From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: stocksami@earthlink.net   
   Subject: Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?   
      
   Wickeddoll wrote:   
   > 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."   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> --    
   >> Steven L.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >    
   > They're *still* saying it's dead.   
   >    
   > May they grieve in peace, cuz I'm looking forward to the next film.   
   >    
   > Natalie   
      
   "They" don't have to watch.  They can keep watching reruns of TOS.   
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