MM> JR>> To be on-topic, I think all the space battle stuff in FC went by too
MM> JR>> quickly at the beginning of the film. You didn't know what was
MM> JR>> happening!
MM> BN> That was part of the point -- the Fed was losing BIG time & the
MM> BN> area was mass confusion. :)
MM>I think the point is that in order for a Star Trek film to be
MM>"successful," it has to work for the non-Trek fans.  In the first ten
MM>minutes of First Contact *I* knew what was going on.  Several people in
MM>the theater were confused.  The movie should have spelled out the back
True.  Still, though, I have the feeling that even though a lot of
fans might drag their non-Trek friends to see the flick, most folks
would have some slight idea of what's going on & accept the "in
medias res" aspect of it.  Still, though, I tend to agree -- if I
were hitting it 100% cold, nearly every Trek movie I've ever seen
would be confusing as heck for the first 10 minutes or so.
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