Movie trailers can either reveal too much about the film or reveal just enough to satisfy audiences' curiosities or titillate their excitement further.
And even though the "Star Trek Beyond" trailer manages to do accomplish the latter, screenwriter and actor Simon Pegg still isn't happy with it.
When Hey U Guys asked the actor about it, Pegg explained that "there's a lot more to the film" and he advised fans to "be patient" for its release.
"It was very action-packed," he added. "I didn't... Yeah. It was surprising. I find it to be kind of the marketing people 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 you know, they've got to bring a big audience in. They've got to bang the drum. To the Star Trek fans, I'd say be patient."
The "more" Pegg was referring to would probably the emotional relationships shared by its characters, which director Justin Lin was earlier teasing about.
This is why when Lin himself saw the trailer, he shared the same reaction as Pegg. "There were other versions that were much more tradition and I can see where maybe the hardcore fans could probably see that as, 'oh,'" said Lin. "The one thing I wanted to make sure is that it hopefully represents that we are trying to be bold and take risks. Whether we are successful or not, I don't know."
One of the things that people teased "Star Trek Beyond" for was that it looked suspiciously like "Fast & the Furious 7," but in outer space. Lin, who helmed the car chase franchise prior to taking on the sci-fi film from J.J. Abrams also noticed the similarities, and he did not like it.
"When I saw the teaser, I'm like, aww (expletive). You really have to put the motorcycle in there? So I get it, I get it, I get it," he said about the criticisms.
"Star Trek Beyond" will make its way to cinemas on July 22, 2016. The script is written by Pegg and Doug Jung. Pegg also stars in the movie together with Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Karl Urban, Anton Yelchin, Sofia Boutella, and Idris Elba.
