About the new Star Trek series CBS announced...
Now, only making it available via their (apparently lousy) subscription (with commercials) streaming service is certainly not setting it up for success.
But it premiers January 2017.
What are the chances that CBS All Access still exists in January 2017?
They do the kinds of things that I wish prequels wouldn’t do. They do the thing that I wish franchise reboots wouldn’t do. As the trailers showed, they have today’s kind of over-the-top action that seemed at odds with the spirit of the original series. Oh, and did I mention that Trek had more than used up their time-travel allowance?
It’s unsurprising that I have criticisms. What’s surprising is that...they really feel like trivia. It’s a really good movie, and it feels like it really honors the original Trek and what it was about. The characters are all made more without going too far.
Well, that’s my first impression. I remember saying Episode I was “really good” the day I saw it. So, I won’t try to answer the big question. Mr. Abrams has scored a victory, though, simply because people are seriously comparing his film to Khan.
10 Things Parents Should Know Before Seeing The New Star Trek
My favorite bits:
8. Do I need to sit through the credits for some sort of bonus movie at the end?
This should’ve been question number 1, not 8. The answer was “no”.
It’s a space action flick, so it’s fairly loud throughout. The space battles are loud [...]
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