TMC
01-19-2024, 11:10 PM
https://whatculture.com/trekculture/10-dumbest-things-in-star-trek-2009-2?rf=homepage
Did Star Trek's reboot trade brains for action and ample nacelles?
BY MAURICE MOLYNEAUX
JANUARY 19TH, 2024
Despite being sold as an action-adventure show, Star Trek’s always had something of a rep for putting story before action, so much so that it’s often and accurately characterized as “talky.” Even as video compositing and CGI saw the cost of visual effects drop, the Trek franchise largely avoided the influence of Star Wars to go big on the action at a cost to character and theme.
That changed when director JJ Abrams rebooted the original as a big-budget blockbuster in 2009 and dialed the action-adventure quotient to Lucasfilm levels. The reaction? Well, no one can hate on a franchise like its own devotees, and many were the fans that decried this new take in a Not My Star Trek fashion and accused it of dumbing down their favorite sci-fi enterprise.
Sure, there's plenty that's silly, convenient, and coincidental. And some will never forgive the lens flares or the brewery. But those nitpicks aside, what's truly dumb in the Kelvin timeline?
Let’s implode some red matter and make a portal back to 2009 and find out.
Did Star Trek's reboot trade brains for action and ample nacelles?
BY MAURICE MOLYNEAUX
JANUARY 19TH, 2024
Despite being sold as an action-adventure show, Star Trek’s always had something of a rep for putting story before action, so much so that it’s often and accurately characterized as “talky.” Even as video compositing and CGI saw the cost of visual effects drop, the Trek franchise largely avoided the influence of Star Wars to go big on the action at a cost to character and theme.
That changed when director JJ Abrams rebooted the original as a big-budget blockbuster in 2009 and dialed the action-adventure quotient to Lucasfilm levels. The reaction? Well, no one can hate on a franchise like its own devotees, and many were the fans that decried this new take in a Not My Star Trek fashion and accused it of dumbing down their favorite sci-fi enterprise.
Sure, there's plenty that's silly, convenient, and coincidental. And some will never forgive the lens flares or the brewery. But those nitpicks aside, what's truly dumb in the Kelvin timeline?
Let’s implode some red matter and make a portal back to 2009 and find out.