Di
Star Trek ho seguito molto poco la
serie classica, ho visto però un buon numero di film, quasi tutta
The Next Generation ed
Enterprise (e mi sono piaciute molto) mentre ho sempre evitato gli altri spin-off.
Avevo una certa fiducia in
J.J. Abrams, sperandolo capace di produrre qualcosa di
"simile ma diverso", che desse nuova linfa ad una serie seminale per la fantascienza.
Larga parte delle mie aspettative sono andate deluse, ed inizio seriamente a pensare che l'amico J.J. abbia perso il tocco (non che a dirigere sia mai stato un mago, ma almeno in teoria sapeva scrivere: ultimamente mi pare davvero sotto-tono).
Intendiamoci:
Star Trek è un film più o meno decente, sicuramente sopra la media se consideriamo la - ad essere buoni altalenante - qualità degli altri film della saga. Però ha tanti e tali difetti che gridano letteralmente vendetta, e che avrebbero richiesto ben poco sforzo, per essere corretti.
Trama: ennesimo stravolgimento temporale (che torna buono come scusa per cambiare molto degli inizi di Star Trek) in cui un allegro minatore Romulano torna indietro nel tempo per vendicarsi del caro vecchio
Spock, disintegrando il pianeta
Vulcano. Contro di lui viene mandata allo sbaraglio una marea di ragazzini che hanno a malapena finito l'accademia, mentre il grosso della flotta si gratta i didimi altrove.
Mi sta bene che si sia voluto cambiare un po' della personalità dei personaggi per adeguarli ai gusti moderni, ed alla fin fine sia
Kirk che
Spock risultano decenti, mi sta molto meno bene che si prediligano azione, gags e passo veloce ad una buona trama.
Sì perché Star Trek non ha una trama degna di questo nome, diciamolo: il cattivo è quanto di peggio potesse essere scelto (un fottuto minatore incazzereccio che dio sa come c'ha l'astronave più fica del creato e che riesce addirittura a portarla indietro nel tempo; gli altri almeno facevano fatica...) mentre gli eventi si susseguono senza troppa logica al sol fine di far diventare Kirk comandante nel tempo di un peto.
Lo so, lo so, a qualcuno sarà venuto un coccolone, ma... Old Spock incontrato tra i ghiacci dopo 5 minuti? L'intera flotta al mare? Astronavi che partono con solo cadetti (capitano a parte)? Scotty che salta fuori per magia? Potrei continuare a piacere.
Menzione di demerito per gli intermezzi comici: ne accetto un paio a film se fatti con classe, qui davvero si esagera (unica decente: l'accenno al beagle di Jonathan Archer
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) ed alcuni personaggi sono macchiette.
Se questi sono i gusti che soddisfano il pubblico giovane (e si direbbe sia così, almeno in America), siamo messi parecchio male.
Mediamente scarsini gli interpreti (a che pro
Winona Ryder?), la regia non brilla ma non fa neppure troppi danni, fetentine le scazzottate ed i mostri che se J.J. non ce li mette non è proprio contento, si vede. Bruttissima la nuova sala macchine dell'Enterprise.
Cosa si salva? Come detto, salvicchio Kirk,
Uhura se non altro per motivi estetici ed ho apprezzato il nuovo Spock; folgorante l'inizio con il padre di Kirk; ottimi gli effetti speciali: l'Enterprise in costruzioni è un piacere per gli occhi.
Voto: 6. Si lascia guardare, per carità, ma da qui a considerarlo un capolavoro...
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Ryder, Winona
Nome di battesimo: Horowitz, Winona Laura
Data di nascita: 29 October 1971
Altezza: 5' 4" (1.63 m)
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Winona Ryder was born Winona Horowitz and named after the town in which she was born, Winona Minnesota. She grew up in a ranch commune in Northern California where there was no electricity. She is the Goddaughter of Timothy Leary and her parents were friends of Beat poet Allen Ginsberg and once edited a book called "Shaman Woman Mainline Lady" an anthology of writings on the drug experience in literature - this included one piece by Louisa May Alcott. Winona Ryder was later to star as Jo in this author's Little Women (1994). She moved with her parents to Petaluma (near San Francisco) when she was ten and enrolled in acting classes at the American Conservatory Theater. At 13 she had a video audition to the film Desert Bloom (1986), but didn't get the part. Director David Seltzer, however, spotted her and cast her in Lucas (1986). When telephoned to ask how she'd like to have her name appear on the credits, she suggested Ryder as her father's Mitch Ryder album was playing the background. Ryder was selected for the part of Mary Corleone in The Godfather: Part III (1990), but had to drop out of the role after catching the flu from the strain of doing the films Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990) and Mermaids (1990) back to back. She said she didn't want to let everyone down by doing a substandard performance. She later made The Age of Innocence (1993) which was directed by Martin Scorsese, who she believes to be "the best director in the world".
Trivia random: Turned down the lead role in Sabrina (1995) because she felt she could not fill Audrey Hepburn's shoes and that the role was marked by sexism. [1994]
Citazione random: Focus should be on the art of film, not on the business of film.
