tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post4253063064617936263..comments2023-08-18T04:37:47.001-04:00Comments on Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: To Boldly GeekKelly Sedingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10704114189919711467noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-78277662372836976142008-11-19T13:39:00.000-05:002008-11-19T13:39:00.000-05:00My big problem with the trailer is what Abrams has...My big problem with the trailer is what Abrams has apparently done with the character of Kirk. Your thoughts pretty much mirror mine, but I'll just say that my interpretation of him has always been that he's driven by duty, loyalty to his friends and crew, and, most of all, by the need to know what's Out There (remember the famous "risk" speech), and I don't see any trace of those noble qualities in all the stuff in the trailer about looking for a place to fit in and being a hellraising kid. It is just a trailer, and the finished movie may be something else entirely, but I'm not hopeful.<BR/><BR/>But then, I'm opposed to remaking Star Trek anyhow. There are some things that I just don't think ought to be messed with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-72875656041486702902008-11-19T09:22:00.000-05:002008-11-19T09:22:00.000-05:00I'm not a fan of JJ Abrams either, but I'm surpris...I'm not a fan of JJ Abrams either, but I'm surprised by how much I liked the trailer. It's something different instead of more of the same, and that sameness has bugged me for some time. I used to love Star Trek, and I haven't liked it very much for over a decade now.<BR/><BR/>If it is a reboot, it's just something different. The entire arc of Spock's life isn't gone; it's still there, it's just not continuing in the movies. I think there's too much of a tendency to overreact (which I'm not accusing you of; yours is among the more reasoned objections/caveats I've seen, some people are losing it entirely) and say that a restart erases the entirety of Star Trek history and makes it irrelevant. Remakes don't do that, and that's essentially what a restart is.<BR/><BR/>Unrelated to that: as far as Spock figuring out his place in both cultures, I didn't like what they did in Star Trek V. I felt like they settled it in Star Trek IV, in that moment at the end between Spock and Sarek when it seemed like peace was made. With Spock reborn, he was basically given a second chance to come to terms, and he did. I thought opening that back up in Star Trek V was kind of cheap.SamuraiFroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18313259493587442589noreply@blogger.com