05-18-2009, 10:07 PM
I dunno.
I normally really like continuity in a show. If I'm going to sit down and watch 3 seasons of something, I like it to spin one long tale. Start to finish. A lot of my favorite shows were that way.
On the other hand, TOS had some really great episodes. I think it's harder to get those stand-out episodes in a long series where every episode is necessarily a setup for the next episode. There were some epic BSG moments but no entire episode really stands out. Similarly, Babylon 5 was a great show but no single episode really stands out because they were all just a small part of a bigger story.
There is room for a Star Trek that does good episodes without necessarily trying to create another multi-season story, which can be confining, particularly in a show like Star Trek which could otherwise do literally anything from one episode to the next. That format certainly worked well enough in TNG, which had almost no continuity throughout the whole thing.
So I can go either way on that, really.
I don't begrudge them using the original crew, either. Trek has not had the best track record for developing a new crew. If you want a kickass crew of brainy belligerents, why re-invent the wheel? We never really got to see Captain Kirk and crew operate in their prime with modern CGI! Maybe now's our chance.
I normally really like continuity in a show. If I'm going to sit down and watch 3 seasons of something, I like it to spin one long tale. Start to finish. A lot of my favorite shows were that way.
On the other hand, TOS had some really great episodes. I think it's harder to get those stand-out episodes in a long series where every episode is necessarily a setup for the next episode. There were some epic BSG moments but no entire episode really stands out. Similarly, Babylon 5 was a great show but no single episode really stands out because they were all just a small part of a bigger story.
There is room for a Star Trek that does good episodes without necessarily trying to create another multi-season story, which can be confining, particularly in a show like Star Trek which could otherwise do literally anything from one episode to the next. That format certainly worked well enough in TNG, which had almost no continuity throughout the whole thing.
So I can go either way on that, really.
I don't begrudge them using the original crew, either. Trek has not had the best track record for developing a new crew. If you want a kickass crew of brainy belligerents, why re-invent the wheel? We never really got to see Captain Kirk and crew operate in their prime with modern CGI! Maybe now's our chance.