Have you seenthe teaser trailer(more teaser than trailer) for the upcomingStar TrekTV show from CBS All-Access?
(Specifically: new crews, new villains, new heroes, new worlds.)
Star Trekhas traditionally been a storytelling franchise that pushes the narrative boundaries of what has come before.
Will the newStar TrekTV series return to this commitment to new-ness?
The lack of new-ness in the Star Trek films.
Enter theStar Trekrebootfilm franchise.
Theyre relatively good at being an action adventure story, but theyre not veryStarTrek.
Perhaps more notably, theyre not particularly original, either.
The lack of new-ness in pop culture.
(Just ask the fanfiction community.)
Thems the breaks when youre investing hundreds of millions of dollars in a project.
And this playing-it-safe route is, generally, disappointing.
The necessary novelty of new characters, worlds, and villains.
I understand the sentimentality.
And I understand, Oh, its familiar, but theyre doing something different.
