I thought Karl Urban was cool as Eomer, but grungy. Then I saw him in Bourne Supremacy as the Russian assassin and I was like OMG HE IS SO HOT, HOW DID I NOT NOTICE???--- but LOTR had him under a lot of armor and grime and Fabio hair, so that's understandable.
ALSO Sarek and Amanda just touch two fingers and sometimes less is more is sexier (c.f. all the little handholding scenes in Atonement being waaaaaaaay hotter than coitus interruptus in library although mmmmm library!sex
Sometimes that's sexy to me, sometimes it's not. I think it's sexier in repressed cultures--hence why the hand-hold carriage scene in Pride & Prejudice seemed incredibly sexy and handporn-ish to me. But for some reason, even though Spock is Vulcan, the whole Spock/Uhura thing was very one-sided physically in the first scene, with him only responding a little at the last moment. And it was also influenced by his barely-hanging-on-from-grief-and-rage thing. So I didn't view it in the same light as I do P&P, I guess, or maybe even Amanda & Sarek, based on the movie.
I can't see it as too much, because it seems to me like the Spock we view for the second half of the movie is struggling wildly with a whole range of strong emotions, particularly rage and grief. That must be MUCH harder for him to channel and control as a Vulcan should, especially if in the past AU!Spock has repressed rather than controlled. In the light of all that emotional turbulence and suffering, the romantic intimacy seems...minor. Something he's already worked out, something familiar, something that's a reassurance not another mental burden. And as an audience member, it's not something I'm concerned over. I'm much more concerned about the whole try-to-strangle-Kirk thing, or the way he said "No, not this time" toward killing the Romulans at the end.
Actually, even though that line was funny in its delivery, it actually *bothered* me. It bothers me more to see Spock be different in terms of violence than to be different in terms of romance.
But as much as it disturbs me, I also find it intriguing. I want to play with this character now, whereas he was kind of blah for me before.
On a totally separate note, I'm listening to the audiobook right now, and I have to LOL at the fact that in the book, in the scene where Kirk is on his bike looking at the ship construction...he's mentally comparing it to all the qualities he desires in a woman. It makes sense, because everyone knows Kirk/Enterprise is his longest romantic relationship, but to hear it almost in text made me giggle.
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ALSO Sarek and Amanda just touch two fingers and sometimes less is more is sexier (c.f. all the little handholding scenes in Atonement being waaaaaaaay hotter than coitus interruptus in library although mmmmm library!sex
Sometimes that's sexy to me, sometimes it's not. I think it's sexier in repressed cultures--hence why the hand-hold carriage scene in Pride & Prejudice seemed incredibly sexy and handporn-ish to me. But for some reason, even though Spock is Vulcan, the whole Spock/Uhura thing was very one-sided physically in the first scene, with him only responding a little at the last moment. And it was also influenced by his barely-hanging-on-from-grief-and-rage thing. So I didn't view it in the same light as I do P&P, I guess, or maybe even Amanda & Sarek, based on the movie.
I can't see it as too much, because it seems to me like the Spock we view for the second half of the movie is struggling wildly with a whole range of strong emotions, particularly rage and grief. That must be MUCH harder for him to channel and control as a Vulcan should, especially if in the past AU!Spock has repressed rather than controlled. In the light of all that emotional turbulence and suffering, the romantic intimacy seems...minor. Something he's already worked out, something familiar, something that's a reassurance not another mental burden. And as an audience member, it's not something I'm concerned over. I'm much more concerned about the whole try-to-strangle-Kirk thing, or the way he said "No, not this time" toward killing the Romulans at the end.
Actually, even though that line was funny in its delivery, it actually *bothered* me. It bothers me more to see Spock be different in terms of violence than to be different in terms of romance.
But as much as it disturbs me, I also find it intriguing. I want to play with this character now, whereas he was kind of blah for me before.
On a totally separate note, I'm listening to the audiobook right now, and I have to LOL at the fact that in the book, in the scene where Kirk is on his bike looking at the ship construction...he's mentally comparing it to all the qualities he desires in a woman. It makes sense, because everyone knows Kirk/Enterprise is his longest romantic relationship, but to hear it almost in text made me giggle.