We’re pretty familiar with the “Star Trek” setup by now, and three flicks into the J.J. Abrams-fueled reboot, the latest seems the most comfortable in its journey. Recently JJ Abrams explained why the original Captain Kirk can’t be in the film franchise, CinemaBlend reports. The Star Trek movies have been a decidedly mixed bag, the best still being the 1982 “The Wrath of Khan”.
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The real highlight of the film are the scenes between Bones (Karl Urban) and Spock (Zachary Quinto), who haven’t spent much screen time together in the past two films.
J.J. Abrams hands over “Star Trek Beyond” to action-savvy director Justin Lin (“Fast & Furious”) and the writing duo of Simon Pegg (“Shaun of the Dead”) and Doug Jung (“Dark Blue”), which proves to be a smart decision.
However, the release of Star Trek Beyond is marred by sadness, following the unexpected death of Anton Yelchin in an accident at his home earlier this summer.
In the accompanying series of articles, we’ll look at various aspects of “Beyond” and what they mean, half a century after Trek began its first five-year mission. Even the enthusiastic Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) feels exhausted and bored of his life in space. According to reports, Pegg was part of a team that rebooted the iconic Star Trek franchise.
Clearly with Lin at the helm we know what to expect – his mantra is hardly “Go placidly amidst the noise and pace and remember what peace there may be in silence”. The villain this time around is played by Idris Elba, although the Luther actor isn’t especially recognizable until the latter stages of the movie. Overall Star Trek Beyond got a great response from the audience and will going to hit the box office by its huge collection.
Movie theater prop for ‘Star Trek Beyond’.
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“We already knew this would be a bitter-sweet experience because of the loss of Leonard [Nimoy] previous year, but this has just been absolutely devastating for all of us”.
