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Variety Praises New Star Trek Movie in a Very Positive Advance Review

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By GustavoLeao / 11:03, 22 April 2009 / Star Trek: Nemesis

Variety posted their advance review of J.J. Abrams Star Trek movie and here are few excerpts of the article, written by Todd McCarthy.

Blasting onto the screen at warp speed and remaining there for two hours, the new and improved "Star Trek" will transport fans to sci-fi nirvana. Faithful enough to the spirit and key particulars of Gene Roddenberry's original conception to keep its torchbearers happy but, more crucially, exciting on its own terms in a way that makes familiarity with the franchise irrelevant, J.J. Abrams' smart and breathless space adventure feels like a summer blockbuster that just couldn't stay in the box another month. Paramount won't need any economic stimulus package with all the money it'll rake in with this one globally, and a follow-up won't arrive soon enough.


"Star Trek" here joins the James Bond series as the long-term '60s franchises that have been most successfully rebooted, although the current accomplishment is the more surprising since, after 10 films and a succession of TV series, "Star Trek" was widely thought to have exhausted itself. While respectfully handling the Roddenberry DNA, Abrams and longtime writing cohorts Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman have successfully transferred it to a trim new body that hums with youthful energy.

Read Variety full review of the new movie here (beware of major spoilers)



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Clearly. Beacause Variety, nay, all of Hollywood... | Report this post to moderator
By: prometheus 59650 (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 15:29:15 on Apr 22, 2009

....has gushed over every Trek film since TMP, heaping praise upon it no matter if it deserved it or not.

Hollywood has been in Trek's pocket since 1979. :)

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Meant to be a reply to CH (nt.) by prometheus 59650 @ 15:37:15 on Apr 22

Come on May... | Report this post to moderator
By: Kamen Rider Blade (Odo's file, contact) @ 12:37:13 on Apr 22, 2009

Yet another positive review? Excellent.

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RE: Come on May... by VoR @ 13:15:58 on Apr 22
    RE: Come on May... by Kamen Rider Blade @ 14:21:17 on Apr 22
RE: Come on May... by Chronic Harlot @ 13:07:08 on Apr 22
    RE: Come on May... by GustavoLeao @ 16:09:10 on Apr 22
    RE: Come on May... by Kamen Rider Blade @ 13:55:59 on Apr 22
    RE: Come on May... by OV-101 @ 13:47:11 on Apr 22
       RE: Come on May... by Sam Cogley @ 13:58:59 on Apr 22
          RE: Come on May... by OV-101 @ 14:46:46 on Apr 22

Who Is the Keeper of the Katra? | Report this post to moderator
By: c.p. (Odo's file, contact) @ 12:16:11 on Apr 22, 2009

The U.K. reviews are nearly universally, gushingly positive as well. The one more mixed review I read (3.5 stars out of 5) still called it "brilliant". This is incredible if you're a die-hard fan. Over the course of this long, long wait, some of us have refused to let our optimism, at turns cautious and bold, die as prematurely as Trek could have and almost did.


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RE: Who Is the Keeper of the Katra? by sb2004 @ 13:39:06 on Apr 22

thanks! | Report this post to moderator
By: Terry212 (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 11:40:33 on Apr 22, 2009

Thanks for posting the article and not having any spoilers!

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