I want to talk about Star Trek Beyond.
I grew up in that weird in-between time during and post-ENT so the first piece of Star Trek media I was exposed to were the reboot films. I liked them well enough, but it wasn't until I first watched TOS a few years ago that I really started to appreciate Beyond for what it is.
To be frank, Beyond feels like the only reboot film made by someone who actually likes Star Trek.
The first two films are pretty much straight action films, with the second banking on the popularity of Wrath of Khan and falling into the post-The Dark Knight wave of gritty action epics.
Visually: the light colors and slightly lighter tone (though it does succumb to some dark action moments that I have to believe were the only way to get the film into the space-action-film niche the studio wanted it to maintain, and all of the absolutely amazing alien makeups and prosthetics pop off the screen so well (and they're all practical effects!!!!), they remind me of all the makeups in TOS
I have so many emotions about the ships in this film--about the Kelvin pods named after the crew that Kirk's father helped save, which in turn saved the Enterprise's--about how the ship that rescues them is named the USS Franklin, after the director's father Frank Lin who introduced his son to Star Trek as a child.
THERE IS SO MUCH LOVE AND COOPERATION IN THIS FILM
the fact that Kirk gives the key to a random ensign, trusting her and his crew with the macguffin of the movie
the undying trust Kirk has that his crew survived and their faith that he will come for them
Uhura steadfastly claiming that she sacrificed herself in Kirk's place because he would have done the same in a heartbeat
the crew working to piece together information on their own so that when they are reunited they can fight back
Captain Edison as the lone man remaining from his own crew and how his loss of purpose was sparked by Starfleet's peaceful cooperation with worlds they were once at odds with (and how he berates the Enterprise crew for being unwilling to give up each other to save their skins)
Scotty encouraging Jaylah to open up and trust them like he trusts his crew and his captain
Kirk specifically protecting the crew in the Altamid fight and then refusing to leave without Jaylah
the photo of the Enterprise crew that original timeline Spock kept for how many years??
the "boldly go" monologue being performed by the entire crew before the end credits!!
Is it a little over the top? yes. Is it a little silly? yes. Do all the plot points make sense? no.
But it's got the fantastic spirit of early Trek media that's so missing in the first two films.
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