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MOVIE REVIEWS - Star Trek
Star Trek In Flames – No Phoenix
In Sight
by Joshua Tyler
 As
a recovering Trekker, I miss good space science fiction
in the theater. I’d hoped Chronicles of Riddick might
be some sort of revival of it at the movies, but apparently
I’m the only one who doesn’t hate it. Before
that, the trailers for Star Trek: Nemesis hinted that
it might be at last something different, but as it turns
out Berman left most of the Enterprise crew back at space
dock. Seriously, did you see the movie? It’s like
they spent the entire budget on CGI sets and didn’t
have enough money to hire extras to look like they were
running the ship. I’m running out of places to turn.
In fact, I’m kind of in a place where I believe it’s
time for Star Trek to simply go away for awhile. I’d
thought Paramount agreed last week when news leaked out
that they were firmly committed to halting all future
Star Trek projects for a couple of years. But that worm
Berman couldn’t leave it alone, and has since squirmed
his way into the ears of Paramount execs and convinced
them to give him another shot with the pretty well sunk
franchise. What form that chance will take is anyone’s
guess, but with Berman at the helm you can be sure it’ll
suck. At best it’ll be just another horrible movie,
at worst it’ll make somehow manage to make some money
and keep Rick “The Federation Con Man” Berman
in charge. Not that any of this is a revelation. It’s
all been said a hundred times before.
Actually, I’m not truly sure why I’ve bothered
writing this. I’ve no new insight to offer on the
matter, I simply needed to vent. I loved Star Trek and
Rick Berman hates me. Barring Star Trek, some other good
space adventures sure would be nice. WB killed the Babylon
5 movie, so forget about that. Without Tom Cruise on board
or his lower level equivalent they don’t want to
risk it. Imagine if that attitude had been taken when
the idea for Star Trek: The Motion Picture was presented.
It’s ridiculous that a B5 movie based on a successful
franchise with hordes of fans, cannot get made using the
original cast when in a few months a movie based on a
cancelled TV show will be. I suppose my only hope now
is Firefly… but let’s get realistic. No matter
how good that movie is, it’ll never make back it’s
budget and it isn’t going to revitalize the space-sci-fi
genre. It needs a Lord of the Rings to bring it back or
a Star Wars that doesn’t feel like a toy line advertisement.
Either of those things happening is a long shot, so I
guess I’d better hit the bookstore and cozy up with
some Heinlein. Maybe when this superhero craze burns out
there’ll be room for movies to return to outer space.
About the Author
Joshua Tyler is the Owner and Creator of CinemaBlend.com,
a movie news and review resource updated daily and available
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