Very cool thoughts on the subject!



-=> Darryl Perry wrote to Drew Klenotic <=-

 DP> On 03/19/17, Drew Klenotic said the following...

 DK> Why didn't he just make his own universe instead?  Just like with Star
 DK> Wars... They declared everything out side of the movies to be
 DK> "potentially invalid".  All the books... all the games.... all the
 DK> expanded universe stuff.  All because JJ was too lazy to come up with his
 DK> own completely original idea.

 DP> FWIW, that seems like a simple answer to me.  The reason is that there
 DP> are still a lot of stories that can be told about the Kirk/Spock era.
 DP> The problem with that, is we don't have the actors to play Kirk and
 DP> Spock anymore.  What do we do then?  Should we be presented with CGI
 DP> versions of the original crew, like they did with Princess Leia and
 DP> Grand Mof Tarkin?

 DP> No thanks!

 DP> The problem with telling about the Kirk era, is that many young movie
 DP> goers have no real idea who Kirk and Spock are.  So we need to get
 DP> reacquainted with the characters.  But if we do that, then we are just
 DP> retelling stories that have already been told.  Unless some changes are
 DP> made, like an alternate universe.

 DP>  "No matter where you go, there you are!" - Buckaroo Bonzai

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