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

A Watcher wrote:
> 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.

...or they could quit watching Trek, period, ....which is pretty much
what I've done.  I didn't watch any Trek between the end of "Enterprise"
and "Star Trek" (2009) on DVD.  I have no great attraction to Trek
anymore; I can take it or leave it.  I don't own TOS, TAS, TNG, DS9, VOY
or ENT on DVD except for the Borg Collection (Collective?), which I got
for the effects in VOY "Scorpion I & II."  When the next movie comes
out, I'll wait for the DVD.

-- 
Mac Breck (KoshN)
-------------------------------
"Babylon 5: Crusade" (1999) - "War Zone"
Galen (to Gideon): "I've been penalized before for helping other
people.  I've been trying to decide whether or not I should risk it
again."



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