I'm gonna' make this short - and kind'a sweet:
Director/producer J.J. Abrams new "Star Trek" feature film is entertaining, fast-paced and a sweet ride. There's the "kinda' sweet" part.
But it's not Star Trek.
At least, not the Star Trek that many original fans like myself have appreciated since the initial TV series debuted on NBC in 1966.
Truly? The whole crazy is this: All the original Trek fans ever wanted was the original cast in their original roles back on television - where they belonged. No one ever asked for a "Motion Picture" in 1979 to ignite a feature film franchise. No one ever requested a "Next Generation" or a "Deep Space Nine" or a "Voyager" or an "Enterprise" on the small screen.
They were all wonderful television programs. But they weren't Star Trek (well, maybe they first season of Next Generation was Star Trek).
All the Trek fans ever begged for was William Shatner's Kirk and Leonard Nimoy's Spock sparring with DeForest Kelly's Dr. McCoy - again, back on TV. You know, the whole "Triad" thing (Kirk's stoic balance betwixted Spock's logic and McCoy's emotion).But that never happened.
We got a TV generation ahead of Kirk/Spock/McCoy; a few generations before them; space-jumped around them a little bit (on a station and another starship). And they went to the movies (which even Roddenberry wasn't that crazy about). But they were never - again - back on TV, where we they belonged - and where the original fans just plain wanted them to be.
And certainly now, that never will (as so many of the original cast members have left us).But do you know how many new-original episodes they could have made if they started in 1979 and at went on until at least 1999 (when DeForest Kelly died)?!
Oh, per chance to dream...
That all said, the contemporary cast of the new film is outstanding. Chris Pine as Kirk and Zachery Quinto as Spock, and the remaining crew-cast give their all; J.J. Abrams' direction is as crisp and slick as could be; as are all the tech credits associated with the new movie, which is wonderful film, in and ot itself. It's a nice little sci-fi adventure - and I want this film to succeed and make a billion dollars.
But still, it's not Star Trek.
No where to be seen is Trek creator Gene Roddenberry's original etheral, vision, and well, heart, which explored strange new worlds...undiscovered countries, and exuded charm and exhilarated the audience, first and foremost with imaginative storytelling. Roddenberry's initial Trek employed spectacle, fancy, aptitude, humor and adventure, all wrapped within a neat package that soared with a display of a media mosaic of imaginative, fictional and fanciful disclosure.
Can it be that the feature film and Trek satire Galaxy Quest is still the best Star motion picture and/or spin-off of them all?
Looks like.
Full review here.
www.herbiejpilato.blogspot.com
Director/producer J.J. Abrams new "Star Trek" feature film is entertaining, fast-paced and a sweet ride. There's the "kinda' sweet" part.
But it's not Star Trek.
At least, not the Star Trek that many original fans like myself have appreciated since the initial TV series debuted on NBC in 1966.
Truly? The whole crazy is this: All the original Trek fans ever wanted was the original cast in their original roles back on television - where they belonged. No one ever asked for a "Motion Picture" in 1979 to ignite a feature film franchise. No one ever requested a "Next Generation" or a "Deep Space Nine" or a "Voyager" or an "Enterprise" on the small screen.
They were all wonderful television programs. But they weren't Star Trek (well, maybe they first season of Next Generation was Star Trek).
All the Trek fans ever begged for was William Shatner's Kirk and Leonard Nimoy's Spock sparring with DeForest Kelly's Dr. McCoy - again, back on TV. You know, the whole "Triad" thing (Kirk's stoic balance betwixted Spock's logic and McCoy's emotion).But that never happened.
We got a TV generation ahead of Kirk/Spock/McCoy; a few generations before them; space-jumped around them a little bit (on a station and another starship). And they went to the movies (which even Roddenberry wasn't that crazy about). But they were never - again - back on TV, where we they belonged - and where the original fans just plain wanted them to be.
And certainly now, that never will (as so many of the original cast members have left us).But do you know how many new-original episodes they could have made if they started in 1979 and at went on until at least 1999 (when DeForest Kelly died)?!
Oh, per chance to dream...
That all said, the contemporary cast of the new film is outstanding. Chris Pine as Kirk and Zachery Quinto as Spock, and the remaining crew-cast give their all; J.J. Abrams' direction is as crisp and slick as could be; as are all the tech credits associated with the new movie, which is wonderful film, in and ot itself. It's a nice little sci-fi adventure - and I want this film to succeed and make a billion dollars.
But still, it's not Star Trek.
No where to be seen is Trek creator Gene Roddenberry's original etheral, vision, and well, heart, which explored strange new worlds...undiscovered countries, and exuded charm and exhilarated the audience, first and foremost with imaginative storytelling. Roddenberry's initial Trek employed spectacle, fancy, aptitude, humor and adventure, all wrapped within a neat package that soared with a display of a media mosaic of imaginative, fictional and fanciful disclosure.
Can it be that the feature film and Trek satire Galaxy Quest is still the best Star motion picture and/or spin-off of them all?
Looks like.
Full review here.
www.herbiejpilato.blogspot.com
