On September 2, 2016, the third part of the third edition of "Star Trek" will be released in the mainland. Judging from the previously released trailers, the movie will still continue the fun created by J.J. Abrams. Adventure style, but this "Star Trek: Beyond the Stars" was directed by Justin Lin, director of the "Fast and Furious" series, and Abrams stepped back to the position of producer, but the director's name was changed, It does not mean that the style of the new series will change too much. According to the image style of the trailer, it only enhances the style of the "Fast and Furious"-style large action films and thrilling visual effects on the original basis. The great acclaim of Star Trek: Darkness Without Borders has made the 50th anniversary film work of "Star Trek" attract much attention. However, this time I intend to mainly review the 12-film version of "Star Trek" from 1979 to 2013. Trek, after all, the existence of classics always has to be traced back to its roots in history.
1. "Star Trek: Infinite Space" (1979)
- the beginning of hardcore sci-fi
The taste of hardcore sci-fi in the first "Star Trek" is like a metal plug, with a cold fishy smell, but the gentle photography and the visual delay of long shots give this film a kind of classical symphony. of elegance.
Use unknown power to create an atmosphere of suspense and horror, and then use the method of unraveling doubts layer by layer to release people's fears, and finally learn the truth. This kind of plot is arranged in the first part of the "Star Trek" movie version. It is a risky move, but if we can tolerate it with the mentality of 2001: A Space Odyssey, we will naturally get the philosophical thinking about the "creator", which contains human beings' self-identity and self-esteem. At the same time, it is also reflecting on the connection between the cold "logic" and the emotional "creation", just like the pair of Captain Kirk and Spock, it is a unity of "sensibility" and "rationality", even if The same is true for Spock, a hybrid of Earth and Vulcan.
This film has always been controversial in the "Star Trek" series, and has always been belittled by movie fans. It was not until the DVD of the director's cut version was published that it was rectified. It may be that the style of the subsequent works is too different, so it cannot receive a vote. Fans appreciate that the 1:41-long "overture" symphony at the beginning of the film flows in a shady scene without any images at all. Thus Said Stella.
2. "Star Trek: Wrath of Khan" (1982)
- Spock's Great Dedication
The second film is obviously not as high-minded as the first. Most of the film is based on the revenge of Captain Kirk's old enemy Khan. The setting, but the movie did not spend too much writing on it. Fortunately, at the end, Spock's self-sacrificing and fearless spirit suddenly disappeared, and it had the meaning of returning to the light.
However, due to the film's ending plot and the villain "Khan" in 2013's "Star Trek: Darkness Without Borders", it makes the film seem to be broken now, and, in the "Interstellar fans" "passenger" In the "Reading Book", there has always been a written rule that "even-numbered sets are better than cardinal-numbered sets", so this film is quite popular among the ashes.
3. "Star Trek: Stonebreaker" (1984)
- The foundation of Kirk and Spock's friendship
Connecting the second plot, the theme of the third part was changed to "salvation" and "sacrifice". In the second part, Spock sacrificed to save everyone, this time it was replaced by Kirk to save the reborn Spock Ke and unfortunately lost his son. This kind of circular story development can be regarded as allowing Spock to go through a cutscene and return to the world of "Star Trek" again. Although there are not too many surprises in the plot, it is more brilliant The sci-fi idea of Spock-Spock's growth and the aging process of the creation planet have been maintained, which has added a lot of sci-fi interest to the movie.
This time, the interstellar federation and the Klingons fought for the first time, which is also the beginning of the interstellar war. Of course, the exquisite scenes and costumes are still the highlights of the series.
4. "Star Trek: Saving the Future" (1986)
- an ecological metaphor under the travel of time and space
Like the first part of "Back to the Future" the previous year, the "Star Trek" series finally opened the chapter of time travel. The "Star Trek 4: Rescue the Future" is better in viewing than the first part, and the theme depth is also high. In the second and third installments, which made it the best-looking and most in-depth one of the first four "Star Trek" series, environmental issues were raised, and this raised the humpback whale that went extinct 300 years ago. Linked to the entire human existence in the 23rd century, this undoubtedly greatly increases the thickness of the film.
Let the group of "Enterprise" go back to the past, and all kinds of interesting topics will naturally arise. It is worth mentioning that the director of this film is directly played by Spock's actor - Leonard Nimoy. (The third film was also directed by Nimoy), which makes the film's friendship and team strength more prominent. Although the style of hardcore sci-fi is still maintained, the series sense of the film has been greatly deepened. Of course, this feeling is from the second Nimoy. Moy had already taken shape when he was directing.
