Set phasers to cautiously optimistic.
My position? I’m not a huge J.J. follower, so I can’t really bank on that. The trailers are blipverty, so again, not much help.
I can’t help but feel they should have let the franchise rest a little longer a-la Doctor Who. What I don’t want to see is yet another ill advised, half-baked Hollywood fishing expedition through TV shows of yore. I couldn’t bear watching Star Trek become a parody of itself. I guess we’ll see next Summer.
Posted on November 18th, 2008 in Culture, Film by Dave | 2 Comments »
November 21st, 2008 at 6:03 pm
I saw the trailer before Quantum of Solace and can’t say it left a good taste in my mouth. Once again we are going to attempt a post-modern update on iconic characters and modern mythology by delving into the heretofore unknown backstory. While this certainly offers craftier writers to open the characters wide (the Nolans come to mind), I’m not sure Abrams can pull it off.
November 21st, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Yeah, that’s a fair and sober assessment. I’m not sure either. I have been known to care about Trek a little too much from time to time and and riding on hope for the moment. Dangerous I know, I always make bad emotional investments in Sci-Fi.