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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:05 pm
by Mikey
I can only imagine what they'll do to previously established backstory...
Especially since the director pretty much said he didn't care too much about the established 'Trek universe...
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:08 pm
by Sionnach Glic
With those words, my faith in ST:XI just dropped like a brick.
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:12 pm
by Mikey
I'm paraphrasing to make my point - but good ol' JJ did in fact say that he wouldn't let the established backstory stand in the way of HIS story...
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:15 pm
by Sionnach Glic
Yeah, I mean, why let something like continuity stand in your way.
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:19 pm
by Mikey
B&B didn't...
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:23 pm
by Sionnach Glic
Don't remid me...
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:42 pm
by Captain Seafort
Look on the bright side, at least when B&B were called on their BS, their response wasn't that their detractors "all need garroting" and they didn't expreess a desire to "rip their throats out of their pitiful unworthy necks." Certain hacks with zero regard to continuity have been known to do that.
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:44 pm
by Sionnach Glic
Who the hell said that?
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:50 pm
by Captain Seafort
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:05 pm
by Sionnach Glic
Oh, her. I know all about her. I thought you meant someone from Trek.
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:07 pm
by Mikey
Wow. I mean... wow.
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:19 pm
by Captain Seafort
Rochey wrote:Oh, her. I know all about her. I thought you meant someone from Trek.
My apologies for the misunderstanding. I was simply widening the issue of continuity from simply Trek to continuity across sci-fi generally. Traviss' somewhat explosive reaction to critisim was the one I was most famillliar with. Star Trek may have serious issues with idiots ignoring continuity, but at least B&B never started throwing around language like "ripping tracheas out".
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:35 pm
by Sionnach Glic
Indeed. That's something, at least.
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:44 pm
by Enkidu
As the first two series (I haven't seen the third series) of Lost provided me with the most entertaining few hours of TV I've seen in the last few years, I'm more than prepared to give Abrams the benefit of the doubt.
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:52 pm
by Sionnach Glic
Cool, I only noticed it was the same guy.
My opinions of this film's future just went up, very slightly.