Don’t ask me why, but a theater in Tulsa showed the new Star Trek movie a day early. I live in a family of “Trekkies”, so we went to see it.
Oh. My. Gosh.
I won’t give you any spoilers. But despite the young Kirk, the young Spock, and the young other guys…this movie is not a “prequel”, and it is not a “remake” of the original Star Trek. It is actually a sequel. And it is done in a way that opens up a way for them to do future movies, if they want, without compromising the original story line.
How do they do this? You just have to see it to understand. All I will say is that it’s just about the most brilliant, ingenious story-writing I have ever seen.
One bit of irony I found that made me chuckle (again, no spoilers here) was in the credits.
The movie’s OUTSTANDING special effects were credited to…Industrial Light & Magic. Which, of course, is owned by George Lucas.
Yep. Star Trek…brought to you by Star Wars.
Awesome. 🙂
Wayward Son
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I'm not really a rebel. Just a sincere Christ-follower with a thirst for significance that gets me into trouble. My quest has taken me over the fence of institutional Christianity. Here are some of my random thoughts along the way. Read along, join in the conversation. Just be nice.
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My son and I saw it last night. Great movie, a lot of fun.
Jeff- I have always been a huge fan and was a kid when the original TV series aired. Of course, I have seen all of the movies multiple times. Tomorrow, we will be headed to the theater with our son and daughter-in-law. I’m excited!
LOL! We (my son & some of his friends) saw it last Friday afternoon and we said ALL of these things on the way out of the theater!!! It is great – my husband & I are going tonight.
"this movie is not a "prequel", and it is not a "remake" of the original Star Trek. It is actually a sequel. And it is done in a way that opens up a way for them to do future movies, if they want, without compromising the original story
line."