Friday, May 8, 2009

FRIDAY: Star Trek: Countdown


When this entry posts, I will have already seen the new Star Trek movie by J. J. Abrams. Star Trek: Countdown is a graphic novel explaining the backstory for the movie. The movie takes place when James T. Kirk is a young man, but the graphic novel takes place in the Star Trek future, several years after the last movie (Star Trek Nemesis). Familiar faces include Spock, Data, Picard and Worf.

A star is about to go supernova and take out the Romulan home planet. Ambassador Spock tries to warn the Romulans but they won't listen. Only one Romulan, a miner named Nero, believes Spock. Together they travel to Vulcan to get technology to collapse the star into a black hole. But the Federation Ambassador to Vulcan, Picard, cannot convince the Vulcans to help the Romulans. Spock works with Captain Data of the Enterprise (B-4 from the Nemesis movie, with Data's memories) and Picard on the black hole while Nero returns to Romulus to save his wife and unboard child. But he is too late. This sets him on a course of vengence that leads to a final act propelling him to the events of the movie.

I have high hopes for this movie. I still love the Star Trek universe and characters from the TV shows, movies and books.
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  1. ScottMay 9, 2009 at 9:09 PM

    The book was an excellent bridge from the old Trek storyline to the new time line that has been set out in the movie. Provides some extra depth to the back story of the new movie.

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