From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: tednolan   
   Subject: Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?   
      
   In article ,   
   A Watcher   wrote:   
   >A Watcher wrote:   
   >> 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".   
   >>>   
   >>    
   >> 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.   
   >>    
   >   
   >Whoops, some typos in that post.:   
   >   
   >Isn't that a point of the movie.   
   >   
   >Of course that will confuse the casual viewers who aren't really into ST.   
      
   I was wondering if that was snark or a typo :-)   
      
   I don't think it will confuse the casual though.  They know "Kirk == Captain",   
   "Spock == Pointy ears + logical", "Bones == doctor + curmudgeon",    
   "Uhura == attractive black lady + competent",   
   "scotty == engineer + 'I canna change the laws of physics' schtick".   
      
   All that's still there.  The *non* casual viewers will complain how it's   
   all wrong once you get past the first layer, the casual viewers will get   
   what they expected.   
      
   ....Ted   
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