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Star Trek Into Darkness - Movie Review

Director: J.J. Abrams
Writers: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof, Gene Roddenberry (original television series “Star Trek”)
Stars: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Benedict Cumberbatch, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Bruce Greenwood, Peter Weller, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Alice Eve, Leonard Nimoy
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I won’t lie–I am a first-generation trekkie. Like most of my early introduction to science fiction, Star Trek was something I learned about from my Dad.

I eagerly watched all the new incarnations of Trek. Eventually, Jean-Luc Picard became my captain, but you never forget your first, and I’ve always had a soft spot for James Tiberius Kirk.

Because of? Despite this? I enjoyed J.J. Abrams’ Trek reboot in 2009.

But Into Darkness? That’s a hard call. Don’t get me wrong–it’s entertaining, it’s fun. High action, great effects, chase scenes, things going boom. But it’s not really my Trek.

Thinking about it later, what I came up with: a group of guys in a room saying: “Which scenes from classic Trek can we twist up in some way that would be really unexpected? Where do we want to end? Okay, now let’s build a movie around those scenes with a build toward that ending.”
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J.J. Abrams Interview

The fight for the title of busiest man in show business is always in motion, but there’s a good case to be made that it should at present go to writer/director/producer J.J. Abrams. Abrams, co-creator of the epic series LOST and creator of ALIAS and FELICITY on TV and producer/director/co-writer of the 2009 film that rebooted the cinematic STAR TREK franchise, has not exactly sat idle this year.

JJ Abrams, Person Of Interest, Alcatraz TV Show

On the big screen, Abrams produced - with Steven Spielberg - wrote and directed SUPER 8, a film about kids making a zombie movie in 1979 while a large extraterrestrial is decimating their town. He’s also the executive producer on MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - GHOST PROTOCOL. On television, FRINGE, which Abrams created with frequent collaborators Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, is enjoying its fourth season on Fox. Abrams’ new thriller series PERSON OF INTEREST, created by Jonathan Nolan, is a hit for its network CBS, and he’s also producing ALCATRAZ, which debuts on Fox early in 2012.
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