Hoping for a City on the Edge of Forever with as little Omega Glory as possible.And so the hype begins. The second Star Trek XI trailer is out and probably like many Trek fans I can't get enough of it. Moment to moment you see J.J. Abrams rewrite the lore of the original tv characters with a Tom Cruiseish Captain Kirk, a violent Mr Spock, phaser beams galore and monsters. Legions of articles on the internet are dissecting the trailer down to the second to figure out what it all means. It all points to a movie bent on delivering excitement on an interplanetary scale while also possibly jettisoning the sentimental Gene Roddenberryisms about the advancement of mankind. In other words, it is shaping up to be a fresh 21st Century look at the 23rd Century. No time for sentiment, just action, action, action.
Too soon to tell if Star Trek XI will turn out to be a great film. The only part of the trailer I took exception to was the very beginning of it where a kid version of James Kirk drives what looks like a Corvette off a cliff for no apparent reason. It just reeks of Phantom Menace to me. If the kid Kirk starts yelling "Now that's what I call Podracing!" or "That's Wizard!" I'm going to be one unhappy camper. Otherwise the trailer looked like fun.
Now that the hype has started we have to wait until May of '09 to see this thing. Does Abrams have the goods or is it all a bluff? As a Vulcan scientist once said, there are always...possibilities...
Star Trek XI trailer
3 comments:
Having no real attachment to Star Trek (I came very late to the show :p Though I still find the original to be the best written.. all the others stole storylines from the original and rehashed them over and over.. and over.. and over..).. I have no idea if I will like this or not. I won't be at the front of the line either to see it.. I'll wait for the reviews :) Thanks for the clip though since I haven't seen it. I'll show hubby.. he's the Trekkie around here :D
Having no attachment to Trek may be an advantage this time around, the movie is being made with creating new fans more than pleasing old ones. For old fans like me and your husband, it will be as Yoda said "You must unlearn what you have learned".
Having no attachment to Trek may be an advantage this time around, the movie is being made with creating new fans more than pleasing old ones. For old fans like me and your husband, it will be as Yoda said "You must unlearn what you have learned".
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