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Connie Neil - Dec 07, 2009 3:25:59 pm PST #5403 of 30000

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The air of "We're going to do Star Trek right!" that I picked up from the marketing really annoyed me. I've always felt that all the alternate universe stuff was put in to prevent the legions of original Trek fans from confiscating and destroying all the prints.

No, I didn't like it. Trek: 90210.

Edit: Because if the original story line was good enough, they could have set up a new bunch of cadets following in the old guard's footsteps, then they could have the young, pretty, hop-in-the-sack kids to play with.

Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 07, 2009 3:47:06 pm PST #5404 of 30000

"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I didn't much like the new approach to Trek, but it seemed to me they were bending over backwards to respect what came before.

Scrappy - Dec 07, 2009 3:52:27 pm PST #5405 of 30000

Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I didn't get that from the marketing, Connie. I got "We are going to do it ANEW" but that did not imply that they thought the originals were inferior. There was a lot of reverence for the original series in it for me.

Oh, and I loved it and TOS.

§ ita § - Dec 07, 2009 3:56:47 pm PST #5406 of 30000

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Trek has tried new characters before, a bunch of times. But even with the luxury of series behind them, the movies didn't pull. The only way to use the original golden characters and not mess up continuity was to go something like they did.

Beverly - Dec 07, 2009 4:03:03 pm PST #5407 of 30000

Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

This is one of those Tom Bombadill things, isn't it?

§ ita § - Dec 07, 2009 4:13:03 pm PST #5408 of 30000

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

What's a Tom Bombadil thing? Surely not an implication he belonged in the film?

Sophia Brooks - Dec 07, 2009 4:14:04 pm PST #5409 of 30000

Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Tom bombadil is where I permanently stopped reading.

Beverly - Dec 07, 2009 4:14:54 pm PST #5410 of 30000

Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

No, just a difference in people's perceptions of what is and what isn't sacrosanct when turning text into film. Some people's untouchable institutions are other people's streamlining, or fodder for updating. Can't please everybody.

Typo Boy - Dec 07, 2009 5:15:46 pm PST #5411 of 30000

Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Can't please everybody.

"So you might as well please yourself." Sorry. Refuse to get that earworm without sharing.

sarameg - Dec 07, 2009 5:45:25 pm PST #5412 of 30000

So I actually want to see a movie or two. This is unheard of. One is Up in the Air because of a bit of trailer monologue I saw that just got me. And Invictus just because.

Huh. I might even spring for a ticket (since I doubt I can find my dvd player easily...)

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