Another way to look at it . . . .

[Greg Cox]

In all fairness, a lot more people in 2009 care about Star Trek stories than they do about Dracula stories. "

I suspect there are plenty of horror fans who would dispute that!

 

[Shatmandu]

Suppose this new movie wasn't STAR TREK at all. Suppose it was a brand-new revisionist take on DRACULA starring Zachary Quinto as the Count, Chris Pine as Jonathan Harker, and Karl Urban as "Bones" Van Helsing.

Would this constitute "a slap in the face" to everyone who grew up on Christopher Lee or Bela Lugosi?

Would fans lament that the "canon" of the old Hammer horror flicks had been violated?

Would this be an insult to the "vision" of Bram Stoker?

Would people declare that "DRACULA is dead"?

But vampire fans are all pathetic, black-fingernailed, unfortunate-piercings misfits!

Joe, Trekkist

 

[Dale]

Um, Dracula is dead, isn't he?

 

[Saga]

Suppose this new movie wasn't STAR TREK at all. Suppose it was a brand-new revisionist take on DRACULA starring Zachary Quinto as the Count, Chris Pine as Jonathan Harker, and Karl Urban as "Bones" Van Helsing.

Would this constitute "a slap in the face" to everyone who grew up on Christopher Lee or Bela Lugosi?

Would fans lament that the "canon" of the old Hammer horror flicks had been violated?

Would this be an insult to the "vision" of Bram Stoker?

Would people declare that "DRACULA is dead"?

But vampire fans are all pathetic, black-fingernailed, unfortunate-piercings misfits!

Joe, Trekkist

and I’m sure they would have equally unflattering things to say about us.

 

[SteveJRogers]

Dracula was one book (yes a book). Star Trek is how many hundreds of hours of films, tv and cartoons (not to mention the spin off books and things)? It's not comparable. There was no detailed universe established in Dracula. It was one story based on a urban legend. There simply isn't anything in hollywood as detailed and established are the prime timeline was in Star Trek. I can't accept the comparison.

Batman is a comic book, TV show, cartoons, and a quasi chronological movie series.

Christopher Nolan took the movie part and completely threw out the original 4 movies and made a fresh start to it in a hyper-realistic setting. And you know what resulted?

THE SECOND HIGHEST GROSSING FILM OF ALL FREAKING TIME!

The producers of Smallville sat out to tell the story of "Superboy" and have made their own "Smallville Earth" version of The Man of Steel, I see Supes fans mildly upset, but able to acept it as good (at times) storytelling.

Bruce Timm and Paul Dini crafted one hell of a Universe with their Batman: The Animated Series, Superman The Animated Series, Static Shock, Justice League, Justice League Unlimited, Batman Beyond and Zeta Project. While taking the familiar characters, but making it a seperate universe all its own, completely different than anything you could read in the comics.

Neither Batman Begins/The Dark Knight, Smallville or the DCAU would exist if their creators and producers worried about being strict with how the source material was to begin with.

 

[Ovation]

Suppose this new movie wasn't STAR TREK at all. Suppose it was a brand-new revisionist take on DRACULA starring Zachary Quinto as the Count, Chris Pine as Jonathan Harker, and Karl Urban as "Bones" Van Helsing.

Would this constitute "a slap in the face" to everyone who grew up on Christopher Lee or Bela Lugosi?

Would fans lament that the "canon" of the old Hammer horror flicks had been violated?

Would this be an insult to the "vision" of Bram Stoker?

Would people declare that "DRACULA is dead"?

But vampire fans are all pathetic, black-fingernailed, unfortunate-piercings misfits!

Joe, Trekkist

and I’m sure they would have equally unflattering things to say about us.

Not familiar with Joe's sense of humour, I take it (don't feel bad, I made the same error many months ago).

The only problem with the OP's proposal lies in its application, not its argument. The very people to whom the proposal is aimed are especially resistant to that way of looking at things. So, while a nice idea, it is ultimately rendered moot.

 

[Greg Cox]

Probably, but I needed to get it off my chest . . . .

 

[Ovation]

I share your point of view but I doubt those most in need of it will heed it.

 

[Greg Cox]

What can I say? I'm a cock-eyed optimist.

"To dream the impossible dream" . . ..

 

[Ovation]

"To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go"

Keep fighting the good fight (and kudos on the Khan/Gary Seven books--just noticed you are the author and not just a user name: not always easy to tell around here)

 

[Greg Cox]

"To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go"

Keep fighting the good fight (and kudos on the Khan/Gary Seven books--just noticed you are the author and not just a user name: not always easy to tell around here)

Thanks! Glad you liked them!

One of these days I'm going to have to write some more Trek books . . . .