trip to the stars has been a major element of sci-fi television for decades, and in addition to its continued existence, the films have helped develop the characters further. But in both movies and television, the early 2000s were not kind to the franchise: 2002. Star Trek: Nemesis It was a critical and commercial disaster, and Star Trek: Enterprise had a respectable four-season run, but the shortest of the series since the original series. Change was in order, and it was finally decided that this would take the form of a reboot that took everyone by surprise.
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Journey to the stars—that is, the reboot movie Released on May 8, 2009, it is one of those films that appeared at the right time. At that time, movies based on old television shows like Starsky and Hutch and Charlie’s Angels had found commercial successes, giving this reboot some cultural context. It also helped that it was directed by a trio of filmmakers. who knew how to make hits: JJ Abrams was still at the top of directing Mission: Impossible 3 (talking about movies based on old TV shows), along with the almost finished lost and the still young Stripe. Writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman had written Mission and they were more on Paramount’s good side with the first Transformers movie. If there was someone who could make a new trip to the stars movie that would catch anyone’s attention, for better or worse, would be these guys.
You really can’t underestimate how much Paramount was betting on this new trip to the stars being a success back then. The studio wanted, more than anything, to make the public care about trip to the stars again, and what’s the best way to do it in the 2000s? action scenes and Kirk being quite the womanizer. That didn’t go well at all, much like Abrams. comments that the film would be primarily for non-Trekkies. Even with that, the movie couldn’t help but look interesting. Those trailers don’t tell you anything about its actual plot, but they had good vibes and made you want to see how Company The crew would become the adventurers our parents and grandparents had fallen in love with in their time.
And people fell in love: the new film received critical acclaim and later four Academy Award nominations, ultimately winning one for Best Makeup and Being the Only Hike movie to get an Oscar. Despite mixed reactions when the film was split into its own timeline, critics and audiences loved the young cast’s performance. takes on the original characters, especially Zachary Quinto’s Spock and Zoe Saldana’s Uhura, and their chemistry. With a box office of 385.7 million dollars, trip to the stars It made people care about the franchise once again. But its effect ended up wearing off faster than imagined, and since then, the films have been abandoned in space.
A few years later, 2013 Star Trek into darkness It left a strange taste in the public’s mouth. She still made money, but something about it felt off: maybe it was how he made a more complicated count of Khan’s wrath, or maybe it may be due to your very rare B-plot with 9/11 parallels that seem like they belong in a completely different movie (or another franchise entirely). Star Trek Beyond, on the other hand, opted for a considerably simpler approach and simply functioned as a regular episode of the show. That energy, combined with a –incredible needle dropwas the right move, even if the film wasn’t a huge hit when it was released in 2016. Paramount spent years trying to get a fourth movie Since then, no one knows if this will actually happen.
Things have been much better in the world of television: Star Trek: Discovery and Lower coversa pair of beloved shows, are ending after their respective fifth seasons, a run that feels like a miracle these days. Star Trek: Picard gave Next Generation fans the legacy sequel They had been wanting for years, and Star Trek: Prodigy, Despite how haphazardly its programming was handled, it brought younger audiences into the fold. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds who will spearhead future television plans, which currently include a Starfleet Academy Show and the Paramount+ film centered on Michelle Yeoh Discovery character Phillipa Georgiou.
trip to the stars 2009‘s The biggest aftershock came outside of its franchise with the big reboot and the rise of legacy sequels of the 2010s. Remakes Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Power Rangers, Robocop, and Evil Dead They were born from the success of this film, although it was only to revitalize their own series. Abrams, Orci and Kurtzman went on to become even bigger names in Hollywood: the former revived star Wars for the big screen and is a producing powerhouse. Orci and Kurtzman became involved with the The amazing Spider Man movies, and creating or executive producing shows like Sleepy Hollow and Stripe. When the duo split, Kurtzman—after his directorial debut The Mummy, that failed to launch Universal’s Dark Universe, effectively became Star Trek equivalent to Kevin Feige. Orci, the last one we heard, was writing a Adjacent Spider-Man Movie For Sony, this has gone quiet in the years since its announcement.
Definitely, trip to the stars It was a turning point and, for better or worse, our current cinematic landscape cannot be understood without it. With how big the franchise is right now, it’s understandable why Paramount wanted so badly to get a fourth film off the ground, but is it possible with this? spot? That hypothetical (and amazing) Star Trek 4 has been hampered by changing creatives for years, to the point where one feels like someone should finally make the decision to pull the plug. Not only Beyond giving the Kelvin universe its cleanest ending after the deaths of Anton Yelchin and Leonard Nimoy, fourth movies It can be risky at times, especially when your franchise wasn’t really built with this in mind. And no one can guess if Starfleet Prequel being set in the same timeline will either rejuvenate it for more movies or just be a short detour before returning to prime time.
In 2022, Chris Pino told the best way forward for trip to the stars films may require them to be less bombastic, more fan-oriented, and cost less to make. It is an easy sentiment to support, and this may only be possible by discarding Walk 4 and do it with another movie. He Company The Kelvinverse had a good run, and after 15 years, it’s more than okay to boldly move in a new direction.
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