Star Trek the Movie – delivered to me via GIS….

So this evening the dearest and I decided to pop out and see the new Star Trek Movie. No doubt some critics will pan this movie just like they did Mama Mia (yeh right..) but as someone who watched the original Star Trek series in the late 60′s first time around (in black & White on BBC 2) I was suitable impressed, it ticked the the right boxes for me and, an old fart who even today watches at least 5-7 Star Trek episodes a week mostly on an iPod Touch in bed (SAD or what?). 

The movie was disturbingly dare I say historically correct including a reference to Jonathan (Admiral) Archer with the notably exception that Captain Pike should have wound up a paraplegic (though it’s not hard to see why the Director used a bit of artistic licence in this case.)

Looking behind the scenes (corporately referred to to as underpinning) what also impressed me was when I typed in Star Trek the Movie to Google the first hit showed me how where the movie was playing locally and how to buy tickets.. an excellent example of GIS engines strutting their stuff .  It doesn’t always have to be a colour map that shows me how to get somewhere, it doesn’t have to be a set of driving instructions, this time it was just a finger pointing to where the movie was playing and how I could queue-jump the great unwashed by purchasing tickets online with my flexible friend, that’s all I needed.

I’m guessing the younger generation might say “yeh.. and your point is..?” but to me (to coin a rather corny phrase) is the power of GIS though these kids who will be paying my pension in 15 years time would expect nothing less….