Simon Pegg Comments on First STAR TREK BEYOND Trailer: "I Didn't Love It"

There are a ton of Star Trek fans out there who were less than thrilled with the first trailer for Justin Lin's Star Trek Beyond, the third film in the new canon that began with J.J. Abrams' reboot back in 2009. Lin attempted to explain some of his choices and calm fans who were angered by it, but if the comment section of our post is any indication, the fans either didn't buy what Lin was saying or they chose to just ignore it altogether and continue complaining about what they think the movie will be based on a minute and a half trailer.

Perhaps they'll listen to geek god Simon Pegg instead. At the premiere of The Force Awakens, HeyUGuys caught up with Pegg — who plays Scotty and co-wrote Star Trek Beyond with Doug Jung — and asked him what he thought of Beyond's first trailer:

“It was very action-packed. It was surprising. I find it to be the marketing people sort of saying ‘Everybody come and see this film, it's full of action and fun,’ when there's a lot more to it than that. I didn't love it, because I know there's a lot more to the film. There's a lot more story and a lot more character stuff and a lot more what I would call ‘Star Trek stuff.’ But they've gotta bring a big audience in. They've gotta bang the drum. To the Star Trek fans, I'd say, hang in there, be patient."

At the premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, we asked Simon Pegg who plays Scotty in the Star Trek films what his thoughts were on the Justin Lin directed Star Trek Beyond trailer after it was released earlier this week. Much like the rest of us, he seems a little surprised and what he saw.

That face he makes in the photo at the top of this page pretty much says it all. Sounds like he definitely wasn't happy with the direction the marketing team chose to go, but I can't say I blame them for cutting the trailer the way they did. It's not their job to accurately depict what kind of movie it's going to be, only to make sure as many people as possible pay to see it. Sure, you could argue they have a moral responsibility to try to sell audiences the movie that they're getting, but it seems like studios pretty much gave up on morality sometime after the Hays Code went away in the late '60s. There have been countless examples of trailers cut to make a film look like it's something it isn't in order to reach a larger audience, and this sounds like it's only the most recent instance.

If you haven't yet, go back and read my commentary on the last post I wrote about this, because it all still applies. Star Trek Beyond hits theaters on July 22nd, 2016, and hopefully we'll get a more accurate trailer sometime before then.

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