From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: stocksami@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?

Wickeddoll wrote:
> Steven L. wrote:
>  GeneK wrote:
>>> "A Watcher" wrote in message
>>>> Isn't a point of the latest movie? Changing their past changed the
>>>> characters we knew in the original ST. Now they can go on and make new
>>>> movies based on these different characters. There's no end to it.
>>>>
>>>> Of course that will confuse the casual viewers who are really into ST.
>>>
>>> It's THE point of the movie, i.e., "this is why our new Trek is 
>>> different
>>> from the old Trek but still fits into canon." But casual viewers 
>>> couldn't
>>> care less about canon, and for longtime viewers, "this is a reimagining
>>> of Trek with a new canon" would be probably be explanation enough
>>> for a good film and "fitting into canon" won't redeem a bad one.
>>> GeneK
>>
>> This movie vindicated MY position on the future of Trek, which I had 
>> stated here before (check the Google archive):
>>
>> Star Trek does NOT require the original actors, nor the original sets, 
>> nor the original ship models, nor the original props.  The basic 
>> concept would work with any actors and any type of ship (as long as it 
>> was large enough to hold a varied crew).
>>
>> Critics have to deal with the passage of time:  James Doohan is gone, 
>> DeForest Kelley is gone, and the other actors are quite old now--too 
>> old for any more swashbuckling derring-do.  If a TOS-type series is to 
>> have ANY future, it HAS to be rebooted from a new cast of actors.  
>> Otherwise the only other alternative is to let Star Trek die off once 
>> and for all.
>>
>> I doubt that Abrams' critics would be happy about that.  If production 
>> of the movie had fallen through for any reason, they would be the 
>> first ones lamenting that "TOS is dead, too bad."
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Steven L.
>>
>>
> 
> They're *still* saying it's dead.
> 
> May they grieve in peace, cuz I'm looking forward to the next film.
> 
> Natalie

"They" don't have to watch.  They can keep watching reruns of TOS.
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