Regardless, I do need to consider a subject for this blog. Should I talk about how the latest Star Trek film is universally loved, yet people are surprised that they like it. If you are one of those people, you are an idiot.
Star Trek (or more appropriately, J. J. Abrams Trek) is an action film. It uses unoriginal characters in a chronologically past Enterprise, but with more high-tech gizmos than even the Enterprise-E. FUCK. How to you maul a franchise so badly? In celebration of one of the most influential television series' ever, you destroy its atmosphere.
In Star Trek: The Next Generation the plots are about morality and relevance to the present day. Issues in the series are still relevant now as they were over twenty years ago. Yet there I was in a cinema being hurled through explosions and confrontations more than anything else in the film.
The odd reference was nice to see. The Kobayashi Maru test was a welcome scene, as was a considerably important role for Leonard Nimoy. However, the original qualities are what truly stood out about that film, not the new guys and designs. The characters lacked the depth of those on the television series'. Sulu bore no resemblance to George Takei's mannerisms, Chekov was missing the Monkees haircut and failed to detect any enemy "wessels".
Hurray for depth! Let's hope that for the next film they MAKE IT SO!
strangely your missing alot of the references, like the things that nero puts in captain pike, are similar to the wrath of khan.
ReplyDeleteobviously the maru test, which, as in the wrath of khan he states he got by through cheating and took it 3 times
pike himself was a character shown now and then in TOS
and the film was more a reboot
much better than the reboot of james bond, and id say on par with batman begins
but rather than moaning about why it wasnt a geeks dream of being dead on with the characters of TOS
remember its based in an alternate reality, hence why spocks mother dies (sorry spoilers anyone)
and they did really well for the character development for anyone who previously never saw star trek, such as myself
the conflict of spocks human vulcan nature had never been adressed in such depth before.
It was never addressed AT ALL. It was a completely different character. Furthermore, I didn't need to reference every reference to create a point.
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