Herb Solow's thoughts on new movie

[Arlo]

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 surmise they're more pragmatic because they understanding the production side of Star Trek, and the needs thereof for success.

 

[JoeD80]

This was intresting. I thought Herb Solow had died though several years ago.

You might be thinking of Robert Justman. He did pass last year.

 

[indranee]

so did GR ever give proper props to Gene Coon?

 

[Cakes488]

The young Mr Spock was certainly commendable. But I missed the depth of Leonard's Spock, and the centuries of knowledge that always lurked in his eyes.

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.

What do you mean "think overly fondly about TOS"?
I don't remember Spock being a jerk...and if he was there was good reason for it. Bottom line is the guy likes Nimoy better and how can you blame him?? Quinto did a good job but he's not Nimoy and never should/can be. Now if Quinto starred in this role back in the 60's and Nimoy was the new guy on the block...we'd all be saying how we miss Quinto since he set the mark.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

so did GR ever give proper props to Gene Coon?

In passing, at most. OTOH, when he spoke dismissively of the original Klingons he liked to blame them on "one of our first-year writers" needing some generic bad guys.

That the writer in question was producer Gene L. Coon and the story was "Errand Of Mercy" - a script head and shoulders above anything GR would ever write - was something he glossed over.

 

[Marc]

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".

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.

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.

but if Herb Solow hadn't done a successful sales pitch to actually sell the series and then in his later production role, "created by Gene Roddenberry" would of meant nothing.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

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.

Yeah. Whatever excuses you want to make.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

I enjoyed Solow's book when I read it a few years back. He's definitely someone who can give a different perspective on this movie compared to the average fan. I'm glad he had an open mind. His criticisms are valid, but it seems like he enjoyed the movie for the most part.