The Star Trek franchise hasn’t done much in the past few years. Since their last show, Enterprise, flopped and was canceled they’ve released a smattering of video games and novels. The Star Trek name is far from dead, but a good bridge crew is apparently hard to find. So, they’ve stopped trying to find a new one and decided for a slingshot around the sun and a trip back in time.
J.J. Abrams, already mentioned in a previous post, is directing this new prequel to the Star
Trek universe, Star Trek XI. Following the crew of the Enterprise in their younger days, the characters of Kirk, Spock and Bones return to the void. They are played by all new actors with Spock played by Zachary Quinto (known for his role as Sylar on the NBC show Heroes) and Kirk played by Chris Pine who turned down a co-starring role with George Clooney in a new age noir movie for the Captain’s Chair. Leonard Nimoy has also been cast as his old role of Spock, but it’s unclear how the young Spock and the original are in the same movie.
CBS Paramount has been pushing this movie quite heavily online. They have even gone so far as to bring the original series to the Internet, showing full episodes from all three seasons.
So far, there hasn’t been much information and what is being released is receiving mixed reactions. Many fans view this as cheapening the original, somewhat similar to how fans felt about the newest Star Wars trilogy. There is hope, however, for this film to revitalize Star Trek and even spawn a new show. For now, I’ll live long and prosper in waiting.
Ian MacKechnie
images courtesy of www.startrek.com
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