To: J.J. Abrams, director.
Subject: Star Trek, 2009.
Dear M. Abrams,
Your newest creation is not my father's Star Trek and for that, I am grateful. Don't get me wrong, I have very fond memories of me, as an 8 year old kid, watching the (syndicated) TOS every sunday morning with my Old Man. We both thoroughly enjoyed the show and I think that's where my love of Sci-Fi was born. Times have changed and everything old must be made new again.
The changes made to the characters and plot are not that far off plumb therefore they are very plausible. Some elements should have been left on the cutting room floor, mind. Others should've been delved into much more but such is the way that the movie was written, filmed and most importantly, edited.
This newest creation is a good one. Some things have been destroyed, certain characters killed and everything is a little skewed but I don't believe M. Roddenberry is turning in his grave. Hell, even in the Star Wars Universe, worse things have been done to main characters, as they were killed off with the blessings of the Emperor!! (Expl. to the Trekkies; that was a reference to George Lucas.)
Creative differences aside, you've gone ahead and pulled a Marvel Comics Ultimate on us. It's not necessarily a bad thing. You have managed a 'reboot' of this franchise but in an alternate form, a Star Trek Multiverse. Moviegoers should enjoy the film but you can expect every hardcore/malajusted Trekkie out there to lose it, big. They are so engrossed in their fictional world that any changes to it will upset the delicate balance of their sanity. Calls of defenestration by Bat'leth wielding fans should be carefully examined!
Congratulations on this, the newest installment of the Star Trek franchise. I was thoroughly please with the movie and enjoyed myself like I haven't done in a while.
Sincerely,
me, Burg42.
Subject: Star Trek, 2009.
Dear M. Abrams,
Your newest creation is not my father's Star Trek and for that, I am grateful. Don't get me wrong, I have very fond memories of me, as an 8 year old kid, watching the (syndicated) TOS every sunday morning with my Old Man. We both thoroughly enjoyed the show and I think that's where my love of Sci-Fi was born. Times have changed and everything old must be made new again.
The changes made to the characters and plot are not that far off plumb therefore they are very plausible. Some elements should have been left on the cutting room floor, mind. Others should've been delved into much more but such is the way that the movie was written, filmed and most importantly, edited.
This newest creation is a good one. Some things have been destroyed, certain characters killed and everything is a little skewed but I don't believe M. Roddenberry is turning in his grave. Hell, even in the Star Wars Universe, worse things have been done to main characters, as they were killed off with the blessings of the Emperor!! (Expl. to the Trekkies; that was a reference to George Lucas.)
Creative differences aside, you've gone ahead and pulled a Marvel Comics Ultimate on us. It's not necessarily a bad thing. You have managed a 'reboot' of this franchise but in an alternate form, a Star Trek Multiverse. Moviegoers should enjoy the film but you can expect every hardcore/malajusted Trekkie out there to lose it, big. They are so engrossed in their fictional world that any changes to it will upset the delicate balance of their sanity. Calls of defenestration by Bat'leth wielding fans should be carefully examined!
Congratulations on this, the newest installment of the Star Trek franchise. I was thoroughly please with the movie and enjoyed myself like I haven't done in a while.
Sincerely,
me, Burg42.
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