Very cool thoughts on the subject!   
      
      
      
   -=> Darryl Perry wrote to Drew Klenotic <=-   
      
    DP> On 03/19/17, Drew Klenotic said the following...   
      
    DK> Why didn't he just make his own universe instead?  Just like with Star   
    DK> Wars... They declared everything out side of the movies to be   
    DK> "potentially invalid".  All the books... all the games.... all the   
    DK> expanded universe stuff.  All because JJ was too lazy to come up with his   
    DK> own completely original idea.   
      
    DP> FWIW, that seems like a simple answer to me.  The reason is that there   
    DP> are still a lot of stories that can be told about the Kirk/Spock era.   
    DP> The problem with that, is we don't have the actors to play Kirk and   
    DP> Spock anymore.  What do we do then?  Should we be presented with CGI   
    DP> versions of the original crew, like they did with Princess Leia and   
    DP> Grand Mof Tarkin?   
      
    DP> No thanks!   
      
    DP> The problem with telling about the Kirk era, is that many young movie   
    DP> goers have no real idea who Kirk and Spock are.  So we need to get   
    DP> reacquainted with the characters.  But if we do that, then we are just   
    DP> retelling stories that have already been told.  Unless some changes are   
    DP> made, like an alternate universe.   
      
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