New Star Trek Trailer

[manasecret]

To me it looks like it has a chance at being good. I like Star Trek, TNG and Voyager being the ones I watched most, but I'm not exactly a Trekkie at least by Prof. S's dramatic prediction of how Trekkies will accept this movie. Taking things in new directions is fine by me, as long as the end result is good.

Oh, and btw, Leonard Nimoy is in this film, as Spock, from the future, to help the young Spock against the Romulans from the future trying to interfere with the past.

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by manasecret

To me it looks like it has a chance at being good. I like Star Trek, TNG and Voyager being the ones I watched most, but I'm not exactly a Trekkie at least by Prof. S's dramatic prediction of how Trekkies will accept this movie. Taking things in new directions is fine by me, as long as the end result is good.

I'm not a Trekkie either, but I know several, and they will not be pleased. Remember when Lord of the Rings came out and some people brought the books to the theater and complained about tiny little inconsistencies?

1) The LotR movies were true to the themes of the books, and the fanatics still had issues with changes that were inconsequential. The Abrams Trek doesn't look to respect the themes of the original series at all. Maybe the movie will be good, but the problem will be it doesn't look like a part of the Star Trek mythos, rather than another sci-fi concept wrapped in the trappings of Federation unitards and pointy ears.

2) Trekkies are about 1,000,000 times more protective about their obsession than any other geek related fan base I know. These people rattle off characters like "OA Team member 4" in episode 8, season 2, entitled "A Tribble ate my Ballsack" in casual conversation. They discuss the scientific merits of a Dyson Sphere, Worm Holes and a Warp drive. They DON'T talk about the hot chick Capt. Kirk just nailed or the big explosions on screen.

If the movie runs to the trailer's form, Trekkies will view this reboot as an attempted assissination of a universe they've loved for 30 years. Perhaps there is more substance and thoughtful content, but from what I've seen in the trailer the movie is utterly unrecognizable from the Star Trek that has been around since the early 70's.