From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: santolina@juno.com
Subject: Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?

On Dec 9, 1:51apm, Dimensional Traveler  wrote:
> Santolina chamaecyparissus wrote:
> > On Dec 9, 9:34 am, A Watcher  wrote:
> >> trag wrote:
> >>> On Dec 9, 9:56 am, "Smokie Darling (Annie)" 
> >>> wrote:
> >>>> I agree with Ted here. aThe whole Soran plot was just a device
> >>>> (mcguffin, if I may), the real plot was reintroducing all the
> >>>> characters that most ST viewers "know", and the new interactions based
> >>>> on a certain event that occurred.
> >>> That's not athe Kirk that I "know".
> >> Isn't a point of the latest movie? aChanging their past changed the
> >> characters we knew in the original ST. aNow they can go on and make new
> >> movies based on these different characters. aThere's no end to it.
>
> > Except, none of them act any differently from the old characters.
> > Well, except Uhura, who has a huge schoolgirl crush on Spock.
> > Fascinating.
>
> And yet most of the complaints include something about how the
> characters act _nothing_ like the previous bearers of those names.
>
Every review I read, and they were by generic movie reviewers rather
than Trek fans, included some statement along the lines of "X and Y
nailed their characters."  I don't recall any of them complaining that
they couldn't recognize the reimagined characters, but maybe you read
more reviews than I did.  Who complained, old Trek fans?  They'll
complain about anything.
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