Any other TOSers give up post-Abrams?

[Withers]

Withers, some of these folks gave up in 1979!

That's fair and I would totally respect that. If nothing but TOS was your cup of tea that's fine. This thread implies that said people hadn't given up until they saw the Abrams' film. My curiosity is whether or not, in that case, Nemesis and Enterprise were acceptable directions for Trek to head in (i.e. not enough to make someone give up on it.)

-Withers-​

 

[ToddPence]

[/QUOTE]Where do these figures come from?[/QUOTE]

Mostly from the original posters' imagination. He is correct, though, when he states that "serious, determined negativity toward the film is limited to a very small number of self-identified TOS fans". That would be those of us with IQ scores in the triple digit range.

Disclaimer: Of course I don't really believe that people who liked Abrams films all have double-digit IQs. This was just a swipe I couldn't resist taking because it was set up so neatly.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

This thread implies that said people hadn't given up until they saw the Abrams' film.

Which is a good point - several of the thread participants have long rejected anything that followed ST:TMP and certainly had no use for TNG-era Trek. So even the participation here is somewhat overstated.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Where do these figures come from?

Mostly from the original posters' imagination. He is correct, though, when he states that "serious, determined negativity toward the film is limited to a very small number of self-identified TOS fans". That would be those of us with IQ scores in the triple digit range.

Really? Is this what "Star Trek" does to people? I really hate it when people try to use a TV show as a way to boost their ego or sense of self importance.

 

[Warped9]

Where do these figures come from?

Mostly from the original posters' imagination. He is correct, though, when he states that "serious, determined negativity toward the film is limited to a very small number of self-identified TOS fans". That would be those of us with IQ scores in the triple digit range.

Really? Is this what "Star Trek" does to people? I really hate it when people try to use a TV show as a way to boost their ego or sense of self importance.

It might have been a smartass response, but it is a legitimate questions. Where are those figures coming from?

 

[Kirk1980]

Not more than I hate people who use rule of numbers to say how awesome something is...

Because the majority is always right! SCREW the dissenters, hahah!

 

[Nerys Myk]

Not more than I hate people who use rule of numbers to say how awesome something is...

Because the majority is always right! SCREW the dissenters, hahah!

The numbers mean its popular across a wide spectrum of people. "Awesome" is in the eye of the beholder.

 

[Withers]

It might have been a smartass response, but it is a legitimate questions. Where are those figures coming from?

It wasn't just a smart ass remark. It was the sort of remark that would get a person tar and feathered, hanged, then shot were it said in the reverse direction. Look at this thread:

http://trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=115113&page=4

In spite of lauding the stories, praising the cast, and declaring nothing but love for the movies the idea that I couldn't appreciate the visual aspect of TOS was enough to get me nailed to the cross as everything from a snob to an ineffectual moron, drooling into a bucket.

Sense when did a varying degree of ability to suspend disbelief at all equate to a persons intelligence anyway?


-Withers-​

 

[Warped9]

You can get away with saying some rather harsh stuff if you know just how to phrase it.

But the question still stands: where are those figures coming from?

 

[Nerys Myk]

Dennis is a wizard.

 

[Warped9]

Dennis is a wizard.

He magicked them outta thin air?

 

[Nerys Myk]

A wizard did it.

Serious answer: He might be taking the information from various polls.

 

[BillJ]

Definitely things in this film that don't work for me, watched it today while I was home sick. But when I watch the special features I don't think these people went out of the way to piss of die-hards like me. They love making movies and I think they loved interpreting Star Trek for todays audiences.

 

[Warped9]

Definitely things in this film that don't work for me, watched it today while I was home sick. But when I watch the special features I don't think these people went out of the way to piss of die-hards like me. They love making movies and I think they loved interpreting Star Trek for todays audiences.

This is a fair point. I watched the special feature documentary as well. I agree they chose their own interpretation and incorporating elements from elsewhere.

Whether you agree with them is open for discussion.

 

[Amaris]

Mostly from the original posters' imagination. He is correct, though, when he states that "serious, determined negativity toward the film is limited to a very small number of self-identified TOS fans". That would be those of us with IQ scores in the triple digit range.

Really? Is this what "Star Trek" does to people? I really hate it when people try to use a TV show as a way to boost their ego or sense of self importance.

It might have been a smartass response, but it is a legitimate questions. Where are those figures coming from?

Legitimate question? Yes. However, what is the motivation for someone to answer when they're automatically assumed to be drooling morons? ToddPence may have a legitimate question, but why should I consider his questions if he'll just assume anything any one of us says is wrong anyway?

 

[Warped9]

Really? Is this what "Star Trek" does to people? I really hate it when people try to use a TV show as a way to boost their ego or sense of self importance.

It might have been a smartass response, but it is a legitimate questions. Where are those figures coming from?

Legitimate question? Yes. However, what is the motivation for someone to answer when they're automatically assumed to be drooling morons? ToddPence may have a legitimate question, but why should I consider his questions if he'll just assume anything any one of us says is wrong anyway?

He's asking for a substantiation of citing said polls. Which polls? How were the questions posed?

 

[Amaris]

It might have been a smartass response, but it is a legitimate questions. Where are those figures coming from?

Legitimate question? Yes. However, what is the motivation for someone to answer when they're automatically assumed to be drooling morons? ToddPence may have a legitimate question, but why should I consider his questions if he'll just assume anything any one of us says is wrong anyway?

He's asking for a substantiation of citing said polls. Which polls? How were the questions posed?

I'm talking about the "triple digit IQ" quip. This:

Mostly from the original posters' imagination. He is correct, though, when he states that "serious, determined negativity toward the film is limited to a very small number of self-identified TOS fans". That would be those of us with IQ scores in the triple digit range.

He automatically assumes that those of us who like the movie are idiots. Why should I answer his questions? It would be a waste of time.

 

[Aragorn]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that Warped9 doesn't think there's anything wrong with ToddPence and friends belittling everyone who doesn't share their exact same opinions on the movie when you come from the school of thought that bad = fact and good = opinion. That is the high road, after all.

"You do prefer it this way, don't you, as it was meant to be? No peace in our time. 'Once more unto the breach, dear friends.'"

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that Warped9 doesn't think there's anything wrong with ToddPence and friends belittling everyone who doesn't share their exact same opinions on the movie when you come from the school of thought that bad = fact and good = opinion.

It's always been that way, here. In the larger scheme of things, it means nothing. What Abrams has done is a success because so many Trek fans and so many other people like it. It's purest, self-indulgent fantasy for the relatively few folks who truly hate this movie to imagine that they're speaking for a significant percentage of the audience.

I know a guy who's written a really stupid negative review of the flick and who searches out every place that the DVD is for sale to post the same drivel word-for-word. Guess he's saving the world for TOS.

 

[Aragorn]

^ Is it someone on here? I saw a really asinine "review" on Amazon from a resident perpetual negativity poster that over 30 people didn't find to be helpful.