Ted's Take

We just came back from seeing the re-imagined Star Trek film — and I must say I enjoyed it as did every member of my family.  Paramount has a new — tent pole — series now — this film series will become epic — ala Harry Potter or the Batman franchises — kudos to JJ Abrams for doing great directorial duties; the story held together and the CGI didn’t overwhelm the character development.  Star Trek is  great summer entertainment fun — and at the heart of the story was a new element called “Red Matter“; when it first appeared — I heard a young man sitting three rows ahead of us in the theatre  say — “Lets Go Caps”.  That made my day.  Red Matter was also central in blowing up the world and starting all over. (more…)