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sasha_featherSo I can't sleep, and I started thinking about the 2009 Star Trek reboot, and why I never bothered to watch it again after I saw it in the theater, even though multiple friends owned copies.
You see, in my experience, Star Trek was a happy place where Good won in the end.
Should I warn for spoilers here?
And though I liked the action and scenery, I did not view this film as one where Good won out. This was a story where Vulcan was destroyed. Vulcan. Was. Destroyed. The good guys LOST.
It gave the movie a sad ending, a sad pall over everything.
I mean, other Star Treks went to dark places, but they were usually dark places concerning choices that characters made (Sisko), or ethically suspect things the Federation did (the Maquis) etc. Not, you know, killing off nearly a whole species.
Anyways, that is part of why I won't be seeing the 2nd one (along with fandom's bad reviews, and whitewashing, etc). And that is the stuff I think about late at night.
xo
You see, in my experience, Star Trek was a happy place where Good won in the end.
Should I warn for spoilers here?
And though I liked the action and scenery, I did not view this film as one where Good won out. This was a story where Vulcan was destroyed. Vulcan. Was. Destroyed. The good guys LOST.
It gave the movie a sad ending, a sad pall over everything.
I mean, other Star Treks went to dark places, but they were usually dark places concerning choices that characters made (Sisko), or ethically suspect things the Federation did (the Maquis) etc. Not, you know, killing off nearly a whole species.
Anyways, that is part of why I won't be seeing the 2nd one (along with fandom's bad reviews, and whitewashing, etc). And that is the stuff I think about late at night.
xo
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Date: 2013-06-14 12:10 am (UTC)