Pyat is Star Trekkin'!

[pyat]

I hate the new Star Trek movie already!

But I'm willing to believe I could be wrong.

And, frankly, I haven't bothered to see a new Trek movie in the theatres since Insurrection, which came out in 1998, and I didn't like it... and I didn't watch Enterprise, and I largely stopped watching Voyager after that awful mystery episode with the dog, which aired in 1995.

So, really, I'm not sure I'm exactly their target market, these days.

Darn kids.

Comments

[bandersnitch.livejournal.com]

"So, really, I'm not sure I'm exactly their target market, these days."

You are EXACTLY their target market. Anyone who is done and tired of Trek is their target market. Also, they want to bring in new watchers who never would before.

I do find that its the most hardcore Trek fans that want to hate this, and I can't seem to find anything wrong with it.

I am excited because it is Trek and its so not all at the same time. And Scotty was more personality than engineer anyways, so Pegg nails it for me.

Time will tell.

[thebitterguy]

I don't think they care about burnt out Trek fandom. They care about the actual people out there who will go to the movie once, maybe twice, and maybe buy the DVD when it comes out.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, they are trying to build a whole new fandom.

Its a Reboot. People don't seem to get that its not a sequel (and yet it kinda is) its a restart to the whole franchise. Clean slate. They can pay tribute to the original while making something new and exciting and hopefully building a whole new fandom out of it.

I am already eager to see what comes of it, but then I wasnt a hardcore Trekkie either.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

I'm okay with a reboot. The first 30 seconds of the trailer were just terribly annoying to me. :)

I will be quite happy if it turns out to be a good movie, even if it's not "real" Trek, as if there were such a thing.

[bandersnitch.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they are trying to build a whole new fandom.

Its a Reboot. People don't seem to get that its not a sequel (and yet it kinda is) its a restart to the whole franchise. Clean slate. They can pay tribute to the original while making something new and exciting and hopefully building a whole new fandom out of it.

I am already eager to see what comes of it, but then I wasnt a hardcore Trekkie either.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

I'm okay with a reboot. The first 30 seconds of the trailer were just terribly annoying to me. :)

I will be quite happy if it turns out to be a good movie, even if it's not "real" Trek, as if there were such a thing.

[bandersnitch.livejournal.com]

That is pretty much where I stand. I comprehend that there are people more passionate about Trek than I was, but by definition are people really surprised that they changed stuff in a reboot? ANd I dont recall Kirk ever saying he wasn't a troubled youth before joining the academy. Could be wrong.

The car chase was pretty cool, but I can see how Trekkies would be upset. I was a little confused as to why there was a car in Trek. Even in Kirk's youth a car would be a historical artifact.

I hope they explain where he got it. Perhaps stole it from a collector.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Well, the troubled youth stuff is fairly solidly in the canon via novels. But not "He was a suicidal 12-year-old with the acrobatic skills of a ninja." :)

[thebitterguy]

Ah, a ninja woulda landed on his feet. He lost the ride (a gleaming red barchetta?) and nearly got killed.

I think you overestimate how well he did there.