Huffington Magazine Issue 49 | Page 64

Exit 25 QUESTIONS HUFFINGTON 05.19.13 TAR TREK Into Darkness — the sequel to 2009’s Star Trek — out in theaters across the United States on May 17. Will it live up to four years of pre-release hype? Are the crazy rumors about the film’s main villain true? Is it actually dark? On Thursday morning, we saw an advanced screening of Star Trek Into Darkness, so, here, as always, we answer every question that you could possibly have about Star Trek Into Darkness. (Warning: Some references are made to plot points that could be considered a spoiler, considering how secretive the plot of this movie has been.—Mike Ryan 01 Is Star Trek Into Darkness as dark as its title teases? Not really. It’s basically at the same level (or non-level) of darkness as 2009’s Star Trek. PREVIOUS PAGE: ZADE ROSENTHAL/ (C) 2013 PARAMOUNT PICTURES. 02 Are the rumors about a villain in Star Trek Into Darkness true? The rumors are true: There is a villain in Star Trek Into Darkness. 03 Are the rumors true that the villain in Star Trek Into Darkness is a villain we’ve seen in another Star Trek movie? I mean, look, that rumor has been floating out there for a while. And if you use your Google machine, you’d be able to find out the answer to that pretty quickly at this point. All that I’ll say is this: Do you think the villain in a summer blockbuster with a reported budget near $200 million is a British guy named John Harrison, a.k.a. the most boring name in the world? 04 05 For the rest of this piece, will you refer to the villain as “Most Boring Name In The World”? Yes. Does Star Trek Into Darkness begin just like the preview that ran before The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey? Strangely, no. The two scenes that you saw in that 10-minute preview are now flipped. The film starts with Kirk (Chris Pine) and Bones (Karl