I understand Tarantino's point, because if they had managed to recapture the "magic" (so to speak) of WOK, I obviously wouldn't be complaining. I just think they fell way short of that mark. They borrowed from WOK to make an inferior product (in my eyes).
that's your interpretation of his point, but not what he really said. Everything he really said is that he hated Benedict as Khan and that they 'changed' WOK (and made it happen in a different time) because he'd rather see the reboot (I'm not quoting him, just paraphrasing what I remember he said. Please don't make me copy and paste his interview and the video link again LOL, just search in the thread) being like tos and expand on tos stories, instead of changing (rebooting) them. This gives the illusion that his issue with stid is that, contrary to what is being said here, it wasn't enough a 'remake' (thus not enough similar to the original, with all its elements). A feeling exacerbated by him also stating that he'd love to use one of the old episodes and do them again with the bigger budget the movies have. In short, remakes. He didn't propose any original idea. He didn't even get this is an alternate reality (HOW??? I still ask myself how he couldn't get that), those guys had to explain it to him ^^"
Of course, this is all part of my own interpretation too and trying to rationalize his opinion using with the limited info I get from his words, but point is he didn't really say his issue is that the movie didn't recapture the "magic" of the original or was too much a remake.
Admittely, I don't get all his points (especially him making it seems the group is a hindrance in spite of his movies being known for their ensemble, so it feels weird he finds it a hindrance for trek of all the things. Uhura and McCoy aren't useless. I mean, he's free to think that if he wants but I'm sure a lot of fans would vehently disagree).
I honestly think he was babbling for the most part and just replying to someone asking him a question about something he maybe hadn't thought that much about before. I don't know. I'm not even sure the idea he proposed to paramount now has anything to do with what he said years ago, who knows! He may have rewatched stid and like it too now, maybe he gets the reboot more now and has a different perspective on some things. We also don't know what he thinks about Beyond. (eta: tbh, I think beyond's issue is that the creative team didn't like stid either and them implying they were ignoring it backfired big time. Say what you want about that movie, but it's part of this trek and can't get ignored and neither can Beyond get ignored now. And really, I don't expect who they hire to make the sequels must love all the previous movies with a passion, but it's concerning for me to get new creative team who come in and are like 'so let me FIX this mess the other writers did by ignoring or undoing everything they did just because I can', because this often translates into sequels that feel too disconnected from the other movies, lack of cohesion, forced story elements.. and fans like me getting frustrated)
What he said is important to me only to the extent it's the only thing I have, right now, to try to get a clue about what might be his opinions and what kind of movie he'd make, thus what I should expect from him.
I'm just a fan of these movies who feels trepidation over being at the mercy, literally, of these people and I get concerned/worried by the little I already know about Tarantino, both in terms of his style and movies and the little I can find of his opinion about the reboot. All things that make me feel more pessimistic than optimistic. That can change, of course.
