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Kirk vs Kirk (ft. Pride)

I tragically can't find the post again, but a few days ago, I ran over one of the most perfect AOS Kirk vs TOS Kirk summations I've seen on Tumblr, re: Pride. I'm extemporizing because I don't remember the phrasing at all, but the overall tenor was:

Okay, the difference between them is not that one Kirk is bi and the other isn't, they are both extremely bi. But if AOS Kirk was at Pride, he'd be wearing a slutty crop top while in the actual parade, and goes out drinking to the local gay bar after it's over. TOS Kirk supportively goes to the parade, gets a headache an hour in, and leaves to watch an all-male Shakespeare in the Park production of Hamlet.

And truly, I'm not sure I've read a better analysis to date :P

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Continuing from J's and my re-watch (for me, after a good 20 years) of The Motion Picture:

So, uh, well, I finished it, though my overall feeling is “what the fuck did I just see?” I feel like this conversation J and I had afterwards sort of illustrates our general mood:

J: Even by Star Trek standards, this was incredibly horny in a very 70s way. I’m pretty sure the entire female reproductive system was cosmically represented.

me: RIGHT? So many labia and yonic tunnels and barely metaphorical orgasms and uhhh

J: Many clits also.

me: SO MANY.

J: Though I think the Voyager craft was the, you know, main one.

me: …maybe Voyager was the real clit all along?

Despite this, Spock’s navigation of the horny cosmic feminine is the gayest shit ever, including him icily referring to the various uhhh openings in the tunnels as “orifices” and one of the shippiest scenes with Kirk he’s ever had (a high bar for them!!).

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35 minutes into watching Star Trek: The Motion Picture:

We’ve heard the full theme suite twice (at least).
Spock, for unknown reasons, has regressed all character development and is back to pursuing “pure logic” and cultural acceptance, but like in every episode of TOS, is still facing constant microaggressions.
Don’t like the Vulcan lady immediately invading his mind with barely a word of warning and no choice in the matter on his end. Very “the life of Spock in dealings with women,” in fairness.
Something in me hates the idea of Kirk as an admiral, but I have the comfort of knowing that Kirk hates it, too.
The aesthetic is glossier but much less vibrant (much much less vibrant—“bright green uniforms looking like gold” is not nearly as annoying as just going with beige).
McCoy has a mountain man beard and has been forcibly unretired, but comes across as very him thus far.
The annoying Decker from TOS now has a more annoying son [ETA 6/19/2025: or brother, I guess, since I gather we're expected to believe this is only a few years after the five-year mission and some details don't make a lot of sense if as much time has passed as had IRL] who just got demoted because Kirk, a literal admiral, has far more experience with this particular kind of problem and they’re facing an existential threat.
Black women get to have natural hair!
Shout out to the many competent background characters (especially the base who died getting as much data out as possible).
San Francisco and Vulcan look fantastic!
Random obligatory hot lady responds to Kirk effectively saying “hi” with “I’m celibate” and he’s like “o…kay, how about you just do your job” which is, in fairness, a very TOS Kirk response to weird sexual stuff from women.