Is it time to put Star Trek to rest?

[SlayerSantiago]

A temporary rest, yes.

 

[fireproof78]

After all, TMP is the purest Star Trek movie of all

Didn't know Star Trek was supposed to be boring that many times.

People who lock themselves into the preconception of they way they think something should be or play out (no matter what it is) and refuse to budge are an odd lot.

That would be most of humanity.

 

[I am not Herbert]

Wesley is my favorite Kirk actor not named Bill.

I cannot believe that you all made it 43 pages without anyone acknowledging that the 2nd best performance as James Kirk was by Sandra Smith. (I am being glib but I personally happen to believe this. I would have loved to have seen a 3-episode arc with her "stuck" in the role).

Less glibly, not to re-open any old wounds (ignore if you wish) but I find the analogy between Kirk/Spock and Hamlet/Lear et al a bit inapt. The better comparison is to Rick Blaine or George Bailey, and I think the discomfort I immediately feel upon considering the idea of remaking Casablanca or It's a Wonderful Life (or making a sequel/prequel) is much closer to the feelings I get when the TOS characters are (again) revisited. In both instances, there persists a stubborn "but why?" that doesn't apply to transitory, audience-limited theater performances. (With all due respect to Ethan Peck, I feel this particularly strongly with Spock. In Nimoy's Spock, we have one of the greatest, most sui generis television performances captured ~forever~ on video. Why do we need to go there again? Call him Xon or Speck, or something).

But to each their own of course. Just one person's viewing preferences.

 

[The Wormhole]

I cannot believe that you all made it 43 pages without

And I can't believe this thread made to to 43 pages. Seriously, when I read that in your post, I actually double checked which page number we were on.