mindstalk | (Reply)

Just heard an NPR interview with JJ Abrams this morning where he got asked about this. He spoke mostly about trying to work within the framework of the given characters, making Uhura stronger, etc. but then mostly went on to mention the strong women in the other TV series he works on.

My comments about the movie belong in the other post, but since this one is fresher:

- The lack of good science in ST doesn't really bother me and never has. Gene Rodenberry imagined it as a Wagon Train to the stars and I think the "sci-fi" setting allowed him to explore social issues in a way that was more palatable to a 1960's audience. I don't think it was ever much about the science.

-The "reboot" didn't bother me either. When you approach the level of major cultural icon/myth (as ST certainly is) then sticking to a continuity becomes extremely limiting and frustrating in its own way. I liken it to Superman who has been reinvented many, many times and appeared in dozens of unrelated incarnations including the latest: Smallville. But then maybe I just read too much fanfiction :)

As I said elsewhere: I'm about as hard core a ST fan as you can get without losing one's dignity (at least a dozen major conventions) and I loved it. It will be interesting to see what my dad thinks when I take him next week as he's a huge fan of the original series from first airing.