Don’t Be Afraid To Genre-Mash.
The Earth may have been saved in the last movie, but all the action happened out in space, away from the everyday danger. Why not try mixing science fiction with a disaster movie for the follow-up? Or romantic comedy? Or, I don’t know, Sundance Festival-style gritty urban realism about a single parent dealing with both the grief resulting from the death of a partner while also struggling to raise their child the best way they know how, which will probably include drugs and/or stripping for at least one scene?
Okay, maybe not that last one.
Also: Please make Zachary Quinto’s Spock say things like “As you earthlings say” as often as possible.
More Bones.
My one complaint with 2009’s Star Trek? Far, far too little of Doctor Leonard “Bones” McCoy. We’ve already been promised more Scotty in the follow-up, but – and no offense to Simon Pegg – Star Trek isn’t about Scotty. It’s about Spock, Kirk and Bones. Plus: Karl Urban was awesome in the first movie. Kindly give him a little more of the spotlight this time around.
Space Mummies.
Face it: This writes itself.
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