...on the new Star Trek trailer.

[slacker22]

Going by the minute-odd long trailer, this thing's going to be neither the second coming of Jesus Christ nor the turd that refuses to fit down the tube when you flush. It could be good, or it could be pretty bad...I don't know. I do know that I'm willing to give it a try, think about it in the same light as the Galactica reboot. That eventually

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[mobiboros]

That's how I'm viewing it as well. It's not a sequel. It's effectively a reboot of the series that happens to have an in universe explanation for it's reboot.

From what i've seen so far I'm tentatively excited. I'm a fan of TOS and think this has the potential to be good. Not great, as there's too much baggage still as the shows really only just ended relatively. But it could be good, and allow for future movie sequels set in the new continuity (it also opens the door for, you know, continuity at all)

[slacker22]

Exactly. And I am very impressed with the visual updates we've seen so far-I *like* the updated Enterprise, and the clips of spaceship porn in the preview were hot nuggets.

[mobiboros]

Yeah, I don't get all the people who say "I hate the new ship!". None of their reasons are anything other than "It looks different than the original and I would have done it differently".

I like the new ship. It, very much, reminds me of a sailing ship. There's a compactness to the shaping that I like.

[jcholewa]

I'm unusually giddy about it, but the thing about Trek is that it's at its best when it's trying to deliver a moral or message or it's trying to spin a new light on an interesting contemporary issue. It's often at its worst, Montalban aside, when they're having ray gun battles against one-dimensional villains. And this looks like a ray gun villain battle story. The redeeming bit is that it's chock full of backstory and potentially character depth.

Also no Rick Berman. That's a plus in any universe.

[jacehan]

I think, though, that that's just standard Trailer Jazz, and that there's more to it.

[thevirtualjim]

BSG eventually worked out? I thought it started off good, and ended up being a soap opera

[slacker22]

Season 3 was a bit emo, I'd say Season 4's brought back the apropriate attitude and feel.

Even then, they were only guilty of excessive character development, more or less, hardly something to really go out and knock them for.