How will Trek XI blend in with the rest of Trek
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startrekrcks
Fleet Captain
What does retarted mean
startrekrcks
Fleet Captain
It may be idiotic to Trek XI haters but don't you think it was time for a Trek origin story
Disillusioned
Commander
Ooh, "haters", there's that word again.
A TOS origin story would have been nice. Too bad we didn't get one.
startrekrcks
Fleet Captain
I loved the movie and I can accept that many other people don't feel the same way as me but at the end of the day it has been done.
Disillusioned
Commander
So? Doesn't mean I have to like it, or even keep my dislike to myself, for that matter.
Hey, I liked The Mummy Returns.
Shoot, I must be the only retarted nerd on the planet.
Shoot, I must be the only retarted nerd on the planet.
startrekrcks
Fleet Captain
well you are entitled to what you like and what you don't
Got quite a good one, in fact, unblemished by all the fanwank that so many trekkies insist should be part of such things.
Okay, the Kobyashi Maru was a little fanwanky, but served a dramatic point and was certainly a lot more entertaining than trivial crap like "meeting Finnegan and Gary Mitchell."
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We got a Kirk and Spock origin story, but it wasn't a TOS origin story.
Let's not be pedantic in our terminology.
If one wants to be precise, there never can be and never will be a TOS origin story. There hasn't been a TOS episode produced since 1969, and the TOS-based films aren't even really that close a match. They simply feature the cast from TOS.
A good Kirk/Spock/The Gang origin story is as close as we'll ever get to a good TOS origin story, and for my (repeated) money this one was fine.
Hell, even if you accounted for the movies, there could never be a TOS origin story, as they are either too old or dead to pass for their younger selves (although, I suspect Shatner would fully believe he could do it).
startrekrcks
Fleet Captain
well it was a surprise that they went back to the roots of the beloved Tos crew.
Yep.
I think I may just settle on only the original TV series and this movie as canonical. The rest of it is some other "alternate universe."
I think I may just settle on only the original TV series and this movie as canonical. The rest of it is some other "alternate universe."
startrekrcks
Fleet Captain
what did you think of the younger actors like Anton Yelchin playing Chekov also how will they develop and grow the characters
Of course, I mean why wouldn't he? Its perfectly logical to assume that he would grow and mature with the character.
