Star Trek, one of America’s most beloved sci-fi franchises, is set to hit the big screen Friday. Take a look…
(Star Trek Trailer)
I’m Charlotte Bellis and you’re watching Newsy.com. We’re following perspectives and buzz about director J.J. Abrams’s reboot of the original.
Metacritic, a movie ratings aggregator, gives “Star Trek” a 90 out of 100.
The Village Voice supports the high score…
“…Abrams has scrubbed, polished, and turned the volume up to 11 with admiration and affection for the original series…” (The Village Voice)
The Austin Chronicle sums the film up this way…
“It's not necessary to be a longtime fan of the Star Trek universe to appreciate the sheer emotional punch and swagger of this rough and randy Enterprise crew.” (The Austin Chronicle)
Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert gives his two cents…
“Like so many franchises, it’s more concerned with repeating a successful formula than going boldly where no “Star Trek” has gone before.” (Chicago Sun-Times)
Newsweek dedicated their cover to Star Trek this week. One story focuses on Trekkies who have an interest in a secret Kirk-Spock romance.
“It's the perfect recipe for a great love story. You have two radically different people from millions of miles apart whose lives fit together perfectly.” (Newsweek)
The Calgary Herald reports that residents of Vulcan, Alberta, population 2000, were treated to a special screening of the new film. The town had the privilege because it has the same name as Spock’s home planet.
“Vulcan Mayor Tom Grant and his town council were smartly dressed in matching burgundy and black Starfleet uniforms.” Incidentally according to Wikipedia - the town is named after the Roman God of Fire -- not Vulcan, Spock’s home planet. (The Calgary Herald)
Finally, The Onion makes light of Star Trek’s notoriously die-hard following.
“Most fans were more upset by the look of the movie: Heart-stopping chases, state-of-the-art CGI and alien battle scenes that don’t just look like two out-of-shape guys wearing makeup fighting awkwardly… ‘That’s a real slap in the face to Trek fans.’ Right, yes, but I think the bigger issue is that fans felt like Star Trek belonged to them, and now the studio turned it into something people will actually like.” (The Onion)
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