From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
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   Subject: Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?   
      
      
   "Steven L."  wrote in message   
   news:m6Gdnan_DKimzb3WnZ2dnUVZ_sCdnZ2d@earthlink.com...   
   > On 12/9/2009 3:07 PM, Your Name wrote:   
   > > "Smokie Darling (Annie)"  wrote in message   
   > >   
   news:08e41785-e42f-4238-865c-31efceb6d2af@u16g2000pru.googlegroups.com...   
   > >> On Dec 9, 9:33 am, trag  wrote:   
   > >>> On Dec 9, 9:56 am, "Smokie Darling (Annie)"   
   > >>> wrote:   
   > >>>   
   > >>>> I agree with Ted here. The whole Soran plot was just a device   
   > >>>> (mcguffin, if I may), the real plot was reintroducing all the   
   > >>>> characters that most ST viewers "know", and the new interactions   
   based   
   > >>>> on a certain event that occurred.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> That's not the Kirk that I "know".   
   > >>   
   > >> Which is why I put it in quotes.  They have the same names, but   
   > >> because of a certain event, they have changed (some a little, some a   
   > >> lot).   
   > >   
   > > "Certain events"   
   > > Translation: Nobody in Hollyweird knows (nor cares) how to make real   
   Star   
   > > Trek any more.   
   >   
   > It seemed like real Star Trek to me.   
   >   
   > Kirk was arrogant but dedicated and resourceful,   
   > Spock was struggling with his human half (and the bias of other Vulcans   
   > against it), his relationships with Amanda and Sarek were as we knew them,   
   > McCoy was gruff but decent.   
   >   
   > We seem to have two sets of contradictory criticisms here:   
   >   
   > The OP started out by saying that the movie was too derivative of years   
   > and years of past Trek plots,   
   >   
   > but now you're saying that the movie wasn't real Star Trek.   
   >   
   > That's a contradiction.   
      
      
   The fact that it was a silly "reboot" that doesn't fit with already   
   established facts means it was real Star Trek. It's a silly new,   
   sub-franchise, version, and the original is now completely dead and won't   
   ever see the light of day again (except in re-runs and DVDs).  :-(   
      
      
      
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