This will not be the last Star Trek film and hopefully the next film will have a plot that is more interesting and deep than the one we have now, while still keeping the charm of the cast and their interactions. And that’s not even pointing out that J.J. Abrams supercharged the franchise with so much action that, yes, it had more of a Star Wars feel to it. “I have no idea, I have no idea”, Pine said when asked what to expect from the film. Anybody remember the time Captain Kirk switched bodies with an insane woman?
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The crew of the Enterprise are three years into their five-year mission to boldly go where the cult 1960s TV show went before, though then it was without the benefit of state-of-the-art digital effects. He does give us one bravura set piece, the layer-by-layer dissection and eventual “sinking” of the Enterprise.
Both men mean to speak to one another about this, but while on a reprovisioning stop – where in the most subtle way imaginable it’s revealed that Sulu (John Cho) has a husband and child and, less subtly, that Spock and Uhura (Zoe Saldana) are having relationship problems – an emergency arises, and the Enterprise is sent to rescue an alien science crew.
The movie starring Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Simon Pegg, Idris Elba, Sofia Boutella and the late Anton Yelchin is now sitting at 93% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and has received some very positive reviews from critics.
The original series, “Star Trek” historian Mark A. Altman says, was “progressive” in that it included characters from different cultures, and eschewed national exceptionalism – a theme that still speaks to us.
Stay tuned to TrekNews.net for the latest news related to Star Trek Beyond. The villains motives towards the end are regrettably weak and the action can grow somewhat nauseating in the tight confines of the ships, but it’s more than made up for by the plight of our heroes, the action that’s done with clarity and cleverness and, most importantly, the heartfelt character moments and dynamics that are built and stabilized throughout the two hours. In many ways, this might be Sulu’s best story in Trek so far. Sofia Boutella and Idris Elba are two great additions to this particular movie as Jaylah and Krall respectively.
After the trying-too-hard reach of “Into Darkness”, “Star Trek Beyond” strikes just the right note.
The series has always been great at at this.
In fact, as bombastic and balls-to-the-wall Beyond is at times, none of the characters ever act… well, out of character.
Though the adventure is a little tardy getting its legs, things only get better as they go along.
There are moments where the comedic genius of Simon Pegg, and the comic timing of the wonderful cast elicit genuine laughs.
Says Cho: “Simon pitched it and I was told by (director Justin Lin) pretty early on”. And while there are several parts that come across as derivate of previous Trek films (at this point the big bad evil guy with a tragic backstory and a motivation toward revenge for ill-defined reasons is as much a part of Star Trek as the holodeck) it still tells its own, sometimes baffling story.
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This is still the sugary, less fibrous version of Star Trek. That’s OK: Showrunner Bryan Fuller’s new Star Trek project-the franchise’s sixth small-screen iteration-launches in January.
