From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: urban@panix.com (Michael Urban)   
   Subject: Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?   
      
   In article ,   
   Steven L.  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >> And yet most of the complaints include something about how the   
   >> characters act _nothing_ like the previous bearers of those names.   
   >   
   >That's right, the critics of the movie fall into two camps: Those who    
   >think the movie was too derivative of past Trek, and those who think it    
   >was too different from past Trek.   
   >   
   >My theory is that just the shock of seeing entirely new actors playing    
   >the old familiar parts has unnerved a lot of Trek fans.   
      
   And yet we have fan-film projects like "New Voyages/Phase II" which   
   have had new (and frequently inexperienced) actors in the familiar   
   roles - even playing alongside the original actor, in the case   
   of Walter Koenig.  It is not clear how many fans of the original   
   series (however you define that classification) have been turned   
   off by this compared to those who have embraced it; nor indeed    
   is it clear whether the existence of such projects may have   
   made it easier for fans to accept the new actors in Trek09.   
   Note that Abrams gave James Cawley, who plays Kirk in 'Phase II',   
   an appearance as an extra on the bridge in the present film.   
      
   I was not terribly impressed by Trek09.  I was more or less   
   entertained while in the theatre, but only through a willful effort   
   of turning off my brain while watching.  The clumsy plot devices,   
   the absurd sounds-like-science (yes, even making allowances for   
   Star Trek standards thereof), the overemphasis on 'action' rather   
   than anything remotely intriguing or ingenious - all added up to   
   a lot of sound and fury, signifying nothing (I will refrain   
   from calling it a tale told by an idiot, however).  I fall   
   into neither of your 'two camps'.   
      
   .Mike   
      
   PS.  Oh, and if they're going to lift a scene almost bodily from   
   the animated episode 'Yesteryear', shouldn't they give some   
   kind of credit to D.C. Fontana?  Gotta love Hollywood.   
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