Star Trek Countdown: Comic Review:

Interesting to have an actual Star Trek comic—or for that matter—any form of Star Trek fiction to be considered pure-blood canon instead of the traditional if it isn’t on-screen¸ it isn’t canon. Something to break a tradition like this seems befitting of what it’s connected to in a literal sense—Star Trek: Countdown, acts as a bridge between the world of Star Trek formed over a steady forty years into a new alternative universe where Star Fleet is completely staffed by adolescents and huge explosions seem to take the place of questioning existences or outwitting the odd Q.

Star Trek: Countdown acts as a bridge between the two worlds of Star Trek, and presents to us the reasons behind Nero’s hatred of Spock, how it all went so wrong and a few answers to elements present in film but left to the viewer to think over—the whole idea works and I enjoyed the Trek based fan-service of a few characters making an appearance for the sake of giving the universe of old, a befitting farewell (for now). The storyline isn’t deep and is setup to give Nero’s character a reason for being a complete bastard in the film, though his bastard aptitude seems befitting once you’ve grasped onto his motivation.

The artwork isn’t redefining and feels like a disappointment throughout—the artwork isn’t detailed, but the character’s of the TV series present their appearances nicely in the comic and conveys a sense of time has passed since the last known point in Original Star Trek History.

The overall reading experience is simply satisfying, not an interesting redefining experience that I will carry with me for life, but a simple experience that fills the reader in on minor details present in the film: How Spock and Nero ended up back two hundred years? What’s Nero’s motivation to be a two-dimensional villain in the film? How he knew who Kirk was (sort of)? Who created Spock’s awesome ship?

These questions are answered in a first for Star Trek—a comic that is accepted into bosom of the TV series and films canon without question.

Thought of the Day: October 18th:

Got over a thousand words of something I’m writing and felt good of getting back into the flow after a few months since I last embarked on writing something that goes about a thin line between fantasy and a real type world.