Premiering in front of Quantum of Solace this weekend and bowing in HD on the internets yesterday, the first real teaser for J.J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot is short on plot but confirms what we already knew the movie would contain: hot space battles, retro-fab production design, and the resurrection of science fiction TV's most legendary Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name.
Kirk and Spock are the ultimate sci-fi man-love pairing (often credited with creating the entire slash fiction pheneomenon, aka everything you think know about gay subtext but were afraid to ask). The glimpses we get of their origin story in this trailer look to follow in that proud tradition of innuendo -- especially with Heroes' Zachary Quinto as the half-Vulcan and okay-probably-not-gay-but-damn-pretty-anyways Chris Pine as his Captain.
Abrams' track record for emphasizing character over plot (see Lost, Alias, etc.) means that his new take on the franchise is poised to emphasize male bonding over inconsequential stuff like space exploration, and despite one sweet boxer-briefed shot of Pine giving some lucky lady a taste of Little Tiberius, it's all about Kirk and Spock here: "Then why don't you stop me?" Kirk grits out at one tense moment, before we cut to a shot of Spock diving at him. Sure, all the gayness of the actual movie will probably be between the lines (even if vocal supporter of gay rights John Cho honors his predecessor George Takei's true sexuality). But it's nice to know that as long as America needs to sublimate unabashed homoeroticism with a smokescreen of Orion slave girls and comments about the port thrusters, Star Trek will be there.
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