Weekly Written Analysis 1

Star Trek movie
I am not too much of a Trekkie myself but I admit to watching some Star Trek episodes few years ago with my brother. It has been some time since I saw last Star Trek episode but I just had to go see a movie that been so heavily advertised. Star Trek was surely anxiously awaited by many its fans. If I liked it or not I began to be curious about it too. As a good pop culture slave, I went to see it the opening weekend on Sunday.
Since early 1960’s, when the series started, adventures of the brave crew of the ship Enterprise kept kids and adults of all ages interested. No other show has been on air for over four decades and no other show that has so many loyal followers like this one. Therefore, this movie was going to be a huge event for them. What does bring so many fans from different generations together? I believe that Star Trek is one of the better examples of the popular culture. Maybe the movies and shows do not have a deep artistic value but there are many lessons of hard work, friendship and bravery involved. People always looked up to the sky and dreamed of what could happen if we could fly to them and discovered new worlds. New possibilities and obstacles so different from our everyday lives lived by crew seems to fascinate us. Articles, interviews, advertising even a huge auction of items from the first series. All of this increased the excitement and inertest for the long expected summer movie. Well and it fulfilled the expectations. Star Trek made 72.5 million dollars the opening weekend alone. Most of the fans and non-fans were blown away. After disappointing the X-men, Star Trek was a great success. I believe that with fan base and history like one that Star Trek has it is hard to continue and fulfill the expectations. Star Trek had to face off some harsh criticism from both sides. On the one hand, the “die hard” fans that have seen all the previous movies want something original but in the Star trek spirit. On the other hand, non-Trekkies want to be persuaded that it is a movie worth watching even if they have never seen an episode of Star Trek. Also with such a heavy advertisement, the hopes are much higher than for most of the other movies.
I think we all can agree that Star Trek is a pop culture icon. It is amazing that after forty years, it still finds new fans and it can still sell out movies for the whole weekend. Sci-fi always had a special place in our culture. Fanatically followed by some and hated by others but recognized in nearly every culture in the world.