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Subject: Re: [NEWS] Orci to Direct Star Trek 13

In article , Jeff Gregory
 wrote:
> >
> >  It's irrelevant what Orci does since Abrams has already destroyed the
> >  franchise with his two garbagised version movies peeing all over real
> >  "Star Trek".  :-(
> 
> Tell us how you *really* feel :-)
> 
> I can understand these sentiments to an extent. "Real" Trek
to me is, and
> always will be TOS, but I was able to enjoy the new Star Trek films by
> accepting them based on their own merit. They are fun space romps but I would
> like to see more problem solving and diplomacy and less space battles.
> Hopefully Orci will bring that to the table. Not too surprising that he got
> the directing gig.

They may be "fun space romps", they may even be "good"
films in their
own right, but those are just personal opinions on the quality, which
is irrelevant.

The actual fact is that they're marketed as "Star Trek" and are not
really part of that franchise at all, despite the silly "parallel
universe" nonsense excuse to try and make what is simply an obvious
reboot stupidly "fit" with what came before.

They tried the same silliness with the mess called "Enterprise" and in
the end had to resort to just making the whole thing a "dream" in the
holodeck.   :-\

If they want to make a new "space romp" franchise, then make a NEW
"space romp" franchise. Don't go butchering an old franchise and
moronically pretending you haven't by stupidly reusing the same name
for a very different product.

Next time you open you jar of Strawberry Jam, don't be surprised to
find that what's inside is really Ketchcup ... hey, they both red and
liquidy, and even taste good when used in the right way ... but they
are not the same product, despite the label still saying "Strawberry
Jam".  :-\
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