What undermines "Star Trek Beyond" is that it's ultimately not interested in taking a long look at the "you" of Kirk, Spock ( Zachary Quinto), ship's doctor "Bones" McCoy ( Karl Urban), communications officer Uhura ( Zoe Saldana), and the rest of the NCC-1701 crew. It was more soap opera than space opera at times, but always fun to watch, sometimes moving. ![]() Spock, between Kirk and the United Federation of Planets, between Kirk and the Klingons who tormented his civilization and killed his only son, and between all the characters (Kirk especially) and the prospect of aging and death. The screenplays gave us detailed examinations of, say, the relationship between Kirk and his half-Vulcan first officer Mr. Where all of the TV incarnations of " Star Trek" were mainly about morality and philosophy, with characterization serving as a means of examining those dramatic values, most of the big-screen film versions, including the '80s and '90s versions of the flagship TV show, were mainly concerned with the heroes' personalities. ![]() There's a precedent for this sort of thing.
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