From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: stocksami@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?
Ted Nolan wrote:
> 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
Don't the serious ST fans always complain. :-)
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