Star Trek: Nice Try, But Not Good Enough

Posted by John L. Rothra on May 8, 2009 under Movies | Comments are off for this article

I’ve seen every series of Start Trek: the original series, the Next Generation, Voyager, Deep Space Nine, and Enterprise. I’ve watched every Star Trek movie (all eleven, now). While I don’t wear the costumes or have pictures of Kirk and the Enterprise in my home, you can call me a Trekkie.

Seeing the previews for the latest entry into the Star Trek world–simply titled Star Trek (also known as Star Trek 11)–I was excited to watch it. It looked like it was full of action and had top-notch graphics. Besides, seeing a younger Kirk, Spock, and McCoy had to be fun. I was disappointed and, in a way, upset by the liberties taken by J. J. Abrams, director of the film.

It seemed like Abrams was more interested in impressive special effects, extraordinary CGI, and lots of action–which he delivered–and not interested in the Star Trek story. When it comes to the story line and the characters, Abrams failed and succeeded respectively.

There are certain things that, after having an established icon and history of over forty years, you do not deviate from. Abrams failed to do his homework. If he did much research, he ignored what Roddenberry and others created.
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