Remember how that last Star Trek Beyond
trailer sucked so bad even the guy who wrote the movie admitted it wasn’t very
good? Yeah, well, apparently Paramount took that to heart and released a new,
much better trailer. There’s not a single Beastie Boys track to be found. Check
it out.
This trailer debuted last night at the Star
Trek Fan Event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the franchise (I
know, I know, the actual anniversary isn’t until later this
year. I get it, guys, seriously).
While I enjoy J.J. Abrams’ 2009 reboot, and I don’t hate
Star Trek Into Darkness like many (though it is not good),
neither has felt like a real Star Trek movie. From what we
see here, I don’t know that Star Trek Beyond will rectify
that, but it’s progress.
The plot reportedly finds the crew of the Enterprise in the
midst of their five-year mission, and if nothing else, the film at least spends
most of its time tooling around deep space. There’s been fully too much Earth
in the previous installments, and I can’t wait to leave it in the rearview.
This trailer is a marked improvement from the last, and
Star Trek Beyond is starting to resemble an episode of
The Original Series. Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) and crew head
to an unexplored region of space, run afoul of the locals, and wind up in a pickle
on the surface of a new planet. That general plot structure forms the basis for
a large number of the episodes, and though it appears director Justin Lin (many
Fast & Furious movies) has given it a high-octane
makeover, that’s comforting to see.
And it doesn’t hurt that Idris Elba’s villain, Krall, continues
to look totally badass.
While I’m not sold, I was hopeful that Star Trek
Beyond wouldn’t be as bad as our first look. This is a step in the
right direction. We’ll see how the movie is when it boldly goes into theaters
on July 22.
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