This is the first *real* Trek movie
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The thing I was going by is that there *have* been special "reunion" movies of other 60s shows with original casts, but they were always on TV and not real movies (e.g., "I Spy Returns," "Return to Gilligan's Island," etc.).
When movies have been made with new casts, they invariably hearken back to the original show in some type of homage -- and often this takes the form of a cameo by original stars in some peripheral role (e.g., all those cameos of original Robinsons in "Lost in Space," whats-her-name as Lois's mother in "Superman," and so on).
I can't really think of anything OTHER than Trek where the cinematic releases of the movies were actually the original TV actors in the original roles (except, of course, "Scooby Doo", where Scooby is still animated
).
THAT is why I maintain that all the other movies were just extensions of the original TV shows (with longer, bigger budgeted episodes), albeit aired on the big screen rather than the TV screen, and that by all *previous* standards, THIS is the first actual making of an original new movie with the recasting of all the roles (and the obligatory cameo from an original cast member) and the redesigning of the sets and the actual story/canon itself.
What I'm saying is, this isn't "Star Trek ELEVEN" -- it's "Star Trek ONE."
When movies have been made with new casts, they invariably hearken back to the original show in some type of homage -- and often this takes the form of a cameo by original stars in some peripheral role (e.g., all those cameos of original Robinsons in "Lost in Space," whats-her-name as Lois's mother in "Superman," and so on).
I can't really think of anything OTHER than Trek where the cinematic releases of the movies were actually the original TV actors in the original roles (except, of course, "Scooby Doo", where Scooby is still animated
). THAT is why I maintain that all the other movies were just extensions of the original TV shows (with longer, bigger budgeted episodes), albeit aired on the big screen rather than the TV screen, and that by all *previous* standards, THIS is the first actual making of an original new movie with the recasting of all the roles (and the obligatory cameo from an original cast member) and the redesigning of the sets and the actual story/canon itself.
What I'm saying is, this isn't "Star Trek ELEVEN" -- it's "Star Trek ONE."
The thing I was going by is that there *have* been special "reunion" movies of other 60s shows with original casts, but they were always on TV and not real movies (e.g., "I Spy Returns," "Return to Gilligan's Island," etc.).
When movies have been made with new casts, they invariably hearken back to the original show in some type of homage -- and often this takes the form of a cameo by original stars in some peripheral role (e.g., all those cameos of original Robinsons in "Lost in Space," whats-her-name as Lois's mother in "Superman," and so on).
I can't really think of anything OTHER than Trek where the cinematic releases of the movies were actually the original TV actors in the original roles (except, of course, "Scooby Doo", where Scooby is still animated
THAT is why I maintain that all the other movies were just extensions of the original TV shows (with longer, bigger budgeted episodes), albeit aired on the big screen rather than the TV screen, and that by all *previous* standards, THIS is the first actual making of an original new movie with the recasting of all the roles (and the obligatory cameo from an original cast member) and the redesigning of the sets and the actual story/canon itself.
What I'm saying is, this isn't "Star Trek ELEVEN" -- it's "Star Trek ONE."
You could have just saved yourself the trouble of typing up all that and said it's a reboot. It means the same thing.
Man's got a point.
Actually, "remake" or "revival" would be a more accurate one-word summation of his post than "reboot."
No one talks about the "Beverly Hillbillies" movie as a reboot of the TV series.
Well, no one talks about the "Beverly Hillbillies" movie at all.
That said, if one's perspective on the film is as I think that AJBryant is proposing - that it's equivalent to any movie which resurrects and updates a popular property from a couple of generations ago, rather than being in any important respect a piece of the nearly forty-year "Franchise" that evolved from the original - then "reboot" is really beside the point.
They're just reviving that old NBC show about Captain Kirk and Doctor Spock. "Star Track" or whatever, you remember? It was on after "Tarzan."
No one talks about the "Beverly Hillbillies" movie as a reboot of the TV series.
Well, no one talks about the "Beverly Hillbillies" movie at all.
That said, if one's perspective on the film is as I think that AJBryant is proposing - that it's equivalent to any movie which resurrects and updates a popular property from a couple of generations ago, rather than being in any important respect a piece of the nearly forty-year "Franchise" that evolved from the original - then "reboot" is really beside the point.
They're just reviving that old NBC show about Captain Kirk and Doctor Spock. "Star Track" or whatever, you remember? It was on after "Tarzan."
The thing I was going by is that there *have* been special "reunion" movies of other 60s shows with original casts, but they were always on TV and not real movies (e.g., "I Spy Returns," "Return to Gilligan's Island," etc.).
When movies have been made with new casts, they invariably hearken back to the original show in some type of homage -- and often this takes the form of a cameo by original stars in some peripheral role (e.g., all those cameos of original Robinsons in "Lost in Space," whats-her-name as Lois's mother in "Superman," and so on).
I can't really think of anything OTHER than Trek where the cinematic releases of the movies were actually the original TV actors in the original roles (except, of course, "Scooby Doo", where Scooby is still animated
THAT is why I maintain that all the other movies were just extensions of the original TV shows (with longer, bigger budgeted episodes), albeit aired on the big screen rather than the TV screen, and that by all *previous* standards, THIS is the first actual making of an original new movie with the recasting of all the roles (and the obligatory cameo from an original cast member) and the redesigning of the sets and the actual story/canon itself.
What I'm saying is, this isn't "Star Trek ELEVEN" -- it's "Star Trek ONE."
You could have just saved yourself the trouble of typing up all that and said it's a reboot. It means the same thing.
Seconded. Oh wait, thirded actually.
There was a "Beverly Hillbillies" movie?
What, you think they missed that one?
What I want to know is, where are the "I Dream of Jeanie" and "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." movies?
I was being facetious.
I do have a vague recollection that such a movie existed (and with a pretty decent cast, too, looking at it again) but, as Dennis pointed out, you never hear anyone talk about it. Whatever happens with this new movie, like it or hate it, I hope that at least it doesn't fade from memory quite so completely as that "Beverly Hillbillies" movie has.
Well, any film the studio spends more than 10 cents promoting gets noticed more than stuff like "Beverly Hillbillies." That one falls under the old cliche "this movie wasn't released, it escaped."
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