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The Future of Star Trek
Posted by David Torres Categories: Editorials, Movies,

I was recurited to write for Gear Live by an old friend of mine. Gear Live was starting a section on comic books and they needed writers. As I searched for things to write about, I began writing about things such as Star Trek that although were not comic books, they did fit in to the genre of geek stuff that we all know and love. After talking things over with Andru Edwards who runs things here at Gear Live, it was decided that I should post my review of the new Star Trek film over at the movie section of Gear Live which is called Film Crunch. You can read my review here.
My review was pretty general and I didn’t go into any details. I decided to write about those details and give my opinion about them here. I also want to go into the current state of the Star Trek universe and what the future may hold. If you’ve read my review or already seen the film, you know that from here on out things will be different in the world of Star Trek. Lets begin….............
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The key to success for the new Star Trek film
Posted by David Torres Categories: Editorials, Movies, Television,

Since I began writing for Comix 411, I have written two blogs (here and here) about the new Star Trek film set to be released in May of 2009. I am 34 years old and I have been a Star Trek fan for as long as I can remember - longer than I have been a comic book reader.
When it was announced that there would be a new Star Trek film, I was excited. I became more excited when I heard that they were going to be doing a film with the original Star Trek characters staring new younger actors. I felt this would be a good a good way to jump start the franchise again.
So we are now five months away from the release and we are all waiting and wondering if the film will be any good. It will be good, if they focus on the reason why the original series worked so well. The reason the original series worked so well is because of the relationship and chemistry of the three main characters: Kirk, Spock, and McCoy.
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