I love many Star Trek movies, but the big screen is not important to the franchise, and it’s best work has always been on the small screen.
Superfan Ben Stiller Has A Star Trek Pitch, Says It’s Important For Franchise To Return To Big Screen
Submitted 1 month ago by Kirk@startrek.website to startrek@startrek.website
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pjwestin@lemmy.world 1 month ago
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Hear me out, it’s called The Orville and… oh, no wait. I’m being handed a message.
grue@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The Orville isn’t “big screen.” What we need is a sequel to Galaxy Quest.
Kirk@startrek.website 1 month ago
the note says “please dont be that guy on the internet”
antithetical@lemmy.deedium.nl 1 month ago
I’m sorry if that was a joke that went over my head, but I really don’t get the love for The Orville.
The first season was kinda good in a temporary sci-fi wasteland. But the later seasons were mostly cringey teenage angst forced drama with some of the most unsymphatetic characters (e.g. the doctor lady and sons). Attempting to reach Capt. Picard levels of depth in their arguments and sophistication but falling short by a landslide.
The one good moment I can remember about it is the joke about the character being off-center on the viewscreen. Heck, I even prefer Discovery over most of it.
militaryintelligence@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The Orville isn’t Trek. It’s Seth MacFarlane comedy with some respectable drama. When he handed the USB drive with Billy Joel on it to his alien fascist girlfriend I teared up. Love is love, man.
rafoix@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Star Trek tends to suck on the big screen because instead of relatable sci-fi we get action scenes and explosions. It’s not the same.
Kirk@startrek.website 5 weeks ago
Are we watching the same movies because the criticisms I usually hear leveled at the TOS films are that they are too philosophical and boring
isosphere@beehaw.org 1 hour ago
you smashed your little ships
danc4498@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I still want the Quentin Tarantino Star Trek movie.
Kirk@startrek.website 1 month ago
There are dozens of us!
hash@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
Can you FUCKING IMAGINE? Can you FUCKING IMAGINE, MOTHERFUCKER?
Zorque@lemmy.world 1 month ago
If you could make a movie that stays true to the idea of Star Trek while still maintaining broad enough appeal to reach a wider audience, sure.
I believe, to this day, that still has yet to be done. Without the broad appeal it’s better to just do the show, and without the ideals of Star Trek… it’s just another generic sci-fi action movie.
lordnikon@lemmy.world 1 month ago
They will do just wrath of khan again and call it innovative
entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
IDK, Ben Stiller made Severance, which is pretty thoughtful, philosophical sci-fi. He’s got the chops and the interest in making something, the idea leaves me cautiously optimistic.
vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Hasn’t basically every star trek movie been kinda bad?
iMO the IP does better when it has time to go slow.
Kirk@startrek.website 1 month ago
Well this is a take I can’t believe is being upvoted…
vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
I haven’t seen every Star Trek movie but the ones I’ve seen have been pretty bad.
I’m here for the philosophy and the diplomacy, the movies always feel like they are made for a different audience.
Psythik@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The 2009 film was really fucking good IMO
vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
To each their own haha. The 2009 movie was the first ST movie I ever saw and I was not a fan.
FWIW, I mostly enjoy TOS, TNG and DS9. Not a star wars fan at all. To me the movie felt too much like star wars. It wasn’t dry enough and didn’t feel anything like a televised stage play lmao.
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 1 month ago
He should just go to the Orville new season or an Orville movie, Star Trek is kinda beyond the point where it can go back to what it was
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Maybe his idea isn’t any good though.
militaryintelligence@lemmy.world 1 month ago
DS9 movie. I know some important people are gone but still. DS9 movie
ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Yes please
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
i hope that it's star trek but it's literally just his character from extras.
ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 1 month ago
It’s worth noting that the last time I heard Ben Stiller talking Trek - five years ago on the official podcast - he made it pretty clear that he was a TOS fan, and hadn’t really seen anything else.
Nothing wrong with that at all, but relevant IMO.
Also, he definitely doesn’t actually have a pitch.
Linktank@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Christ… TOS is the worst of them for like the first 6 shows or something. Uncultured swine.
T156@lemmy.world 1 month ago
What’s wrong with it? It’s very much a product of its time, but it’s still serviceable.
hopesdead@startrek.website 1 month ago
He only wants something TOS related (since he only watches TOS). But that won’t happen.