Star Trek coming soon!

In a few days, the long wait is over. Kirk and Spock in the latest Star Trek, directed by J. J. Abrams will make their presence felt in movie screens here in the Philippines. And I feel that this film would be a good “reboot” for the franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, who died in 1991. He was one of the earthlings to have his ashes “buried” in space.

The 11th film from the Star Trek franchise will feature the early years of the main characters of the original series. And that means Kirk and Spock and the rest of the first crew of the Enterprise.

The story follows James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) studying at Starfleet Academy and his first meeting with Spock (Zachary Quinto). Eric Bana plays a Romulan. Now, that would be interesting.

What I am eager to see is the redesigned bridge. The team brought in Star Trek veteran John Eaves.

The bridge retains it’s oval shape, railings, the captain's chair, and viewscreen but has been aesthetically altered with bright colors.

McCoy’s sickbay is reportedly more modern while the transporter and engine rooms have an industrial look. The beams in the transporter also swirl rather than speckle. I looked up what speckle means in my laptop dictionary? It refers to a small spot or mark, often a small irregular patch of contrasting color.

The Starfleet uniforms still follow the original color coding (command officers wear gold shirts, science and medical officers wear blue, and Operations (technicians/engineers) and security personnel wear red). However, the female officers' miniskirts are slightly longer than the original from the 60s.

Industrial Light & Magic created the visual effects. Abrams worked with visual effects supervisors Roger Guyette and Sherri Hanson, with whom he teamed up before in Mission: Impossible III.

Music is by Michael Giacchino who kept the original theme by Alexander Courage. This film was written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, and produced by Damon Lindelof and Bryan Burk.

The characters and the stories have surely traveled long and far since the premiere of TV series back in September 8, 1966.

And will definitely go where no one has gone before!