"I'll be honest- I'm totally prejudiced against this movie."
Oh good. I was worried there.
"I feel that, good or bad, it's going to ditch TOS in the minds of the general public and fandom and replace it with something that just isn't TOS, in spirit or substance."
Will Spock be an emotionally red skinned Martian? Will James Kirk's middle initial be an R?
"I know I'm judging the movie before I've seen it,"
Yes, you are.
"and I hope I'm proven wrong. Maybe it will keep the essence of GR's philosophy, and that's all that should matter."
I agree! :grin:
"Honestly though, what I really hope is that it's such a bomb that nobody accepts it,"
Here, you wreck any good will I felt.
"but I know if it's got enough explosions and flashy effects in it, and on top of that the cache of being about Kirk, Spock, etc., most will eat it up no matter what."
Ah, because Modern Day Audiences Are StuuPid tm. Keep digging the hole.
"I just really love TOS, and I wish they just left it alone and had the courage to move ahead with something new and original.
NV, Exeter, Farragut, etc. is all the TOS I need."
NV, Exeter, Farragut, etc. are not original. To be Original tm they must NOT be Star Trek, because Star Trek is TOS. Same as NV, Exeter, Farragut, etc.
The bottom of the hole has been reached.
I want more TOS.
Oh good. I was worried there.
"I feel that, good or bad, it's going to ditch TOS in the minds of the general public and fandom and replace it with something that just isn't TOS, in spirit or substance."
Will Spock be an emotionally red skinned Martian? Will James Kirk's middle initial be an R?
"I know I'm judging the movie before I've seen it,"
Yes, you are.
"and I hope I'm proven wrong. Maybe it will keep the essence of GR's philosophy, and that's all that should matter."
I agree! :grin:
"Honestly though, what I really hope is that it's such a bomb that nobody accepts it,"
Here, you wreck any good will I felt.
"but I know if it's got enough explosions and flashy effects in it, and on top of that the cache of being about Kirk, Spock, etc., most will eat it up no matter what."
Ah, because Modern Day Audiences Are StuuPid tm. Keep digging the hole.
"I just really love TOS, and I wish they just left it alone and had the courage to move ahead with something new and original.
NV, Exeter, Farragut, etc. is all the TOS I need."
NV, Exeter, Farragut, etc. are not original. To be Original tm they must NOT be Star Trek, because Star Trek is TOS. Same as NV, Exeter, Farragut, etc.
The bottom of the hole has been reached.
I want more TOS.
