

It has some flaws baked into it that can never be removed: its overly complex plot of false-flag attacks and multiple paranoid baddies doesn’t feel right for Star Trek. Was I ready for the darkness? Funnily enough, in this context (eg a massive screen in a packed room of fans) I found myself willing to forgive this second movie’s transgressions. The elation after seeing Trek 09 again soon shifted to anxiety. Photograph: Rex/Paramount Pictures/courtesy Bringing back Kirk, Spock and Bones was a big risk, but risk is their business, and using Leonard Nimoy as the thread between classic Star Trek (the Prime Timeline) and these reboots (the Kelvin Timeline) was a work of creative and dealmaking genius.īenedict Cumberbatch in Star Trek Into Darkness. Think of the recent Total Recall, The Thing and Prometheus.
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A major movie studio has no conscience, it just gobbles up IPs and excretes new versions.

You can joke about the lens flare or the bridge looking like an Apple store (or the ridiculousness of giving a hothead right out of the Academy the center seat on the Federation’s flagship, or the fact that Spock would never maroon Kirk on Delta Vega, or question what Nero was doing for 25 years while he waited for Spock Prime to appear, or what the hell “red matter” is) but the fact remains that this movie could have been terrible. Watching JJ Abrams’s first film (parlance for the reboot is usually Trek 09) it struck me just what a miracle it is.

The first Star Trek film of the current reboot, known to fans as Trek 09. (It should be said that most of the vengeful nerds who voted Into Darkness the worst Star Trek film of all time didn’t hate Cumberbatch, per se, just the stupid regurgitation of the Khan character and the way it was teased out in the movie.)

Yes, while on line for popcorn there were dudes clearly obsessed with ridiculous minutiae (“Seven of Nine’s Borg implants give her spacial acuity!”) but I happened to sit near a woman whose fandom was much more mellow, and who confessed she was most excited for another opportunity to bask in Benedict Cumberbatch’s 16x22 meter glow, even though his appearance of Khan Noonien Singh in Star Trek Into Darkness is one of the more maligned touch-points in this entire new trilogy. As at conventions there were young and old, families and individuals, a significant percentage of women (though, admittedly, not quite a 50/50 split) and as much racial diversity as one would find at any other typical New York screening. Overall, the movie's good attitude and strong messages related to teamwork and diversity overcome its iffy material, making it a great pick for older tweens and up.A few of the faithful were dressed in full Starfleet uniform (one young man had what appeared to be a working TR-560 Tricorder VI) but what might surprise people is how many dedicated Star Trek enthusiasts don’t fit the perceived stereotype. Characters occasionally drink fine scotch or other spirits, but mainly for enjoyment, though one character does try to get drunk. Language is infrequent but does include a couple of uses of "horses-t," as well as "damn," "hell," "bastard," and "my God." Two characters in a romantic relationship spend this movie in a fight, so only a kiss on the cheek is shown between them there's also a brief scene of a woman throwing a shirtless man out of her cabin/quarters. A major character is injured, and there's a painful but comical scene involving his impalement wound. There's plenty of big, boomy sci-fi/fantasy action violence, including space battles, crashes, explosions, minor characters being hurt or killed, hand-to-hand and martial arts fighting, and a mean, angry bad guy.
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Parents need to know that Star Trek Beyond is the 13th Star Trek movie overall, the third installment since 2009's big-budget series reboot, and the first directed by Justin Lin (of the Fast & Furious franchise).
