Had this been a B-movie, would you feel any different though?
nope... it is just a cheap and lazy thing to do, to rewrite or reuse things already done... kind of like the million rap songs with sampled 80's music for their background music...
using the magical term "Alternate Universe" to sell a new story based on an already solid franchise. It's not laziness, it's giving the new generation a chance to see the origins of Trek from a perspective they'd better understand and enjoy.
actually, it is laziness... and by definition "giving a new generation ... " by completely Hollywoodizing it also could be defined as "sell-out" IMO... to completely alter things to make it seem "cool" and align itself with other obvious mainstream aspects really does cheapen it... i can spot a sell-out a mile away lol
now, if they had done a completely different thing for this new movie (say post-Nemesis or whatever; even if with all new characters), and still Hollywoodized it and everything, i would feel completely different; in fact i would be all for it...
but to redo and remake TOS in this manner, shit already been done, and to use TOS name and characters as a lure (with ultra-modernization) to suck new people in - that's just weak...
I think I would be more open minded if this had have been a remake like Battlestar Galactica was.
i would have the exact opposite viewpoint of this whole new "aspect" of TOS if it were a new series (as BSG was) instead of just a new movie... granted - BSG was originally meant only as a miniseries, but it did ten thousand times better than expected in ratings so the continued with a series...
but if they followed these footsteps with this whole jj-verse crap, i wouldnt have anything but awesomeness for it...
I think because the Original Series hasn't been touched and is treated like the Holy Grail of Trek that it's hard to see it in a different light. I still think it's a cheap plot device to set it in an alternate reality so they can do whatever the hell they want.
exactly how i feel...
My friend felt this way about Transformers as he is an avid G1 fan whereas I've liked nearly all the reboots and spin offs but once he saw the film he loved every minute and I'll probably be the same about Star Trek. I do hope there is a reset button as there normally is with stories envolving alternate realities! :lol:
right on - *cookied*
i will see this movie, and i am keeping (trying to keep) and open mind... i only hope i am so "wow"ed by it ill walk out with a whole new perspective...
it's just, the way they are doing this whole "reboot", and how they are doing it and why, is so transparently obvious that to me it kills the whole spirit... when it becomes about money to the point where everything has to be changed and done differently, thats the corporate money machine at work; and i have a tough time appreciating that...
and the fact they are using the "alternate timeline" is just so "seen that a million times *yawn*" - i mean seriously, the writers couldnt come up with anything fresh and brand new? then again, why should they go through all that effort when they can just use the famous name to sell their pitch?
