Star Trek Died Today

[waynehead]

It was beaten to a bloody pulp, rendered senseless and unimportant, reformed and shaped into a more pleasing shape, and fed to the horde of groundlings who'll gladly eat it up.

I just got back from seeing it.

It was bloody awful. Technically proficient, but conceptually something more like an abortion. A half idea. A "what if?" gone way too far. And a perversion of the brand's original intent. JJ Abrams would've been better off giving the finger to the creative talent, writers/producers, and fans of the series. That would've been much quicker and would've saved a lot of money which was instead invested in a pile of garbage.

Don't let me stop you, I know you have to see it. I know you think I'm crazy, or a geek gone wild, or something like that. Even after seeing it most of you will still hold that opinion of my perspective.

But IMO Star Trek, as we knew it, is dead.

 

[superdeluxe]

But IMO Star Trek, as we knew it, is dead.

Well at least you gave it a chance. But Trek as we knew it had been dead for awhile.

 

[Dukhat]

Yeah, well you're completely wrong. Howza' bout them apples?

 

[Blue_Trek]

"THE KING IS DEAD"

"LONG LIVE THE KING"

Just a matter of perspective.
The new Trek is alive and well, better than the old dead Trek

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

But IMO Star Trek, as we knew it, is dead.

Good. Throw some dirt over the corpse and let's move on to something that matters just a little bit.


OTOH, a lot of us feel differently.

Oh, and is everyone who didn't like the movie going to start their very own thread for their complaint, instead of posting in the pinned thread the way they're supposed to?

 

[God Magnus]

I've been thinking about this ever since I heard the new film was a reboot. I really can't see this POV if you're talking about Star Trek as a franchise/brand/license. There is still a ton of material out there being published in (for lack of a better term) the "Prime" Star Trek timeline. Between the comic books, novels, action figures and props etc. the original Trek still dominates most of Trek fiction and intellectual property. If by "as we knew it" you mean the "Prime" timeline, it's going to be around for a while I suspect.

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

But IMO Star Trek, as we knew it, is dead.

"... this death takes place in the shadow of new life, the sunrise of a new world..."

 

[superdeluxe]

But IMO Star Trek, as we knew it, is dead.

"... this death takes place in the shadow of new life, the sunrise of a new world..."

It is the phoenix!

 

[USS Gettysburg]

Right, because an opened minded series that embraces the future can never change. It must die rather than change...

 

[Ethros]

The new Trek is alive and well, better than the old dead Trek

So this new film is better than the very best of TOS, TNG, DS9 etc?
This film is better than City on the Edge of Forever, Best of Both Worlds, The Visitor, Wrath of Khan, Yesterday's Enterprise, In The Pale Moonlight, etc etc?

Is that what you're saying? If that's so I think you need sectioning

 

[Wesser]

Wow....I guess they should have spun off another watered-down, 24th century version TV show. Maybe rehashing the Naked Time, Mirror, Mirror, or Star Trek 3, instead of trying to find a way to expand on TOS characters/timeframe.

 

[Borgminister]

At least you contributed to the box office take.

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

This thread brought to you by the years 1979, 1987 and 2001.

 

[T Negative]

Now that you have voiced your opinion...don't let the door hit you on the way out.

 

[waynehead]

Right, because an opened minded series that embraces the future can never change. It must die rather than change...

It can, and IMO, clearly has changed.

It has regressed from a franchise with a positive vision of the future and hopeful spirit into an Independence Day "let's blow stuff up" kind of mindset.

Also, I apologize if this should've been posted elsewhere, I don't post here much.

 

[QuasarVM]

I think this film will be a HUGE hit; unwittingly disproving your claims of the "death of Trek". I think this film will be the best chance Trek has at "ah, ah, ah, ah, stay'in alive...stayin alive"!

If these guys can't do it, then nobody can. Dead Star Trek is Voyager, Enterprise, Insurrection and Nemesis.

That's a cold dead corpse brought to you by Rick Berman and his rogues gallery of inept out of ideas writers.

Thank God their Trek careers are dead!

 

[urbandk]

Welcome to the Discussion Thread. It's where you can post your opinion without cluttering up the board with a lot of "LOVED IT"/"HATED IT" threads.

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

But IMO Star Trek, as we knew it, is dead.

"... this death takes place in the shadow of new life, the sunrise of a new world..."

It is the phoenix!

Well, sometimes something has to die in order to be reborn, made better and stronger. The OP's premise is quite mythological in that regards even if that wasn't his/her intentions. Nevertheless there it is.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Actually, you've posted here twice. Today.

 

[Cakes488]

It was beaten to a bloody pulp, rendered senseless and unimportant, reformed and shaped into a more pleasing shape, and fed to the horde of groundlings who'll gladly eat it up.

I just got back from seeing it.

It was bloody awful. Technically proficient, but conceptually something more like an abortion. A half idea. A "what if?" gone way too far. And a perversion of the brand's original intent. JJ Abrams would've been better off giving the finger to the creative talent, writers/producers, and fans of the series. That would've been much quicker and would've saved a lot of money which was instead invested in a pile of garbage.

Don't let me stop you, I know you have to see it. I know you think I'm crazy, or a geek gone wild, or something like that. Even after seeing it most of you will still hold that opinion of my perspective.

But IMO Star Trek, as we knew it, is dead.

God I just frikkin love the Brits!

But IMO Star Trek, as we knew it, is dead.

Good. Throw some dirt over the corpse and let's move on to something that matters just a little bit.


OTOH, a lot of us feel differently.

Oh, and is everyone who didn't like the movie going to start their very own thread for their complaint, instead of posting in the pinned thread the way they're supposed to?

I don't know if you mean that first line you wrote to be funny...but it was ...pretty good there...your first joke -- that succeeded...I'm proud!

And what are we moving onto that matters "just a bit"...what are we moving away from that doesn't matter....

And you feel differently...great, but have you seen the damn movie starship...have you???

I don't very much like your tone sir...especially when it comes to TOS -- You're one of the people that needs to show some damn respect for the original...again I'm shocked to find that you're even a "fan"..what the hell does fan mean to you?