THANK YOU JJ ABRAMS it needed this shake up

[tuttle300]

An open letter to:
Mr JJ Abrams, the screenwriters and the behind the scenes crew and the cast
.....and most especially to whoever at Paramount finally saw the need that, while the first nine films were great and had their moments, the whole franchise badly needed a shake up and had to be rebooted (and most especially thank you for approving some REAL money for the budget)

There of course long time fans who are whining that this wasn't canon and that wasn't real and blah blah blah.....

To them I say----pay attention to the actual quote from the mantra of the entire franchise ----- "To boldly go........."
THANKS from a long time fan. Hurry up and make three or four more
I thought we weren't going to make it to the fiftieth anniversary!

 

[T'Paul]

You're welcome.

 

[Red Ranger]

People:

I just saw it and echo the O.P. It was a terrific movie. It was exciting, funny, and tragic. Without giving too much away, it's the first time the reset button wasn't undone, which was necessary.

Canonistas should not see this movie, as it throws a number of old continuity threads out the window. Having said that, there are many subtle homages throughout to many eps, movies, and cliches. It's clear everyone involved in this movie has a great love of Star Trek, and that's what made it a great flick. And that't the important thing, the love for the original material. It also managed to surprise me, which I didn't think would happen given how much I thought I knew about the story.

I am still having a hard time with Chris Pine's Kirk, but I do appreiciate the energy and intensity he brought to his slightly different version of Kirk. Most of the others are also well cast.

Red Ranger

 

[Penhall99]

I dont see a whole lot of long-time fans "whining" about canon. I see passionate people who love Star Trek and had reservations about what they were doing. I myself had those reservations, but I gave the movie a chance and loved it.

I think most fans will do the same.

 

[gastrof]

The franchise did NOT need to be rebooted.

Things could have been handled well without totally erasing what came before, and to some extent that's what he did.

The changes in the timeline? Upsetting in some ways. He's responsible for the loss of Amanda and countless Vulcan lives. Still, how can a real man be punished for the deaths of fictional characters?

This will require serious thought...

Perhaps we could start by telling people he's really a Breen...

 

[Penhall99]

The franchise did NOT need to be rebooted.

Things could have been handled well without totally erasing what came before, and to some extent that's what he did.

The changes in the timeline? Upsetting in some ways. He's responsible for the loss of Amanda and countless Vulcan lives. Still, how can a real man be punished for the deaths of fictional characters?

This will require serious thought...

Perhaps we could start by telling people he's really a Breen...

I understand how you feel, I really do. But the problem is, they were gonna reboot it, no matter what. Paramount wanted to pull a "Batman Begins" on Trek and start over. They had their minds made up.

Thankfully, instead of simply starting over from scratch and doing a remake, they did an alternate timeline instead. I'll take that over a full remake.

I was dead-set against this thing until I came to terms with that aspect of it. No matter what, they were gonna start over. But this way, at least they preserved what came before and gave us Nimoy to send off the new series of films.

 

[Red Ranger]

The franchise did NOT need to be rebooted.

Things could have been handled well without totally erasing what came before, and to some extent that's what he did.

The changes in the timeline? Upsetting in some ways. He's responsible for the loss of Amanda and countless Vulcan lives. Still, how can a real man be punished for the deaths of fictional characters?

This will require serious thought...

Perhaps we could start by telling people he's really a Breen...

But it was rebooted. Unless you meet an interdimensional traveler who can take you to an alternate universe where it didn't happen, I'm afraid you're stuck here with the rest of us in this quantum reality. Accept it. You'll feel better! -- RR

 

[MvRojo]

The franchise did NOT need to be rebooted.

Things could have been handled well without totally erasing what came before, and to some extent that's what he did.

The changes in the timeline? Upsetting in some ways. He's responsible for the loss of Amanda and countless Vulcan lives. Still, how can a real man be punished for the deaths of fictional characters?

This will require serious thought...

Perhaps we could start by telling people he's really a Breen...

I'm fine with the whole alternate universe thing, but I agree to a certain extent that it didn't NEED to be rebooted. Abrams and Co. could have put their own spin on the franchise without doing the full reboot. I believe they could've easily made a movie that was unburdened by the rest of the franchise and the marketing could have been the same.

 

[Australis]

Gaaaaaaaak. Not rebooted. How often do I say this.

Prime U. Secundus U. Our POV is now in Secundus U. Prime U still exists elsewhere.

Is a studio prepared to invest money in Prime U stories? Probably not. But they're still being made by fans. And maybe they can work out a licensing deal with Paramount so they can raise money. I have more thoughts on this, I'll post them in the Fan Prod forum.

But we're now in a place like the Mirror U. If you want to go to Prime U... you have thje DVDs.

To JJ: good job.

 

[CommanderRaytas]

I think they did what they had to, created something new, fresh and exciting that honours the spirit of Star Trek but isn't burdened by tons of continuity details. This was a bold, and necessary step, and it was just what the franchise needed.