From: Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[email protected]> To: Killer Bs Discussion <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Enterprise Cancelled Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 11:57:53 -0700
On Feb 8, 2005, at 11:46 AM, Travis Edmunds wrote:
But we were still dealing with temporally developed characters. Consequently, we the audience have certain character-specific expectations - i.e. the goosebumps a die-hard Trekkie/Trekker (the latter being my generation) gets when Kirk is laughing at the superior intellect of Khan whilst kicking the genetically engineered crap outta said bad guy. That's all I'm saying. A feature film with an entirely new cast of characters = no goosebumps.
Ah, OK, I see. But is that really necessary? Aren't there other movies that start from a premise of unknown characters and leave you chilly, simply because they're well written, -directed and -acted? I can think of a few.
If the expectations of the Trek franchise have sunk so low that there's not even a realistic hope of a square-one story having a truly meaningful impact, then I say let it lie on the shelf and stay there until some truly talented people come along and pick it up again.
Paramount is right. They have to kill Trek in order to save it.
Perhaps that's true. But an entirely original film isn't the way to go about it. The mainstay audience of Star Trek is after all the 'fans'. They want to see the continuing adventures of the characters that they hold dear to their hearts. And the sole reason that these characters are so dear to so many, is the almighty television series.
This film idea, if developed, will leave countless nerds drooling over a mere mention of Admiral Janeway, reminiscing over a cameo of Worf, and ultimately, balking at the very idea.
-Travis
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