Saw The New "Trek" Last Night

So, after I finished pimping my comics in the lobby of the Arena Grand theater last night, I stuck around for a couple of hours and saw Star Trek.
So, how was it?
I'd probably put it in fourth or fifth place among the 11 extant Trek films, behind Star Trek--The Motion Picture (not the best film, but still my favorite, mostly because it was the most like the original series. It was, after all, originally conceived as the pilot for a second series.), First Contact, The Wrath of Khan, and maybe The Voyage Home. True, this film would never be called "too cerebral," as was "The Cage," the first ST pilot, but it does a good job of capturing both the spirit of Trek and of a modern summer "blockbuster" motion picture event.
The new cast have done a fine job of making these characters their own, with the standouts being Scotty and Chekov. Chekov, along with Uhura, are given more character development here than they have been afforded in the past 43 years of Trek TV and film.
The actor who most closely resembled his original Trek universe counterpart is Karl Urban, playing Dr. McCoy. It's not so much that he's impersonating DeForest Kelley, but that he was probably cast, at least in part, for his resemblance, in aspect and manner, to the role's originator.
I do have one small problem with the film, however---I wanted to see more of the green-skinned chick. (Not that we didn't see quite a bit of her as it was; when we first see her, she's clad only in underwear.)[b]

- Posted by wastedpotential on 10 May 2009 08:56 am    -   0 comments