Salario massimo: $2,800,000, per Alien: Resurrection (1997)
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
"Enterprise" (2001)
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Action
Valutazione: 7.3/10 (5367 voti)
Durata: USA:60::(including commercials) min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English, Klingon
Cast:Trama:In the early twenty-second century, the starship Enterprise is launched. Her mission is to explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations and to boldly go where no humans have gone before. Along with an alien chief medical officer and first officer, this crew with only NASA-level training and what the Vulcans know of local space, begin to explore and begin the legacy set for other Enterprise crews and captains like Robert April, Christopher Pike, James Kirk, John Harriman, Rachel Garrett, Jean-Luc Picard, William Riker, Edward Jellico and others.
Trivia random: It had been reported that NBC, the network that carried the original "Star Trek" (1966), was interested in acquiring this series, but lost out to UPN.
Citazione random: Commander Tucker: Grandma taught me never to judge a species by their eating habits.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Star Trek (2009)
Regista: J.J. Abrams Scrittore: Roberto Orci,
Alex Kurtzman Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Action
Valutazione: 8.6/10 (34960 voti) [#62 nella top250]
Durata: 126 min
Paese: USA, Germany
Lingua: English
Cast:Trama:A chronicle of the early days of James T. Kirk and his fellow USS Enterprise crew members.
Trivia random: SPOILER: An ongoing joke in the Star Trek universe is the redshirt character, a slang term for a stock character whose primary purpose in the plot of a story is to die soon after being introduced, thus demonstrating the dangerous circumstances faced by the main characters. When Kirk and Sulu jump on to the space drill, they are joined by Olsen who is wearing a red uniform and meets his death soon after.
Citazione random: Spock: [to Kirk] Out of the chair.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Saldana, Zoe
Nome di battesimo: Nazario, Zoe Yadira Zaldaña
Data di nascita: 19 June 1978
Altezza: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Zoe Saldana was born Zoe Yadira Zaldaña Nazario in New Jersey, moved to the Dominican Republic for 7 years and studied ballet there at Ritmos Espacio de Danza academy (actually known as "ECOS Espacio de Danza Dance Academy), and then went back to the United States to continue her career. In New York she studied acting at the Faces theater program and after that got her first role of relevance in the movie Center Stage (2000/I).
Trivia random: In The Terminal (2004), Saldana's character Torres is revealed to be a Trekkie. Saldana went on to be cast as Uhura in Star Trek (2009).
Citazione random: When I go to the D.R., the press in Santo Domingo always asks, "¿Qué te consideras, dominicana o americana?" (What do you consider yourself, Dominican or American?) I don't understand it, and it's the same people asking the same question. So I say, time and time again, "Yo soy una mujer negra." ("I am a black woman.") [They go,] "Oh, no, tú eres trigueñita." ("Oh no, you are 'dark skinned'") I'm like, "No! Let's get it straight, yo soy una mujer negra." ("I am a black woman.")
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Action
Valutazione: 8.8/10 (9673 voti)
Durata: 45::(176 episodes) min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English, Klingon, French
Cast:Trama:Set in the 24th century and decades after the adventures of the original crew of the starship Enterprise, this new series is the long-awaited successor to the original "Star Trek" (1966). Under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, the all new Enterprise NCC 1701-D travels out to distant planets to seek out new life and to boldly go where no one has gone before.
Trivia random: Each of the three live-action Star Trek series after the original "Star Trek" (1966) has had a cameo appearance by a character from its predecessor series in its premiere episode: "Star Trek: The Next Generation" had Dr. McCoy, "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) had Captain Picard, and "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) had Quark.
Citazione random: Lt. Cmdr. Data: If the warp drive fails to activate, the results could be... unfortunate.<br />Lieutenant Worf: Very unfortunate. We will be dead.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Abrams, J.J.
Nome di battesimo: Abrams, Jeffrey Jacob
Data di nascita: 27 June 1966
Altezza: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Coniuge: Katie McGrath::(1996 - present) 3 children
Ultimi lavori: Trivia random: Sold his script for "Forever Young" (1992) for 2 million dollars.
Citazione random: Directing's the best part. Whenever I've directed something, there's this feeling of demand and focus that I like. And secondly, it means that you've gotten through all the writing stuff, and the producing stuff, and casting, and prep, and all those stages that are seemingly endless. So directing is sort of the reward for all the work you put in before. And then there's the editing, which is another amazing stage of the process. It's incredible the moments you can create.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
"Star Trek" (1966)
Genere: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Valutazione: 8.6/10 (6607 voti)
Durata: 47::(79 episodes) min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:Trama:The adventures of the U.S.S. Enterprise, representing the United Federation of Planets on a five-year mission in outer space to explore new worlds, seek new life and new civilizations, and to boldly go where no man has gone before. The Enterprise is commanded by handsome and brash Captain James T. Kirk. His First Officer and best friend is Mr. Spock from the planet Vulcan, and Kirk's Medical Officer is Dr. McCoy. With its crew of approximately 430, the Enterprise battles aliens, megalomanical computers, time paradoxes, psychotic murderers, and even Genghis Khan!
Trivia random: Recently, James Doohan's son attempted to purchase a life-sized wax replica of his father at a Hollywood wax museum auction, but was outbid by an unidentified fan.
Citazione random: Spock: While there was a chance, I was bound legally and morally to ascertain the Captain's status.<br />McCoy: You mean, to make sure he was dead.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb. 
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