Predictable, Unbelievable, But Strangely Enjoyable ... It's Star Trek

I was at my local coffee shop complaining internally about coffee costing $4 when I heard a customer talk about Star Trek's most recent incarnation. "It's Die Hard in Space," he said. He is right.

No matter how many times the Enterprise is destroyed, it is always ready for a sequel! Do not worry about spoilers as this is not really a review, but more a commentary on modern movies and television. Modern video is "extreme unlikelihood" combined with "total predictability."

Any Jackie Chan movie is a good example of what I mean. He does all these amazing stunts. To his credit he does them himself, but they are still stunts. Look at the blooper reels for his movies. While each of these stunts is "doable," the chance if anyone being able to string these stunts together is zero. Even Jackie must do these stunts many times to get it right. I suppose I am to "suspend disbelief." I suppose.

An example of predictability is an episode of Monk where right at the beginning, I think before the murder even happened, I said who did it and why. My son is still amazed by this. It is not that I am so good, but that modern video is so bad.

So if you want unlikely stunts combined with extreme predictability be sure to go to a theatre near you ... or wait for Netflix like I wished I had done.