tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814544326626724739.post3766277754324710161..comments2024-01-31T01:33:18.880-08:00Comments on Bags and Boards: The Other Side of J.J. Abrams’ Star TrekTom McLeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00269192604691074024noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814544326626724739.post-48980111012641201622009-05-08T16:04:00.000-07:002009-05-08T16:04:00.000-07:00Well it's good to know I'm not the only one who ha...Well it's good to know I'm not the only one who had problems with this film.<br /><br />I will say, however, that I disagree with you on this point: <br /><br />"Perhaps most amazingly, the time travel element manages to keep this new Trek in continuity with the old while explaining at the same time why a lot of things are different."<br /><br />I really don't find that particularly amazing at all. In fact, I find it kind of lazy. <br /><br />They have created a mechanism (time travel) which gives them a pass on keeping with Trek lore. Now I don't expect any filmmaker to have to go through every episode, every movie and every book. But, a Romulan as the main villain? Really?<br /><br />It would have been just as easy to make the villain a Klingon or a new race. Making Nero a Romulan negates one of the best original Star Trek episodes; the one that introduces the Romulan race.<br /><br />I know it's kind of petty, but it really did just seem like a lazy way around continuity.Davehttp://www.thepre-read.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814544326626724739.post-53237259435564285912009-05-07T04:11:00.000-07:002009-05-07T04:11:00.000-07:00Just an FYI: The picture of the Enterprise that yo...Just an FYI: The picture of the Enterprise that you posted is not from the movie.Jim McClainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03946062676236255805noreply@blogger.com