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By: Chaotic Asimov (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 08:37:56 on Jun 01, 2007

The Voyage Home, though not my favorite TREK film, was a big hit...big! It went backward in time... And, in my opinion, The Wrath of Khan is the best movie, and it is centered around a character (Khan) from an episode 15 years earlier. No new idea there...

And the best TNG movie was FIRST CONTACT, again another reach back in time. DS9's own episode "TRIAL AND TRIBULATIONS", a favorite of mine, definately didn't go forward...heck, even the "THE WAY OF THE WARRIOR" from DS9 borrowed from the past (Klingons are bad guys) to bring some ommmph to DS9...

So, sorry Mr. Behr. usually I agree with you, but on this one I do not. Borrowing from past success isn't a bad idea if done properly. Even your own 4400 touches on story aspects from other famous movies or tv-shows.

Chaotic

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By: Jean-Luc (Odo's file, contact) @ 08:14:06 on Jun 01, 2007

I watched The 4400 steadily at first, then caught most of it when it came back. But now it seems like a year or more since I've seen it and at this point I don't have any interest in trying to get caught up again. I didn't even know the show was still being produced.

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By: timmer33 (Odo's file, contact) @ 07:52:50 on Jun 01, 2007

"The safer the franchise got, the weaker it got."

Truer words have never beeen spoken about Trek.

Except maybe: "Geez, Voyager sure did suck."

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Boldly Going Back | Report this post to moderator
By: c.p. (Odo's file, contact) @ 07:41:56 on Jun 01, 2007

Again, returning to the original characters isn't "going back" anymore than returning to a formula that hasn't worked for over 10 years is "going forward". Centering this movie around DS9 or VOY characters, or creating all new ones would, I believe, be seen as "going back" by the general audience and critics alike. Whether it be another chapter of a spin-off they've already dismissed or yet another whole NEW spin-off, it's more of the same post-NG formula they've already tuned out. Fans to a large degree have done the same. "Going back" in this case is Star Trek's best option for going forward--boldly where no Trek has gone before.

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By: Brannon (Odo's file, contact) @ 19:14:00 on May 31, 2007

Nothing inherently wrong with going back to the future. It's done all the time with a variety of results....music, advertising, business. All of these have at one time or another returned to a previously successful point and tried to recreate the magic.

Hopefully, in this instance, it will be the rebirth of a franchise.

In one of my favorite books, Inigo and Fezzik discuss what Vizzini has told them if they lose their way, "Fool, fool, back to the beginning is the rule."

Made sense to them, makes sense to me.

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