Which, in Klingon, is pretty much like saying 'suck my fat one'. Which is exactly what I feel like saying to JJ Abrams now.

Entertainment Weekly is featuring the new Star Trek movie in the new issue (due out tomorrow), and, after reading the article (you can find it here - beware of mild spoilers & mild spoilery pics), all I really have to say is that, as a Trek fan, I am infuriated with JJ's disdainful attitude. And EW's, for that matter. As an example:

But since the box office peak of the original film series in 1986 (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home), the Trek brand has devolved into a near-irrelevant cultural joke

Yeah, because Star Trek: TNG and Star Trek: DS9 clearly don't count, and weren't giving Trek fans and non-Trek fans alike great television from 1986 to 1999 (and, oh, winning Emmys and being nominated for them as well). Now, say what you want about the last 10 years, because, God knows, I'll be the first person aboard the what-the-fuckery that was Star Trek: Enterprise and a lot of Voyager. But, TNG & DS9 still hold up as classic, great TV. So fuck you.

And fuck you to JJ. I won't even get into his anti-Trek background and his remarks about how irrelevant Trek is and how he took the job, even though he hated the franchise (which, really, dude, are you kidding me??? You already fucked up Mission Impossible beyond all recognition.) It's this remark, more than any other, that really pissed me off:

I don't think people even understand what Star Trek means anymore

Uh, really? Did you bother to, oh, I dunno, ask anyone? Hell, I live near Paramount Studios, why didn't you knock on my door? Why don't I tell you, instead? I means over 40 years of a great mythos, of a vision for the future that may be idealized in a lot of ways, but still retains its humanity, it means vastly entertaining television & films that forces the audience to think and engage (in spite of the AOTW (alien of the week) plot lines of Classic & TNG), and mostly, it means respecting that universe and the foundation of it.

So far, I'm not exactly getting that vibe.

Although, I will say that Karl looks better than I expected he'd look, and definitely has the Bones feel to him. And I really like Zach's enthusiasm in the article, and I love that Nimoy immediately thought he'd be a great Spock.


But. This film has really got its work cut out for it already, and somehow I don't think that pissing off the core audience that will open the film or break it is exactly the track that JJ needs to be taking. But maybe that's just me.