The first teaser trailer for J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness has just hit the web and the fan flurry has begun. Speculation, criticism and adulation are all flying high right now, but all I can offer is a single fan’s reaction: excitement. Maybe you aren’t feeling the same way? Not to worry, as I’ve concocted five simple reasons why you should be eager to boldly go where no one has gone before come May 17th of next year. Hopefully, they will get you as excited as a Vulcan going through pon farr. …Yeah, I’m a geek.
First off, here’s the trailer again…
And here are my five reasons you should be excited about the epic looking sequel…
5. The Scale
Not one to slack off for a sequel, Abrams looks to have upped the ante on overall bigness for Star Trek Into Darkness. Most of the shots in the trailer look vast and imposing. There’s a real sense of “the bigger, the better” and that’s almost always a good way to go with a franchise. Considering the first film didn’t slump when it came to sizable threats and gigantic set-pieces, it looks like scaling back isn’t something we have to worry about in the sequel.
Just look at the images of the Enterprise coming out of the water and also crashing into it. Big, bad things are about to befall the Federation.
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Gotta love abit of Cumberbatch!!
Anton Yelchin is Russian.
Well, his flawless “accent” could have fooled me. And I’m sorry, but I read your comment like the guy in Happy Gilmore: “Grizzly Adams did have a beard.”
You didn’t like Anton Yelchin’s Chekov? I thought he was spot on. He had Walter Koenig’s voice and mannerisms down to a tee. He and Karl Urban were definitely the two that captured the performances of their characters’ original actors the best.
Haha, well, Grizzly Adams did have a beard. You may not have liked his performance, and everyone is entitled to their opinion, but it is important as a journalist, professional or amateur, to do some research. Good article though and I too am extremely excited for this one.
I should have typed the phrase “un-Russian” instead. I should have drawn attention to the fact that he is of Russian descent and that makes his caricature performance all the more strange. Well, my next article will have to be better (in research and conveyance). Thanks for your input!
I think that you have a personal problem with anton yelchin not with his performance.
He kicked my dog.
I did enjoy him quite a lot in “The Beaver.”
Hmmm…intersting teaser.
Wow another one of JJ’s Cinematic Abortions. I’m so excited.
It could be worse. We could have “Super 8 2″ on the way.
Star Trek Into Benedict’s Awesomeness YES!
Can you just imagine that voice in glorious Dolby Atmos?
There better be plastic on the theater seats, because I imagine a lot a lot of wetness will occur.
BORING.
It’s obvious in the Japanese trailer that it is Kirk that will sacrifice himself for the crew. That’s what BC is asking, if he would do anything for his “family” including dying for them, although it’s questionable if he actually does die. The scene with Scotty and Uhura crying will be the same scene that Spock is reaching down to touch the glass for Kirk, who is dying on the other side. It’s a great call back to WRATH, but does anyone HONESTLY believe Abrams and co will just copy WRATH? Really? BC is a former member of Starfleet and is after Kirk for revenge, perhaps it is a Gary Mitchell type reason, and while he has a great fight or two with Spock in set photos, this trailer is focused on Kirk and the film will be about him earning his captain chair after the last film showed him gaining the chair, and a captain sacrificing for his crew will be a nice call back to his father in the last movie. I am sincerely surprised so many film websites are giving into the terrible idea of copying WRATH and Spock dying. It’s not that hard to put details in movie trailers together and connect dots, and the trailer is obvious. Can the fanboys please stop being hopeful and start getting realistic about film rumors and speculation from now on? BC isn’t Kahn or Gary Mitchell. Tom Hardy wasn’t Hugo Strange. Daniel Day-Lewis wasn’t Moriarti. Bill Murray will not be in GB3. And there is no, and will never be, a Big Lewbowski sequel.
Even Walter Koenig was disappointed that Yelchin copied the worst parts of his bogus TOS accent. I read somewhere that Abrams et al decided it was part of the character… not sure if that’s true.