The logical answer is to go backward, exactly what Prometheus and Covenant did.īoth movies are more reviled by fans than either deserves. Movie studios run interference and dilute the more interesting ideas (as happened in Alien³ and Resurrection) and it's hard to jump off from either of from there. The problem with Alien movies is that Aliens is a hard one to top, sequel-wise. It's well acted and well designed with interesting visuals and great special effects. It also has loving callbacks to Alien(s) without needing to overstate things.

While often savaged by critics and fans of the Alien franchise, it adds interesting bits to the mythology of the series, and sets up Alien surprisingly well. But Search for Spock succeeds as a Star Trek film in a way that's not worthy of calling it a bad movie.Ĭontroversial opinion: Prometheus isn't that bad. And, (apologies here if you don't want a 33-year-old movie spoiled) there's something incredible about watching the destruction of the Enterprise, something that Generations tried and failed to capture.

The film's visuals are suitably dark, matching the light insurrection in the plot. Where Wrath of Khan was about Kirk as the master tactician, Search for Spock is about the subterfuge expert rebel. Where Wrath of Khan was high-stakes, Search for Spock is fittingly resigned to the fate of the Enterprise crew as Starfleet seeks to put them out to pasture and foist Kirk into retirement. The Enterprise crew realizes Spock is alive and in need of a rescue, as the genesis planet stands on the verge of collapse. Picking up nearly immediately after The Wrath of Khan, the plot of the film is given away in the title.

You've probably heard the trope that the even-numbered Star Trek movies movies are good and the odd-numbered ones are bad. But that idea is wrong, because The Search for Spock is great it just has the misfortune of being stuck between two of the best three films in the franchise.

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