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Page 14 Shelton-Mason County Journal Thursday, June 22, 2023 Review: ‘Stan Lee’ is a perfect chance to hear from him continued from page Enterprise. When long—absent bridge officer Lt. La’an Noonien— SinghtChristina Chong) final— ly checks in, with a distress call that Starfleet doesn’t grant Spock permission to respond to, Spock’s solution is to inaugurate what’s since become the time—honored tra— dition of saying “screw you” to Starfleet and stealing the Enterprise. While the subsequent story teases serious consequences, the action that ensues is a de— lightful thrill ride, with each member of Team Spock con- tributing their own vital skills to saving the day. After the keenly felt loss of Lt. Hemmer (Bruce Horak) last season, the Enterprise finally gains a new chief en- gineer in Cnidr. Pelia (Carol Kane), a mischievous and quirky member ofa virtually immortal alien race known as the Lanthanites, who just so happens to he friends with Spock’s human mom, Yes, anyone who’s perused online fanlic will recognize Pelia a Mary Sue, but she manages to be entertaining without overwhelming the rest ofthe cast, which makes her a positive addition in my hook. We also get a surpris— ing shared backstory for Dr. M’Benga {Babs ()lusanmokunl e» Spock (Ethan Peck) is on the spot in the captain’s chair in “Strange New Worlds.” Courtesy photo and nurse Christine Chapel (Jess Bush), whose service during the original Federa- tion—Klingon War appears to have crossed the line between “front—line combat” and “full— blown war crimes.” But it‘s Ethan Peck Spock who’s the MVP of this episode. not only receiving an origin for his Vulcan lute» playing, thanks to some sage counsel from M’Bonga, but also cementing his moral con- victions early in his career as a Starlieet officer, even when he’s still liguring out how much to trust his gut. 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Indeed, a Google search will turn up several recent articles devoted to the criti— cisms that Jack Kirby’s adult son has voiced over this docu- mentary, and his complaints have plenty of merit. But “Stan Lee” is told from Lee’s point ofview, and while it won’t reveal anything new to those who ar 2 already fans of the man and his work, it makes marvelous use of all sorts of archival footage of Lee in interviews, at conventions, on talk shows, and even cap— tured candidly on home mov- ies, to give us a sense ofhis perspectivo and what drove him. Several anecdotes are so familiar that the fans among us could recite them ourselves, such as how Lee was saving his birth name of “Stanley Lieber” for the critically ac— claimed high—brow novels he imagined himself writing one day. But one dimension of Lee’s insecurity that comes to the fore is how his father’s fre— quent bouts ol’unemployment when Lee was growing up, coupled with the expensive tastes ol‘Lee’s wife Lee compares himself and Joanie to Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson, as bookish guys who landed gorgeous models well out of their league —~ led to Lee always feeling like he needed to keep working, to prove his worth. A simple but effective nar~ rative tool that’s employed to bring Lee’s tales of his youth to life is, ironically enough, the use of static miniature fig ures, and surrounding diora- mas, to depict specific scenes and moments, from Lee being raised on swashbuckling mov— ie serials that made him wish he was Errol Flynn (Lee’s sub- sequent mustache and hair replacement measures make more sense in that context), to the editorial bullpen ofMar— vel Comics (true to life, Steve Ditko’s art table is shown always including a note that read, “THINK’U. Even within a film that’s been dismissed as pro-Lee propaganda, it’s revealing to see the in—house editorial cartoons that were published during these guys’ peak peri- ods ofworking together, which showed Kirby and Ditko grousing over Lee’s self—ag— grandizement even back then, not to mention the clips of Jack Kirby’s live radio inter— view on his 70th birthday in 1987, during which Lee called in, and didn’t exactly cover hiinsell’in glory. ' ll'you know nothing about Lee, or if you do know his his- tory, but you just miss the sound of his voice, this is a perlectly pleasant chance to hear from the man himself, but l would also absolutely recommend taking the time to hear out Kirby and Ditko’s accounts as well, after you’re done. 360—4264 388 707 SOUTH FIRST STREET SHELTONATHLETICCLUB.COM