The other thing about Trek as a TV show is the production values- the sets on old Star Trek episodes, are, well, sets. With a film, you’ve got to pick just one idea and run with it, and Abrams goes for ‘EXPLOSIONS!’ He’s not as bad as Michael Bay, but again, low bar. The show’s episodic, even thoughtful, and that gives the show the room to devote episodes to various concepts- so one week is a murder mystery, one week is a spy thriller, etc. If you ask me, Star Trek works better as a TV show, as opposed to the movies. See, Star Trek Into Darkness isn’t particularly bad….but it’s not particularly good, either I’m trying not to fall into the geeky habit of complaining “this isn’t my Star Trek!” but I did make a note 23 minutes into the movie that “Sisko wouldn’t put up with this shit.” I then noted the design was a little bit more Mass Effect-ish than Trek (Starfleet has hats now!) which in turn made me realize “Commander Shepard really wouldn’t put up with this shit.” That one little visual cliché struck me as…I dunno, too easy? Too tropeish? It didn’t make me go so far as to say Abrams is a bad director, little visual cues like that seemed a bit…cheap, I guess. What threw me out of the sequence, however, was a moment in which Spock does a vaguely Christ-y prayer pose kneeling inside of a volcano. Abrams is a skilled director, and he can make action sequences that are best described as “crackerjack.” Star Trek: Into Darkness starts with a rollicking, Indiana Jones-esque sequence on an alien world that’s legitimately exciting. Then again, in my head I’m comparing it to the most recent Michael Bay Transformers movie, so, y’know. Based on some of the negative reviews I’d read about the movie when it came out, I was all ready to hate the movie.Īnd y’know what? It wasn’t quite as bad as I thought it would be. And since Star Trek Into Darkness (is there supposed to be a colon somewhere in there?) was the only one I hadn’t seen yet, there ya go. When I saw New Republic’s Dammit Jim in the store, I knew I’d have to pair it with a Trek movie. What I’m trying to say, folks, is that when it comes to Star Trek stuff, I’m gonna have opinions. Of course, when I was a kid, I used to prefer Star Wars to Star Trek, since it was faster paced and flashier- but as I’ve grown older, and returned to Trek as one of my go-to shows to watch on Netflix for background noise, I’ve really begun to appreciate Star Trek a lot more. Of course, being a little kid, episodes often went over my head, or some of the more dramatic episodes just came off as boring, but for better or worse, Next Generation introduced me to a lot of sci-fi concepts and such. I remember it being one of the first TV shows I stayed up late to watch when it was on weeknight syndication. See, I grew up on Star Trek: The Next Generation. If you can’t see why I paired this particular beer with this particular movie, you should probably go now, ’cause it’s only getting geekier from here on out. (Also Jeremy I hope I’m not stealing your thunder ’cause this blog is hella rad).Īnyway, I’m going to level with you here. Oh man, are you folks lucky- through no planning on our part, it’s a DOUBLE FEATURE on A Brew to Kill! My guess is both Jeremy and I got the same level of bored last night, and this is the result.
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