In case you were wondering, any reports of Pegboard’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. Not that any such reports actually existed or that we are a deserving, newsworthy site, but I just wanted to find a clever way of explaining that despite our prolonged absence, we are still technically up and running. I mean, we’ve still been up and running the whole time, we just haven’t written very… oh fuck it. Let’s review a movie.
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“Star Trek Into Darkness” Review by Jesse Schaffer
Depending on where you fall in the whole Star Trek vs. Star Wars debate, you may view the upcoming slate of films to be a period of intense competition or a window of rare opportunity. I’m inclined to side with the latter. After all, it’s not every day that the same promising young filmmaker is chosen to helm the two most iconic science fiction franchises in modern history, much less tackle them back-to-back. Myself, I’ve loved Star Wars since the opening credits crawled across my screen for the first time, while I never quite saw the appeal in Star Trek (go ahead Trekkies, have at me). However, J.J. Abrams won me over with his 2009 reboot and I’ve been eagerly anticipating the sequel ever since. As it turns out, my enthusiasm was well-founded. Darkness is my favorite movie of the year so far and now I’m more eager than ever to see what Abrams can accomplish with Star Wars, but we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it (only 2 more years!). Minor spoilers below.
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