Back Stage

Star Trek XI (2009) is now showing at the New Capitol Cinemas. It had its worldwide launch on May 7. In its first long weekend in the United States of America (US) it grossed over P600 million, and more across Planet Earth. It has been hailed as the "greatest prequel ever made".

If you are an old timer Trekkie you may not agree with this. Star Trek XI does go back to the origins, but parts of the myth have been re-invented, so those of you who have been following the evolution of all the Star Trek movies over the last 30 years since the launching of Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) may be disappointed? Then there are the older purists who may have grown up with or know the television series that began in 1966-yes, Mr Spock may be hundred of years old, but to us lowly humans he is only 43.