not all the IMAX theaters are those massive five-story ones<\/a>, like at the Air & Space Museum, in Washington D.C., or at Lincoln Center, here, in NYC.<\/p>\nFor example, the one where I saw the movie, at AMC 25 on 42nd St, charges $17.50 for a single, precious IMAX ticket, but the screen is basically the same size as pretty much any of the 25’s big screens. The film was digitally-projected, and the sound was enormous, but if you’re looking for that monster IMAX screen, go elsewhere.<\/p>\n
But Star Trek<\/em>, man: I think the coolest aspect of it, and the reason that the movie, in 10 days, has grossed nearly $150 million domestic\u2014besides those $17.50 tickets\u2014is that producer\/director J.J. Abrams truly found the correct way to reboot the series. He brings it up to date, but in a way that draws in people who don’t care about Trek<\/em>, as well as those who care about nothing else.<\/p>\nThis being the movie biz, Abrams’ job was to, especially, cater to the former, which he does courtesy of a good-looking, enthusiastic cast, especially Chris Pine, as Capt. James T. Kirk, Zachary Quinto (Heroes<\/em>) as Mr. Spock, Z\u00f6e Saldana as Lt. Uhura, and Eric Bana as the villainous Nero..<\/p>\nMeanwhile, for those of us who care passionately about such issues as, for example, what a starship sounds like when it goes to warp, the movie is nothing if not a revelation. In-jokes abound, and even in serious moments, of which there are many, the director nods to people who, say, know why, on a critical mission, Kirk and Sulu (John Cho) don’t get the red<\/em> flightsuit.<\/p>\nWithout question, Star Trek<\/em> is going to be the movie to beat this summer. In fact, when the flick is over, the first thing one asks themself is, “When’s the next<\/em> one?”<\/p>\nHere’s another question: I can think of at least one other much-beloved\u00a0 sci-fi series whose name starts with the word Star<\/em>, and which desperately needs a remix.<\/p>\nJ.J. Abrams: You available?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Saw Star Trek, above, last night. Twice. Needless to say, it completely and totally rocks. Don’t wait for the DVD: This is a theater must-see. One detail, though: The IMAX format is growing in popularity, but not all the IMAX theaters are those massive five-story ones, like at the Air & Space Museum, in Washington […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[51,18,53],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3674"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3674"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3683,"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3674\/revisions\/3683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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