XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   XPost: rec.arts.startrek.current   
   From: anybody@anywhere-anytime.com   
      
   In article <45a871fa$0$32012$fa0fcedb@news.zen.co.uk>, "Jaxtraw"   
    wrote:   
      
   > David Johnston wrote:   
   > > On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:34:56 -0800, "Kevin"    
   > > wrote:   
   > >   
   > >>   
   > >> "Stan Jensen"  wrote in message   
   > >> news:lpfcq2lsuam87l85ukmvc66f2se6ijkn1j@4ax.com...   
   > >>> Shatner Leaks Trek XI Details   
   > >>>   
   > >>> William Shatner revealed to SCI FI Wire that the upcoming 11th Star   
   > >>> Trek movie will indeed, as rumored, deal with the early years of   
   > >>> Capt. James T. Kirk and Spock - and that he will definitely appear   
   > >>> in the movie if director J.J. Abrams can find a place to use him.   
   > >>> Shatner, who originated the role of Kirk in the original Trek   
   > >>> series and several subsequent films, said in an interview that he   
   > >>> was invited to meet with Abrams (Mission: Impossible III), who is   
   > >>> also co-writing the movie.   
   > >>   
   > >> SNIPPING HAS OCCURRED   
   > >>   
   > >> Again, this is a monumentally horrid idea.  The buzz in Hollywood is   
   > >> that this is going to be a pig of biblical proportions.  This isn't   
   > >> the movie fans want to see.   
   > >   
   > > Is there a movie fans want to see?  I haven't heard a single idea for   
   > > one that has been welcomed.   
   >   
   > My feeling is the fans don't really want any new Trek right now. They (we,   
   > whatever) want to be nostalgic for a while. Some enjoy the fan productions   
   > that allow a nice wallow in nostalgia. Everyone just wants to watch their   
   > DVDs of old Trek and enjoy the good old days. I don't sense any real hunger   
   > for *new" Trek at all.   
   >   
   > People talk vaguely about wanting it to "get back to the original vision"   
   > and but nobody has any real idea of anything they'd actually like to see in   
   > any specific terms. People need a break. That's why I think getting a new   
   > film out so soon is a colossal error on the studio's part. Even if it's   
   > good, people just haven't had time to get excited about a "restart".   
      
   A "restart" will never please a true fan. They like the franchise the   
   way it is, making silly changes so you end up with a product that is   
   "Star Trek" in name only is simply stupid.   
      
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