"‘Star Trek Beyond’ Review: Found in Space" Topic
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Tango01 | 21 Jul 2016 3:11 p.m. PST |
"It's become a disheartening trend for reboots to pay far too much homage to their more popular predecessors rather than try to stand on their own feet. The thinking seems to be that if there are enough shout-outs, it will pass for a kind of shibboleth with the fanbase. We've seen it with Ghostbusters, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and we saw it with J.J. Abrams' Star Trek movies. Oddly, while those movies could drop in references to the Kobayashi Maru or make Khan a villain, those overt references didn't make Abrams movies feel more like Star Trek because Trek, a 50-year-old franchise that's spawned six TV series, twelve movies, and countless tie-in novels, is more than the sum of its parts. There's an essence to Star Trek that's harder to define. But Justin Lin's Star Trek Beyond has come closer than any Star Trek film since 1991's Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country to finding that essence. The Enterprise is in its third year of its five-year mission, and Captain James Kirk (Chris Pine) is starting to feel listless. In his captain's log, he even notes how life aboard the Enterprise is starting to feel "episodic", and what's more, he's not even sure if he wants a captain's life or if he's still living in his father's shadow. Kirk's decision is put on hold when, while re-provisioning at the Yorktown starbase, Starfleet receives a distress signal from an alien who claims that her crew is in trouble. The Enterprise rides to the rescue only to be attacked by a swarm that obliterates the ship and scatters the crew on an uncharted world. The crew must figure out how to regroup, get off the planet, and stop the villainous Krall (Idris Elba) from unleashing a powerful weapon…" More here link Amicalement Armand |
CorsairFAS217 | 21 Jul 2016 10:28 p.m. PST |
Just saw it thanks to this review, caught the first showing. IT WAS AWESOME! McCoy and Spock really do steal the show. |
Tango01 | 22 Jul 2016 10:17 a.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend!. (smile) Amicalement Armand |
Captain Gideon | 22 Jul 2016 3:35 p.m. PST |
Just came back from seeing the film and eventhough I liked it I fealt it could've been better. And they're very good moments but for me not enough of them just my humble opinion. |
Tango01 | 22 Jul 2016 10:52 p.m. PST |
When the movie is good … also…is never enough! Amicalement Armand |
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