Star Trek: Something Old is New Again
J. J. Abrams Directs the Cast of Star Trek
I’ve been a Star Trek fan for as long as I can remember. As a kid, the show was one of the classic rerun series that I grew up on. When I heard that J. J. Abrams was going to “reboot” the Star Trek franchise by retelling the story of Kirk, Spock and the rest of the “original” crew, I was a little concerned. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know it’s only a story, but hey it’s an important story to me and a lot of other geeks.
At the very last minute Ruben and I received free tickets for a screening of the show a day before it’s release. If I had known we were going to have this opportunity sooner, I would have invited other friends to join us, but this opportunity literally came available at the last minute. That evening, a small group of us gathered to watch the film.
So, what did I think? I enjoyed it! There was one story element that I didn’t care for, but I won’t discuss it here because I don’t want to “spoil it” for those who haven’t seen it yet. The best features of this movie were its visual beauty and the great character development. J. J. Abrams did a wonderful job of making me feel for and believe in this new cast. It’s a movie I’ll be watching again and again.
FYI: There’s going to be a sequel to this movie in 2011.
Live Long and Prosper.
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I don’t know if you noticed in the credits but Randy Pausch’s (from the last lecture) name appeared in the credits as a small part in the movie. I don’t remember seeing him but i could totally see that happening to him before he passed away
Too cool, I didn’t notice that. According to Wikipedia “Abrams heard of Pausch’s condition and sent a personal e-mail inviting Pausch to the set. Pausch accepted and traveled to Los Angeles, California to shoot his scene. In addition to appearing in the film, he also has a line of dialogue and donated the $217.06 paycheck to charity.”
Now I want to know where he appears in the film.
Like you Glen, I was a child of the original series. My brother got me into it when I was a kid and I have loved the original characters and that show. Love the recent re-tooling of the original series with the new graphics and sharper images and special effects. I finally got to see the new movie on Sunday and if Joel would have, I would have stayed and watched it 3 more times I think.
I absolutely loved it…..JJ Abrams is GOD
Yes, Abrams did a great job. I wonder what the next movie is going to be about….and I wonder why did he cast Winona Ryder as Spock’s mom? I hope they’re not planning future time travel story lines. Let’s stick to some action and leave the time-travel-plot alone for a while. Maybe the purpose of casting a young actress for his mom is so Abrams can film “flashbacks” as Spock remembers his youth in some segment(s) of the sequel. But there are all kinds of possibilities. What if they remake “The Seed?” That was the episode of the original series that introduced Khan!. Hmmmm There are all kinds of possibilities with this “reboot” of Star Trek.
Glen