What Your Favourite Star Trek Movie Says About You
Star Trek (2009)
Having been in the wilderness after the flop of Nemesis and the early cancellation of Star Trek: Enterprise; Paramount decided to reboot the franchise for a 2009 release. Anticipation was high on who will do it and how much of the original formula will remain.
Alarm bells started ringing when it was announced that JJ Abrams would be in charge of resurrecting the franchise, a man that openly admitted that Star Trek was too cerebral for him. The Red Alert went off when Transformers scribes Bob Orci & Alex Kurtzman were penning the script, and the ship went into auto-destruct when news broke that the original crew were being rebooted. A new Kirk, Spock & McCoy, a new Enterprise; how would that even work? How could they escape the shadow and deal with the years of canon already established?
Rather ingeniously, they split the timeline. Everything that we knew was still there, but this part of the franchise was in an alternative timeline. The crew was younger, the action was ramped up and everything was coated in lens flare.
Critically and commercially the reboot was a success even though the story and script had so many holes in it, you could sell it as Swiss cheese. It divided the existing fan base with some calling it refreshing while others called the dumbing down a crime against Star Trek. But if its intention was to bring in box office receipts from the average cinema goer, it worked, even if they might not hang around for the long term.
What It Says About You:
The old Star Trek was going stale, the same formula on repeat since 1987 and it was time for fresh blood. JJ Abrams did the impossible and balanced old-school with the new. Anyone who is moaning about it have no argument. The original timeline is still there and this new one can make its own stories and villains without stepping over the precious canon. Star Trek was dead until Abrams came along and for that, all fans should be grateful.
Or, you were never a fan of Star Trek before seeing this. It was always too boring and with too much talking on the bridge; in fact, why was it called a bridge? It was a round room, why did they call it a bridge? That never made any sense to you. In this movie, the explosions were awesome; it reminded you of Star Wars which is a franchise you always preferred anyhow. The special effects looked kool, the story was easy to follow and there was none of that technology talk which made no sense and was a one way ticket to snoozeville to listen to. You loved this move but probably wont buy any of the toys and merchandise, you dont want to look like a dork in front of your friends.
Favorite Moment In The Film:
When Kirk got big hands.
Other Films You Like:
The Michael Bay Transformers movies & Star Wars.