From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: not@chance.dude
Subject: Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?

A Watcher 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.

But apparently some can't do that without bashing those of us who liked 
ST: 2009.

Natalie
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