Well, since the entire premise of this movie series rests on the actions of this character, I'd say it has a everything to do with it. If people have forgot about the events of ST09 and moved on, this series becomes a harder sell I'd say.
That's like saying
Avengers: Infinity War has everything to do with Obidiah Stane, because without him there'd have been no Iron Man, so every MCU movie has to be mindful of the fact that audiences should or even do remember Stane and "the actions of his character." It's technically true in a very narrow sense, but also
completely besides the point many movies on.
The
premise of '09, for mass-market purposes, wasn't "yet another alternate timeline, in an infinite multiverse of the same, this time with Nimoy-Spock along for the ride"; it was "kewl, brand-new Kirk and Spock first mission!" Mass audiences went along with the alternate reality stuff because the movie as a whole was fun, but that wasn't what sold them on the movie, it isn't what they liked about it, and it wasn't the selling point of the sequels, either.
Oh and her response? 'What the hell is a mirror universe? Sounds fucking stupid'
Which is why I very specifically told you to sell her on an
evil universe,
not a Mirror one.
Ahem:
Give her a twenty-second pitch for the crew being "Trapped in an evil universe"
It's not a fair test if you botch the pitch, now, is it? Hell, "Mirror Universe" is
not even an in-universe term, so no, don't
lead with that!
Fair enough, you've sold it reasonably well here, but the bottom line is - I just don't like it as an idea for the next movie, I don't really like Mirror Universe stuff in general, or most of the episodes that's used the concept previously
Well, then, there you have it.
