Star Trek’s plan to sprinkle sugary schlock into a bowl of soggy nostalgia will destroy the franchise in the future and the past.
Written by Chris Snellgrove | Published
since Star Trek Beyond Released in 2016, there has been no new theatrical Star Trek adventure. For a while, it seemed like Chris Pine and his crew would be getting a fourth movie outing, but now, Paramount is reportedly gearing up to focus on a Trek Origin movie that could begin production as early as 2025. This prequel is designed to attract new films from fans of the franchise, But there’s just one problem: its reported focus on humanity’s early contact with aliens will undo the most important part of the Trek mythos and could ultimately destroy Gene Roddenberry’s beloved fantasy world.
Paramount was previously working on this original film and its sequel Star Trek BeyondIt wasn’t clear which one would hit theaters first. Now, Puck’s newsletter reports that the original film has a finished script and could get the green light from the studio by the end of the year, paving the way for production to begin in 2025. The film will reportedly focus on the formation of the Federation and humanity’s early contact with alien life. , but from then on it will effectively decline Star Trek: First Contact And a lot of Star Trek: EnterpriseWe are convinced that this film will turn away more fans than it brings in.
Paramount clearly wants this untitled original film to attract new fans to the franchise in the same way Star Trek (2009) did. Puck indicates that the film will take place long before the era of the USS Enterprise, making it part of (as Variety previously reported) the main timeline rather than the separate Kelvinverse timeline. Not having to specify a timeline would make the film more friendly to new audiences and show the early days of the Federation might be enough to make older fans happy that we’re finally exploring this era.
However, there’s a hole in this plan big enough to pass the Borg cube: This movie will reportedly focus on humanity’s early contact with aliens. That was it actually plot Star Trek: First Contact. After the Borg travel to the past, Captain Picard and crew follow them in order to preserve the timeline, ultimately ensuring that Zefram Cochrane’s successful journey attracts the attention of Vulcan. This conspiracy continued projecta show that began with the inaugural flight of humanity’s greatest spacecraft and ended with the formation of the Federation.
If the original Star Trek movie was about humanity’s early contact with aliens, then the franchise will be retconned First contact completely. And if it comes down to the early days of the league, the franchise will be effectively reconfigured project Because by the time the Federation was formed in this show, humanity had been hanging out with aliens for 98 years. Simply put, the whole idea of this original Star Trek movie will only work if the studio gets the best movie in the series and the best prequel (sorry, Strange new worlds) from Sharia law.
In our ever-humble opinion, this is a gamble that’s destined to blow up in Paramount’s face and potentially take the franchise with it. Creating a Prequel Trek movie with entirely new characters is an obvious attempt to bring in newcomers to the franchise who don’t know their Kirk from Picard, but that attempt will mean nothing if it ends up alienating established fans. And make no mistake, Paramount is showing Star Trek fans that they’re willing to give up decades of the franchise for a slightly retconned original film will Alienating established fans.
The original Star Trek film certainly has some major talent behind it: it’s directed by Toby Haynes, who helmed episodes of the hit Star Wars franchise. Andor And the Trek episode “USS Callister” from Trek Black mirror. But I’m afraid Paramount hasn’t learned from the criticism discovery and Picard It will simply sprinkle sugary schlock into a bowl of soggy nostalgia. Considering that nostalgia in and of itself is worthless in a film built on graveyard canon, Star Trek may become just another tired franchise, like fellow Paramount+ Traveler. NCISHe’s just waiting for his chance to die.