Shattered faith?
I've seen the new Star Trek movie and I think I've lost faith in future series films by Abrams. I'm an avid fan of the series. I own all of Voyager, Next Generation, The Original Series, and most of Deep Space Nine. I've never felt so insulted since Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. The only things that made the film remotely worthwhile were the technical aspects--scene, graphics, visual effects--and the score. The film was executed well, but the plot and characters were a disgrace to Gene Roddenberry's remarkable vison.
First of all, time travel doesn't give Abrams (the director) a creative lisence. All it did was sever the film from the Star trek universe, allowing our briliant new director, to do as he pleases just to make some fast money. Unless you're building a series upon theories of time travel, don't use them. Abrams can't grasp the mechanics of time travel, nor can he hope to understand temporal paradox. Like I said, he uses it as an excuse to bring his own vision to the big screen that way he can avoid conflict with widely accepted canon.
Who here remembers the ST:TOS? Uhura, the first woman--a Black woman--on TV to be given a command position on the bridge, has been reduced to an object of modern vanity. I saw no message of interracial collaboration, a theme that exists as the very core of the universe. The first interracial kiss in TOS, has been stripped of its meaning in Abrams' rendition. Instead, it's nothing more than a kiss from a woman who's expected to fulfill emotional and romantic requirements set by modern cinema.
Once again, a movie that's centered on the Kirk-Spock relationship. All the other characters had very little screen time--except for uhura and Sulu--and were made to seem insiginificant to the plot. What happened to the concept fo the bridge crew as family? Once again, that's thrown out the window, just to make room for the action that makes a sci-fi thriller a cheap thriller.
What the hell's wrong with Abrams for choosing the name Nero for his villain? I didn't see Nero fiddling while Romulus burned. A tribute to the source of Romulus, yes, but a poor name to choose. In Nemesis, at least there was a good reason for Romulus to have a moon called Remus. Nero is nothing more than a name. I saw no historical reference, nor any allegory.
Twenty thousand thums down, Abrams. Twenty effing thousand...
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Mathematics has given economics rigor, but alas, also mortis.
--Robert Heilbroner
First of all, time travel doesn't give Abrams (the director) a creative lisence. All it did was sever the film from the Star trek universe, allowing our briliant new director, to do as he pleases just to make some fast money. Unless you're building a series upon theories of time travel, don't use them. Abrams can't grasp the mechanics of time travel, nor can he hope to understand temporal paradox. Like I said, he uses it as an excuse to bring his own vision to the big screen that way he can avoid conflict with widely accepted canon.
Who here remembers the ST:TOS? Uhura, the first woman--a Black woman--on TV to be given a command position on the bridge, has been reduced to an object of modern vanity. I saw no message of interracial collaboration, a theme that exists as the very core of the universe. The first interracial kiss in TOS, has been stripped of its meaning in Abrams' rendition. Instead, it's nothing more than a kiss from a woman who's expected to fulfill emotional and romantic requirements set by modern cinema.
Once again, a movie that's centered on the Kirk-Spock relationship. All the other characters had very little screen time--except for uhura and Sulu--and were made to seem insiginificant to the plot. What happened to the concept fo the bridge crew as family? Once again, that's thrown out the window, just to make room for the action that makes a sci-fi thriller a cheap thriller.
What the hell's wrong with Abrams for choosing the name Nero for his villain? I didn't see Nero fiddling while Romulus burned. A tribute to the source of Romulus, yes, but a poor name to choose. In Nemesis, at least there was a good reason for Romulus to have a moon called Remus. Nero is nothing more than a name. I saw no historical reference, nor any allegory.
Twenty thousand thums down, Abrams. Twenty effing thousand...
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Mathematics has given economics rigor, but alas, also mortis.
--Robert Heilbroner