Star Trek Blu ray

Mired in a funk, Star Trek franchise desperately needed a big boost from the latest movie. Once a can’t miss franchise, the Star Trek suffered some setbacks with their last two television series and lack luster success at the box office. Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine were great success compared to Voyager and Enterprise. Enterprise was cancelled after four seasons. The movies based on The Next Generation crew steadily failed declined in box office revenue from movie to movie. With some hiatus, Paramount decided to reboot the franchise with J.J. Abrams at the helm. With so many big movie franchises getting a successful reboot, Paramount was hoping for a similar success.

The problem with rebooting Star Trek is deep and rich history. Unlike other reboots like Batman, Star Trek faced some problem tinkering with the story line. The plot and details had to be consistent with the Star Trek universe. Also, the writers had to come up with new cast or use the existing character from Star Trek universe. The writers chose to go with the old school characters from the original Star Trek. This caused some trepidation from fan base as the characters from original Star Trek are so revered. There was also problem of disrupting the history of the characters. To get around the history line of the characters, the writers used the time travel convention to get around the set history. While this sounds like a cop out and easy way out, it is pretty refreshing to see “what if” development in the new time line.

The story starts out with a Federation ship encountering a Romulan ship from the future. Nero, the Romulan captain comes from a future where his world is destroyed. He is seeking revenge in the past in hopes of saving his home in the future. In the future, Spock is unsuccessful in trying to stop the destruction of Nero’s home world. This leads to Nero seeking revenge in the past against the Federation. Upon the first encounter, George Kirk assumes the command of the ship and dies while protecting the survivors. This sets up new time line where James T Kirk’s father is dead and new threat is encountered. The new casts are all capable actors. While the story line mainly revolves around Spock and Kirk, the other characters such as Sulu and Scotty are well represented. Overall the reboot was a very successful and I am looking forward to the next movie.

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