8 Bad Movie Franchises And How To Fix Them

What's The Problem? The 2009 rebooted Star Trek films are great and do have potential, but they do suffer from the 21st Century plight of being generic action flicks towards the end. In all three of the rebooted films, Captain Kirk and his crew have gone against complicated enemies with their own nuanced agendas, that could have been resolved in more "Star Trek" ways.

Instead, the final acts of the films come down to explosive space battles, choreographed shootouts, and consequence-free villain deaths.

Star Trek films posited a lot of thought-provoking questions about the clash of culture, and it would have been a lot more interesting if Idris Elba's character in Star Trek Beyond was more than another madman with a plan to attack the UFP.

If the plan is to make the films generic blockbusters, then they are succeeding. But something tells me the Star Trek films could be better than that.

What's The Solution? It may not be dramatic, climactic, and sounds a little "meh", but what if the next film resolved its conflict with peace rather than an action spectacle?

Think of all the times when Kirk and Picard (in the shows at least) were faced with an antagonist whose whole motivation was based on ideology or belief systems, and the resolution was something more diplomatic. The films could still have action in the middle, but maybe a villain with perspective could be an interesting change of pace.

Or the films could just ignore this solution, and go back to super-blood and blowing up alien armies with the power of the Beastie Boys...