“Everything he does in the “Star Trek” universe, it’s like What Would Jesus Do:’What would Roddenberry do?’ I’ve got to respect him for that”. Their film, the third in the rebooted series, was coming out in less than a month and a rigorous press tour was imminent.
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Another commenter pointed out that there is some precedent with removing Chekov altogether as seen in his alien replacement via Star Trek: The Animated Series.
A curiosity: Why hire Idris Elba, whose acting power emerges from his intimidating presence, to be the bad guy and then make him unrecognizable through thick makeup, garbling his voice and a costume that makes him look clumsy?
With a fourth film recently confirmed by producer JJ Abrams, the series’ former director has now confirmed that Yelchin’s role of Pavel Chekov won’t be recast for the new film. Leave any and all thoughts below, and if you enjoyed this article, follow this blog on Twitter to see when we make a new post.
So, off the crew goes on its rescue mission… and I’m not giving anything away by saying that it all turns out to be a trap. Before opening the Skydance/Bad Robot threequel Star Trek Beyond, Paramount has a couple of fan activities planned that it hopes will escalate the opening weekend for the Justin Lin movie from its current low-$50 million projection up to $60M.
That’s about as thoughtful as the film gets in a narrative almost devoid of drama that isn’t action-driven. The reptilian aliens attack in waves of small ships that can slice a spaceship into pieces. It’s hard to even count the number of times crew members were accidentally shot through some vortex or temporal rift, or how many times someone encountered a future or past version of themselves.
Simon Pegg, one half of the screenwriting team, might be accused by some of overdoing his Scotty impersonation.
Like its recent predecessors, “Star Trek Beyond” is mostly an assortment of effects-heavy scenes with bits of talking in between.
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“Now I see it”, Zachary Quinto said, holding the photo closer to his face. They’re Felix and Oscar in outer space, and still the highlight of this batch of “Star Trek” films. But that aspect of his life is never explored.
