What JJ Abrams is doing with ‘Star Trek’
Will fans of the sci-fi series be blown away, or disappointed?
The new faces of 'Star Trek'
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Director JJ Abrams has been traveling the globe screening footage from his upcoming Star Trek movie (view the trailer here, via YouTube), said Ryan McLelland in IESB.net, and having had the chance to see it, here’s my verdict: “You have never—NEVER—seen Star Trek like this before.” To say it’s “phenomenal” doesn’t do it justice—“this movie will be the stuff of legend,” it “will redefine the sci-fi genre.”
I don’t think so, said Christopher Campbell in Spout online. The movie “looks cluttered” with too much CGI—“kind of like the first Star Wars prequel,” which I’m reminded of thanks to Abrams’ “lame, child version of James ‘Siberius’ Kirk.” And “worst of all, it doesn’t at all pique the interest of a non-Trekkie like myself.”
“I’m still not entirely clear on the plot, “ said Katey Rich in Cinema Blend, and I haven't “warmed up to the character of Spock”—he “seems a little too sci-fi to the Trek averse among us.” But taken “scene by scene, there's a whole lot to get excited about” here: Abrams “seems to have made a genuine populist adventure movie, a little concerned with satisfying the fans but mostly hell-bent on entertaining as many people as possible.
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Posted by Kevin, Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 1:27 pm This new Trek will be just what the 40 year old franchise needed. Good or bad, it will bring in a much younger audience that will keep it going for another 40 years (hopefully). Abrams, like know one else, knows how to make this happen. Yes, it will have a lot of action. Yes, it will have a bunch of CGI., Yes, it will be great and I can't wait. I think the casting of this movie was brilliant!! They even brought in the son of the original Scotty, Chris Doohan.
Posted by Phil, Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 1:35 pm Captain James S. Kirk?! [I must not be getting the joke or something.]
Posted by Rev.St.Huck, Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 8:43 am It's a good thing Gene Roddenberry was cremated, otherwise he'd be spinning in his grave.
Posted by chris, Friday, November 28, 2008, 6:53 am i never liked the star trek movies or shows,but this looks awesome i'll just have to go watch it at the theatre.
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