Oddly enough, I did not see this trailer with my Friday afternoon showing of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Now that I've seen this trailer, what do I think? Well, it looks pretty solid. Yes it still feels like we're following the 'dark sequel' template, almost as if it's in a Mad Libs book. Yes we get not one ponderous 'character arc in a monologue' speech but two ponderous 'character arc in a monologue' speeches. I could say that once again the film is being marketed as "The Dark Knight but Star Trek-style", but I think that's almost too easy of a label. But the film both looks pretty epic in scope *and* seems to involve quite a bit of, trekking across various stars. They do seem to be teasing both references to Wrath of Khan and a major character death. 3.5 years ago, I pegged Chekov (Anton Yelchin) as the likely 'killed off halfway through character, and the fact that Yelchin's star hasn't exactly risen since only adds credence to said theory (that we see him in a red shirt when Pike is monologuing about Kirk's arrogance getting his friends killed doesn't help). Anyway, this looks somewhat like generic sequel 101, but it still looks awfully entertaining. As always, we'll see, in this case when Star Trek Into Darkness drops on May 17, 2013. What are your thoughts on the above trailer? Do share below...
Scott Mendelson
