Posted on 05/12/2009 12:06:58 PM PDT by Reaganesque
Agreed.
"Did somebody order a large ham?"
“Alex Kurtzman told us of the newly established parallel “Trek” dimension, forever altered by the reckless actions of time-travelling villain Nero”
What is it with using villain names from history or literature? Nero, Sauron (ST7), are we too stupid to figure out who is bad?
I'm an old-school fan who loved waiting each week back in the Sixties with my buddies to see each new episode each week, and discuss it in the lunchroom the next day!
You seemed to have retained the most important thing ;)
Benicio Del Toro not handsome enough....Kahn needs to be good looking AND mas, mas, macho.
Regards,
Joanquin Phoenix....hmmm....it’s a thought.
He does play a really nasty bad guy...
Regards,
Ooops...that would be Joaquin Phoenix, not Joanquin. Sorry
They actually copied many of the elements from the original series.
Kirk getting spock emotionally riled up in order to save the ship - (the episode with the poison flowers causing hapiness and resistance to bertold radiation)
McCoy drugging kirk to save him - Amok Time
scotty beaming dogs in experiments - kirk’s worst enemy
spock being taunted by kids as a kid - yesteryear from animated series.
sulu into fencing
I think the sequel will be more big screen variations of star trek elements we have seen elsewhere. Even “alternative timelines” where spock is captain and kirk is first officer appeared in TOS based paperback books.
Olms?
no way, he would trying and sink Kahn into some idiotic left wing justice cause.
Khan was pure conquest and rule.
I think the line “old characters are no longer needed” pretty much puts takei to rest.
There is no need to pander to homosexuals since the movie has made money.
>>> “I’m already going back and reading some of the books I’ve missed,” he said of “Trek” tales and fan-fiction that have been written in past years, which could be reinterpreted for their new universe. “I’m trying to read every ‘Star Trek’ book I can get my hands on. We did that a lot for the first movie. ... I’m starting to re-immerse myself again in what’s come before.” <<<
I call B.S. I’d be very surprised in the ST:TOS novels had much of an influence on the unoriginal 2009 movie, or will have much of an effect on the sequel. Some of those novels were good reads, and had an original take or two...
>>> KAAAAAAAAHN!! <<<
KAAAAAAAAHN!! = Yaaawwwwn!!! Another retread! And if we have to stick with retreads — which is doubtless now unavoidable with the “Back to the Future” premise of the franchise reboot — there are a LOT of characters and situations from the original series that have yet to be seen on the big screen. Why bother to re-make a movie sequel to an episode of TOS?
Well, “why bother” unless you’ve completely run out of ideas...
some if not most of the books were absolute manure and poorly written. Just slap star trek and a number on the cover and the fans would buy event the worst concept in order to have the complete set.
>>> absolute manure and poorly written <<<
Hey! Are we talking about the 2009 movie or the novels?
I invoke Sturgeon’s Law. I’m talking about a handful of novels that were published over 10+ years ago, not “many” or “most.”
Maybe in the new movie Kirk and Spock will meet Marty McFly, and Doc Brown can retro-fit the Enterprise with a flux-capacitor...
Nahh, just keeping Michael Moore in Kraft Service would destroy their budget. CG the whale.
Meanwhile after the last discussion on the new Trek (which I still think is awesome) I found this interesting series of articles on the myth of canon in Trek.
http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2009/05/there-is-no-star-trek-canon/
Pretty fun stuff.
the novels produced after STNG started going full steam.
The original cast books were formulaic and pathetic.
mysterious woman character introduced, kirk sent off on a sub plot, new woman character and spock solve crisis.
Not the books james blish wrote (and his wife finished with the final novel)
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.