5. "Star Trek: The Ultimate Vanguard" (1989)
- "God" or "Illusion", an exploration of the origin problem
This "Star Trek" has raised several questions: Does God exist? Even in the 23rd century with advanced technology, even though most of the lost planets have begun interstellar communication, people on every planet are still thinking "Where do we come from?" "This is the ultimate question, but the "God" that the film finally finds is just a liar. The movie still has doubts about the proposition of "God", but even if it is us, it is the same. Things that have not been proven will always be accompanied by two kinds of problems. Emotions, one is "expectation" and the other is "fear".
In addition to this mainline issue, we also saw the "Enterprise" team thinking about the concept of "home", just as Captain Kirk said at the beginning: "Everyone has a home, but they are not." Although it is indeed work Conditions and a sense of mission force this, but as long as a person is in a group and is an excellent mutual aid group, then he has a "home". Kirk's sadness pervaded, and Captain Kirk said at the end: "I was wrong." He agreed with this group, and he regarded them as family. The three people at the end of the bonfire sang folk songs, which is the proof. .
Regardless of the theme, Star Trek 5: The Ultimate Vanguard is as warm and mysterious as the fourth. Although this is not highly rated in "Star Trek", I personally think it may be a seriously underrated "Star Trek" sequel.
6. "Star Trek: Future City" (1991)
- "Peace" isn't just a 21st century cry
As the final chapter, it may not be the best, but it is the greatest, "Star Trek 6: Future City" as its name, on all planets including humans and Klingons and Vulcans The occupants of the 1990s saluted in front of "Peace". Like the film's release in December 1991, the Soviet Union also disintegrated during this period, which also marked the official end of the Cold War.
Sometimes movies and reality can always have a wonderful combination. In the movie, the neutral zone finally disappears, and the Klingons finally shake hands with the Star Alliance; in reality, although the United States and Russia will continue the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union, But at least the shadow of the Cold War has since been eliminated. The Klingons and the Star Alliance have been opposed to each other for 70 years, and the United States and the Soviet Union have been opposed to each other for 45 years. Maybe this interpretation itself is a "far-fetched", but in this "" In the context of "far-fetched", do we feel the charm of the sci-fi series "Star Trek"?
Although the true story is over, the courage represented by the "Enterprise" is not over. It is still moving forward, and it is still going to the forefront of exploring the unknown.
7. "Star Trek: Star Trek" (1994)
- reaffirmed in doubt, confusion of new sailing
As the first in a new series, although William Shatner's Captain Kirk appears at the beginning and end of the film, but without Nimoy's Spock, it's like a "Star Trek" without a distinctive logo Yes, but in keeping with the usual style of the old series—group battles and adventure stories, as well as simple but philosophical themes, the new Star Trek series can’t be said to be a complete disappointment.
Stuck in a false and beautiful time and space? Or brave the short life mission that needs to be accomplished? It has become the main topic of "Star Trek 7: Star Trek", expressing the inner struggle of the old Captain Kirk through the blissful world of alien space. But in the end, it was only through the communication with the new captain of the Enterprise that he agreed with the previous life philosophy. It can be said that although "Star Trek 7: Star Shift" questioned the core of the entire series at the beginning, it also questioned the core again through this questioning. affim.
8. "Star Trek: First Contact" (1996)
- "First Contact" in fantasy
Like the fourth film, this film is also narrated with the setting of "saving the future by traveling through the past". In fact, until the second part of the new series, which is this film, it has not yet formed a stable partner in the old series. Combination, the friendship of the team has not been formed, and the theme setting is not as grand as the old series, but the advantages of the new series are also obvious, that is, the level of modeling design and special effects has indeed been greatly improved. Science fiction movies in the 1990s It is indeed very different from the level of science fiction movies in the seventies or eighties.
One thing that still makes this film stand out a lot is that the "Star Trek" series has always made the most cutting-edge conjectures in the fields of technology and humanities. When we assume that aliens do exist, how will we start contacting them? The movie made the "warp speed" technology a pass for human beings to be recognized by alien civilizations. At the same time, in the setting of alien species, it also made Spock's planet, Vulcan, the first alien civilization to welcome earth civilization. .
9. "Star Trek: Interstellar Revolt" (1998)
- racial conflict under "Immortal"
Many people say that this is not as good as the eighth, but in my opinion, it is far more than the eighth. The discussion on the theme of "immortality" is not only a dream of Chinese emperors, but also of aliens. It also illustrates an unchanging vision of human beings since ancient times - the yearning for youth and the hatred for aging.
But the movie doesn't stay on this common-sense theme, but digs deep and lets the characters choose between "revenge" and "forgiveness", which is the second theme of the film, and also the surprise of the climax. burst. In terms of special effects, as the first film in the "Star Trek" series to introduce "holographic images", it opened the audience's eyes. After all, it was in 1998, and the special effects at that time were quite mature, with a sense of realism and technology. All very real.
