Original Series
Star Trek XI
If you’re of my vintage, chances are you’ll have grown up watching original runs of the original Star Trek episodes. In fact, “The Devil in the Dark” episode was the very first program on TV I saw in color!
People seem to have the greatest allegience to the show 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 Enterprise was favored by those born in the mid 80s and after.
Most people who watched the original run of The Original Series (TOS) remember it fondly and feel that even in today’s world, some of its morality tales still have resonance. Those growing up on Next Generation and later series have a less favorable impresssion. It’s interesting that because TOS was shot on film, Star Trek is being released on Blu-Ray in high definition whereas Next Gen was shot on video and so it will never appear on Blu-Ray.
Enterprise is the only other Trek series incarnation that’s likely to appear in high definition on Blu-Ray. This series received a lot of criticism by the Star Trek community for rewriting Trek history. Historically, Spock was the first Vulcan to serve in Starfleet, yet T’Pol served as First Officer 150 years earlier in Enterprise. since she wasn’t a Starfleet officer, the apparent dichotomy was solved. Enterprise contained other Trek history rewrites as well. Actually, this didn’t bother me too much as Enterprise was much more in line with 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, out in 2002, was a dismal effort and put paid to any future Next Gen movies being developed. So here we are, seven years later, awaiting a reboot of the series that started it all. 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 my being okay with what the show’s producers did in Enterprise). My problen is that the new movie messes with the histories of the characters, takes liberties with their relationships and will fundamentally change the perception of of those characters for long-time fans.
I understand that this has been designed for a new, younger audience, but (not having seen the movie), maybe it would have been a better idea to use a a different ship and crew, 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 an old fart on this.
Time will tell. Star Trek XI will be here in a acouple of weeks. Of course I’ll go along to it. 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 dismayed at what may become Star Trek heresy.
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