![]() It was almost Star Wars-y, the way stories set in the vastness of space still boiled down to the domestic drama and person-to-person combat skills of a few special people.Ĭontrast that with Star Trek Beyond, where the universe feels big again. the screenwriters) manipulating events to push the characters into their appointed roles. The Enterprise zipped across the galaxy in a matter of minutes, as if the crew was just commuting across town. In the last two movies, despite the fate of Earth continually hanging in the balance, the world felt awfully small, almost claustrophobic. Perhaps the most important difference is a subtle one. (Also, by revealing that John Cho’s Sulu has a husband, it finally includes a gay character on the bridge of the Enterprise). The movie includes plenty of winks and nods to the past, but they don’t overcrowd the story, which is busy introducing new worlds, new civilizations and new characters. And where Star Trek ’09 and Into Darkness seemed intent on repeating, tweaking or at best reinventing what we’d seen before, Beyond directs the franchise outward. For one thing, it manages to avoid any aggressively dumb moments. But I didn’t mind, because there were other moments when I was smiling so hard that my face could have split open.Īnd even if the script by Simon Pegg and Doug Jung goes heavy on spectacle, it’s a significant step up from the past two films. So no, I’m not really sure why Kirk ends up speeding through the enemy base on a motorcycle, and I can’t explain why the final confrontation takes place in a ridiculously complicated-looking airlock. In his four (!) Fast and Furious films, director Justin Lin already demonstrated that he knows how to transform silly ideas into set pieces that are spectacular and thrilling, and he doesn’t disappoint here. Abrams, Trek movies have to stick with the Hollywood blockbuster template, then at least the action is entertaining. Sure, I miss the more cerebral incarnations of Star Trek. ![]() This didn’t bother me as much as I expected. A few minutes later, however, a swarm of ships smashes through the Enterprise’s hull, and our cast is left scattered across the surface of a mysterious planet.įrom that moment on, the bigger questions are pretty much swept off the table in favor of action, action and more action. This could be the promising setup for a Trek that’s meditative, character-driven and kind of meta - an attempt to redefine the franchise as it celebrates its 50th birthday. Kirk (played by Chris Pine) asked for at the end of Star Trek Into Darkness, but now he’s complaining that things are starting to feel a little “episodic,” and he’s wondering about the point of it all. ![]() Star Trek Beyond is set for a release on July 22.Let’s start with the obvious: Star Trek Beyond is a pretty good movie, but it doesn’t quite make it into the top tier of Trek films like The Wrath of Khan, The Undiscovered Country and First Contact.īeyond, which opens today, starts with the crew of the Enterprise in the middle of its five-year, deep space mission. The cast hope that the new film will be a tribute to the late actor. Th 27-year-old, who played Chekhov in the films, was killed last month when he was crushed by his own car. The event in Syndey was a somber one however, as the death of one of the film’s stars, Anton Yelchin, was still fresh in the the cast’s minds. He said: “I liked the approach, which was not to make a big thing out it, which is where I hope we are going as a species, to not politicise one’s personal orientations.”ĭuring Star Trek’s run in the 1960’s, Takei refused to come out in fear of it ruining his career, but he is now one of the world’s most prominent LGBT faces. John Cho plays Sulu in the film and while visiting Sydney with his co-stars to promote it, explained that the writers, Simon Pegg and Doug Jung, decided to make Sulu gay as a nod to George Takei who played the character in the 1960’s series. Sulu, is the helmsman of the USS Enterprise and is depicted as the father of a daughter with a same-sex partner in upcoming blockbuster instalment Star Trek Beyond. ![]()
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