Star Trekkin' across the universe

[seriousfic]

So the trailer to Star Trek 11 (sorry, Star Trek) came out and it actually looks pretty good, up until the second half where the Enterprise apparently jumps into the space battle at the beginning of Revenge of the Sith and/or a pitched dog-fight against the Cylons. So what worries me? Well, for starters.

1. It's a reboot about a young Captain Kirk.

2. It's set at Starfleet Academy, which everyone and their mother has suggested for a Star Trek story.

3. Kirk and Spock meet and don't like each other, but become friends (presumably after their fistfight).

Put those together and you've got a trifecta of anti-creativity, sorta like a mirror universe Jack Kirby. Normally the presence of J.J. Abrams would assuage those fears, but he abuses ass-pulles like Claremont abuses run-on sentences (bub). You wouldn't think this would be a problem in a two-hour, standalone movie, but...

Cloverfield hype machine: Hey, what's the monster? Hey, what's the monster? Hey, what's the monster?

Me: I give up, what is the monster?

Cloverfield hype machine: Why do you care? It's just a monster. Why the hell are you talking to me!?

And remember his Superman script? I'm not too excited about his contributions to the Star Trek mythos when his contributions to the Superman mythos were a) Krypton doesn't blow up, b) Superman knows kung-fu, and c) Lex Luthor is a CGI agent. Who is a Kryptonian. Who knows kung-fu.

Remember? The script so bad that the response to it actually shut down production on the movie?

Please be good, Star Trek. Pretty please?

Comments

[mcity.livejournal.com]

Technically, the ARG did explain what the monster was. It was an ancient creature who wanted its mommy.

No, I'm serious.