09-03-2013, 02:26 PM
Hurt Star Trek how? Considering how most of the movies were atrociously rated (The reboot was the highest aggregate rated and into darkness was fourth after khan and first contract) and how much more profitable they are than their predecessors, I'm not sure how much damage has been done.
The complaint that you would know nothing about star trek if you were a noob has nothing to do with the reboots and everything to do with the movie format. If I watched any of the other movies in a vaccuum I wouldn't know anything about the mythos either.
Neither of these new movies were masterpeices, but they still rank pretty highly compared to the vast majority of the previous 10 cinema experiments. Wrath of Khan is still the best though, little else is as amusing as watching Shatner and Montelban in an overacting competition.
Plus, anyone who can rile up as many trekkies as JJ Abrams has can't be all that bad!
I wouldn't be as worried if you are a Star Wars nerd, as Abrams has actually confirmed his fandom of those films as opposed to being unfamiliar with Star Trek in general. Unless you are a huge EU nerd, in which case you will likely be mad no matter what anyone does unless someone does a page for page shot of the Thrawn book or something.
The complaint that you would know nothing about star trek if you were a noob has nothing to do with the reboots and everything to do with the movie format. If I watched any of the other movies in a vaccuum I wouldn't know anything about the mythos either.
Neither of these new movies were masterpeices, but they still rank pretty highly compared to the vast majority of the previous 10 cinema experiments. Wrath of Khan is still the best though, little else is as amusing as watching Shatner and Montelban in an overacting competition.
Plus, anyone who can rile up as many trekkies as JJ Abrams has can't be all that bad!
I wouldn't be as worried if you are a Star Wars nerd, as Abrams has actually confirmed his fandom of those films as opposed to being unfamiliar with Star Trek in general. Unless you are a huge EU nerd, in which case you will likely be mad no matter what anyone does unless someone does a page for page shot of the Thrawn book or something.