XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   XPost: rec.arts.startrek.current   
   From: jax@knickersjaxtrawstudios.com   
      
   Anybody wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   I meant "restart" simply as "starting up again, after a break". I didn't   
   mean a reboot, re-imagining or whatever.   
      
      
   Ian   
      
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