Considering how many films there’s been a series as famous for the inconsistent quality that comes and goes with each film, I’ve only seen a handful of them (First Contact, Star “With a J.J Abram Twist” Trek, Nemesis and Undiscovered Country). Out of all the ones I’ve seen the newest one has me hooked with big explosion that allow for the words: “Holy epic fucking awesome!” A few simple words can get across a range of emotion as the film had something epic coolness embedded into each scene like escaping from a black-hole (Improbable all the way to Doc Brown going back in time! It’s just a film so I should really just relax) or Old Spock appearing *Epic awesome pose*.

But before any more praise for a film that may’ve lacked the slight philosophical edge present in other films…..unless here it’s about how time travel might be a good thing as it helped avoid Captain Pike from becoming a type of zombie (He wasn’t in the original series but he might’ve well been). The point of this article is to talk about the prequel they released on the run up to the films ever more awesome May release.

The comic is basically: “Who’s that?” and “Where are they now?” It’s a fun type of way to give a connection between one of most ingenious sequel, reboot, prequel, remake type film ever done with it actually done in a way where it’s still connected to a grand history of Star Trek.

The question in my mind that I had the intention with this article comes from the question of “Can we really call the comic canon?” considering Paramount’s position with a vast array of comic and books based on the Star Trek universe. I mean they do all this stuff and they’re like “Oh this isn’t canon even though it fills voids we’ve haven’t been bothered to fill”. It really feels like they could turn around and go “This comic is no longer canon!” In a voice no one would really care about.

I’m like this when it comes to Star Trek canon “It’s your choice to how canon is treated with any series.” The comic, I see as wholly canon with how it provides a reason for Nero being a total prick or a super kickass badass to actually change the course of history with the destruction of Vulcan and killing Kirk’s father.

The canon of Star Trek is a tricky thing….so much for there to be part of a rich history except it might as well be considered officially sanctioned Fan-Fiction at how many book are technically non-canon without question.

My apologises if I’ve revealed anything about the film.

Thought of the Day: August 9th:

Funny how inspiration can be like a hammer smashing being used to break your fingers….don’t ask me to word this analogy of lunacy.