Re: [ImpossibleMissionsForce] Re: The Lens of Time
--- On Sat, 7/4/09, Erik E Miller <erikemiller@...> wrote:
I know that Trek is fiction, I'm just rankled about how the characters were treated in the new film. It seemed very inconsistent with the characters that were established. According to the new movie the characters are all approximately the same age, and graduated from the academy at the same time. To me it just didn't seem as if the producers built upon the legacy that was left, instead they wanted to erase it and create something new. And what was "new" seemed very similar to the plot of the first "Star Wars" movie.
Anyway I know a lot of people like the new movie so I won't get into an argument about it. If you like it or if you hate it it's just an opinion. My Scottish and Spanish roots make me stubborn as hell.
Hi Erik,
I'm not piling on you or anyone else about the new Trek or anything. Myself, at 42 I'm a child of the seventies and early eighties who's got a healthy obsession for tv of the sixties: classic Trek, Mission Impossible, Mannix, Ironside, The Invaders, The Saint, etc. I just got the feeling once the new film was conceived that the Trek I knew was for my generationand this new film is for the new generation of fans.
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