Posted October 10, 2017
You know, Nicholas Meyer being involved makes sense, he's ruined the franchise before.
That's a joke, but the basis is why I'm a little hesitant about arguments of "it doesn't feel like Star Trek." Back in high school, I discovered that my school library had these books, apparently Paramount would publish articles from fanzines? The internet really changed things, but I digress. One of the books was full of articles about Wrath of Khan. And all the writers of the articles fucking hated it. It was too dark, it didn't understand the show... And it all boiled down to, "it doesn't feel like Star Trek," and you know what?
They're right. Wrath of Khan is nothing like Star Trek, or at least the Star Trek that was. Of course, now its been vindicated, Wrath of Khan showed us that Star Trek wasn't just bright lights, utopia, and the wonder of exploration. TNG touched on that, DS9 delved into it and every series since it has felt its reach. Star Trek doesn't have a feel, it has several, it's a wide, wide universe and you can do all sorts of things with the setting and still be true, it's an entirely personal thing which style you prefer.
This isn't really a criticism of people's complaints about Discovery, or the Abrams movies because, well, I'm sure it's true to them, they don't feel like their Star Trek, but it's something that's been nagging at me for a bit.
That's a joke, but the basis is why I'm a little hesitant about arguments of "it doesn't feel like Star Trek." Back in high school, I discovered that my school library had these books, apparently Paramount would publish articles from fanzines? The internet really changed things, but I digress. One of the books was full of articles about Wrath of Khan. And all the writers of the articles fucking hated it. It was too dark, it didn't understand the show... And it all boiled down to, "it doesn't feel like Star Trek," and you know what?
They're right. Wrath of Khan is nothing like Star Trek, or at least the Star Trek that was. Of course, now its been vindicated, Wrath of Khan showed us that Star Trek wasn't just bright lights, utopia, and the wonder of exploration. TNG touched on that, DS9 delved into it and every series since it has felt its reach. Star Trek doesn't have a feel, it has several, it's a wide, wide universe and you can do all sorts of things with the setting and still be true, it's an entirely personal thing which style you prefer.
This isn't really a criticism of people's complaints about Discovery, or the Abrams movies because, well, I'm sure it's true to them, they don't feel like their Star Trek, but it's something that's been nagging at me for a bit.