I know I’m not the first one on the Internet to compare the new Star Trek Into Darkness poster to The Dark Knight Rises poster, but come on!

Where no colon has gone before

I’m reasonably excited about this movie next year. I’ve never been a big Star Trek fan, and have barely watched any of the TV shows, but I loved the rebooted movie a few years ago, and I mostly enjoyed the first Star Trek movies when my girlfriend and I watched a marathon last year. So yeah, it should be a good flick. Especially with Benedict Cumberbatch as the…villain? Maybe? That’s definitely him on the poster. He’s amazing in Sherlock, if you haven’t seen that show. And you should.

The first trailer is supposed to be linked to The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (which comes out in less than 2 weeks!), so I’m looking forward to that. The synopsis is also available, though it means little to a non-Trekkie like me.

“When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.”

I guess this ‘one man weapon of mass destruction’ is Cumberbatch, who’s based on a character from one of the classic series’ episodes. We’ll see!

Any big Trek fans out there reading my blog? What does everybody else think of this movie?