There you have it. There were no "borg enhancements", there was no Picard, no "B4" Data, no Worf confrontation, no meaning to the mourning tattoos and no so called "passing of the torch" that the comic was built on containing.
cugel the clever asked the question:
"In “Countdown”, the Narada effortlessly destroyed an armada of 24th century Klingon warships and disabled the Enterprise-E with one volley. However, in the film, the Kelvin actually managed to exchange fire and survive for at least several minutes. Care to explain this inconsistency?
And the reply?
Easy. The comic is not canon?
And my reply,
Next time you aim to waste my time, patience and money, have the decency to tell that to the writers, artists and crew who worked on this comic. And if you did, I would like to hear on what they had to say about being told that their work was not canon. Because Mike Johnson was asked if he thought the book was canon and had this to say:
"Well I do, I think it is important that the writer does. The writer has to think that what they are doing is part of what has come before and what is to come."
Bob?
"Star Trek: Countdown lays the groundwork for what happens in the movie. It’s our way of passing the baton from the Next Generation characters and their movies to the new film." (after movie's release) "The comic is not canon"
Sure, go ahead and say that no Star Trek comics were canon and revel in the fact that you discount some potentially great stories to be had that are far more entertaining than this movie was. I myself who bought both the four countdown comics and the paperback edition would love to hear Bob's reaction if I was the head chief of Paramount telling him and his writing comrade that their work is not canon and therefore doesn’t matter. What would you tell your fans if you were having to deal with this?
cugel the clever asked the question:
"In “Countdown”, the Narada effortlessly destroyed an armada of 24th century Klingon warships and disabled the Enterprise-E with one volley. However, in the film, the Kelvin actually managed to exchange fire and survive for at least several minutes. Care to explain this inconsistency?
And the reply?
Easy. The comic is not canon?
And my reply,
Next time you aim to waste my time, patience and money, have the decency to tell that to the writers, artists and crew who worked on this comic. And if you did, I would like to hear on what they had to say about being told that their work was not canon. Because Mike Johnson was asked if he thought the book was canon and had this to say:
"Well I do, I think it is important that the writer does. The writer has to think that what they are doing is part of what has come before and what is to come."
Bob?
"Star Trek: Countdown lays the groundwork for what happens in the movie. It’s our way of passing the baton from the Next Generation characters and their movies to the new film." (after movie's release) "The comic is not canon"
Sure, go ahead and say that no Star Trek comics were canon and revel in the fact that you discount some potentially great stories to be had that are far more entertaining than this movie was. I myself who bought both the four countdown comics and the paperback edition would love to hear Bob's reaction if I was the head chief of Paramount telling him and his writing comrade that their work is not canon and therefore doesn’t matter. What would you tell your fans if you were having to deal with this?
