Please don't.
It’s a fanfilm. A heavy handed retconny fanfilm. So let’s not consider it re the actual show.
Plus it's run by a sexual predator.
Not the same. First, Adam Cartwright was referred to on the number of episodes after he left the Bonanza. He was not totally forgotten. Jim Kirk's brother was mentioned before we saw him and was killed off as part of the plot of an episode. He wasn't introduced as a character and then dropped without explanation and then forgotten. That would be Janice Rand. He was a part of Kirk's backstory.
I still maintain that they knew Kirk had a brother. Harve Bennett knew: he watched every episode before he produced the second movie. I'm sure William Shatner would've remembered aspects of his own character. He might not of remembered the guy's name, but I can absolutely imagine he remembered Kirk had a brother at some point. Even David Loughery might've known it. So even if they didn't mention Sam by name, by having Kirk actually elevate Spock on the same level as his late brother actually makes the scene more important and drives home how highly Kirk regards him.
I just don't see why it's so hard to accept that the people involved in the making of a Star Trek movie might actually know something about Star Trek.
Agreed on all points. The poignancy of the scene is found in both McCoy and Spock believing Kirk is referring to Sam, then each realizing he was speaking metaphorically about Spock. A rare instance of showing-not-telling on the illustrated radio show that was Star Trek.Not the same. First, Adam Cartwright was referred to on the number of episodes after he left the Bonanza. He was not totally forgotten. Jim Kirk's brother was mentioned before we saw him and was killed off as part of the plot of an episode. He wasn't introduced as a character and then dropped without explanation and then forgotten. That would be Janice Rand. He was a part of Kirk's backstory.
I still maintain that they knew Kirk had a brother. Harve Bennett knew: he watched every episode before he produced the second movie. I'm sure William Shatner would've remembered aspects of his own character. He might not of remembered the guy's name, but I can absolutely imagine he remembered Kirk had a brother at some point. Even David Loughery might've known it. So even if they didn't mention Sam by name, by having Kirk actually elevate Spock on the same level as his late brother actually makes the scene more important and drives home how highly Kirk regards him.
I just don't see why it's so hard to accept that the people involved in the making of a Star Trek movie might actually know something about Star Trek.
I could easily see Shatner forgetting that Kirk had a brother. He was made up as Sam for a shot that lasted all of a half second onscreen, he had no dialogue as Sam, and the character wasn't mentioned again after he was killed off. It was a job Shatner did 21 years before they were shooting STV in 1988, he'd done dozens of jobs since, and by his own admission, Shatner never watched TOS that much. There's just not a lot there about the job or that particular plot to stick in his memory. If it'd been a notable guest star who played Kirk's brother, he might've remembered.
That's assuming that was the type of detail he was looking for, cared about and would remember. His Khan and Khan cronies carried little over from their TV incarnations. I think he skimmed the episodes mostly.
It's been a long time since I heard news about Vic Mignogna, so maybe I'm misremembering the details, but I've had the impression that the sexual harassment allegations were highly dubious. He just seemed like an affectionate guy who liked giving his fans and coworkers hugs and sometimes kissing them on the cheek. Some of them appreciated it and some of them didn't, but it hardly counts as being a sexual predator. I remember an anime news site ran a story about him with a photo of him kissing a fan as an example of his so-called sexual harassment. That girl later came forward to say that she asked him to kiss her and was upset that her photo was being used without her permission by the news site to spread lies about Vic Mignogna.
That's overselling it a bit.
Not really. Name another that's impacted pop culture and society in the same way and still gets quoted and mentioned after 5 decades.
