A Descent into Dullness

So that was a Star Trek with an emphasis on the actioning style.  Fun though.  I mean the solution to taking down the evil fleet is so dumb.  So silly.  So glouriously foolish that it circles all the way around to amazingly awesome.  Plus of course like most Star Treks, other than last minute rescues, no one actually thinks about what transporter technolgy can do and how it would instantly solve many of the climatic action moments.  But thats really true for most of Star Trek.  And maybe it would have been nice if Idris Elba's bad guy had a motivation better than THE SPACE MADNESS.  But overall, fun.

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Er..Q? Because of the unlimited power? What an odd question...

Majel Barrett-Roddenberry passes away at 76...

Since John M. Ford's death last year I've been looking for a copy of this book. I mean its pretty rare to see a Star Trek franchise book be praised this universally. Even rarer considering the same praise was heaped on Ford's other ST book, The Final Reflection. And the book (both really) fit well into whats known about the ST 'verse at the time. I can see why its see well liked and respected. But I do have a couple nitpicks about it. One is how willingly everyone (both the Enterprise senior officers and their Klingon counterparts) is to just go along with events right up to the final denouement. Also the two mischevious kids felt fairly extroneous to the plot. But other than that it makes for an interesting read...