【英语时差8,16】所向无敌的「星际争霸战」

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Less a bid to measure up against other movies at the box office, Star Trek¹ may actually be more in competition with itself, and its many incarnations preceding this latest voyage of the USS Enterprise into theaters everywhere. But what does distinguish Star Trek from the cookie cutter crop of futuristic fantasies, and what led to its legendary² status, is its humor and the personality of its characters, who can knock off the self-serious posturing³ from time to time, to laugh at themselves and each other. Focusing on an intricate web of enduring family feuds⁴, Star Trek traces James Tiberius Kirk (Chris Pine) back to his birth, during which his dad met his demise⁵ at the hands of Romulan leader Captain Nero (Eric Bana). And Nero has long harbored his own festering grudge⁶ against the Enterprise, after the death of his wife. The occasional surprises materialize when all the noisy sci-fi machinery⁷ takes a break and allows the characters some quiet time to breathe through, especially comic relief provided by Anton Yelchin as the Russian accented know-it-all teen pilot Chekov, and Tyler Perry doing an admiral cameo in judicial⁸ punitive⁹ mode, as he cuts the cocky Kirk down to size. "Star Trek" was fashioned with obvious affection for the source material, but still offers something new.