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Star Trek XI
If you're in your 40s, chances are you'll have grown up watching Star Trek when it originally aired. In fact, "The Devil in the Dark" episode was the very first program on TV I saw in color!
People seem to prefer the Star Trek series they grew up with. For those born in the 70s and 80s, it was Next Generation and/or Deep Space Nine. Voayager appeals to those born a few years later. And those people who appeared on the planet in the mid-80s and after, seemed to go for Enterprise.
Most people who were there for the original airing of TOS (The Original Series) remember it fondly and feel its morality tales still have resonance in today's world. Those growing up on later series see TOS as being kitsch, dated and suffering low production values. It's interesting that because the original series was shot on film, Star Trek is being released on Blu-Ray in high definition whereas Next Gen was shot on video and so no high-def copies will ever become available.
Enterprise is the only other Trek series incarnation that's likely to appear in high definition on Blu-Ray. This series was much maligned from Star Trek fans for palaying around with Trek history. Spock was supposed to have been the first Vulcan serving in Starfleet, yet T'Pol served as First Officer 150 years earlier in Enterprise. As she wasn't actually a serving Starfleet officer, that resolved the apparent dichotomy. Enterprise saw other Trek history rewrites as well. Actually, this didn't annoy me that much as Enterprise was much closer to the spirit of The Original Series than the intervening efforts.
The first Star Trek movie appeared 30 years ago. The final movie, Star Trek: Nemesis, limped out of movie theaters in 2002. And now, seven years later, Star Trek XI lands on May 8th, 2009.
I've watched the trailers and hmmm...I have a lot of reservations about this movie. But that's because I grew up with the old crew and I don't think it's a good idea to mess with Star Trek history (despite not being put out by what the show's producers did in Enterprise). The problem for me is that Star Trek XI plays around with the characters' own histories, takes liberties with their relationships and will fundamentally change how those characters will be perceived.
I know that this has been designed for a new, younger audience, but (not having seen the movie), maybe it would have been preferable to use a different crew and ship, even if still set in the pre-TOS years. I'm not taken with some of the casting choices either. Okay, I agree I'm something of a curmudgeonly old fart on this.
Time will tell. Star Trek XI will be here in a acouple of weeks. Of course I'll go to watch the movie. I really hope that I'll be applauding at the end of the movie and wanting more instead of holding my head in my hands as another icon is destroyed.
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