Robert N EmersonMy Thoughts on Star Trek
May 13th 2009 19:14
First off, fair warning, I'm about to be a salivating fanboy for the course of this and unashamedly so, too. There are potentially going to be spoilers littered throughout the article, as should be expected when talking about a movie that has been seen several times since the opening, last week.
If you have not seen Star Trek, also known as Star Trek XI, and do not wish to see spoilers than I suggest you do not go past this sentence; it's your fault, not mine, if you read past this point.
Okay, now that that is out of the way, on to my salivation and blathering on about how J.J. Abrams has a lot of intestinal fortitude for what he decided to do with the Star Trek franchise, as well as how, in my opinion, respectful he was toward it, too.
J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci, and Alex Kurtsman have taken the multi-verse concept, a concept that has been touched upon, several times, in the Star Trek franchise and ran in for a 97-yard touchdown. Now it's not perfect, not that awe-inspiring 100 yard touchdown that we see in movies, as well as some freaky and weird games (I mean American Football, by the way), but the very close to perfect version.
Star Trek, as it should be called since Star Trek XI implies that it is a continuation of the movie franchise, instead of a branching of it, is a fine movie that should be one of the biggest movies of Summer 2009. It is also, in my opinion, a film that surpasses the budget of Star Trek II: The Wraith of Khan, yet only just equals the story and quality of it.
Abrams and his cohorts have given us a reboot that is faithful to the material, respectful of those who have come before it, yet has given us a whole new sandbox to see that universe in, all while having a beautiful moment where torches were passed.
The concept of the muti-verse, both in fiction and conceptual reality, is that for every choice that is made, for everything that is done or not done, there is a universe, a reality, where that moment happened or didn't happen and it plays out from there. There are an infinite number of realities, as there are an infinite number of possibilities, in fact there is a concept in Star Trek known as IDIC, which is Infinite Diversity, Infinite Combinations, that puts the concept down, years and years before the concept was investigate much. Sure, IDIC was more about racial equality and the vastness of sentience in the universe, as well as a cool Vulcan thing, yet it is also a gate to the concept of understanding a multi-verse, too.
We're now at a point where we will be seeing new stories of Star Trek, with different actors in familiar roles, with the technology updated, yet it all makes sense, because we know it's in a different timeline of Star Trek. The timeline that we've known, that we've followed, is not gone, it's just not the one we're seeing on the screen right now.
It is still out there, in novels, in comic books, and video games, but, for now, we're following a new timeline and it looks to tell an awesome story. We're seeing our favorite characters, pure in concept and portrayal, yet in different stories, in different defining arcs, that softens the blow of seeing someone else play James T. Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and the Crew of the Starship Enterprise.
Because of a psychopathic, yet sympathetic madman, a Romulan named Nero, the universe of Abram's Star Trek split off from the main timeline at the time of Jim Kirk's birth, which speed up the technological development of various aspect of the universe, due to strife caused from the ships presence around various sectors of the galaxy.
Kirk joins Starfleet late, but does so under stressful and impressive enough circumstances that he pole vaults his career forward, by the end of the movie, by several years. Spock's life takes several drastic changes, changes that seem to leave us with a Spock who is more like himself from the Pike era, as well as the movie era, of Star Trek and less like he was in the Original Series. We're also left with a universe whose Vulcans are so few and now, whether they know it or not, being influenced by an elder Spock, from the main timeline, who is something of a visionary and inspiring activist.
While I cannot say Star Trek was perfect, I will say that it is so close as to not truly matter whether it is not perfect. The cast was, is phenomenal and we are seeing a Star Trek whose current gross, within a week, is almost double that of the prior Star Trek movie. We are seeing a Star Trek do what all experts said, prior to it, could not be done, which is revitalize a franchise that, just a year or so ago, was thought to be dead.
