I was going to watch Snowpiercer but there were no subtitles so it had to go. Then I was going to watch an anime called Solty Rei but there were only four episodes out of 26 on the server, so that had to go as well. That left me looking down the barrel of the Star Trek films, from 1979 all the way to 2013. So strap in, folks, because we are boldly going where -- well, where quite a few people have gone by now, really.James Kirk (William Shatner) was promoted to Admiral but can't wait to get his hands on the Enterprise again. When he hears that there's some sort of massive energy source headed for Earth, he immediately informs Enterprise's current captain, Decker (Stephen Collins), that Kirk will be taking over and Decker is getting a temporary reduction in rank to Executive Officer. Naturally, that does not go over well with Decker, but he is slightly mollified by the return of an old flame, Ilia (Persis Khambatta), who has joined the ship's crew. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) is able to use some Vulcan empathy to pick up the strange force's intentions for wanting to destroy Earth: it's looking for its creator.
This is an interesting sci-fi film. It's not the best sci-fi; hell, it's not even the best Star Trek, but it's interesting. It was adapted from a pilot episode of a reboot that never got off the ground and that's exactly what it feels like --an extended episode. It seems odd to consider now that this franchise has thirteen movies and counting that it very nearly did not get off the ground. The TV show had been off the air for a decade before the movie premiered. The lesson here is Never Give Up Hope.
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