a singularity...an oddity, a potential that cannot be exactly quantified until the next movie?
I thought it was a hoot, and I can't WAIT 'till the DVD, but, what if the next one comes up short?
My take on it is that it was very calculated to hit all the right notes - appease fans, appeal to the mass market, succeed as a big-budget shoot-em-up, garner good critical reviews as being more intelligent and character based than the average summer popcorn fare, re-establish
Star Trek as a respectable brand name and not a campy joke or a has-been. That's a lot to accomplish in a mere two hours, but they did it.
I don't think it's any kind of accident. Abrams and co. know what needs to be done, and are capable of doing it. Why would this suddenly change in the next movie? If
Star Trek had a self-limiting premise, then maybe it would run the risk of wearing out its welcome, but it has one of the most open ended premises of any concept in TV and movies, so this isn't a problem either.
There's really nothing on the horizon that would trip up the revitalized engine of
Star Trek, in movies, on TV, books, video games, etc. They can take this anywhere, as long as they stick to the core values that they've proven they understand. The rest is just implementation - solving the problem of where a
Star Trek TV series would air, for example, since all the candidates have drawbacks. Not a big worry for me - solving problems is why people get paychecks.
