enterprikayak wrote:And even if it is bad, I still will love it. Quietly..y'know, to myself (if it's really bad), but really, for me Trek can do no wrong.
Please please please don't take this the wrong way, but that's part of the problem. We've become so accustomed to swallowing the crap that they offer as "good" Trek that many of us have stopped demanding that the movie/show actually be good. Look at how poorly ENT was done in the beginning ... does anyone seriously think that, if changes weren't mandated by the studio come season 3, that the Beebs wouldn't have kept plodding on, shoveling substandard scripts and episodes at us? I have absolutely no doubt that they would have remained at that pathetically low quality (The Seventh, A Night in Sickbay, Bounty, etc. etc.) with the rare gems in there when they got someone who actually gave a damn. Compare the first season of ENT with the first season of nuBSG ... the latter so much better quality wise that it hurts.
It's the same thing with the Star Wars prequels. They sucked because the guy in charge had lost touch and the people underneath him were afraid to say "Sir, this blows righteous chunks into next November." But, people went to see that because of the label ... even when they were thinking "Man ... this kinda stinks..."
I know I may take some flak for this, and I really hope that I don't offend anyone, but simply watching a show or movie because of a title or link to the franchise isn't enough. I need more than just the Trek name. I need a solid script (i.e. one that doesn't rely on the characters being stupid to advance the story ala Fusion) and solid actors (not blocks of wood that can talk ... sometimes. Hayden Christensen of EpII & EpIII, I'm looking at you.) I don't know about you, but I don't want to watch another Nemesis or Insurrection. I want another Wrath of Khan, dammit. Another The Empire Strikes Back or Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (but in space!) I'm tired of Hollywood peddling crap in place of good movies.
End Rant. I sincerely hope that I haven't offended anyone ...