Very cool thoughts on the subject!
-=> Darryl Perry wrote to Drew Klenotic <=-
DP> On 03/19/17, Drew Klenotic said the following...
DK> Why didn't he just make his own universe instead? Just like with Star
DK> Wars... They declared everything out side of the movies to be
DK> "potentially invalid". All the books... all the games.... all the expanded
DK> universe stuff. All because JJ was too lazy to come up with his own
DK> completely original idea.
DP> FWIW, that seems like a simple answer to me. The reason is that there
DP> are still a lot of stories that can be told about the Kirk/Spock era.
DP> The problem with that, is we don't have the actors to play Kirk and
DP> Spock anymore. What do we do then? Should we be presented with CGI
DP> versions of the original crew, like they did with Princess Leia and
DP> Grand Mof Tarkin?
DP> No thanks!
DP> The problem with telling about the Kirk era, is that many young movie goers
DP> have no real idea who Kirk and Spock are. So we need to get reacquainted
DP> with the characters. But if we do that, then we are just retelling stories
DP> that have already been told. Unless some changes are made, like an
DP> alternate universe.
DP> "No matter where you go, there you are!" - Buckaroo Bonzai
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