Is Star Trek truly in trouble and what does this mean for S/U?
I just got off trekmovie and they have an article about How Star Trek is broken and how it needs to be fixed. Does anyone here even agree that star trek is broken after STiD? Here is the link
http://trekmovie.com/2013/09/01/star-trek-is-broken-here-are-ideas-on-how-to-fix-it/
It is quite obvious that STiD is a film that has not been well received by fans and critics. It wasnt far long ago we were discussing how fans named it the worst Trek film. I have spent the pasts few months in my head thinking of how STiD could have been better including the way the could have handled the S/U relationship and it saddens me that I have come with better ideas that a lot of the writers clearly did not have and I am not even a screenplay writer or an aspiring one.
STiD was really a missed opportunity, its like what lantern-breeze said in one of her post about how she left the theatre in 2009 filling very high and very happy with herself and with film. However with STiD she didn't even know what was going on.
A lot of IMDB users on the STiD board have also said the same thing about how empty they felt after they went to see STiD and I have to admit when I first saw the film I sort of had the same feeling. Perhaps the film was too fast paced. In my second viewing of the film, I did enjoyed it more but not as much as I enjoyed the first film. It is so sad to see the outcome of STiD. It has not been Trek's version of The Two Towers, Spiderman 2 or Empire Sticks Back.
Now the real question is what does this mean for the S/U relationship? Apparently a lot of constructive criticism of STiD was how the romance was handled. It is also important to point out how a lot of fans and critics have voiced their disappointment with the relationship. A lot of critics don't seem to understand why the writers created something so promising and heart felt in the first film only to then tear it down.
This is a quote from a whatculture.com critic about how he felt on the S/U relationship in STiD in comprising to ST 09.
“One of the more disappointing aspects of Into Darkness for me was the rather insipid treatment of the Uhura/Spock romance that first began to blossom in the 2009 Trek. The seeds were sewn quite nicely in that film, but here it’s largely reduced to a series of cringe-inducing comedy punch-lines, with Uhura playing the nagging girlfriend while Spock plays the sterotypically apathetic boyfriend. It might rouse a few gritted-teeth laughs, but it made for probably the film’s worst effort at humour, and just reduced their relationship to pure silliness.
Given how distressed Uhura clearly was when Spock was in danger, and how much she cares, hopefully Abrams and co. can return to something a little more emotionally fulfilling for Trek 3 (while still retaining some humour, of course), wherein we actually see them communicating in a vaguely relatable way”.i>
Read more at http://whatculture.com/film/star-trek-3-10-things-we-want-from-star-trek-into-darkness-sequel.php/3#CJbmifQ2LSYJ9fQM.99
This guy was spot on.
http://trekmovie.com/2013/09/01/star-trek-is-broken-here-are-ideas-on-how-to-fix-it/
It is quite obvious that STiD is a film that has not been well received by fans and critics. It wasnt far long ago we were discussing how fans named it the worst Trek film. I have spent the pasts few months in my head thinking of how STiD could have been better including the way the could have handled the S/U relationship and it saddens me that I have come with better ideas that a lot of the writers clearly did not have and I am not even a screenplay writer or an aspiring one.
STiD was really a missed opportunity, its like what lantern-breeze said in one of her post about how she left the theatre in 2009 filling very high and very happy with herself and with film. However with STiD she didn't even know what was going on.
A lot of IMDB users on the STiD board have also said the same thing about how empty they felt after they went to see STiD and I have to admit when I first saw the film I sort of had the same feeling. Perhaps the film was too fast paced. In my second viewing of the film, I did enjoyed it more but not as much as I enjoyed the first film. It is so sad to see the outcome of STiD. It has not been Trek's version of The Two Towers, Spiderman 2 or Empire Sticks Back.
Now the real question is what does this mean for the S/U relationship? Apparently a lot of constructive criticism of STiD was how the romance was handled. It is also important to point out how a lot of fans and critics have voiced their disappointment with the relationship. A lot of critics don't seem to understand why the writers created something so promising and heart felt in the first film only to then tear it down.
This is a quote from a whatculture.com critic about how he felt on the S/U relationship in STiD in comprising to ST 09.
“One of the more disappointing aspects of Into Darkness for me was the rather insipid treatment of the Uhura/Spock romance that first began to blossom in the 2009 Trek. The seeds were sewn quite nicely in that film, but here it’s largely reduced to a series of cringe-inducing comedy punch-lines, with Uhura playing the nagging girlfriend while Spock plays the sterotypically apathetic boyfriend. It might rouse a few gritted-teeth laughs, but it made for probably the film’s worst effort at humour, and just reduced their relationship to pure silliness.
Given how distressed Uhura clearly was when Spock was in danger, and how much she cares, hopefully Abrams and co. can return to something a little more emotionally fulfilling for Trek 3 (while still retaining some humour, of course), wherein we actually see them communicating in a vaguely relatable way”.i>
Read more at http://whatculture.com/film/star-trek-3-10-things-we-want-from-star-trek-into-darkness-sequel.php/3#CJbmifQ2LSYJ9fQM.99
This guy was spot on.