From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: santolina@juno.com   
   Subject: Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?   
      
   On Dec 9, 1:51apm, Dimensional Traveler  wrote:   
   > Santolina chamaecyparissus wrote:   
   > > On Dec 9, 9:34 am, A Watcher  wrote:   
   > >> trag wrote:   
   > >>> On Dec 9, 9:56 am, "Smokie Darling (Annie)"    
   > >>> wrote:   
   > >>>> I agree with Ted here. aThe 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 athe Kirk that I "know".   
   > >> Isn't a point of the latest movie? aChanging their past changed the   
   > >> characters we knew in the original ST. aNow they can go on and make new   
   > >> movies based on these different characters. aThere's no end to it.   
   >   
   > > Except, none of them act any differently from the old characters.   
   > > Well, except Uhura, who has a huge schoolgirl crush on Spock.   
   > > Fascinating.   
   >   
   > And yet most of the complaints include something about how the   
   > characters act _nothing_ like the previous bearers of those names.   
   >   
   Every review I read, and they were by generic movie reviewers rather   
   than Trek fans, included some statement along the lines of "X and Y   
   nailed their characters."  I don't recall any of them complaining that   
   they couldn't recognize the reimagined characters, but maybe you read   
   more reviews than I did.  Who complained, old Trek fans?  They'll   
   complain about anything.   
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