Herb Solow's thoughts on new movie
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This shows that even Herb Solow can over-inflate and think overly fondly about TOS. Spock ("THE WOMEN!") was smart but didn't have "centuries of knowledge" in TOS. He was young enough to be Amanda's son, so probably mid-30s in age. He could be logical or he could be emotional or even a bit of a jerk. It wasn't until the films, especially TUC, that he settled into the "old, wise Spock" that Nimoy portrays in the film.
He did, but that doesn't stop him from commenting on the new film.
The BBC is going down the local newspaper route of "Interview with person tenuously connected with this region" now? That's worse than The Gloucester Citizen's "Famous Gloucestershire actor Simon Pegg inhaled and exhaled while waiting for a bus today... IN HOLLYWOOD!".
Still, an interesting interview with Herb Solow, and one of the more forthright reviews of the film from old production staff.
Solow is a cool guy. I enjoyed reading his Inside Star Trek book. I am glad he liked the movie. It's always interesting that people who worked on the original series (like Solow or Justman) are more receptive and open minded to new stuff (like STXI or TOS-R) than some of the hard core fans.
I don't think he meant it literally (and I think one needs to consider all of TOS, not just The Cage). I read it as Nimoy's gaze gave the impression of 'centuries of knowledge' in a way that Solow did not think Quinto pulled off.
QFT.
"Inside Star Trek" bookends "The Making Of Star Trek" wonderfully, filling in a lot of the realities of what producing the series was really like and deflating quite a few myths.
And "centuries of knowledge" behind the eyes is how Leonard Nimoy described to Robin Curtis on how to approach playing Saavik in TSFS.
one of the founders of Trek reviews the film
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/mid_/8079016.stm
Points to the fact that Roddenberry wasn't the only one who created Trek as we know it!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/mid_/8079016.stm
Points to the fact that Roddenberry wasn't the only one who created Trek as we know it!
Re: one of the founders of Trek reviews the film
I know Gene didn't do everything on his own and several writers, producers and even actors have their part into it, but this guy sounds a little too much arrogant for me:
I know Gene didn't do everything on his own and several writers, producers and even actors have their part into it, but this guy sounds a little too much arrogant for me:
I never have a problem giving credits where its due, but this guy just takes credit a little too much for my taste. Even if he really did all these things, the "noble" thing to do is say that it was a collective effort or something.
Re: one of the founders of Trek reviews the film
Beat you to it. (not that I really care, but I do think they tend to merge threads in cases like these)
Beat you to it. (not that I really care, but I do think they tend to merge threads in cases like these)
Re: one of the founders of Trek reviews the film
He probably would have been a bit more "retiring" if Roddenberry hadn't spent decades doing far worse than this in terms of "taking credit".
Re: one of the founders of Trek reviews the film
I really liked the review and liked how open-minded he was to the new franchise and group of actors. I don't think he comes off as arrogant. I bet he's just telling it like it is.
I really liked the review and liked how open-minded he was to the new franchise and group of actors. I don't think he comes off as arrogant. I bet he's just telling it like it is.
Re: one of the founders of Trek reviews the film
Meh-this did not add much. The article was short-I would like to hear more comments with more specifics. Solow can be very interesting to listen to.
Meh-this did not add much. The article was short-I would like to hear more comments with more specifics. Solow can be very interesting to listen to.
Re: one of the founders of Trek reviews the film
Funny, so did Gene Roddenberry. While he was often fair about artistic contributions he wasn't very good at giving "credit where it was due" as far as creation/writing on the original series or TNG, except capriciously when the spirit so moved him.
To the extent that Solow is entitled to such credit, whether it suits "your taste" is not really a very interesting criterion for evaluation.
Funny, so did Gene Roddenberry. While he was often fair about artistic contributions he wasn't very good at giving "credit where it was due" as far as creation/writing on the original series or TNG, except capriciously when the spirit so moved him.
To the extent that Solow is entitled to such credit, whether it suits "your taste" is not really a very interesting criterion for evaluation.
Re: one of the founders of Trek reviews the film
Yep... not as shady as Gene
http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/trek.asp
Yep... not as shady as Gene
Re: one of the founders of Trek reviews the film
The fact that Gene was even worst is not a reason to be like that and I certainly wasn't comparing with Gene's own attitude anyway but at least the shows always clearly stated Based upon "Star Trek" created by Gene Roddenberry, not Herb Solow; not that I am excusing Gene, but he may had a little bit more justification.
