We don’t care in the least, but we’re posting cause someone will for sure. We don’t get the fuss over J.J. Abrams and “Star Trek” definitely cuts a divide between real movie goers and entertainment escapists. The movies have always been glorified television and cheap pulp sci-fi. “Star Wars” was at least special at one point. “Star Trek” never even got close to the magic or mystique. That said, people love it, but we have zero nostalgia for it. Get it while it lasts. We will say that Abrams has really ratcheted up the action and speed, but is this what Trekkies want? ‘Phantom Menace’-style dogfights in outerspace was never what Star Trek was about. For better or worse, it was always a much slower, arguably patient pace.
Rodrigo Perez is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Playlist, which he launched in 2008. He has worked in entertainment journalism since 2000, including at MTV, and has written for SPIN, IndieWire, Pitchfork, Complex, Magnet, and various music, film, and entertainment publications over the past two decades.
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