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There's crying in the streets that Star Trek (the latest movie's title; there's no numbering systems) plays down the 'trademark' progressive ethos for more exciting and robust (and, money-making?) action scenes.

Huh? Do you mean to tell me that the reason all of those trekkies flocked to this series for decades, decrying real lives (NTTAWWT) was to witness cultural changeyness? That's worked out well.

Dan's post yesterday drew the usual excellence in commentary, including this gem...

Comment by BJT-FREE! on 5/7 @ 7:21 am #

This sentiment from the googliest Obama lovers of the national news magazine set should come as no surprise and is completely in line with Hollywood sentiments.

Tinsel Town may just be getting the “message” that “message” movies of a progressive bent don’t … whats that word … oh, yea SELL! Forgetting all of the anti Iraq war movies which collectively made about $1.78 while losing gazillions despite slavishly favorable reviews, instead consider the gold standard for such tripe : The Good Shepherd

Mind numbing, boring, deep dark preachy, unwatchable, unsuccessful, despite a top notch cast.

The films that do preach and achieve some modicum of success (think “Wall-E”) do so because they also … oh, what’s that word … oh yea ENTERTAIN! Or, maybe, they present a point of view without sledge hammering it into our cerebral cortex (think “Atonement.”)JJ Abrams hasn’t made his pile by plying a particular political point of view. He’s filthy rich because he can make a movie true to the construct of the story and wow audiences with great action and reasonable character development.

But the narrative is all powerful and far reaching and damn that Abrams for taking out all of the Utopian mind sets of idealist Gene Roddenberry’s original series. How will that small cadre of Trekkies who have held fast to that ideal of the original Star Trek as the blueprint for a better world going to survive this wallowing in the morass of Teh Fun?!

I’d suggest getting a date.

Hmmmph. My main question: does this film include an actress approaching the quality of otherwise-dull Star Trek: Voyager's Seven of Nine? Hmmmm?


I'll just have to go see, I suppose.

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UPDATE
No spoilers. Just a couple noncommital-couple things...

What surprised me the most, and I felt was the biggest stretch, was Uhura’s newfound --uality.

I'm getting tired of seeing nice cars trashed.

You can tell that the competitive Star Wars has greatly influenced these new Trek writers. I wonder if there could be a criss-cross sort of movie, something like Alien vs. Predator? Now that would be a hoot. The Federation vs. the Sith Lords, or the Force vs. the Borg. Captain Kirk meets Darth Rove or something. (Kirk, in the Mos Eisley Cantina…what would you expect him to pick up in there? )

Oh! “Beam me up, Scotty.” One of the 'phrases that Trekkies expected', but didn't get.

Last: The timeline is trashed. It's a brave, new, boldly-go-there again! sort of Trek world, now.

Over all rating:

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UPDATE II

Smitty's added this as a R.S. McCain Rule 5 Sunday Linky. Thanks, Smitty~!

(Oh, and if I say any more about that plate, that would classify as a spoiler, and I promised! )

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