed to be wrong with the resolution on my copy; everyone's heads were cut off right at eyebrow level. While disconcerting, this doesn't actually detract from following the details of the movie.
• Prequels drive me crazy when the writers assume I know who all these people are and why every word that comes out of their mouths is significant.
• Ditto the inside jokes. I can tell when I'm supposed to get it, even when I don't.
• What is up with Nimoy's teeth??
  

Random things I enjoyed:

• It's always good to see Harold.
• I'm glad to know that when I hold a high-powered, fast-paced position in a space agency, my miniskirt will always be pressed and I'll have time to apply my fake eyelashes.
• All joking aside, at least Chiquita wasn't running around in high heels. Knee-high boots, yes, but they were flats.
• Scottish accent. Hilarious.

Things I don't get:

• Why was Spock's mom wearing a hijab through the whole film?
• Is it really that hard to memorize the formula for the volume of a sphere?
• Why is it that the bad guys never say, "Hey wait, we're wearing these long leather coats with stand up collars, and our ship is unnecessarily black and spiky - we're the heroes here, right?"
• Where are all the brown folks? I see white, black, yellow, but no brownies (not to mention those craaaaaazy redskins). Hell, they even had a green chick in this movie - so where's the Indian guy, his Arab buddy, and the Native American girlfriend?
  
• Sorry, I must've dozed off - can anyone remind me why half-breeds shouldn't exist?
  

Lines I look forward to using in daily life:

• "Damn it man, I'm a doctor, not a physicist!" (Only works in Egypt, I think.)
• "I should have killed you when I had the chance!" (If I had a dollar for every time I've wanted to say this ....)
• "It never occurred to me that space was moving!" (Good thing I'm not teaching cosmology anymore.)