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Blue Kitty:
Oh hey, Noel Clarke was in Into Darkness. The whole time he was on screen my girlfriend and I were like, "It's Mickey!!"

TheEvilDog:
Yeah, he seems to be the go to actor now, for when they want something to happen to someone in London.

Last thing I saw him in was Storage 24, which was decent enough.

Lupercal:

--- Quote from: Aimless on 19 May 2013, 16:38 ---Karl Urban as Bones

--- End quote ---

"Oh, hey Bones"
"Dammit man, I'm a doctor, not a greeter!"

He does come across overlly Bonesy at points, no idea why. I really liked Sulu in the first film but yeah, was underused here due to screen time being split between Kirk, Spock, Cumberbatch, some Uhura, Scotty, and the Starfleet big-wigs.

TheEvilDog:
Thats the biggest problem I had with the film, while everyone had expanded roles and lines, that was the problem - EVERYONE had expanded roles, which meant you had at least half a dozen people competing for the spotlight, costing real character development.

What the producers seem to forget was that while TOS was an ensemble show, it was also at the same time, not an ensemble show. You had three tiers of characters, Uhura, Sulu, Chekov, Rand and Chapel were the third tier; the supporting cast. They'd occasionally get a larger role, but they were rarely, if ever, the main focus of the episode. The next tier you had was Scotty, important, but still not quite first tier. Then you had the trio - Kirk, Spock and Bones, the main characters. They worked so well because each one worked well against each other. McCoy was the emotional and instinctive character, Spock the cold and logical and Kirk reconciled both mindsets. The current films seem to just be concentrating on Kirk and Spock's friendship, when the friendship between Spock and McCoy is being ignored (and there was a friendship, it was just vitriolic).

Don't get me wrong, I like the reboot films, but they seem to be missing the point of the trio.

Lines:
Saw Into Darkness yesterday. While yeah, there were plot holes, blah blah blah, I don't care, I lurved it. Benedict Cumberbatch is my new favorite psycho/sociopath* and he kicked serious ass, Karl Urban is seriously channelling the original Bones and I love it, there were so many references to old Star Trek movies and episodes which made me happy. Also Kirk banning Bones from metaphors was funny.

*For the longest time, Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs was my favorite and Jack Nicholson in The Shining was very close behind. But because of Sherlock and now as Khan, Cumberbatch is now my favorite. I would have his crazy baby.

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