From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: santolina@juno.com   
   Subject: Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?   
      
   On Dec 10, 5:03apm, Dimensional Traveler  wrote:   
   > Santolina chamaecyparissus wrote:   
   > > On Dec 9, 1:51 pm, 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." aI don't recall any of them complaining that   
   > > they couldn't recognize the reimagined characters, but maybe you read   
   > > more reviews than I did. aWho complained, old Trek fans? aThey'll   
   > > complain about anything.   
   >   
   > So the reviewers claim that the new actors "nailed the characters" of   
   > characters the reviewers don't know.   
   Uh, no.  They know the characters, they're just not Trek geeks so far   
   as I can tell.  Don't be obtuse.   
   >aYes, that's such a ringing   
   > endorsement. aMore likely the reviewers were saying that the actors   
   > "nailed" the characters as written for the movie,   
   No, they were saying what I implied they were saying.   
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