It was necessary to change things.
Filmic Trek was dead.
The fact that it took changing things about the 40 year old original in order to invite in an audience that could restore viability to an exhausted franchise is a net gain for all of us.
There now exists a platform for, those of us who adore OldTrek, to begin to explore the themes and ideas that, were it not for NuTrek, were dead.
The future is optimistic, which, while that meme was the theme of the original Star Trek, hasn't been the reality for decades.
This thread is done. Shut it down. All that's worth being said has been.
Filmic Trek was dead.
The fact that it took changing things about the 40 year old original in order to invite in an audience that could restore viability to an exhausted franchise is a net gain for all of us.
There now exists a platform for, those of us who adore OldTrek, to begin to explore the themes and ideas that, were it not for NuTrek, were dead.
The future is optimistic, which, while that meme was the theme of the original Star Trek, hasn't been the reality for decades.
This thread is done. Shut it down. All that's worth being said has been.