Section 31 continues with Star Trek’s downward spiral

By Chris Snellgrove
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Recently, the latest Star Trek movie came out, but you might not have noticed. After all, it was released directly to Paramount+ instead of theaters. Also, this was originally supposed to be a TV series before being turned into a film, so the film always felt like a kind of Mary’s second to keep the franchise alive after the sudden cancellation of the two Discovery and Lower deck. I had a bad feeling about this film ever since it was published, and those feelings are now validated: with a rotten tomatoes score of 24 percent, Section 31 Officially is the second worst Star Trek movie ever.

Star Trek Slop

Section 31 It has a plot that feels like every bad Nutrek ideas have been put into a blender and turned now and forty minutes of pure slope. Empress Georgiou must once again work with Section 31, this time to prevent a villain from the Mirror universe who wants to kill everyone in the Prime Universe. She does that with an eclectic team that feels like they have been removed from bad sci-fi Heist movie, but the only thing these men steal is a time you might have spent watching a better movie.

On DiscoveryTilly once exceeded “math power,” and talking about numbers, it’s pretty easy to see how Section 31 Not adding up compared to other movies in the franchise. With 24 percent Rotten tomatoes score, this new movie is barely ahead Star Trek V: the last borderhas a critical score of 23 per cent. For a joint, The last border is the most famous film in the franchise; the same place Captain Kirk Fighting against God between climbing mountains and asking important questions such as, “What does God need with stars?”

Tired plot

In terms of the details of what makes Section 31 So bad, let’s start with the plot. It depends on “Let’s prevent a maniac supervisor from destroying the galaxy.” This is just about each Kelvinverse A boiled film down to it, reducing a franchise built on the importance of communication and exploration to a boilerplate plot of “Kill the Bad Guy, Save the Day.” In fact, the plot repeatedly was the worst part of the Kelvinverse films, but were moored by a charming and charismatic cast. Unfortunately, Section 31 not.

Michelle Yeoh, an Oscar winner, is certainly doing her best with the terrible material given to her, but it is impossible to avoid comparing the terrible writing of Section 31 with a pitch-perfect writing of Everything everywhere at once. We have seen what he can do when she is given an excellent script, and the script of this latest Star Trek film script axle. This feels like a tremendous waste of Yeoh’s talents even as the film itself appears to be an absolute waste of the storytelling potential of this franchise.

Other cast members Section 31 do their best, but they are blocked by poor characterization … that is, almost all of them feel like half -baked characters OA Star Campaign with the most tenuous Star Trek links. There is an addition, Deltan, and even Rachel Garrett, Captain of the Menter C. In the future, but the simple fact is that slapping Trek’s star connection on a poorly written character does not make them enchanting, magical, not even to the biggest fans.

End this Star Trek Age

While the Discovery skill Starfleet Academy round the corner, Section 31 Feels like an end of life, one who capped the controversial demand of that earlier show on making Section 31 a huge part of her conspiracy. From the beginning, many fans hated the whole idea of ​​Section 31 because it made no sense for Starfleet Hipis to have their own secret Wetworks department.

Now we get a whole movie focusing on the most amoral group and out of the federation, and watching Of the weighting Go all on something that fans hate rather than give us more of what we love feels like a metaphor for the current state of Star Trek. While I enjoyed some of Discovery and all Lower deckIt has been clear that the franchise has now been in a downward spiral, especially with these two shows being canceled prematurely. Unfortunately, Section 31 confirms that we have reached the end of the whirlwind. Star Trek is dead, Jim.

And unlike PigThere may be no one who cares enough to bring this franchise back to life.