Nope. I liked the production design of ‘Dune’ and rate it as a positive (5.5/10), but ghastly story changes and ridiculous stylish elements, not to mention awful editing and clashes between director and producer rendered the whole thing a mess. I cannot tell you how much I hated ‘Prometheus’ suffice to say that Sir Ridley is off the Christmas card list. Permanently. And I didn’t like ‘Contact’ either. (Ditto the book.)
Did I say it had to be truly egg headed? No, but I need to have a little brain candy to properly Suspend Disbelief for a little while. When we are constantly pummeled with contrary physics, looney Chain of Command structures, broken canon, age differentials wildly at odds with TOS, and a basic contempt for TOS in general, it tends to get a little tired. JJ simply isn’t a good storyteller. In fact, he’s pretty much a hack. Go ahead, point at the Huge Box Office, but none of the dreck he has done stand up to second and third viewings. Hell, once was bad enough...
I had a few problems with Abrams ‘science’. Red matter being the worst offender. Roddenberry delved into fantastic with at least some scientific theory (most not all)
I would love to see the foundation trilogy made into film ( the later foundation novels feeling tacked on). Don’t know if it is doable without being a talky bore.
On a mostly unrelated note, I would like the BBC to make the James Bond series ‘by the books’ and in the correct time period they were written in.
Have to think about that some. Sit back and relish a cup of tranya and ruminate about it some more. Hmmm
Live long and prosper....(or is it perspire)