“Dare to do better.” Retro Review: Star Trek 2009
Both the original and Next Generation crew had said their last farewells on the big screen, while on TV Star Trek's eighteen year run had suffered franchise fatigue and low ratings, leading to the cancellation of prequel series Enterprise. Certain that there was still plenty of final frontier to explore, Paramount moved forward with a bold relaunch of the franchise. Forming a new universe, bringing together a new cast and redesigning everything for the modern blockbuster audience, Star Trek got a new lease of life in the form of JJ Abram's 2009 revival. Since that revival Star Trek has been somewhat reborn. Despite some pushback on a new approach from some segments of the fandom, the 2009 movie was a critical success that spawned two sequels and led the way for a return to TV, with Discovery launching just a […]
