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Originally Posted by Senmut
No, I don't like "messing with source material", as you put it. What I would "have wanted", as you put it, is something that actually looked like it belonged in the Pike/pre-Kirk era, and not someone's "re-imagining" of it.
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LOL, clearly it's something that you quickly get defensive about. But that's OK
Would you rather they'd only catered for a minority of total purist original series fans and it had been a commercial disaster and 'one off'?
The argument that the tech looks too advanced only holds so much water for me.
The hard fact is that no 40+ year old vision of the future is still going to be completely relevant and believeable now.
NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE ALL LOVED IT 40 YEARS AGO!
I grew up watching the original series and everything was redesigned for the 'motion picture' just over a decade later so where do you draw the line?
For me the re-evaluation of the technology for ST-TMP was perfect. The re-fit Enterprise was perfect. It was all 'goldilocks' to me.
You have to be a realist about this. They clearly tried to please the old fans.
They could have just flipped us the finger and started again.... (well we all know how that can pan out don't we?)
But they needed to make a movie that would be a commercial success.
So they needed a new audience as well.
I guess you'll be sticking to your guns (phasers) on this issue and you won't be watching the next movie?
