So Hubby and I just got back from seeing Star Trek…without the girls (shock and awe).  I know, it is surprising that we actually went out by ourselves for a change.  Both girls were out of town on separate school trips, different locations. 

While people were getting seated, I looked around to check out the crowd.  I turned to Hubs and said, “There’s a lot of testosterone in this room.”  I’d say about 80% were males.

“And nerds,” he added. 

And no, we would not consider ourselves “Trekkies.”  We just happened to enjoy the series growing up.  Futuristic is good.  The only thing today that even remotely comes close was the short-lived series Fire Fly and even more remotely, Dr. Who (which we also like). 

I have to say, it was refreshing to be in a crowd of movie goers where ours was the average age.  There was a mix of young and old, but I would say the older outnumbered the younger.  And as we were walking out, I overheard parents explaining some of the characters to their teen children.  Sweet. 

Anyway, if you’re a fan of the Star Trek series, you will love this.  It’s like seeing the characters as they were, just out of “college” and taking their first steps in the real Enterprise world.  And it’s a kick to see who they cast for the parts.  Each character’s lines were true to form. The guy who plays Kirk looks so much like him, it’s weird.  Towards the end he really started using Kirk’s mannerisms.  I sort of wish he would have played that up more, but then, his character was sort of evolving and finding it’s way until the very end, anyway.  There was plenty of humor to go around, too, mixed in with plenty of suspense.  Just plain, good, old-fashioned good-guys-get-the-bad-guys-and-save-the-planet stuff.  Much better than the newest Xmen movie, which I thought was hideously violent.

So another weird thing happened while we were there.  Just before the movie was about to start, one of the girls from the concession stand came and said, “Excuse me everyone.  If you didn’t get a chance to buy your refreshements, I can take orders from you now and bring your order to you. ” What?!!!  I have never heard of that. 

Then when we were leaving, there was a gentleman standing at the back door saying “Have a good evening.”

It seems that wherever you go these days, businesses are bending over backwards to get the customers. Kind of nice for a change.  Customer service is in again. Not everyone’s got it yet, but it seems to be catching…and I like it!

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