23.6.09
Star Trekking
Before I say anything else, I'll leave aside the fact that the new Star Trek flic is a remake, with the same names stapled onto generally the same, but different characters. All the previous shows and films didn't exist.
That out of the way, I can say only one thing: the film sucks. Yeah, it's pretty, with all the 'special' effects and CGI and all that, and there's action and shooting and explosions. And its story might as well have been written by L. Ron Hubbard (in his guise of pulp sci-fi writer, not cult leader). Yeah, I did use to think Hubbard's Battlefield Earth is the greatest work of fiction ever written, but I was 12 at the time, and I've grown a few more synapses since then. So I prefer even my mindless entertainment to, well, have a story that makes sense. Star Trek fails to deliver.
That out of the way, I can say only one thing: the film sucks. Yeah, it's pretty, with all the 'special' effects and CGI and all that, and there's action and shooting and explosions. And its story might as well have been written by L. Ron Hubbard (in his guise of pulp sci-fi writer, not cult leader). Yeah, I did use to think Hubbard's Battlefield Earth is the greatest work of fiction ever written, but I was 12 at the time, and I've grown a few more synapses since then. So I prefer even my mindless entertainment to, well, have a story that makes sense. Star Trek fails to deliver.
