Being a hardcore fan, I've really been conflicted about the new flick. While what I've seen so far excites me, I still harbor some feelings of resentment. Perhaps that I've been fucked over my STAR TREK for the last 16 years. Especially since TNG left the air. With the exception of a few cool episodes here and there, Trek has been on autopilot. And it has evolved beyond what I knew as TREK. This became my Star Trek:
Gone was the wonder, the sci-fi excitement. It became T&A. Like, if I want that, I'll watch porn. I watch STAR TREK to get my sci-fi and brainy fiction fix. Plus as you know, TREK has always been about us, in teh future, getting past our differences and as one race exploring space. Its lost its core and thats why it became stale and why we need this "reboot" of sorts.
But to me, STAR TREK has always been about one thing: Kirk, Spock, on the Enterprise. Those characters. While I love TNG, and its a great brainy series (even A thinking man's show), its not "STAR TREK" to me. At its core, Trek to me is Kirk and the Enterprise. Well, all things must end, and while I can enjoy years and years of comics and books, where the adventures of Kirk and Spock I know can live on, forever young.. its not possible anymore in live action.
So I get this:
The biggest questions going in to this film are this:
1-Can I as a longtime and hardcore fan swallow new people taking over these roles, and me being okay with their "take" on the character I know and love?
2-With the time change in the film, will it ERASE all that has come before, making this in effect a REBOOT (meaning the last 40 years of history in TREK never happened) or is it mearly an offshoot.. a possible "what if" or (if you like) ULTIMIZED STAR TREK universe?
Those are the things that will make or break this film for me. They can flash me as much cool fights, ships and sexy shots of alien bitches all they want. I don't care for it. What I care for are the two things above.
I guess its sorta the same thing people felt when Sean Connery left BOND. Or when Tom Baker left DOCTOR WHO. But I don't have it in me to compare and contrast things I cannot control. STAR TREK is pretty personal to me. Hard to explain, it just is. But at the same time, I've never been so buck wild as to dress like a Klingon or THINK I was these characters and dress in a uniform to report for Jury Duty. Socially aware geek? Maybe. But deep down, I know Marc Daniels directed "THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE" and KHAN's middle name was NOONIAN. ;)
This weekend on the drive home I was thinking about it and I realized I should be grateful. Someone is trying something new and at least I get SOMETHING! They can Crystal Skull it for all I care. It really doesn't change what came before in my mind. I am focusing on keeping a clear mind and going in to enjoy it and not nitpick it. I'm looking at this new Trek as a big "what if" or alternate universe. I'm gonna just enjoy the ride and let it go.
So I'm going to go buy my ticket today. And I'll score those Burger King glasses tomorrow. Cause I'm a nerd. A STAR TREK nerd who is ready to relive his childhood again. I guess thats what I always do.
So lets Trek on this thursday at 7pm. My balls are erect and I'm ready to beam up!
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