From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: not@chance.dude   
   Subject: Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?   
      
   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."   
   >    
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   > --    
   > Steven L.   
   >    
   >    
      
   They're *still* saying it's dead.   
      
   May they grieve in peace, cuz I'm looking forward to the next film.   
      
   Natalie   
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