fine whine

In what can only be described as a completely trivial bit of coincidence (or rather a coincidental bit of trivia), today marks the end of HBO's wildly successful series Sex and the city and the day I watched, for the second time, Star trek VI: the undiscovered country. While the link is obvious to me now, it wasn't before I threw in my laserdisc and remained unknown until a certain Lieutenant Valeris appeared on screen. Though dark-haired and shorter than I'd expect, I eventually recognized her to be Kim Cattrall, one of SatC's quartet. What I've seen of the show contrasted highly with what she was doing on Kirk's bridge. She looked small, meek and (most shockingly) entirely un-sexy. Then again, the film's also twelve years old, or thereabouts, and she's only becoming more stunning the older she gets.

That may account for some of the difference, and also the fact that now she largely hangs out with shorter people.