Ya know, I have very mixed feelings about this. I loved the majority of the TOS movies, still watch them all from time to time. A couple of TNG were good but overall the movies don't hit anywhere close to the quality of the shows.
I'd say that Trek doesn't belong on the big screen...unless we've gotten to know the characters on the small screen and it's been a while since we saw them. It's why the TOS movies worked, because every one of them was like a mini-reunion, and the passage of time was felt. The TNG movies less so, since they followed the show immediately.
Any guesses on which timeline this would likely follow?
Yeah pretty much agree, but I'll watch anyway. We're never getting a slow-paced, character-focused trek on TV ever again either though... so what can we do? Non-stop action trek is here to stay—because perceived attention span decline.
Yeah, but that was a different time.
I've been meaning to read the Destiny trilogy, heard really good things about those. But yeah the last time I went to a book store and looked at all the ST books, I had no idea where to begin. So I chose nothing.
You're right but it's also a huge bonus for TV actors to get movie pay, which the TOS and TNG casts thouroughly earned. Blockbuster Trek with mainstream Hollywood budget casts are a risky business (unless they're massively successful I guess).
The Wrath of Khan, The Voyage Home, The Undiscovered Country, and First Contact beg to differ.
Beyond was ok. 09 was an decent blockbuster, but an absolute trash Trek movie that willfully didn't understand Kirk at all. I hate the last ten minutes of that movie almost as much as I hate the entirety of Into Darkness.
For me, it's pretty simple. Beyond actually felt like Trek, something the other two hardly even pretended to be.
That's true. I got to see TMP in theaters in 2019. It was nice seeing it on the big screen.
