Happy New Year!

I’m much more a fan of New Year’s Eve than Christmas, at this point in my life. I put this down to: a) being nonreligious b) being all grown-up and c) being single and living alone. Like many similar crazy shut-ins, I do find myself having to “white knuckle” things until after 25 December. After that, it’s like a great weight has been lifted. Then it’s on to NYE, where I get to celebrate wiping the slate clean and giving life another try.

I’m sure I’ll still manage to fuck up 2026 though.

It has become a tradition for me to watch the 80s Star Trek movies as part of my celebrations, with me now onto The Search for Spock as I type. It’s certainly the best looking of the six. I always forget Christopher Lloyd is in this one. He makes a wonderfully dastardly villain. I still miss Kirsty Alley, but Robin Curtis makes a fine replacement. Apparently, Kim Cattrall’s Valeris in The Undiscovered Country was supposed to be Saavik too, but I’m guessing Kim didn’t want Alley and Curtis’ sloppy thirds. I can understand that. I refer to II, III, and VI as “The Genesis-David Trilogy”, but I’d have been okay with expanding that to “The Genesis-David-Saavik Trilogy”.

Bit of a mouthful though!

My least favourite is The Voyage Home, since it is essentially a retread of The Motion Picture and a silly fish-out-of-water comedy to boot. It’s a fine film, but just not my cup of tea. I enjoy The Final Frontier more than most, as its plot, about a cult leader hijacking the Enterprise to go and find the creator of the universe, being a classic Star Trek storyline. The brainwashing scenes also provide powerful acting moments for our three leads. The campiness of the whole thing is great too, with Uhura’s “sexy” fan dance being the stuff of gay legend. 

I used to watch The Lord of the Rings trilogy as my end of year marathon, but I retired them after awhile. Perhaps I’ll retire Star Trek I-VI eventually too. I wonder what I shall replace them with. Hmmm…

I’ll start partying once I’m well into The Undiscovered country, as I know I’ll pass out before midnight if I begin too early. I know what I’m like.

I hope you all have a great 2026 and are enjoying a marathon of your own!

Live long and prosper, darlings.

Toodles!