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New Star Trek Will Be Younger, Faster, Louder

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Wired: New Star Trek Will Be Younger, Faster, Louder

LOS ANGELES, California — Director J.J. Abrams continued the worldwide roll-out of his new Star Trek prequel Wednesday, showing four extended preview clips to a capacity crowd of stars, executives, press, crew, studio employees and their various entourages at the Paramount Pictures studio theater.

After showing the same clips to similar gatherings in Europe and New York, Abrams faced a mixed reaction from the media and those Trekkers lucky enough to crash the viewing parties. But Wednesday's presentation attracted a friendlier group, as Trek was returning to its home dry dock for an event that had the back lot buzzing.

Beyond the congratulatory handshakes, hugs and air kisses thrown Abrams' way, the real focus of attention was the footage immaculately projected in unforgiving digital clarity for curious eyes to behold. Paramount is staking its oldest and most successful TV and movie franchise on Abrams' film, and it's not too big a reach to suggest that Star Trek is dead as a major pop-culture player if this flick tanks when it premieres in May 2009.

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2 responses to “New Star Trek Will Be Younger, Faster, Louder”

  1. ZZMike Avatar
    ZZMike

    I came across this on another blog, as well as the Drudge link. To say that I am unimpressed would be an understatement.
    Here’s what I said there:
    I saw the trailers from the DrudgeReport site. Wesley in the clown sweater [a reference to another comment] is no match for Uhuru without hers [a reference to a scene in the trailer]. This looks like Star Trek Ticky Tacky, or maybe Star Dreck, a mish-mosh cobbed together for teen-age panters. Or maybe a “Beverly Hills 1701″. All of which I can do without.
    One of the links on the Official Site is “skip trailer”. I’ll do them one better. I’ll skip the movie.
    (Another commentor had “Actually it sound more like “Starfleet 90210 – the action movie”.)

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  2. Michael W. Kruse Avatar
    Michael W. Kruse

    I’ll probably go see it, even with the bad reviews. It will expand my horizons of things to whine about beyond politics and economics. 🙂

    Reply

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