I know I’ll probably get bashed for this, and I hate to sound like a disgruntled female, but I’m so bloody sick of every movie, TV show and game focusing on war, destruction, vengeance and mayhem. Is that really ALL men think about? Is that really the focal point of all their motivations and dreams?
I guess after seeing Into Darkness, it just really sunk in that every block-buster type film caters to this knuckle-dragging concept that war and cruelty-without-conscience is entertaining. Is that where we still are in our evolutionary development? Is simple vindictiveness the plateau of our emotional maturity? And will it still be in the 24th century? THAT is depressing.
I know this isn’t necessarily a gender-based argument, but generally, it is. Men and most of their hobbies still fixate on war and war-like toys. Why isn’t science and higher ideals frothing up as much testosterone?
Regardless, I wanted Trek to rise above that. That was what set it apart from the plethora of artless brutality that permeates most media. I know it is a reflection of our current terrorist fears, but I want a movie (especially a Star Trek movie) to take me to another plane of thought and emotion…not exacerbate the present.
I apologize to all the men who are offended by that, but I’m just generalizing of course.
And, I guess I’m as guilty in some ways because I DID enjoy Into Darkness more than I thought I would. But mostly for the characters who are still intact and shine through whatever lackluster story Abrams can throw together.
Preach it! You are RIGHT! And I'm grateful you spoke up.
I'm a male and love action like most guys but they have turned Star Trek into something I no longer recognize because it's mostly action and fighting, even a beat down.
Starfleet is NOT supposed to be about massive battle space ships named "Vengeance" for crying out loud.
Did they borrow that ship from the Star Wars imperial fleet? LOL
Sure villians and battles get in the way of the greater mission and that creates obstacles to overcome and drama. But that is not he only way to create drama.
Humanity has NOT risen to the next level as Roddenberry envisioned in Abram's Trek-like product and that is a CORE principal of good Trek.
There is no thought provoking think in new ways Sci Fi like GOOD Trek accomplishes.
Roddenberry also hired FEMALE writers too and it payed off! compelling stories and new directions that make people... gasp.... THINK! in new ways.
Good Sci Fi should do that.
Into Darkness was written by three men who are after the Transformers movie going demographic.
Yes the Klingons were Russians and the Romulans the Chinese on TOS.. so yes they did map the Cold War onto TOS a bit.
But again, the battles were far more intellectual then actual blowing the crap out of each other and beat downs.
I think even of Kirk and the Gorn, what a great ending! Kirk stops the violence, he defys the aliens to kill, who then tell us we have.... hope of becoming something greater... in a few thousand years.
I won't see this movie because I have read several detailed story accounts and it was worse then the first film.
Just yet another
remapping of current war on terror concerns onto a
remake of Wrath of Khan onto a
reimagined TOS Trek and clumsily done at that lifting complete lines from another film. That is not compelling.
We don't need more of it. Hell original Khan and Kirk had battles of the wits most of all.
We need positive visions like good Trek delivers, thoughtful stories, sure lock phasers on target and blast bad guys now and then but give me compelling content and challenge me to think if I so choose. You can do both.
