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Paramount, et al, believe (incorrectly) that they need to either a) return to Star Trek's "roots," or b) "restart" the franchise. The possibility that there was nothing particularly wrong with the Star Trek brand, just that the market was oversaturated - that's not something they can comprehend. I've said for years now that a good compromise would have been to make a movie using the U.S.S. Titan. You have some familiar crew members, but also an ability to introduce new crew members and create a new and exciting environment in the movie. Instead, they're doing....this.
And I'm pretty positive one of the big reasons Star Trek X wasn't very good is because the person at the helm was proud of the fact he knew next to nothing about Star Trek (and ignored the cast when they tried to point out that something didn't make sense). Clearly, if Abrams is flaunting that he wasn't a fan, the studios have not learned.
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