On 7 May 2009 the eleventh Star Trek movie will hit the big screen, simply titled ‘Star Trek’. On one hand I’m not really that eager, partly because most Star Trek movies have been pretty average, and partly because once again movie studios are looking to ‘prequels’ for their inspiration. I thought they would have learned from the dismal reception and performance of Enterprise – going back in time is never as exciting to the fans as going forward in time. Well, possibly, because on the other hand, the director is J.J. Abrams who directed the pilot to Lost and also Mission Impossible 3. Mission Impossible 3 was easily the best of the MI’s and, well, the pilot to Lost was brilliant.

Actually, now I have to go back to the other hand. No movie is any good, no matter how great the CGI is or no matter how talented the actors are, without a good story. Read the rest of this entry »