Star Trek is not a reboot, nor a revamp, but instead...

[Superman]

...a RENEWAL.

This is the word we've all long sought to define what this film will be.

The designs and even the characters are being renewed. Not rebooted, not revamped. We have Nimoy as the original Spock. Maybe Shatner as the original Kirk.

We've all used the religious term "canon" over the years to discuss continuity. Now we have to borrow another religious term.

The Catholic Church didn't need reform, it needed renewal, the point made by those who worked during the Catholic Counter-Reformation.

The same applies here. Trek XI is a renewal of TOS, of Star Trek in general.

\S/

 

[Samuel T. Cogley]

Superman said:
...a RENEWAL.

I'm going to have to go with a REGURGITATION.

Failing that, a RHOMBUS.

 

[Cary L. Brown]

Hmmm.. perhaps a reflux?

 

[P0sitr0nic]

rhumetoid!

 

[StarMan]

I liken it to a marninade.

 

[Clym]

I guess the Catholic Church analogy it apt - they're both overblown and irrelevant.

 

[Borgminister]

A "valentine".

 

[ancient]

A 'revival'.

Actually, we need a new word.

hmmm....

"Retrekal" To begin again and only change the things I personally wish to change.

Sweet. I hope we get a retrekal.

 

[Samuel T. Cogley]

"Regeneration," maybe?

Worked for "Enterprise."

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Star Trek: Resurrection (or is that too much like Insurrection)?

Or

Star Trek: Resuscitation.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Santa T. Claus said:

Superman said:
...a RENEWAL.

I'm going to have to go with a REGURGITATION.

Failing that, a RHOMBUS.

How about a RHUBARB?

 

[number6]

It does seem to be bringing out the "Rectum" in some people!!

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

It's good that this was brought up, because we so need one more meaningless label for trekkies to argue over. Here we are, over a year until the premiere, and I was afraid that we'd run out.

 

[ancient]

North Pole-aris said:
It's good that this was brought up, because we so need one more meaningless label for trekkies to argue over. Here we are, over a year until the premiere, and I was afraid that we'd run out.

Should we really be called 'trekkies' though?

 

[Therin of Andor]

^ TrekXIes

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

ancient said:
Should we really be called 'trekkies' though?

It's a lot shorter than "obsessive-compulsive nitpickers and worrywarts," don't you think?

 

[number6]

^ and easier to spell.

 

[Tamek]

ctrl-c ctrl-v

 

[Opus]

Re-education? Nope. Sounds Communist...

 

[Lieut. Arex]

Renew! Renew! RENEW!