XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   XPost: rec.arts.startrek.current   
   From: anybody@anywhere-anytime.com   
      
   In article <2007072821042816807-thecroft@macunlimitednet>, Andrew   
    wrote:   
      
   > On 2007-07-28 01:11:46 +0100, Anybody  said:   
   >   
   > > In article , "Cubit"   
   > >  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> 9 months ago, I posted a YouTube video urging that the original ST:TOS   
   cast   
   > >> be replaced with new young actors.  Maybe someone saw it.  Maybe it was a   
   > >> coincidence.   
   > >   
   > > They aren't "replacing" anyone or doing some idiotic remake of TOS.   
   > > They are making a prequel to the original Star Trek series, which means   
   > > they obviously can't use Shatner and co. to play an 20 year olds.   
   > >   
   > > Having said that, they'll also be making lots of moronic changes and   
   > > ignoring stuff we already know, so the movie is going to be useless,   
   > > ill-fitting rubbish within the frame work of "Star Trek" as we know it.   
   >   
   > Not that you're pre-judging it at all.   
      
   Since they haven't made it yet, all we can do is "pre-judge" on what we   
   currently know ... which is:   
      
     - most prequels / reboots / reimaginings / remakes suck badly.   
      
     - re-casting of characters rarely actually works.   
      
     - ignoring what's gone before is idiotically stupid.   
      
   Not very good signs for a great "Star Trek" movie.   :-(   
      
   Maybe they'll actually have some brains this time (EXTREMELY rare in   
   Hollyweird!!) and it will be an excellent "Star Trek" movie ... but   
   history doesn't make that a very likely possibility.   
      
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