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ripfire
05/06/09

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Why can't people just enjoy movies as pieces of entertainment?
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FightingChance
05/06/09

@ripfire: To judge and criticize fosters an environment where talent is rewarded and failure is suppressed. Regarding movies as 'entertainment' only sort of strips of the possibility of being deeper.

Movies as entertainment only leads to 'Ass' winning 17 Oscars (Idiocracy)
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ripfire
05/07/09

@FightingChance: I can read a novel, watch a play, listen to music and while I still consider them as entertainment, I see no reason why I wouldn't enjoy them. I see no need to get all fanboish and obsess over it.
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bobdobbs
05/06/09

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I bet Sharon Martin is HOT! Who's with me, people?

[crickets]
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OmniZero
05/06/09

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The new Star Trek movie has me conflicted. It's action and has space battles, which I loved about Star Trek, but I'm afraid that it will have too MUCH action and not enough philosophy, politics, and characterization which made TNG and DS9 entertaining.

I'm still going to see it, but I don't know how much I'll relate it to Star Trek.
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bosskev
05/06/09

@OmniZero: Well, that is exactly the point, isn't it? Star Trek TOS and its spinoffs were NOT about action and space battles; they WERE about philosophy, politics and characterization.

If this new movie is at its core essentially a change from the former category of stories of human (and alien) interaction/drama to the latter category of special effects driven eye candy, fine, make that movie. But, PLEASE, just don't pretend it's part of the Star Trek universe, retconning not only character and storyline, but diminishing what made Star Trek...well, Star Trek. Instead, make the new movie into its own separate franchise, complete with its own viewpoint and universe.
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Jesustron
05/06/09

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This update is kind of misleading, since the second half of the article is about how the movie IS respectful to the generations who grew up watching star trek.
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okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)
05/06/09

@Jesustron: It's sad but it seems like no one read your post and went ahead to react to the headline.
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