So…an hour ago, a friend of mine informs me that the title of the next Star Trek film is TALOSIAN JUSTICE.
My brain, naturally, heard this as: WHAT THE HELL?!?
I haven’t (so far) found any confirmation of this, anywhere reputable on the net…other than a brief mention in an unrelated article on Ain’t It Cool News.
I hate it. I’m repulsed by it. It makes my right eye twitch.
It’s too fanwank. It’s heir to the kingdom of fanwank!
It’s too B-movie. In fact, it’s so B-movie, it belongs on the video shelf next to a host of other made-for-DVD-films such as Megalodon & Killer Bees!
It’s too much of a sop to fandom…and a movie works best when it’s appealing to a wide audience base, not fandom alone. That’s why christening the title of the previous reboot as simply STAR TREK — sans numeral — was a stroke of genius.
Pay glorious homage to Star Trek’s rich history, by all means; the first film did that with much grace and deftness. By all means, adapt the plots of The Cage & The Menagerie for a film…it honestly never occurred to me, and holds great potential for epic expansion. But please PLEASE choose another title, for the sake of everyone & anyone with a modicum of taste.
Memo to J.J. Abrams: Talosian Justice is NO justice at all.
