Would anyone be surprised to find out that Captain Kirk was a Viagra fiend? Not me. In fact, I’m pretty sure he’d go on some elaborate adventure and time-travel back to the 20th century to make sure it’s been invented.
He’s a horn dog, is what I’m saying.
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Star Trek comes out this weekend and I’d say I’m excited for it. I was never that big of a fan of the original series, though. I mean, I liked the actors and I LOVE the characters. But the low production value of those shows from the 60’s leaves me cold. I liked the movies a lot, though. Obviously Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is everyone’s favorite (“KHHHHHAAAAAAAAAN!”). But I also really like Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
Despite the fact that I’ve seen nearly every episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, probably 85% of Star Trek: Deep Space 9 and most of Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise, I don’t really consider myself “a trekker.” I really think of myself more as a Star Wars nerd.
I think it depends on which franchise got to you first. I was born in 1977. I’m in the sweet-spot when it comes to the influence of Star Wars. I wasn’t introduced to Star Trek until I was in high school and was looking for an excuse to stay up late while waiting for Late Night with Conan O’Brien to come on. Where I lived, The Next Generation was running in syndication at 10:30 at night. It worked out perfectly because it got me hooked.
I know that there are some hard-core trekkers who are concerned about this reboot with a younger cast. I can understand why. I mean, the first Star Trek probably had a perfect cast. Certainly Shatner and Nimoy were a pairing for the ages.
But of all the franchises that have been rebooted in the last few years – Batman, James Bond, Hulk, Punisher – it was probably Star Trek that needed it most of all.
I think this film is probably the antithesis of X-Men Origins: Wolverine in terms of building positive buzz and anticipation. Whereas X-Men Origins: Wolverine was like a awkward teenager trying desperately to get you to like them (advertising for more than a year, a million clips and commercials, gimmicky alternate endings shipped to different theaters), Star Trek has been playing it close to the vest.
Whereas I felt I knew everything about X-Men Origins: Wolverine, I feel like I know next to nothing about what Star Trek is going to give us.
From the trailers, I can tell that this version of James T. Kirk is more cocky than the original. Maybe even somewhat of a problem child. I know the bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise looks like an Apple store and I know Eric Bana’s character is bald. Beyond that, all I know is that there appears to be a lot of lens flares in space.
But plot-wise? No idea. And I like it that way.
I’ll probably have more to say about Star Trek with Friday’s comic. So, to keep you entertained in the meantime, please enjoy these video remixes from Star Trek: The Next Generation. There’s a guy on YouTube who has put together nearly two dozen of these and they’re hilarious! Enjoy!
I think that's a GOOD thing!
Considering action franchises like Die Hard, Rambo and their aging protagonists, things could be much worse!
Before we beam down to the planet Cougar-5, I'm going to need you to lend me more of your Viagra, Scotty...
I'VE GIV'N YA ALL I HAVE, CAP'N! I CANNA GIVE YA NO MORE!
You like the original cast, love the characters, like the movies and have seen 85% of all the spin off shows? I’m sorry but you’re in denial. You are indeed a Trekker. 😉
I won’t argue that I might be a trekker.
I’m just saying I probably wouldn’t introduce myself that way. 🙂
Speaking of Khan…this is great.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP17mbJ5L6Y
Just a JJ Abrams Fringe/Star Trek side notes:
1. Leonard Nimoy will have an important role on Fringe as William Bell, and
2. I was watching Fringe last night and I think the plot/story line to the Star Trek movie was actually given during a questioning scene. The questioning was right after an extended preview of Star Trek. It was all a bit surreal. (As a courtesy to Tom, I will not elaborate on what was revealed).
wren1313 beat me to the Fringe reference from last night. I have to agree with him that they did an interesting job of pitching the plot within the show and making it sound plausible. Of course with how weird last nights episode was, damn near anything would have sounded plausible. Have I mentioned that’s my favorite show on TV right now!
I can’t wait to see the finale next week. Of course it’ll suck to have to wait until next fall to get more episodes.
As for the Star Trek preview, I thought it was rather weak. It wasn’t like the Dark Knight preview last year, where we got to see the whole bank heist.
On a side note, a friend of mine (who’s opinions I trust almost implicitly) saw a preview of Star Trek last night and compared it to Iron Man in how good it’s put together. He said, “Like Favreau, Abrams just gets everything right.” I was already pretty psyched for Star Trek, but hearing that, I just can’t wait until Saturday!
