Follow Up: Star Trek Movie

I saw the new Star Trek Movie last night in IMAX. The IMAX experience really makes a big difference. I feel that IMAX and 3D will be the savior of the movie industry.

Anyway, this post is a follow-up to my previous post about the technology in the new Star Trek movie. Click to read my original post.

First off, let me say that I thought the movie was excellent. I was afraid that some aspects would be done wrong or feel completely out of place. Overall the movie was very entertaining and was true to the mythos of Star Trek.

As for the technology, it seemed to be a mix of modern technology and a mix of the 1960s vision of Star Trek. I almost feel as if they kept the technology for the 1960s and then just made it look better. Almost as if they were just blaming the look of the 1960s Star Trek as a small budget and bad set design. Perhaps, that's a fair cop out, but in the opening scene an engineer is clearly talking on a handheld communicator. I didn't see any references to internet or modern technology as we see it. This may have been a style choice, but I was dissappointed and reilived that these avenues were not explored. As a vintage fan, I'm glad they did not touch these aspects of the lore, yet the curious tech-euthaist would have loved to see their vision of a bright future.

What did you think of the new Star Trek?