Star Trek: Beyond
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https://youtu.be/XRVD32rnzOwI'm a huge Star Trek fan, but...
This trailer looks like they decided to turn the stupid up to 11.
Because when I'm watching Star Trek I'm usually thinking..."you know what would make this better? If Capt Kirk took an alien dirtbike off some sweet X-treme jumps!"
Discuss!
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but really, jj actually directed the other two right? not just produced?
I for one think it looks great as a popcorn flick. They certainly took a turn away from the drama of the original tv series and the original movies. Im not necessarily opposed that. I do think it looks like great fun. This is what the star trek movies are all about now. That's fine. But I'm holding out hope that the new tv series they are making will go back to the roots of star trek, and be more of a drama with some comedy, rather than pure action.
I'm with @slipsius on this one; it looks like a fun flick. I actually got kind of excited about it
Obviously, I just meant I hope they can this whole direction they're going in. I'm only a recent fan of Trek, mostly because of the next generation, and I just don't see the appeal of these films.
So there.
besides i don't think sigourney could still do that high kick.
I think the new Star Trek movies is a great way to draw in fans from younger generation, and might get people curious enough to check out the established universe from the previous movies/series.
Like me, for example, because i wouldnt even give a damn about Star Trek if i haven't watched the 2009 one.
It's really sad to see such an intelligent and thoughtful IP undermined and co-opted by the very ideas it fought against.
Also, Star Trek was only able to be as different as it was because it had a shitty time slot, a low budget, and no one cared how well it did. There's millions of dollars and jobs at risk for each new movie and each new iteration. They have to expand the market to attract different people, which is why Justin Lin was chosen to direct it and not Gus Van Sant or whoever. Theres like 10 other movies and countless episodes with zero motorcycles and action scenes, if thats the problem people have with it.
Then there was the whole exploration part that seems to have 5 minutes max in the films. The moral implications such as in the episode where Data is deemed a being with his own will over his life versus being a slave to Star fleet. The drumhead. Q. Political delegation and espionage. Klingon's doing more than shooting. ("We need breathing room!" "Earth, Hitler - 1938") The City on the Edge of Forever where Kirk has to let a peaceful woman die in order to prevent ww2 from being won by Hitler. Picard fighting an enemy that previously violated his mind and body, causing him to murder thousands of his comrades, Etc.
But then again, I'll enjoy the films for what they are. I do miss a little bit more of the star trek part though.
Don't get me started on Into Darkness. (I remember seeing it in the theater and we all walked out looking at each other like WTF?)