It’s too bad Scotty died. It would have been awesome to see him again in a Star Trek movie.
I just finished watching the Star Trek videos and realized that Andrew Hussie sounds very familiar. That’s the guy who does MSpaintAdventures! Awesome! I love that guy’s sense of humor.
Hahahaha this is classic! I’ll be hugely dissapointed when I go see Star Trek on friday if this line doesn’t make it into the movie! You’ve been on a role lately Tom, great work. FYI It was me that tweeted you two days ago about the Iron Man feature on TotalFilm, so if you followed me back I’d appreicate the followers boost! Oh, and in case you didn’t see, TotalFilm did a short interview today with Sam Rockwell about his role in Iron Man 2.
Also, are we really calling it Iron Man 2? A million internet points goes to the best bi-line suggestion. I’ll get the ball rolling…
IRON MAN 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO 😀
Dude… scotty’s dead.
NOT IN MY UNIVERSE, HE’S NOT!
Plus, it’s Star Trek. Blame it on some errant tachyons and a warp pulse.
“Like Favreau, Abrams just gets everything right.”
I would agree. But as much as I enjoyed “Iron Man” – in my opinion “Star Trek” is vastly superior. Yes, it’s that good. I’ve attended two press screenings and one regular screening (the movie opens in Germany today, with previews yesterday) and I’ve already ordered tickets for a fourth round. An no, I’m not a trekker. Never saw “Star Trek II”, hated “Nemesis”, loved “The Voyage Home”, quit on “Voyager” after 6 Episodes, on “Enterprise” after two, only saw one season of “DS9” (but enjoyed it). Actually, I was more of a “Star Wars”-fan until “Episode I”.
Oh, man. Nemesis was SO terrible. Don’t even get me started on that one.
I keep hearing people say that Star Trek is this year’s Iron Man and it sounds like it’s because they get a lot of things right.
As good as Iron Man is, I think they played it pretty safe in terms of introducing the characters. Star Trek sounds like it takes a few more risks. Probably because people are more familiar with the franchise. Iron Man needed more exposition to bring everyone up to speed.
I’ve just returned from seeing Star Trek and I have to report: it rocked. Top class entertainment from start to finish. Iron Man is pretty good comparison in that the film treats the audience as if it had never seen any element of Star Trek before but with plenty of nods to the fans. Also word of mouth will be really strong just like with Iron Man.
Oh yes. This will be hard to beat for movie of the summer. Just too good. And I don’t see anything down the pike that looks good enough to best it. Great storry. killer effects. perfect casting!
Star Trek is going to make HUGE bank at the box office. Wolverine splits the audience some, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it saw 60 to 70% drop off in it’s second week.
After that, it’s clear sailing for Star Trek. No competition in the sci-fi realm until Terminator Salvations 3 weeks later!
Hey… Nemesis wasn’t as awful as Insurrection which I honestly have blanked out from my memory.
And you know what… Wrath of Kahn was boring and had glaring errors (like for instance Kahn recognizing Chekov when Chekov wasn’t even on the series when they met Kahn). The only good part of Wrath was Kirk yelling “KAAAHN!” and you know it.
Insurrection was a glorified TV episode. It wasn’t a good movie, but it wasn’t nearly bad as Nemesis.
For example, why in Picard’s flashbacks is he bald? Similarly, why is his younger clone bald? He doesn’t have alopecia. Flashbacks from the TV show had Picard with hair as a young man.
More egregious, what about the opening sequence where they are monitoring the pre-warp civilization. They take the Prime Directive and break it over their knee by firing at them when discovered and showing off their shuttle during their escape.
Wrath of Kahn has problems and Kirk yelling to the heavens is a classic, but it’s also a tightly wound action movie. Much better than the ponderous first film or the environmentally friendly fourth film.
The thing about Wrath of Kahn that I love is how the director introduced the military hierarchy and visuals to star fleet. It had a drastic impact on the future of the franchise. Oh and the plot was just tight, not to mention a lot of character development for Kirk and Spock in particular.
Funny you should mention people comparing this movie to Iron Man, I saw a tv spot today that claims “Star Trek is this years Iron Man”.
” why is his younger clone bald?”
cause he wants to look like his pappy, or because of his genetic flaws