Star Trek (2009 movie)

[DizBelle]

Do I have this right? The 2009 Star Trek movie basically undid everything that has ever happened in any Star Trek TV series or movie apart from the Enterprise series?

 

[Scurvy]

No. Well, yes. Well . . . sort of. It didn't, because the other movies/series happened. But it did, because at the beginning of the movie something happens that spins of an alternative timeline, so the things in the other series may never happen to those characters in this timeline. Now both timelines are true, and are happening to different versions of the same characters. (I think a character even references that at the end of the movie, but can't swear to that. Maybe it's time for another rewatch!)

 

[laurie31]

It's sort of a "reboot" of the original series. Now they can either retell the events of the old series and make them turn out differently or tell totally new stories with the characters, that never happened in the "original" timeline.

In other words, I expect more movies to follow.

 

[dejr_8]

Do I have this right? The 2009 Star Trek movie basically undid everything that has ever happened in any Star Trek TV series or movie apart from the Enterprise series?

Think of it more like the alternative timeline in the Back to the Future movies.

 

[BellvilleDad]

It's sort of a "reboot" of the original series. Now they can either retell the events of the old series and make them turn out differently or tell totally new stories with the characters, that never happened in the "original" timeline.

In other words, I expect more movies to follow.

This is my impression. I LOVED the new movie, and I'm looking forward to more!

 

[Disfan1]

One thing I thought interesting - all of the charcters in the TV series attened the Academy at the same time . You would NEVER see a crew comprised solely from the SAME graduating class in today's military!

 

[DisneyCowgirl]

I thought the whole concept of the 2009 movie and seeing all the characters in a younger version was a lot of fun, and I am looking forward to more movies, even if they don't really blend into the original series.

 

[klacey1]

One thing I thought interesting - all of the charcters in the TV series attened the Academy at the same time . You would NEVER see a crew comprised solely from the SAME graduating class in today's military!

Well, Spock was a professor, so he wasn't really attending the Academy

 

[DizBelle]

I don't think I like it. What if one of the Vulcan's that was killed when the planet was destroyed was the person that introduced Picard's parents. Now, they have never met. Now there is no Jean Luc Picard.

It kind of feels like tossing all of that history in the trash.

 

[LuvOrlando]

I loved the oldest Star Trek, liked the newer ones and dug this too. Once you can accept warp speed I don't see how you can split hairs with distortions in the time space continuum

My favorite critters were the old school tribbles.

 

[Scurvy]

I don't think I like it. What if one of the Vulcan's that was killed when the planet was destroyed was the person that introduced Picard's parents. Now, they have never met. Now there is no Jean Luc Picard.

It kind of feels like tossing all of that history in the trash.

Yeah, looking at it that way I wouldn't like it either. But since it's just an additional, alternative timeline, we still have Picard in the original timeline. He still exists and all that history is still there. Nothing that happens in this new timeline will change anything that happened or will happen in the original timeline. In the new timeline, all the characters are starting fresh from the point where the two timelines split. There may still be a Picard in that timeline, too. There should be - every timeline needs Picard!

I love the new movie and I'm looking forward to seeing where they go with the characters in this timeline.

 

[Shutterbug]

Think of it as a re-imagining of Star Trek.

Much like the recent Battlestar Galactica series was a reimagining of the original Battlestar Galactica tv series.

 

[Mermaid02]

I thought it was a great movie.

 

[pixiewings71]

I thought it was a great movie.

 

[RitaZ.]

The biggest surprise (for us) was Uhura and Spock's relationship.

 

[punkin]

The biggest surprise (for us) was Uhura and Spock's relationship.

True. Everyone knows that Spock had the hots for Nurse Chapel.

 

[Imzadi]

I don't think I like it. What if one of the Vulcan's that was killed when the planet was destroyed was the person that introduced Picard's parents. Now, they have never met. Now there is no Jean Luc Picard.

It kind of feels like tossing all of that history in the trash.

I have felt that way since Rick Berman took over as executive producer after Gene Roddenbery died and had drastically changed the optimistic future vision that Roddenbery invented, that was so key to the Original Series and TNG.

DS9 was all bickering and "conflict." Like Berman read how drama is conflict in Drama 101, and thought he should create a ST whole series based on bickering and conflict.

Then he destroyed the Enterprise D, and that's when I really felt Berman was out to destroy most of not ALL that Roddenbery had built. Thewn he killed Kirk off - and in such a lame way.

Even Majel Barrett, Roddenbery's widow had made protests as to the directions Berman was taking ST.

When Enterprise, the TV series came out, I wanted to like it, but with Scott Bakula at the helm, I knew the show was doomed for failure - and so it was.

I loved Bakula in Quantum Leap. But, even HE admitted he couldn't see himself as a starship captain. I always felt he was glib in the role because of it, especially the way he said, "You can't be afraid of the wind, Ensign." Oh PUH-LEASE!

Now, if Picard, Kirk, Sisco or Janeway had said that exact same line instead, the series would still be going strong.

Because of it, I can no longer see Bakula in anything anymore. He ruined it for me, that I can't watch him anymore. All I see is a glib, bad actor.

As for the Star Trek, movie we are talking about, I also see it as a re-booting. While I wish they had kept Vulcan, (another destruction by Berman,) I do see that this alternate time line may give the franchise new energy & stories.

 

[N&B'smom]

The biggest surprise for me was how hot Spock was!

 

[Shutterbug]

.... While I wish they had kept Vulcan, (another destruction by Berman,)...

I far as I remember, Berman had no part with most recent movie.

It was directed by JJ Abrams.

 

[RitaZ.]

The biggest surprise for me was how hot Spock was!

No argument from me!