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Originally Posted by SecretMethod70
Paramount, et al, believe (incorrectly) that they need to either a) return to Star Trek's "roots," or b) "restart" the franchise.
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The blame for this lies in Batman Begins, Casino Royale, etc. They assume that because these restarts actually managed to be succesful, ALL restarts will be. I'm sure you and I agree that while they were both undoubtedly successful and deserved their success, the success itself cannot be attributed to the reboot, but other factors.
While I can appreciate that a restart
could be successful... well the end of the Star Trek universe is, for the time being, Nemesis (ST 10). That just doesn't sit right with me. As a matter of fact, it pisses me off.
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Originally Posted by SecretMethod70
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.
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I'd kill to see Titan (so long as Franks isn't all doughy and they stop pretending Marina is in her 20s).
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Originally Posted by SecretMethod70
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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I'm still working under the impression that Nemesis was actually a propaganda piece for the Dominion in order to get the Jem'Hadar pissed and ready to take Betezed or Risa.
What I'm hoping is that Abrams is surrounding himself with nerds not unlike myself so that he can simply have access to correct canon. Shit, I'll volunteer to keep him up on Enterprise canon, which is likely to be important as this is the first part of Star Trek that's been made after it.