Star Trek Beyond Trailer Breakdown: 35 Things You Need To See

15. Explosion Porn

It wouldn't be a December 2015 trailer without at least one gigantic explosion. Let's address the elephant in the room: there's too much action here and not enough science. Yes, thrills are good currency in trailers and it's inevitable that Justin Lin would bring in high-octane sensibilities, but are we losing sight of why Star Trek was popular in the first place? It wasn't increasingly large holes in the side of things...

But then maybe that's part of the modern appeal. Maybe old Star Trek fans don't make enough money. Maybe it needs to be like a video game to survive? The success of The Martian suggests otherwise, but maybe that came out with Beyond already too far down the line?