From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: Barnabus1993@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?
On Dec 9, 1:07apm, "Your Name" wrote:
> "Smokie Darling (Annie)" wrote in mes
agenews:08e41785-e42f-4238-865c-31efceb6d2af@u16g2000pru.googlegroups.com...
>
> > On Dec 9, 9:33 am, 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".
>
> > Which is why I put it in quotes. aThey have the same names, but
> > because of a certain event, they have changed (some a little, some a
> > lot).
>
> "Certain events"
> Translation: Nobody in Hollyweird knows (nor cares) how to make real Star
> Trek any more. In fact few people in Hollyweird know how to make anything at
> all, so they butcher old shows / movies instead.
Actually, "certain event" referred to the death of Kirk's father (and
destruction of his ship) in the "new" timeline. It was that event
that changed the people even though the names were the same.
There needed to be a way to explain to viewers why Kirk was no longer
Shatneresque, why Uhura was no longer Nichele Nichols, why Spock
didn't look the same (or talk the same). The change in timeline was
what they needed to reboot the series.
Whether you liked or disliked the movie was a personal matter/decision
(I know that Anim hated the idea of it). No, it wasn't the "old" Star
Trek, but I wasn't expecting it to be.
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