No offense to Battlestar Galactica fans out there, but a very selfish part of me makes me want them to make it into a movie that thoroughly sucks.
I have nothing against the series. My gripe is with this friend of mine that I took to see Star Trek. She is an avid fan of B:G (she said she cried at the end of the finale, which she describes as the greatest TV finale of all time), and so I figured that, unlike many people I know, she would be able to appreciate Star Trek if it was good (which it of course turned out to be).
Well, the thing is, she had this annoyingly snide attitude about Trek. I told her beforehand that it had gotten great reviews on RT, and she (clearly not understanding that RT features critics reviews from multiple sources) replied that "oh, well, probably half the people that work for rottentomatoes are Star Trek nerds so of course they'd give it a great review." When I explained to her that RT simply collects reviews from multiple critics, she made some smartass comment about "What do critics know?"
Anyway, we go and see the movie, and though I can tell she's enjoying it, she has to continue making little smartass comments through the whole thing because she's oh-so-above-it-all. Afterward, we discussed the movie and she said she liked it, but the only thing that really impressed her was apparently Simon Pegg because she loves guys from the UK or whatever.
Now don't get me wrong... she remains a close friend, but this really grated on my nerves. If you're a huge fan of Battlestar Galactica (and also Firefly, which she is) I'm not saying that you have to love Star Trek too, but you should be willing to give it a chance. At the very least, don't act like you're above its nerdiness because you're clearly not. B:G and Firefly are just as dweeb-friendly as Trek is, if not moreso. And in the case of Firefly... at least the majority of people in this world have HEARD of Trek.
I have nothing against the series. My gripe is with this friend of mine that I took to see Star Trek. She is an avid fan of B:G (she said she cried at the end of the finale, which she describes as the greatest TV finale of all time), and so I figured that, unlike many people I know, she would be able to appreciate Star Trek if it was good (which it of course turned out to be).
Well, the thing is, she had this annoyingly snide attitude about Trek. I told her beforehand that it had gotten great reviews on RT, and she (clearly not understanding that RT features critics reviews from multiple sources) replied that "oh, well, probably half the people that work for rottentomatoes are Star Trek nerds so of course they'd give it a great review." When I explained to her that RT simply collects reviews from multiple critics, she made some smartass comment about "What do critics know?"
Anyway, we go and see the movie, and though I can tell she's enjoying it, she has to continue making little smartass comments through the whole thing because she's oh-so-above-it-all. Afterward, we discussed the movie and she said she liked it, but the only thing that really impressed her was apparently Simon Pegg because she loves guys from the UK or whatever.
Now don't get me wrong... she remains a close friend, but this really grated on my nerves. If you're a huge fan of Battlestar Galactica (and also Firefly, which she is) I'm not saying that you have to love Star Trek too, but you should be willing to give it a chance. At the very least, don't act like you're above its nerdiness because you're clearly not. B:G and Firefly are just as dweeb-friendly as Trek is, if not moreso. And in the case of Firefly... at least the majority of people in this world have HEARD of Trek.
