Star Trek Expectations
Nels has Star Trek XI (2009) tickets for tonight. Amazing statistic: Nels has been caffeine free for twenty hours. Officially, movie theaters throughout the country will be showing the new Star Trek XI movie. Reimaging established franchises seems to be the direction major movie studios are taking.
Star Trek has a well established intellectual history. Modern iterations of the Star Trek franchise have abandoned the themes, tone, and feel of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Maybe the writers got tired of producing futurist visions of a better tomorrow.
Given the nature of reimaging an established franchise, the new Star Trek film should probably allow for future movies or television series. Would the movie studio finance and allow a Star Trek film that simply destroyed future possibilities?
Full disclosure, Nels has seen every Star Trek movie and every episode of all the Star Trek television series. Nels will now attempt to rate the best Star Trek franchise endeavors by preference.
Best Star Trek Franchise Endeavors
1. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987 – 1994)
2. Star Trek: The Wrath of Kahn (2nd Film, 1982)
3. Star Trek: The Original Series (1966 – 1969)
4. Star Trek: The Search for Spock (3rd Film, 1984)
5. Star Trek: Generations (7th Film, 1991)
6. Star Trek: First Contact (8th Film, 1994)
7. Star Trek: Nemesis (10th Film, 2002)
8. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993 – 1999)
9. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1st Film, 1979)
10. Star Trek: The Voyage Home (4th Film, 1986)
11. Star Trek: The Final Frontier(5th Film, 1989)
12. Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country (6th Film, 1991)
13. Star Trek: Voyager (1995 – 2001)
14. Star Trek: Enterprise (2001 – 2005)
15. Star Trek: Insurrection (9th Film, 1998)
Where will the Star Trek XI fall within the list of best Star Trek franchise endeavors?
