Thursday, December 6, 2012

First Trailer For Star Trek Sequel



I have no reaction to this trailer but welcome any that you do.

14 comments:

david_b said...

Just watched it.. Looks pretty 'epic', generically.

Hope it keeps some resemblence of cool 'Trekness'. For instance, I saw a few of the new Nolan Batman films. Didn't like the darkness aspect much, and the films seem pretty action-oriented, but doesn't really say 'Batman' to me...

You could put nearly any hero into that role (including Arnold or Bruce...), and it would still be the same.

Erik Johnson Illustrator said...

"The Trek Knight Rises"!

We start with a Twilight Blue-Tinted Funeral scene (I wonder who dies?) followed by a monologue about "Vengeance" with shots of Kirk in the ribbed jacket and Benedict in a makeshift Starfleet uniform. The Japanese trailer even includes a shot of Kirk and Spock touching hands across a glass partition.

So yeah, it looks like an yet another attempt to copy "Wrath of Khan", just like the last movie and the one before that. I had hoped rumors of "Khan" as the bad guy were spread to misdirect us away from another classic villain, but that seems pretty unlikely now.

Let Batman be the one to go "Into Darkness", Star Trek is supposed to be about New Life, this is just going back and doing the same thing all over again.

DrGoat said...

I agree Eric, but evidently darkness sells, so that's the bottom line. I do hope there is some of that New Life involved. Hoping.

D.I. Felipe González said...

I hope it´s good as the first J.J. Movie. I prefer the adventure approach vs. TNG approach.

Mike D. said...

There was nothing there that hooked me. I don't know about this one. But the Next Gen : poster I saw at my local movie house looks promising. Any news about that?

Kal said...

Not that I have seen yet Mikeyboy. I have a feeling that the villain in Gary Mitchell from that first episode of classic Trek.

Unknown said...

Nothing to say about this trailer waiting to see more on this one before i make any calls on it.

Kelly Sedinger said...

I blogged it the other day, but there's something about this creative team's efforts to recast TREK as a tentpole action movie franchise that I find offensive.

david_b said...

A lot of this just disappoints me, especially after everyone nailed their characters in the last film.

Well, we'll always have the classic stuff on DVD.

scottsz said...

Before anyone gets resigned to the Khan misdirection - it could be: http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Garth_of_Izar

DrGoat said...

scottsz, good find. You may be on to something.

david_b said...

Only if it meant a loyal legion of Orion Slave Girls.

Lordy, we'll need PLENTY of those..

DrGoat said...

Save me one of the green ones david_b.

Brian said...

It looks like more putrid garbage from JJ Lensflare and his hacks: Orci and Kurtzman. I abhor their first attempt and hopefully await when someone makes Star Trek again.