On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 2:32 PM, Dave Sikula <[email protected]> wrote:
> I, too, was bilked out of my hard-earned dough for the 3D/IMAX > presentation and couldn't disagree more about his creating a "successful" > film adaptation of Star Trek. No Trekkie I, but to my untrained eye, the > movies have almost nothing in common with the spirit and ideas of the show > beyond the names and basic concepts (Enterrpise, transporters, phasers). I > found the sequel to be mostly a dumb shoot-em-up, with no real connection > to the original. (This is to say nothing of the massive plot holes that > riddle the thing.) Well, you disagree with me even more than you say here explicitly, as my claim is that he has created the two most successful film adaptations of a television show ever, not just a successful adaption of Star Trek. It is too early to go over the specific plot points that would allow me to attempt to rebut your point that the current film has nothing in common with the original other than names and basic concepts, but I think most fans of the original tv and films, even if they do not like JJ's films, will be able to cite a lot more commonalities than that. As stannc notes, Roddenberry explored current events in his space show - he also explored relationships. I think Abrams is doing the same - arguably the reboot is allowing him to get into the relationship issues in even greater depth than the restrictions of the 1960s would ever have allowed GR, and the second film is clearly exploring issues raised by the Bush-Obama "War" on terrorism in terms that are more subversive and critical of conventional opinion than anything Roddenberry ever did. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
