
Hi everyone. It's Chris Tiberius Bucholz here, with another heaping serving of
Star Trek gossip for you. Apparently sometime over the last week this column became the central clearing house on the Internet for
Star Trek movie spoilers and speculation, which I have to admit surprised me, but I also have to admit, didn't surprise me much. Not one to turn down an easy topic for a column, I've kicked over countless stones this last week to dig up the hottest, barely legal
Star Trek spoilers you could possibly handle. Set your phasers to fun and join me, won't you?
First some background for those that aren't in on the whole
Star Trek history thing. There's a pretty low bar set for
Star Trek films: most are terrible, and the ones that aren't, are completely unwatchable. As a
Trek fan, I'll admit to being disappointed with nearly all of them, and I can't imagine what watching a recent
Trek film must have been like if you weren't a fan. Greasy and baffling I'm guessing. In fact, when you think about it, the best
Star Trek film in the last 20 years was probably
Galaxy Quest. And when a
goddamned Tim Allen movie does something better than anything, you know the world's gone just a bit topsy turvy.
What I'm hoping is that this movie, which is a prequel to all the other movies and the original series, will offer a fresh start for the franchise. Although it's not a reboot of the franchise per se, it's being developed with a fresh eye and is an attempt to make