First there was the GI Joe trailer. Then the trailer for Transformers 2, that shows the return of Megatron. It was the first time I'd seen either of them, and when the opening scene of Star Trek immediately followed all that... well I'll admit it: I think I cried a little. They were stoic, manly tears, mind you.
Abrams paid every respect imaginable to Rodenberry's legacy. The canon was dismissed more or less entirely, but the canon was never important. It wasn't about the history or what happened on what star date. None of that ever made Star Trek what it was. Nameless Redshirts made Star Trek. Technobabble made star trek. Green women, funny accents, impossible challenges with equally impossible solutions, ship lights that don't even blink in sequence, Kirk constantly finding himself hanging from ledges, these are the things that made Star Trek what it was, and the minds behind this movie knew it.
It's almost enough to make me watch the last three seasons of Lost after all...
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My girlfriend and I are gonna do that soon anyway. I'll let let you know if you should or not.
ReplyDeleteShe'd say you must, for the record.