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[jeriendhal]

For those of you who might not be aware (both of you) there's a new Star Trek movie coming out, rebooting the franchise. Here's a link to the trailer.




1) Kirk can't drive a stick (Ref: A Piece of the Action)

2) Sylar looks frighteningly like Leonard Nimoy's younger self. Simon Pegg, not so much like Scotty...

3) I'm growing warmer to the new Enterprise design. It still doesn't make a lick of sense given that with Nimoy appearing it's a direct prequel to TOS, but what the heck.

4) Looking forward to seeing it on the big screen.

Comments

[jvowles.livejournal.com]

Here, here.

What I love about that idea, honestly, is that it fits my personal pet theory: the discovery of time travel in the Star Trek universe has fucked up the timestream so often that fundamental technologies change as waves of history get rewritten.

And much though I love the old series, I have to say: the ship looks wonderful in the reboot. Black radio shack kit boxes, tape cassettes, and flashing christmas tree lights are NOT going to cut it for any audience not already deep in fandom's grasp. It makes absolute sense to show a ship that grows out of today's "futuristic" design aesthetic, because that will look advanced and state of the art -- rather than retro and dated. (When we revisited them in DS9 and other series, being retro and dated worked in their favor -- not so much so now.)

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

What I love about that idea, honestly, is that it fits my personal pet theory: the discovery of time travel in the Star Trek universe has fucked up the timestream so often that fundamental technologies change as waves of history get rewritten.

That's perfectly plausible to me. If they actually mention that in the movie I'd be very pleased. If Nimoy mentions that he's from an alternate future timeline I'll be flipping ecstatic.