Spelling issues aside, the point remains.
Seth McFarlane wants to Reboot Trek on TV
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The point remains
irrelevant to telling a good Star Trek story.
irrelevant to telling a good Star Trek story.
Don't you mean undone? and for no reason than to rewrite it. there's an uphill battle. Their idea of avoiding canon is walking right into it and destroying it. It's alive but how? Survival doesn't trump everything sometimes.
We are living in the new order.
We shall get over on.
Thus speaketh the Obomabot, who will be reprogrammed to sing for us later this afternoon - 'I did it your way'
Kids smashing their father's train set. How much fun is that?
How I miss Braga. Khaaaan!
We are living in the new order.
We shall get over on.
Thus speaketh the Obomabot, who will be reprogrammed to sing for us later this afternoon - 'I did it your way'
Kids smashing their father's train set. How much fun is that?
How I miss Braga. Khaaaan!
Okay, while I appreciate the "kids smashing their father's train set" bit, you're on your own with the rest of that.
However, speaking as one who, as a wee tyke, delighted in trying to put broken stuff back together (still do, as a matter of fact), I would see returning the original timeline back a position of prominence, and undoing the damage done by Jar Jar, as a challenge. I suspect McFarlane has a similar mindset on this topic.
However, speaking as one who, as a wee tyke, delighted in trying to put broken stuff back together (still do, as a matter of fact), I would see returning the original timeline back a position of prominence, and undoing the damage done by Jar Jar, as a challenge. I suspect McFarlane has a similar mindset on this topic.
McFarlain and smashing trains? Naw? He has a Stephen King mindset on that. How can you even equate McFarlain with sadism?
It would have been one thing if they side stepped cannon, but they obliterated it. I'm not interested in anything that comes after that.
It was RDM idea to wipe the slate clean and they blindly followed him like the three blind mice so guess who I blame and always have. another reason Braga got rid of him. Another mouse.
It would have been one thing if they side stepped cannon, but they obliterated it. I'm not interested in anything that comes after that.
It was RDM idea to wipe the slate clean and they blindly followed him like the three blind mice so guess who I blame and always have. another reason Braga got rid of him. Another mouse.
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Okay, now ya lost me...
Even though I find McFarlane terminally unfunny (despite the fact that I 'get' all his GenX cultural references), I have to agree with your sentiment. He is obviously a very successful producer who understands the business and would be putting forward a viable proposal. This is likely the most credible attempt to put ST back on the air yet.
Will the people who keep going on about how McFarlane would be good for doing a prime timeline show please actually read the thread tittle which says he wants to do a REBOOT not a continuation of the old stuff.
Sandboxes were meant to be played in not destroyed, else go create your own sandbox. Trek is friggin' limitless in it's premise so what is the problem of doing your own thing? Canon is irrelovant. Continuity is important. Another Captain during TOS doesn't have to contend with what Kirk did during TOS. Nobody remembers what Kirk did, just that he did it, something, but nobody cares what. Now on the other hand if you're gonna say, no he didn't do anything, that's not neccessary and going too far for me. Wiping a future slate clean is just stupid and unneccessary.
McFarlane is not to be trusted. I remember when he promised that "American Dad" would not be anything like "Family Guy," but instead would be an animated version of a Norman Lear style series. And that the "Cleveland Show" wouldn't be just another FG retread.
I'm sure he's a nice guy and I'm sure he thinks he'll be able to do something different but I don't think the man has it in him.
I'm sure he's a nice guy and I'm sure he thinks he'll be able to do something different but I don't think the man has it in him.
It's the THR article headline that says "reboot." McFarlane just says,
A revival isn't necessarily a reboot. Anyway, there's no way a THR article would broach the topic of "what universe/timeline to set the series in" because your average THR reader doesn't know there are options and it would require far too much explanation.
The only thing that was right about the future of Trek pre '09 was JJ Abrams directing, the casting of the younger Spock and the 150 million dollars. Other than that it was a complete disaster, IMO. Orci and Kurzman are great writers who wrote a cool first meeting scenario but they're not Star Trek or sci-fi writers. Had they out sourced and worked with a concept writer they might have had a story to tell without the alternate reality which was the major thing. The ship was ugly, interior and exterior. The staid Pine was wrong as was the bad boy arrogant characterization. I think that was the most offensive. Add to that the Kobiashi Maru, The old Spock (stunt casting), the giant space drill, and I'd rather see Plan Nine from Outer Space.
That's good. Enjoy the movie. The rest of us will be in the full theater watching the next Trek movie.
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