29 Days of Star Trek Meme: Day 19
Feb. 24th, 2012 09:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
4thofeleven19 - How did the Star Trek reboot affect you?
Well, I appreciated a Trek movie that seemed to have actually had some effort put into it; it was certainly a relief from the last couple of TNG movies. One has to give it credit too for somehow pulling of the feat of being a prequel, a sequel and a reboot of the franchise while still remaining at least largely coherent.
And, of course, it brought a lot of new people into Trek fandom, and it’s been fun seeing people watching the various series for the first time. (And their reactions on learning that Pon Farr is canon, not just a wacky fanfic trope…)
On the other hand, as I said at the time, I wasn’t exactly a fan of the film itself. If nothing else, reboot!Kirk is one of the least likeable protagonists I’ve seen in a long time, and his role in the film seems to exist entirely due to writer’s fiat. Not to mention that the writing managed the seemingly impossible by being scientifically ludicrous even by the already low standards set by previous Star Trek.
And, in general, I find the reboot-verse fails to offer anything particularly new. By putting all the characters in their familiar places, regardless of whether it made any real sense, it means the reboot universe feels far too familiar. Alright, Vulcan’s destroyed – how often was Vulcan’s existence really relevant on the show? Amok Time and Journey to Babel aren’t going to happen anymore, but that’s about it.
So, all in all, while I’m glad the reboot film managed to get Star Trek out of the pit it had dug itself into during the 2000s, I don’t really have that much interest in the reboot as a setting, and as a film, I count it, at best, as solidly in the middle, alongside The Search for Spock and Generations*, not as a standout in any way.
* Yeah, I kinda like Generations. Sue me.
Well, I appreciated a Trek movie that seemed to have actually had some effort put into it; it was certainly a relief from the last couple of TNG movies. One has to give it credit too for somehow pulling of the feat of being a prequel, a sequel and a reboot of the franchise while still remaining at least largely coherent.
And, of course, it brought a lot of new people into Trek fandom, and it’s been fun seeing people watching the various series for the first time. (And their reactions on learning that Pon Farr is canon, not just a wacky fanfic trope…)
On the other hand, as I said at the time, I wasn’t exactly a fan of the film itself. If nothing else, reboot!Kirk is one of the least likeable protagonists I’ve seen in a long time, and his role in the film seems to exist entirely due to writer’s fiat. Not to mention that the writing managed the seemingly impossible by being scientifically ludicrous even by the already low standards set by previous Star Trek.
And, in general, I find the reboot-verse fails to offer anything particularly new. By putting all the characters in their familiar places, regardless of whether it made any real sense, it means the reboot universe feels far too familiar. Alright, Vulcan’s destroyed – how often was Vulcan’s existence really relevant on the show? Amok Time and Journey to Babel aren’t going to happen anymore, but that’s about it.
So, all in all, while I’m glad the reboot film managed to get Star Trek out of the pit it had dug itself into during the 2000s, I don’t really have that much interest in the reboot as a setting, and as a film, I count it, at best, as solidly in the middle, alongside The Search for Spock and Generations*, not as a standout in any way.
* Yeah, I kinda like Generations. Sue me.