Superfan Ben Stiller Has A Star Trek Pitch, Says It’s Important For Franchise To Return To Big Screen
Superfan Ben Stiller Has A Star Trek Pitch, Says It’s Important For Franchise To Return To Big Screen
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.
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.
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.
...they asked him “Do you have any Star Trek pitches?” He promptly replied, “Yeah, let’s do it.”
Hear me out, it's called The Orville and... oh, no wait. I'm being handed a message.
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.
The Orville isn't "big screen." What we need is a sequel to Galaxy Quest.
the note says "please dont be that guy on the internet"
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.
I mean, at this point I'm willing to give Ben Stiller the benefit of the doubt on all sorts of things.
I don't think he needs the benefit of the doubt on "reach a broad audience" in the first place, because... well, it's Ben Stiller. I mean on the Star Trek ideals thing.
They will do just wrath of khan again and call it innovative
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.
Yes please
i hope that it's star trek but it's literally just his character from extras.
Hasn't basically every star trek movie been kinda bad?
iMO the IP does better when it has time to go slow.
The 2009 film was really fucking good IMO. It's what got me interested in the series to begin with.
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.
Well this is a take I can't believe is being upvoted....
To answer your question, no every movie has been good. I'm sure if they made a Section 31 movie it would be good too but they never actually made it so we'll never know.
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.