Yet again, I've tried to watch Lost, from the beginning, I really have! It just doesn't 'grab me' like some other series have. It has too many unbelievable elements, I know too much about aircraft to accept some of the situation so it just broke too many rules for me. Also, some of the characters are not likeable, I mean in a story way, I can like "baddies and goodies" but maybe some of the actors aren't likeable. The abysmal Jorge Garcia just annoys me every time I see him, the first time I saw him in Becker, I knew that was the end for that series. In fact out of all the people marooned on the island there isn't one that I'm desperate to find out any more about. Sorry to all the "Losties" but it just doesn't do it for me.

Now, I've just found Harper's Island and it has me hooked from the start. The first 3 episodes were great and I was surprised to see so many familiar faces from Desperate Housewives, Ugly Betty, Flash Gordon, Eureka etc. The Big Bang Theory is still excellent and I am catching up on Grand Designs http://www.channel4.com/4homes/on-tv/grand-designs/index.html and some early episodes of Come Dine With Me.

My daughter and I have just completed Blake's 7, season 1 and although some of the old BBC sets are a bit shaky, the stories are outstanding. We also watched a trilogy of Star Trek movies over the weekend; Wrath of Khan, The Search for Spock, and The Voyage Home, some great scenes, especially in the last one. She's also admitted that the original Star Trek wasn't that bad.

I've also, in the last month, had a marathon viewing of all 45 episodes of the 1970's Royal Navy drama, Warship, which I was transferring from VHS on to DVD, sad isn't it!

I need to add blogs more often however, my keyboard is still playing up and every time I type something I have to go back over it and correct it - it drives me nuts!

Happy viewing everyone.

Yes, I've seen the new movie, previews started in the UK last Thursday and my wife and I (and my daughter and her boyfriend who didn't really want to go) went along to see how the series would be re-imagined. I realise that they had to show how the main characters first met each other in a short space of time, and I realise that the relationships had to develop fairly quickly, all due to the limitations in time however, with McCoy as a Doctor and Kirk going through a Command programme, it is very unlikley that they would be part of the same training course.

Near the end of the movie, and indeed in various parts in between, Kirk assumes a command role on the ship. What happened to the command structure on board the ship? Do they expect us to believe that in the future, a Cadet, regardless of how impressive he may be during training, would be allowed to take command of a Starship once the Captain and the First Officer are no longer able to! Also, once a Cadet has proven himself in one command situation, that he would be promoted to full Captain, given a Starship and sent on his way with 430 souls to look after, without having gone through an apprenticeship as a junior officer and learning the ropes from a much more experienced commander.

Aside from the non canon elements of Uhura and Spock making out, Spocks mother dying, Vulcan being destroyed, which I accept can all be explained by the parallel timeline, there were some clever nods to the original series and movies; "I am, and always shall be, your friend", "I'm a Doctor, not a .......", the Vulcan mind meld, the Vulcan nerve pinch, the Kobiyashi Maru, Spocks parents, the guy in the red uniform not making it back, and Leonard Nimoy, were all there to try to bring in 'The Original Fans'.

The special effects were very impressive as should be expected, the fight scenes and action scenes were well done, in fact, Kirk was reminiscent of Jack Bauer in many scenes.

As a movie without 43 years worth of baggage I would give it 9.5 out of 10, as a movie with one of it's hands tied and trying to satisfy the original fans and bring the new 'on board' I would give it 8.5 out of 10.

By the way, the engine room was a complete mess, couldn't they have at least taken that element from Enterprise?

Has anyone see this? This is so cool!

"Tonight Paramount pulled off one of the coolest stunts in fan history. Promoted as just a 10 minute preview of the new Star Trek to show along with The Wrath of Khan, tonight fans in Austin, TX were actually shown the entire new Star Trek movie. The event included surprise guests, including the original Spock himself, Leonard Nimoy."

http://trekmovie.com/2009/04/06/austin-tx-fans-given-surprise-showing-of-entire-star-trek-movie/

NOT an April Fool!