I apologize to 1969 and any of you folks who wanted me to submit a review of Star Trek (2009). Let’s call this movie ‘Enterprise Origins’ from here on in. I haven’t seen a bad review anywhere and I prA’li won’t be the first to tell you this film is a must-see movie. Despite the fact that TYLER PERRY managed to get himself cast as a starfleet administrator I’d go see this flick again just for the scene of Uhura sticking her tongue down Spock’s mouf.
I’m more of a fan of the campy 1960’s Star Trek program than I was of the later generational television shows or even the movies. RICARDO MONTALBAN was the hardbody shiite in that ‘Wrath of Khan’ joint though. Star Trek needed an update pretty bad. They needed something that made them younger and better looking than they had been in decades. Plus, as quiet as its kept, or not so much, they needed some good fucking actors. SHATNER is certainly one of the most beloved actors in Hollywood, but it is obvious that he was meant to portray the hammy Priceline.com pitchman more than a starfleet captain.
The new, improved Star Trek was absolutely the best movie in their canon because it divulged the backstory of all the legacy characters while holding tight to the idiosyncracies that endeared the OG TV series to us. Kirk has sex with green female aliens. Dr.Bones shows the attitude of a grizzled, know-it-all doctor. Scotty is without question a traditional Irishman, although sadly we don’t get to watch him take an actual drink. ZOE SALDANA as Uhura brings all the exotic sexyness that NICHELLE NICHOLS first inserted into that role.
Part of our real attraction to Star Trek were the campy acting performances and the mod costuming that GENE RODDENBERRY employed. There was a bit of whimsy in the series as well as the morality that every episode tried to translate as we found out that alien races were just as emotionally flawed as us humans. Star Trek is the godfather of the intergalactic soap opera mixed with high tech fantasy. From this DNA we have extracted the Star Wars, BattleStar Galactica, Firefly, StarGate and Babylon 5 canons. Not to mention the enumerable Star Trek spinoff series. The writing for Star Trek was always the key.
The storyline of the new Star Trek film was J.J.ABRAMS coup. He has created the origin of the OG crew of the starship Enterprise. He did it with action and verve. He also did it with remembrance. LEONARD NIMOY’s cameo was only slightly far-fetched, and ZACHARY QUINTO’s performance as the young(er) Spock more than made up for that. If you still haven’t seen this movie then you need to stop reading this drop and find yourself in a movie theatre tonight. It’s been the best movie of the summer blockbuster season so far.
