I saw the new Star Trek movie last night. This is a small review. If you havent seen it, stop reading about it.
Star Trek Movie Flowchart
A disclaimer or two. I have never seen a complete episode of The Original Series ( TOS ). Not a one. Everything I know about Kirk and company came from the couple of TOS movies I saw, which I cannot identify without a flow chart, and seeing practically every episode of every other Star Trek franchise. Some in syndication, most during their original runs.
Time travel. I am a fan. If I could put right what once went wrong, I would. I think the people running Star Trek wanted to use the original characters, but also wanted to avoid the scrutinizing of this film by thousands of Trekkies with 40 years of canon to compare to. Enter the alternate universe. I know it was an alternate universe because Spock told me so, thank you Spock.
So perhaps because of, or maybe despite me, not being a TOS die hard, I enjoyed the movie. The plot was fun, the action was cool and the special effects were well done.
As much as we are all fans of these classic characters, I wouldve liked to see a new generation of Star Trek. Just make a whole new crew, I dont know, 100 years after Deep Space Nine or something. There’s only so much prequel I can take. This was a fun movie, but now I fear we’ll see a sequel. A sequel to a prequel? A spreequel? Alternate universe and everything! That’s cool I guess, but meh, I think I would be more entertained with seeing more of the future of the Star Trek universe.
