Remember That, Sometimes, The Old Classics Are The Best.
Look at the creature threatening the crew of the Enterprise in this image. There is a reason he is not as well known as Klingons, Borg, Romulans or countless other recurring threats throughout the almost-50 year history of Star Trek: He looks like a cyborg tree. Sure, there’s some novelty in that idea, but on the other hand, he looks like a cyborg tree. Novelty does not replace the need for quality control.
Space Pirates.
Why Do You Need A Villain, Anyway?
The reboot of the franchise in the last movie means that the pasts of all of the core characters are up for grabs again in a way that they’ve not been since the show originally debuted more than four decades ago – Years of untold stories and possible material is available once again, and who’s to say that well-told character pieces wouldn’t go down well with a fanbase curious for something that’s familiar but not exactly the same to what was offered before?
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