Star Trek is an awesome movie, for those who are fans, but also for those who have either never seen or never wanted to see Star Trek before. It is so interesting to see how many people came to Star Trek this past week, saying they were not fans, yet are now fans. It's just that cool of a movie and I'm still excited about it.
If you have not seen Star Trek, also known as Star Trek XI, and do not wish to see spoilers than I suggest you do not go past this sentence; it's your fault, not mine, if you read past this point.
Okay, now that that is out of the way, on to my salivation and blathering on about how J.J. Abrams has a lot of intestinal fortitude for what he decided to do with the Star Trek franchise, as well as how, in my opinion, respectful he was toward it, too.
J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci, and Alex Kurtsman have taken the multi-verse concept, a concept that has been touched upon, several times, in the Star Trek franchise and ran in for a 97-yard touchdown. Now it's not perfect, not that awe-inspiring 100 yard touchdown that we see in movies, as well as some freaky and weird games (I mean American Football, by the way), but the very close to perfect version.
Star Trek, as it should be called since Star Trek XI implies that it is a continuation of the movie franchise, instead of a branching of it, is a fine movie that should be one of the biggest movies of Summer 2009. It is also, in my opinion, a film that surpasses the budget of Star Trek II: The Wraith of Khan, yet only just equals the story and quality of it.
Abrams and his cohorts have given us a reboot that is faithful to the material, respectful of those who have come before it, yet has given us a whole new sandbox to see that universe in, all while having a beautiful moment where torches were passed.
The concept of the muti-verse, both in fiction and conceptual reality, is that for every choice that is made, for everything that is done or not done, there is a universe, a reality, where that moment happened or didn't happen and it plays out from there. There are an infinite number of realities, as there are an infinite number of possibilities, in fact there is a concept in Star Trek known as IDIC, which is Infinite Diversity, Infinite Combinations, that puts the concept down, years and years before the concept was investigate much. Sure, IDIC was more about racial equality and the vastness of sentience in the universe, as well as a cool Vulcan thing, yet it is also a gate to the concept of understanding a multi-verse, too.
We're now at a point where we will be seeing new stories of Star Trek, with different actors in familiar roles, with the technology updated, yet it all makes sense, because we know it's in a different timeline of Star Trek. The timeline that we've known, that we've followed, is not gone, it's just not the one we're seeing on the screen right now.
It is still out there, in novels, in comic books, and video games, but, for now, we're following a new timeline and it looks to tell an awesome story. We're seeing our favorite characters, pure in concept and portrayal, yet in different stories, in different defining arcs, that softens the blow of seeing someone else play James T. Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and the Crew of the Starship Enterprise.
Because of a psychopathic, yet sympathetic madman, a Romulan named Nero, the universe of Abram's Star Trek split off from the main timeline at the time of Jim Kirk's birth, which speed up the technological development of various aspect of the universe, due to strife caused from the ships presence around various sectors of the galaxy.
Kirk joins Starfleet late, but does so under stressful and impressive enough circumstances that he pole vaults his career forward, by the end of the movie, by several years. Spock's life takes several drastic changes, changes that seem to leave us with a Spock who is more like himself from the Pike era, as well as the movie era, of Star Trek and less like he was in the Original Series. We're also left with a universe whose Vulcans are so few and now, whether they know it or not, being influenced by an elder Spock, from the main timeline, who is something of a visionary and inspiring activist.
While I cannot say Star Trek was perfect, I will say that it is so close as to not truly matter whether it is not perfect. The cast was, is phenomenal and we are seeing a Star Trek whose current gross, within a week, is almost double that of the prior Star Trek movie. We are seeing a Star Trek do what all experts said, prior to it, could not be done, which is revitalize a franchise that, just a year or so ago, was thought to be dead.
Star Trek is an awesome movie, for those who are fans, but also for those who have either never seen or never wanted to see Star Trek before. It is so interesting to see how many people came to Star Trek this past week, saying they were not fans, yet are now fans. It's just that cool of a movie and I'm still excited about it.
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