Star Trek Beyond - Second Time Reaction

It's been a while since Star Trek Beyond came out back in July and we were all amazed about the movie. My initial reaction was great after seeing it, despite the fact of the "Sabotage" that I'm still digesting! :) It was such a big difference between the previous two in terms of plot, theme and respect to the original timeline. I decided to buy the DVD and I've just got it recently, so I thought it's time to catch up with the movie and see if my feelings are still the same or not. :)

Second Timer

I have to admit I wasn't really the fan of the previous two JJ movie and I disregarded teh fact they even existed. I know, it's a bit hars, but I consider myself a hard core Trekkie with a strong connection to the franchise, to the pime timeline. The first two movie was just not... just not right. This one though... amazing. I didn't watch the movie since its been released, so I was literally goig for my second time here. My overall reaction was still amazingly good. There's been parts when I was laughing, and even dropped a few tears... but I'll tell you that in a minute. :) Ohh, and just for the record, this was one of the first JJ movie I bought and I think I made a good decision.

An Episodic Adventure with References

So, before I start this part make sure you watch the movie first as there's some spoliers coming soon. Not going into two much details, but I warned you. :) The movie starts with a usual mission for the crew of the Enterprise. It's been 3 years of the 5 years mission and as Captain Kirk said "Everything starts to feel more episodic now." Funny enough watching the movie it did feel like an episode from the Original Series. The characters were more together, the scene was more homely - the less lens flare definitely helped :) - and just the over all feel of the whole movie was "familiar." There was many reference in the movie towards to pay an homage to the original series. Kirk said at the beginning of the movie "it's the 966 days of our 5 year mission." 1966 when the series aired at the first time... so this is a nice touch. Scotty even mentioned regarding the Franklin the "Giant Green Hand" that also happened to be in the Original Series. Checkov and his historical correctness... wow. :D "Scotch was invented by a litle old lady in Russia!"  That just made me smile. The banter between Spock and Bones was simply amazing and Kirk was more Kirk then before. :)

The Visuals

The visual effects obviously important but not as important as the stoy and characters. The 3 things I would like to adress here: Enterprise, Franklin and Yorktown. The Enterprise looked amazing! Seriously, the ship in Beyond is a magnificent looking spacecraft. The pulled back nacelles and the thinner pilons made her looking gracefully in the big screen. The overall feel of the interious was also just warmer than before. No lens flares, and the light was dimmed down a bit and I think that certainly helped enjoying the movie more. :) I'm just sad they did destroy the ship when finally it looked amazing. :(

Than we had the USS Franklin, that supposed to be a NX01 class looking ship... There's been debates about the ship itself back then as its rather fits to the timeline or not. I think we can totally fit her in as we don't really now much about what happeed between the NX01 and TOS. And after all it was a MACO ship, so I think I'm totally OK with the ship. The Franklin definitely a nice construction, would be nice to have one in my shelf and hopefully I can get one for christmas. :) A little touch on the Space Station Yorktown... as Doctor McCoy sad "It's a giant snowball in space that's about to crack." While I can see the point of our good old Doctor, the station itself is a very magnificent looking one. Quite advanced in he own way, literally a never seen before. I believe my beloved DS9 could look somewhat different and week looking after seeing this snowball, the so called "giant monstrosity."

Krall

Krall aka Balthazar Edison, the Captain of the  USS Franklin, a soldier who fought againts the Xindi and the Romulans now seeking revenge as the Federation left him abandoned in that planet with his crew. Somehow I couldn't take him seriously. Obviosuly there's no offence here towards the play of Idris Elba, but Krall as a villain just wasn't as scary like Nero.  Somehow I wasn't really scared from him although I'm sure I don't want to face him in real life either. :) He had a pain worth hundred years and that hatred for what's the Federation stands for. For one small minute when he was fighting with Kirk in the chamber and he sees himself in a broken glass I thought he will change and instead of keep fighting, he helps for the captain, but he didnt... Was sad to see him sucked out to space after all those struggle that he went through. Did he made piece with himself at the end? Well, I believe he didn't... that final look on his face was just sad. :/

It's Still Amazing

Over all I'm really happy with the movie. I know some of you didn't really like it. I know one of my friend finally got satisfied over the fact as the JJ Enterprise got destroyed... I was just sad it happened when the ship just looked the best. :( The movie was amazing, the characters were true to their predecessors, but keeping themselves open for new posibilities. After all we are in an alternative timeline. If you accept this, the JJ films, but specially Beyond it's a really great movie.

I'm not really a critic, but apart from the "Sabotage" I believe the film from me deserves a 9/10 score. Great references for a hard core Trekkie/Trekker/Fan with aaction, humor, and sadness... the loss of Anton and Leonard surely something that present on the movie. :( But we have to be positive and see it in a way as Beyond is a celebration to their lives and for a brighter future that we have to work our way towards.

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LLAP _\\//