I have no objection to the reboot, actually. Going into the past on the same timeline didn’t work. Too much demand for the same old races discovered in TOS time. Going one or two generations past TNG won’t work either, since the technology would be too good. We’ve had many threads about series set elsewhere in the Star Trek universe, most of the better ones involving the Federation falling apart. I’ve already read the Flandry series. There was more exploration, more of a frontier during the TOS time, so going back there works for me.
But they need to do new stories while keeping the archetypes that made the original 3 so classic. Kirk, Spock, and McCoy will be remembered 50 years from now. Picard, the beard and the boobs, not so much.
Not to mention that TOS didn’t use the “route the waste disposal pipe through the sensor array” solution nearly as much as the later shows.
Pon Farr on Vulcan also involves a marriage ritual, which I assume Savik skipped. At the end of Amok Time Spock’s wife winds up with the other guy, who is not going through Pon Farr at the moment. I doubt if most Pon Farr’s are nearly as dramatic as Spock’s.
As for sex at other times, Sarek might consent to it for Amanda’s human needs. It’s certainly possible that Vulcans can cast off their suppression of emotion in private. But in a turbolift?
Maybe it’s the other way 'round – I’m pretty sure I would’ve enjoyed the new one more if I’d watched V beforehand. But then, a lobotomy might have the same effect and possibly be less severe, brain damage wise.
Hold the phone. Chicago? 1975? Conrad Hilton? Holy Simoleans, I was at that convention. And was 12 or 13. It was just like watching Galaxy Quest, although I wasn’t aware of that at the time. High-five, Eleanor!
I never watched all of enterprise, but does it’s continuity still exist? I remember they had some temporal cold war arc going on where someone from the 29th century was messing things up way back in the 22nd century. If Nero went back in time from the 25th century…doesn’t that mean his new timeline affects the 29th century, which would in turn affect the 22nd century for this movie’s 23rd century?
Worst bit for me - Scotty in the liquid waste tube. Yes, I know it wasn’t waste, but I can’t remember what it was supposed to be. Sure it was cute having him transported into something, without having an obvious way out. I appreciate the little joke. But that stupid person-sized tube, that wended its way hither and yon for to noticable reason should have just been labeled PLOT DEVICE TUBE. It was just a coincidence that it was a clear tube, right? That wasn’t designed so that we can see passing engineers or anything. And then that trap door just before the cuisinart? The person-sized one that somehow didn’t flood the chamber when it was opened? Gah!
You know, I really liked this movie. And all the “meeew, Trek 90210” whining makes me want to go back to my high school years and bully every damn nerd I can find.* But…
Is it just me, or did Amanda get the Women-in-Refrigerator treatment in this movie? I mean, basically, the writers had the over-the-top villain set up her agonizing death right in front of the hero, just to twist the angst knife in the character’s guts.
Yeah, it’s obvious why they made the choice. Had to show the destruction of Vulcan had a meaningful impact, so it was either Amanda or Sarek… and Sarek is by far the more interesting character. But, still, seems a lot like she got tossed into the fridge, while Major Force – er, Nero – chortled offstage.
yes. obviously I realized the implication of posting in this thread. hush.
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In a bank I worked for, when using a number as part of a designation, we skipped numbers that lead to ambiguity, so there was no branch 10 since that was kind of like branch 01. So, just because there is a shuttle or branch 37 doesn’t mean there are branches or shuttles 1-36. Also, sometime they are number and designated both, so you could have exploratory shuttle 36 and medical shuttle 37.
