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I loved the old show because it was cheesy,

Ian, I didn't mean "cheesy" as in cheaply done, but as in poorly thought out. I liked the old show, and most of the movies. But, they followed and were consistant with an established set of facts and values. Here's the thing. I really WANTED to be entertained by watching the history of Kirk and Spocks formative years. Not some made up and sort of related retelling that ignores previous fun tellings of the Star Trek saga. It was like the second Superman movie, with Chris Reeves. He's already the Superman we all know and love, and all of a sudden, BAM! He's got telekinesis too?!! A good story teller/scripter doesn't mess around with the characters and stories people already love. When I go see Spiderman, I wanna see him spin webs and be a smarta$$, like in the established comic. I don't want a writer changing the story and giving him, for instance, a venomous bite and the ability to suck power out of his foes with his fangs! DON'T MESS WITH THE BACK STORY! IT'S ALREADY A GREAT STORY!, its just plain lazy to refuse to work within the already wonderful framework as laid out by Roddenberry. Rant over now. I DID think I would be given a better shellacking by the rest of the good fella's here, though. I guess I need to point out the problems with the "elevator" scenes in the movie!

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