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Saw the new Star Trek film yesterday, which was greatly entertaining. But I have to point out that it's not Star Trek.
It's sometimes trying to be Star Wars; at other times it's channeling Starship Troopers. Most frequently, however, it's pure Galaxy Quest. It's referential, tongue-in-cheek, and serves up in-jokes and clichés with a knowing wink. Its plot stretches credibility, and its science is patchy*.
But despite its rather piecemeal and ironic nature it does pull itself together into a cohesive and watchable film. It's thrilling and action-packed in the right parts, touching and well-acted in the right parts, and genuinely funny throughout. Crucially, the Kirk-Spock relationship is captured perfectly by both the script and the respective actors.
In conclusion, it's not Star Trek, but it is a great blockbuster movie. Probably the most fun film I've seen since Iron Man.
* Although kudos for the 'silent space' effect that it uses in a couple of places
It's sometimes trying to be Star Wars; at other times it's channeling Starship Troopers. Most frequently, however, it's pure Galaxy Quest. It's referential, tongue-in-cheek, and serves up in-jokes and clichés with a knowing wink. Its plot stretches credibility, and its science is patchy*.
But despite its rather piecemeal and ironic nature it does pull itself together into a cohesive and watchable film. It's thrilling and action-packed in the right parts, touching and well-acted in the right parts, and genuinely funny throughout. Crucially, the Kirk-Spock relationship is captured perfectly by both the script and the respective actors.
In conclusion, it's not Star Trek, but it is a great blockbuster movie. Probably the most fun film I've seen since Iron Man.
* Although kudos for the 'silent space' effect that it uses in a couple of places
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And thus it's not Star Trek how?
It was totally Star Trek.
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I couldn't reconcile this film with Star Trek simply because the film kept nudging me and whispering "this is so totally Star Trek".
Still, it was good. When Doctor Who tried to be postmodern, we ended up with <The Episode That Must Not Be Named>.
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Trials and Tribble-ations. A Piece of the Action. Hell, what's The Omega Glory but a (hamfisted) deconstruction of Cold War values?
Voyage Home and Insurrection. And while we're on it, how is Iron Man not postmodern?
What you mean is that Star Trek has never been irritatingly postmodern in the way that Rusty's stuff is. Nor was this. It was so totally Star Trek. I was nudged, I was winked at, and it was awesome.
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I guess I can't really explain why the film didn't "click" as Star Trek for me. Nonetheless, it didn't. It sits on the 'meta-Trek' shelf in my brain, right next to the also — but not quite as — good Galaxy Quest.
> And while we're on it, how is Iron Man not postmodern?
Never said it wasn't. In fact, by comparing it to Star Trek, surely I kinda implied it was... 8^/