An old high school friend used to complain to me that journalists need to stop using in their articles euphemisms for death. Among other things, they can sometimes sound misleading. Such as this one, taken from an latimes.com headline I just saw: "Pianist's life lost during a walk home." Did the pianist die? Or did he drop his life when he was fishing his keys out of his pocket?

More descriptive was the subhead: "John Osnes, a pedestrians' advocate, died in an alleged road rage attack by Swedish rapper David Moses Jassy. The performer, so far, faces charges of assault, battery and leaving an accident scene."

So, a few friends and I went to see Quantum of Solace. Okay movie. Lots of fun action sequences, but it seemed to be missing...something. But I'll save my thoughts on that for another time because the hot topic for "Trekkies" to blog about right now is the new trailer for the upcoming Star Trek movie.

I'll keep my discourse somewhat brief in light of the fact that I'm not in a rambling mood, just a venting mood.

I speculated/complained earlier this year that I expect Stargate: Universe to be some sort of "Stargate Voyager, 90210." Younger, faster, edgier, sexier--and ultimately, for me, more annoying. The trailer left me with the same sort of feeling. That and the mix of the classic TOS styles (e.g. the clothes) with modern styles and special effects struck me as, well, odd. Everything about it seemed so unnecessarily over the top.

I'm sorry, but my sense of style must still be living in the eighties and nineties; I just couldn't get excited about what I saw. I imagine it'll make for a great movie, and since I'm such a franchise nut, I'm going to go see it, no matter what. So, the movie wins by default, I guess.

What did you think?