It is worth mentioning that in the third episode of the new series, it is considered that the "new seven-person team" is firmly presented to the audience, rather than the run-in and looseness at the beginning of the first two episodes. More enhancements, the amusing caused by the mechanical nature of "data", the feelings of the first officer and the commander, the black mechanical officer's choice of vision and redemption, these are the beginning of the second edition of the "Star Trek" series for team members. Personality mining, which is quite commendable.
10. "Star Trek: Nemesis" (2002)
- hasty ending, unsuccessful ending
Maybe we will die inexplicably sad for the last "data" of the second edition, but there is no doubt that "Star Trek 10: Nemesis" is not a surprise as the finale, but leaves a lot of regrets, it is not only It didn't end with the grandeur of the sixth installment, nor did it have a stunning opening like the latest Star Trek in 2009, a disgraced and hasty ending.
It may be due to the overly complicated interstellar contradictions and clone suspense caused at the beginning of the movie, which makes the overall look and feel of the movie always very sluggish in the first half, even for those who have watched the first 9 movies, it is a bit difficult. To sort out those tangled interstellar battles, but in the second half, the movie uses another strategy, that is, a large-scale spaceship confrontation station, using a single-line narrative method, which makes the second half present another kind of boring, I can only feel the bombardment brought by the special effects, without too much suspense and emotion. Of course, the death of "data" in the end is indeed a good way to save the "face" of the whole movie, but it seems that we only remember this. .
11. "Star Trek" (2009)
- "Interstellar", characters reshuffled
The first part of the new set sail, that is, "Star Trek" in 2009, as the opening series, used time and space to reshuffle the new story line, the re-appearance of the old Spock, and the foundation of the new Spock's character. The point of view of this movie is not surprising that this movie uses "revenge" and "redemption" as the driving force for the development of the story, which does not make people feel strange and vulgar, but a kind of "great courage" " superposition.
What makes people instantly think of is the "Batman Prequel" trilogy directed by Nolan. Like "Batman: Mystery of the Shadow", Abrams adopts the method of tracing the character of the protagonist to the legendary character - Kou Kerk and Spock are dissected, but unlike "Batman", the new series does not deliberately make the characters dark, but uses a "rock-style" style to portray Kirk, making the man who has never been in the dark. The legendary captain who plays by the rules has a youth that matches his character.
12. "Star Trek: Darkness Without Borders" (2013)
- a visual feast of the previous work
Our latest sequel is 2013's Star Trek: Darkness, directed by J.J. Abrams, and this movie looks and feels like the best one in the entire series, not only It lies in the level of Hollywood visual effects in the second year of the 21st century, but also in the grasp of rhythm and the development of the plot, which make the sequel to this new series unusually stable.
The opening of the first part in 2009, through the reversal of time of the villain, prompted the life of Captain Kirk to change from now on, but what remains the same is that the classic seven-member group in the original series is still attractive, and can be moved again. The "Star Trek" that set sail has a new story trajectory and can refer to the story setting of the classic six-part series, so it can naturally benefit a lot, and this is the case with this film.
The villain this time is the "Khan" in "Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan". Although he is played by Cuan Fu, his acting skills are not ambiguous at all. He fully interprets Khan's cunning, brutality and brutality. Stealing the style of the actors of Kirk and Spock, and the ending part is just the opposite of the second part. It is also the final death of the adventure radiation, but this time it is Captain Kirk, due to the second "Star Trek" in 1982. The foreshadowing of the story makes this opposite setting have a very interesting structure. The audience will not blame this old stalk. For iron fans, it is a sense of time and space of "new house meets old knowledge". If we look at It's not hard to find the source of this similarity in the writers' list of "Star Trek: Darkness Without Borders": Nicholas Mayer on this screenwriter is the director of the second film in 1982.
50 years of science fiction, it is worth watching
When we look back at the 12 "Star Trek" movies from 1979 to 2013, we find that many things have not changed. The theme of "redemption" is "forgiveness", the concept "Intuition" and "logic", emotional "distancing" and "deepness" are all typical hallmarks of "Star Trek", it does not use as many interstellar races and customs to create a grand world like "Star Wars" , on the contrary, it is using advanced technology, customs of a foreign land, and future time and space to tell a lot about our current affairs, whether it is the ecological concern in the fourth "Saving the Future", or the sixth "City of the Future". The call for "peace" in China is all about using science fiction to tell what we urgently need to solve at the moment.
Maybe you only heard the name "Star Trek" in "The Big Bang Theory", but its thickness and depth are not just an "otaku" pipe dream superimposed with special effects and technological theory.
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