We can only hope that director J.J. Abrams knew what he was getting himself into when he signed on to direct a reboot of the Star Trek franchise, because as they say, “Here comes the crazy.”

I consider myself to be pretty much in tune with pop culture, at least as far a movies go. But just this week, something came out of nowhere and smacked me upside the head. That thing was Twilight and the buzz surrounding this book-turned-movie phenomenon.