Re: Abrams Talks About Trek XI Movie

Stromata wrote:
> ToolPackinMama wrote:
>> A Star Trek movie needs to be action-filled and a real adventure.  TOS
>> was action-filled.  Captain Kirk was/is an action hero.
>>
>> There's never been a Star Trek show or movie that had no explosions.
>> Even in the hippy trippy ST4 they crash landed their stolen Klingon
>> ****p into San Francisco Bay!
>>
>> FABULOUS!
>>
>> That's more like it!
> 
> It's "fans" like you that give ST a bad name. ST to me was always about 
> strong stories, not explosions. 

As I said, the limitations on "explosions" were due to *cost*, not to 
intent.

Let's remember that TOS was sold to NBC as an *action-adventure* show. 
The reason there weren't gigantic space battles or fantastically 
elaborate alien space ****ps or wars depicted among entire civilizations, 
is simply because Roddenberry couldn't afford them on a TV-sized budget.

Look how action-packed TAS was.  Because it was animated, it didn't cost 
any more to show gigantic explosions or giant space ****ps than to show 
anything else.   So they showed them.


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