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Devils'Advocate · 05-09-2009, 09:42 PM

I hated the new movie. Absolutely hated it.

TOS never happened. The timelines are gone .... with no Romulus and no Vulcan the timelines would be so screwed, TNG, DS9, Voyageur all likely never happened and certainly not the way that they did. Without the Romulans helping in the alliance against the Dominion, humanity is likely wiped out.

I think this was Abrahms took this as an opportunity to take out everything that Roddenberry made and throw it into the trash. All that never happened... Roddenberry is dead and so is everything he did.

Now maybe I sound too much like:
http://www.theonion.com/content/vide...star_trek_film

But this new timeline thing says "Hey, I can't be bothered respecting the storyline that the old-time trekkies know and love, so I'm gonna piss on them, say that everything that they love is false and take the easy way out all the way to the bank."

But MOST of all, this is a sell-out movie. Read this Newsweek article:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/196005

In this movie, there was no debate as to where we draw the lines on rights as there was with Data or the Doctor. There was no discussion of when we should interfere in the problems of another society. There was no moral on tolerance and the acceptance of others. Perhaps Sulu *should* have been gay. And married. That at least would have been something in the vein of Roddenberry. But yeah, there were lots of explosions and, well, more explosions.

Abrahms has taken all the great things that Roddenberry did in Star Trek and whored it out like he did Uhura.

05-09-2009, 09:42 PM	#316
Devils'Advocate #1 Goaltender Join Date: Jul 2005 Exp:	I hated the new movie. Absolutely hated it. TOS never happened. The timelines are gone .... with no Romulus and no Vulcan the timelines would be so screwed, TNG, DS9, Voyageur all likely never happened and certainly not the way that they did. Without the Romulans helping in the alliance against the Dominion, humanity is likely wiped out. I think this was Abrahms took this as an opportunity to take out everything that Roddenberry made and throw it into the trash. All that never happened... Roddenberry is dead and so is everything he did. Now maybe I sound too much like: http://www.theonion.com/content/vide...star_trek_film But this new timeline thing says "Hey, I can't be bothered respecting the storyline that the old-time trekkies know and love, so I'm gonna piss on them, say that everything that they love is false and take the easy way out all the way to the bank." But MOST of all, this is a sell-out movie. Read this Newsweek article: http://www.newsweek.com/id/196005 In this movie, there was no debate as to where we draw the lines on rights as there was with Data or the Doctor. There was no discussion of when we should interfere in the problems of another society. There was no moral on tolerance and the acceptance of others. Perhaps Sulu should have been gay. And married. That at least would have been something in the vein of Roddenberry. But yeah, there were lots of explosions and, well, more explosions. Abrahms has taken all the great things that Roddenberry did in Star Trek and whored it out like he did Uhura.