Yeah, yeah, yeah this isn't a BSG forum....
Anyway, I can't help but be taken back to the year 1987. There was this new show on Telelvision in sydication, called Star Trek the Next Generation. Many people at that time thought this series could never live up to the original cast. In fact, many of the cast members of the orginial series/movies, thought it was an insult that they could just be replaced with this other group of actors and it would be just as good.
This was all the brain child of Gene Roddenberry, who was essentially fired from Star Trek since the less than stellar reception to Star Trek The Motion Picture. Since then, executive producer Harve Benett took over the franchise, collaborating with Nimoy, and Shatner on where to take the franchise.
The two hour premier of "Encounter at Farpoint" debuted in the Fall of 1987, and was met with a so-so reception. Some liked it, some hated it, some thought it would never last. But it went on for a full 7 seasons and four movies that followed the TV series.
I will be the first to admit, when I saw "Encounter at Farpoint" I hated it. I loathed it! I thought it was the dumbest thing I'd ever seen. The characters were uninteresting and thrown together.
But something funny happened on the way to Farpoint. I tuned in for the next episode, and the next, and so on, and so on. It took a while, but it grew on me, and I came to love the show. There are still some things I don't like about it. I still can't stand Riker, Troi, and Wesley Crusher, but some of the episodes on that show will go down with some of the greatest Trek lore.
This is all happened before, and it's happening again right now...
There will be nitpicking, there will be whining and moaning, but in the long run people will come to appreciate that Star Trek has survived. It has survived for 40 years. It has changed and adapted, and evolved over those 40 years, but we are drawn back to it, again, and again.
This movie doesn't dispel 40 years of Star Trek, it embraces it! And I for one applaud the filmmakers, the actors, the writers, production staff, crew, etc. who made the dream of Star Trek continue.
Anyway, I can't help but be taken back to the year 1987. There was this new show on Telelvision in sydication, called Star Trek the Next Generation. Many people at that time thought this series could never live up to the original cast. In fact, many of the cast members of the orginial series/movies, thought it was an insult that they could just be replaced with this other group of actors and it would be just as good.
This was all the brain child of Gene Roddenberry, who was essentially fired from Star Trek since the less than stellar reception to Star Trek The Motion Picture. Since then, executive producer Harve Benett took over the franchise, collaborating with Nimoy, and Shatner on where to take the franchise.
The two hour premier of "Encounter at Farpoint" debuted in the Fall of 1987, and was met with a so-so reception. Some liked it, some hated it, some thought it would never last. But it went on for a full 7 seasons and four movies that followed the TV series.
I will be the first to admit, when I saw "Encounter at Farpoint" I hated it. I loathed it! I thought it was the dumbest thing I'd ever seen. The characters were uninteresting and thrown together.
But something funny happened on the way to Farpoint. I tuned in for the next episode, and the next, and so on, and so on. It took a while, but it grew on me, and I came to love the show. There are still some things I don't like about it. I still can't stand Riker, Troi, and Wesley Crusher, but some of the episodes on that show will go down with some of the greatest Trek lore.
This is all happened before, and it's happening again right now...
There will be nitpicking, there will be whining and moaning, but in the long run people will come to appreciate that Star Trek has survived. It has survived for 40 years. It has changed and adapted, and evolved over those 40 years, but we are drawn back to it, again, and again.
This movie doesn't dispel 40 years of Star Trek, it embraces it! And I for one applaud the filmmakers, the actors, the writers, production staff, crew, etc. who made the dream of Star Trek continue.
