I went to see the Star Trek movie tonight. Would have seen it this weekend-but we went to the lake instead.
Now that I have seen the movie-I think the lake was the better deal.
WARNING! PLOT SPOILERS AHEAD!
Here is the bottom line up front: if you did not know much about the Star Trek series-the movie is good entertainment, and the acting was not as campy as the original series. ( But there was a lot of attempts to make sure all the buzz words from the original series were present).
However if you are like me, who watched the original series, all the movies, Next Generation, Deep Space Nine ( Which I liked), Voyager ( Which I did not like) and Enterprise ( Which I kind of liked and kind of disliked). Read a lot of Star Trek novels in my youth-and are more than a little familar with the timeline of the Star Trek universe-its more than just a little disappointing what they did with the Star Trek Canon.
They did not just change a few details, they shredded a lot of key items with a buzz saw. While that may make for high box office gross for this movie-it may not leave you a lot of good options for the sequels. ( You’ll have to see the movie to understand that some of the races they jettisoned were kind of important down the line-unless you really want to give the Alpha Quadrant over to the Dominon. (Inside Joke)).
Plus I’m not a big fan of plots where there are time travel implications-gets back to that whole, “Can you kill your own father before you were born” thing.
Plus, I am always amazed at the other convenient plot gimmick-the rest of Star Fleet is just “out” , there are no Vulcan ships any where, and so it just happens that the Enterprise has to save the day.
Again.
How many times have we heard this one?
Add to that I’ve never quite understood the whole vision of the Star Trek “Navy” , so to speak, where its perfectly alright to f**k fraternize [with] your hot looking female fellow crew members and it does not ever seem to get in the way of saving the day. As a result of that nonsense-the “real Navy” tried it.
And how well did that whole thing turn out?
All that said, I still think its worth $7 bucks to go see on the wide screen. Especially while munching through a large bag of popcorn as my dinner.
And as I said in the beginning, if you are not a geek big fan, most of my complaints will pass unnoticed.
Enjoy the show.