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“Star Trek Beyond” is a 50th Anniversary Extravaganza

  • Posted on Jul 20, 2016Sep 13, 2022
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Left to right: Anton Yelchin plays Chekov and Chris Pine plays Kirk in Star Trek Beyond from Paramount Pictures, Skydance, Bad Robot, Sneaky Shark and Perfect Storm Entertainment

“Star Trek Beyond” is a
50th Anniversary Extravaganza

By Mikhail Lecaros

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Star Trek Beyond opens in the third year of the USS Enterprise’s five-year mission to seek out strange new worlds under the command of the indomitable Captain James T. Kirk (Chris Pine).

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Kirk, who joined Starfleet on a dare, has begun questioning his reasons for doing what he does. At the same time, his science officer, Spock, is forced to face his mortality in a manner all too personal. Unbeknownst to them, a new threat will arise to challenge every belief they hold dear.

After Star Trek Into Darkness squandered the good will of 2009’s well-received Star Trek reboot, it remained to be seen what direction future sequels would take, especially given mastermind J.J. Abrams’s decision to move on and direct Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Left to right: Anton Yelchin plays Chekov and Chris Pine plays Kirk in Star Trek Beyond from Paramount Pictures, Skydance, Bad Robot, Sneaky Shark and Perfect Storm Entertainment

Via United International Pictures

Incredibly, Fast and Furious director Justin Lin proved up to the challenge of helming the Starship Enterprise for its 50th anniversary outing, delivering a breath of fresh air to a rebooted series that was in very real danger of becoming a one-hit wonder.

Thanks to Lin, nobody’s putting this 50-year-old out to pasture any time soon, and if the next sequel can accomplish even half of the things that Star Trek Beyond does, then exciting things are definitely ahead for the good ship Enterprise and her crew.

 

COURSE CORRECTION (IE. WELL, THAT’S MORE LIKE IT)

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When Fast and Furious helmer Justin Lin was announced as director of Star Trek Beyond, it seemed like a desperate attempt to compensate for Into Darkness’ missteps. Whereas early trailers for Beyond seemed to indicate that the new sequel would be reduced to a brainless action film, they were dead wrong – it turns out that Lin is a longtime fan, and it shows. With Beyond, he’s delivered a hell of an exciting film, as well as a worthy entry to the franchise.

 


WHAT’S OLD IS NEW

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The reason the old Star Trek show from the 60’s became (and remains) so beloved, cardboard sets and all, was that, for all its futuristic setting and sci-fi trappings, it was ultimately a story about people, and the optimistic notion that we can do great things when we put aside our differences. While Beyond does get a bit heavy-handed with this message at times, we’ll take it over the uninspired nonsense we got with Star Trek Into Darkness’ nonsensical attempts to get us to hate Benedict Cumberbatch.

 

CHARACTERS FIRST

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Something this film has working in its favor that harkens back to the very best Treks is its focus on character and ideas. From Kirk’s identity crisis and Spock’s (Zachary Quinto) relationship problems, to Bones’ (Karl Urban) annoyance with pretty much everything, the character beats here are (largely) built on concepts and plot points previously established in this continuity. For the first time since being introduced in 2009, it feels like Pine, Quinto, et. al. are finally being allowed to truly make these rebooted personas their own.

 


THE EXPLORERS GO EXPLORING (FINALLY!)

Left to right: Zachary Quinto plays Spock, Sofia Boutella plays Jaylah and Karl Urban plays Bones in Star Trek Beyond from Paramount Pictures, Skydance, Bad Robot, Sneaky Shark and Perfect Storm Entertainment

Via United International Pictures

For a series that literally has exploration built into its mission/vision, the first two reboot films were very Earth-centric. Beyond lets loose in the best spirit of the franchise, finally presenting our heroes challenging the unknown dangers of space while forcing them to confront the ramifications of being in their vaunted Federation.

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Mikhail Lecaros has been writing about movies and pop culture since 2012. Check out his movie podcast, Sub-Auters, and his all-out geekfest, Three Point Landing, on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Podcasts!

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