{"id":47634,"date":"2016-07-25T14:43:49","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T21:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/?p=47634"},"modified":"2019-03-06T09:39:18","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T17:39:18","slug":"star-trek-beyond-premiere-at-san-diego-comic-con-was-more-than-just-a-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/star-trek-beyond-premiere-at-san-diego-comic-con-was-more-than-just-a-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Trek Beyond Premiere at San Diego Comic-Con was More Than Just a Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Image: Paramount Pictures<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It was the Wednesday night before San Diego Comic-Con \u2013 the night often referred to as \u201cPreview Night,\u201d where fans run around buying up their favorite convention exclusives.\u00a0 This year, if you were one of the lucky ones who were able to get in, you also had the chance to be one of the first to see the world premiere of the newest Star Trek movie, <em>Star Trek Beyond<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>And it was quite the premiere.\u00a0 Complete with fireworks, orchestra, and a laser light show, Paramount Pictures held nothing back in launching this movie on an outdoor IMAX theater.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-hour event started at 5:30 and was completely free for fans.\u00a0 Before <em>Star Trek Beyond<\/em> was played, the stars of the film walked the red carpet while the audience enjoyed popcorn and ice cream under the stars in the Embarcadero Marina Park behind the San Diego Convention Center.\u00a0 The event host, Conan O\u2019Brien, introduced the cast, producer J.J. Abrams, and director Jeremy Lin.<\/p>\n<p>And then a moment of silence was held in honor of Anton Yelchin, who portrayed Chekov in previous films and whose absence was definitely felt at this event.\u00a0 His parents were in the audience.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Zachary Quinto honored Leonard Nimoy.\u00a0 He mentioned how the two actors had bonded through their mutual portrayals of Spock and become friends.<\/p>\n<p>The movie itself was very enjoyable, with moments for long-time Trekkies and new fans alike.\u00a0 <em>Star Trek Beyond<\/em> really honors the 50 years of Star Trek, with moments of nostalgia sprinkled in that true fans will understand and appreciate.\u00a0 But even for those who are just discovering <em>Star Trek<\/em>, the story is action-packed and accessible.\u00a0 There are even comedic moments that add a touch of joviality to a story about Captain Kirk and a Vulcan. All the characters have depth, making even the villain highly enjoyable, and Jeremy Lin does a great job of making sure every character has their spotlight moment in the film. As if seeing the premiere of the latest Star Trek movie under the open sky wasn\u2019t dramatic enough, the whole film was shown with the San Diego Symphony orchestrating the score. Oh yeah \u2013 after they finished the fireworks. And the laser light show. For real.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who weren\u2019t fortunate enough to see the movie with fireworks and a live orchestra, there is still plenty of time to enjoy it in a local theater near you.\u00a0 <em>Star Trek Beyond<\/em> is now playing &#8211; and with the 50<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary of the airing of the first <em>Star Trek<\/em> episode coming September 8 &#8211; you won\u2019t want to miss a thing!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bzD8H6o1awQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Paramount Pictures It was the Wednesday night before San Diego Comic-Con \u2013 the night often referred to as \u201cPreview Night,\u201d where fans run around buying up their favorite convention exclusives.\u00a0 This year, if you were one of the lucky ones who were able to get in, you also had the chance to be one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,108],"tags":[439,3619],"yst_prominent_words":[8997,8265,6023,6413,35667,35666,35664,35662,35665,5885,6412,8802,6808,8996,8012,5780,8630,35661,8702,35663],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47634"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47634"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64187,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47634\/revisions\/64187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47634"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=47634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}