Sure as day follows night, sure as eggs is eggs, sure as every odd-numbered Star Trek movie is shit.
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The movie hits the United States theatres today.
Kirk volunteers his ship for the rescue mission, even knowing interference from the nebula will cut off communication with Yorktown.
You can see Quinto reprise his role of Spock in Star Trek Beyond beginning Friday.
Star Trek: Boldly Go will reunite the fan-favorite Trek team of Mike Johnson and Tony Shasteen on writing and art duties, respectively, and will succeed the now running Star Trek series which will conclude after 60 universe-expanding issues, penned primarily under Johnson’s watch. It’s exciting, funny, and emotionally resonant, with a backbone of hope for peace and inclusivity. Dr. McCoy (Karl Urban) and Spock (Zachary Quinto) bicker as often as an old married couple, and while Spock’s relationship with Uhura (Zoe Saldana) is somewhat of a question mark when the story begins, the movie doesn’t waste plot time dwelling on its future. Even without the Enterprise, all of the characters we’ve come to know and love in this Kelvin universe are still just as familiar.
Pegg had promised a more reflective, self-critical Star Trek, examining the colonial baggage of the Federation, a liberal-interventionist force tracing the boundaries of space to “keep the peace”. The screenplay, written by Simon Pegg and Doug Jung, teeters on the edge of being too simple, but that simplicity allows for plenty of character interactions, bombastic action sequences – there are several, naturally – and plenty of humorous and self-referential asides.
Before the extravaganza commenced, the cast and crew memorialized late “Trek” stars Leonard Nimoy and Anton Yelchin, who died June 19.
But then he explains that when was born in 1974 into the First Family of “Star Trek” – his mother was actress Majel Barrett, who played nurse Christine Chapel on the show – the series had been over for five years. By this logic, the Star Trek curse goes on according to its original rules. What about those of you who aren’t Trekkies?
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The latest entry into the franchise, Star Trek Beyond, debuts in cinemas this weekend and has the dubious honor of being the thirteenth Star Trek film ever made.
