Captain, one of their directors decided he wanted a completely out of character scene at the beginning of his movie and now they can literally hold energy mid-air as an afterthought.
Never underestimate the amount you can get away with fantasy bullshit.
Captain, he did a spinny thing and it somehow blocked the wide beam even though that makes no logical sense!
Kirk: Fiendish, we’re dealing with the worst kind of opponent… fantasy bullshit
Plot armour is impenetrable.
IMO, Kirk’s plot offense is stronger than a Jedi’s plot defense.
Spock: “I scanned their weapons with my tricorder and adjusted my communicator to remotely disable their plasma sword.”
Captain, one of their directors decided he wanted a completely out of character scene at the beginning of his movie and now they can literally hold energy mid-air as an afterthought.
Never underestimate the amount you can get away with fantasy bullshit.
Now they’re holding our entire ship from space and crash landing it at us!