XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise
XPost: rec.arts.startrek.current
From: anybody@anywhere-anytime.com
In article <2007072900330516807-thecroft@macunlimitednet>, Andrew
wrote:
> On 2007-07-28 23:14:34 +0100, Anybody said:
>
> > 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.
>
> Except when they don't
Very rare.
> > - re-casting of characters rarely actually works.
>
> Except when they do
Very rare.
> > - ignoring what's gone before is idiotically stupid.
>
> Probably. but there is no evidence that this is the case here
Yes it is. They've already said they're not going to worry about
breaking with the past - the "facts" we already know about the Star
Trek history. They've already called it a "reboot". This is the same
problem that caused some of the hopeless mess that was called
"Enterprise".
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