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...life!" the old Commander Kirk, William Shatner, angrily told die-hard Trekkies in a famous Saturday Night Live skit. Over the past four days the venerable TV and movie franchise got new life by winning the box-office weekend. The first Trek movie to boldly go without a colon in the title amassed $76.5 million in its first four days, including $4 million from Thursday night shows, according to early industry estimates. That should leave the Paramount executives beaming: they have a healthy new-old franchise. (See the 10 best Star Trek moments...
...Efron 17 Again filled out the top five. Less successful at reviving a dormant film form - the 1970s blaxploitation comedy - was the druggy Next Day Air, which took in just $4 million. It finished first only in the Cool Name for a Director category: Benny Boom. (Read about Star Trek's evolution through the decades...
...weekend's big bang came from the Starship Enterprise. Buoyed by enthusiastic reviews, embraced by both Trek illuminati and infidel civilians alike, the new space adventure earned sage nods of commendation for the director who had modernized a middle-age franchise: J.J. Abrams, the TV-drama mogul of Alias, Lost and Fringe and a member of that ultra-exclusive club, the TIME 100. "J.J. Abrams is officially the Lazarus of movie directors," proclaimed box office stats swami Steve Mason - though Abrams' only other retooling, Mission: Impossible III, was the lowest-grossing of that action trio...
...arrogant rich pricks. Who are actually stupider than they think they are. A lot of people who only care about money too. 14. FM: You produced much of “Love the Future” while at Harvard. How large of a role did Star Trek play in producing the final product?Max: One thing that was really exciting and appealing was that from the first time we met them, they were happy to let us do whatever we want. That’s what they prefer, and what we prefer. We have sought their advice, and usually what...
...Very often the updating of an older franchise leads to a shrieking mass of technological bells and whistles (look how George Lucas tarted up his own Star Wars franchise). Star Trek certainly looks as lively as an ambitious, action-oriented summer blockbuster ought, but Abrams is more interested in the characters than he is in showing off the ship, or the Big Bad, a fellow named Nero (Eric Bana) with a Black Hole complex. Abrams also pays homage to the original with a cameo by one of the old gang. That special guest has one scene too many, but there...