I hope this theme can be overdrawn for a few episodes

Meredith 2022-04-20 09:01:32

Since the restart of "Star Trek" in 2009, I don't know how many people have experienced the same mental journey as me:
2009 - super cool, the door to history has reopened!
2013 - A bit old-fashioned, okay.
2016 - Still this set, how many times do you have to do it (yawning)...

As a set of sci-fi that is originally based on the humanistic spirit, in today's 3D technology, it will not take advantage of it.
The popular forms of sci-fi now are hard sci-fi with stunning visual effects, and action blockbusters that are piss-free from start to finish.
In the past, it wasn't because I didn't want to shoot this kind of thing, it was because of the lack of technology.
Captain Shell had to use inexplicable two-handed punches in close combat, and had to use a lot of dramatic close-ups to express the characters.
All the sci-fi elements in the story are spoken by mouth...
Such TV series still impress audiences from generation to generation because of the humanistic spirit expressed in it and the optimism for the future of mankind.
In the future of "Star Trek", the world has been realized. Just because of "curiosity", people sent this spacecraft with no clear purpose to wander in the universe. The crew lives together in harmony regardless of race, gender, religion. Various professionals fell in love with each other and united around the captain. All the dangers encountered on the road will be conquered by the captain's amazing sense of justice and ability to talk.
"Star Trek" promises such a future for two generations of children. In the context of the Cold War, it is very touching.

However, we must realize that this is the advanced thinking of the mid-20th century.
It is no longer advanced, it has become politically correct!
Restarting a set of movies still uses the same set of thinking patterns.
White and black dating, which was shocking in the 1960s, is now mundane.
That Asian guy is gay, people on earth already know it, I wasn't even born when he came out of the closet!
The doctor and Spock fell in love and killed each other. How many times do you have to play this meme? Play! Several! all over!
In order to help the beautiful alien, the captain was taken into a trap. This is not a super old meme, it is a cultural phenomenon, okay...
Every accidental landing must land in an environment similar to the earth... It used to be because of technical limitations. In this way...
Also, the screenwriter added a lot to himself (that round-faced engineer)...

The whole film has no new ideas, no new thinking games, no 21st century prospects, no new character relationships, and nothing out of the ordinary. Science fiction creation. Don't dare to pinch characters, create plots, or touch sensitive topics. The end of the story goes back to where it started.
It's like a side story. In order not to affect the main storyline, I strictly stick to the red line and have no creative ambition at all.
You said he wanted to maintain the feelings in the hearts of fans. As a "Star Trek", the story is so simple that it is not lost at all.
Personally, I think the correct way to open Star Trek is to create an exquisite puzzle. Although the story takes place in space, children who like to use their brains think about it during the advertising time, and they can come up with an angle to solve the problem. If you can't figure it out, it's usually because the children's height is not high enough and there is a lack of humanistic care.
This puzzle-solving + ideological enlightenment + adventure mode is exactly what makes the "Trek" series attractive.
It's not the love of these people! ! !
It's the best way to praise friendship, isn't it? Humanities science fiction is also science fiction, there must be both humanities and science fiction!

Of course, this is not a bad movie. There are a lot of details that are very nice.
When a swarm of small locust-like ships besieged the Enterprise... When the
Enterprise was completely destroyed and landed with its face...
The magical spatial structure of Yorkshire's home...
The part that swept the little locusts with punk music, very Simon Pegg (screenwriter, Round-faced engineer)...
the ending music and the special effects that go deep into the stars...
if you haven't seen Star Trek before, it should be easier to enjoy this movie, and it's still good as a single.
Maybe I want too much.

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Star Trek Beyond quotes

  • Captain James T. Kirk: You lost! There's no way you can make it back there. Give up!

    Balthazar M. Edison: What, like you did? I read your ship's log, Captain James T. Kirk! At least I know what I am! I am a soldier!

    Captain James T. Kirk: You won the war, Edison! You gave us peace!

    Balthazar M. Edison: Peace... is not what I was born into.

  • Balthazar M. Edison: You can't stop it. You will die.

    Captain James T. Kirk: Better to die saving lives... than to live with taking them. That's what I was born into.