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December 16, 2005
First, the good news... no, wait, the bad news... no, the good... wait... huh?
I don't know how I feel about this. A STAR TREK movie based in the Mirror Universe starring three of the captains (Kirk, Picard and Archer)? Why weren't Janeway and Sisko available? Perhaps they saw the handwriting on the wall, or they had to babysit.
Let me just say this: You have to look really hard to find a bigger Trek fan than me. Now let me say this: This movie could be one of the worst ideas I've ever heard. Now... let me finish with this: but it could also work.
I was thrown at the end of the ST: Enterprise run that they did episodes set in the Mirror Universe which sat by themselves, no connection at all to the main mythology, almost like an alternate series (I did enjoy them, especially the recreation of the show's opening titles to reflect the dictatorial/imperialistic attitude of the Mirror Universe's show). More than anything, those episodes, and this rumor of a Mirror Universe film (if true) reveal the reality that the STAR TREK universe has become very stale as a result of such a long history. So much of the reality has been thoroughly developed that there is not much wiggle room. One of the things that allows shows like Law and Order or ER to continue for as long as they have is that they are procedural, not necessarily character driven or dependent upon actual plot (there will always be killers, "Who did it?"; there will always be car accidents, "Will she survive?") Star Trek relies on character development, transformation of humanity into a better society, and the linkages of different cultures into a peaceful environment. In short, Law and Order and ER can continue because they don't have to evolve--STAR TREK, by its very nature, must evolve or reveal a hypocrisy. The fact that the creators may take it into the Mirror Universe exposes this, and shows that without a large number of years between Enterprise and any other possible series, we simply won't have any good stories to tell. The only possible TREK series I could even think of right now would effectively be "Firefly", a show set after the demise of the Federation. And I can't imagine they would undermine 30 years of programming (after all, the death of the Federation would be tantamount to admitting the failure of the entire culture of openness and trust) just to get another four or five years of shows out of the label "Star Trek."
‘Star Trek’ Captains to Team Up? :: Hollywood.com
Posted by sferrell at December 16, 2005 12:47 PM
