I've been a more-than-casual Trek fan for decades. I enjoyed the latest film. For me, it was better than most of the previous films and it fit in just fine with the history of the series. In fact, it got back to the more cerebral aspects of Science Fiction - altered realities, internal struggles, spacetime, etc.

Those types of "we're taking a stand against the franchise" boycotts are funny. They just come across as selfish tantrums. The movie-going public is a hell of a lot bigger than the voice a period-specific segment of a 44-year-old franchise consisting of six TV series, 11 films, and hundreds of novels.

It's no different than us here (even though we're trying to get something as opposed to stopping something). I signed the petition years ago in good faith, but I never expected it to amount to anything - and as it turns out, it didn't. Not really anyway. We finally got a DVD version of the theatrical release, but it was substandard quality, given away as an extra, on a disc with a childrens game. It was a bitch slap to our segment of the fan base.

We changed nothing. While we were being placated, the franchise is continuing on in the direction Lucas wants it to go. The revisionist lies are still being published as though they were fact, history still being erased, the cheese still being produced, and by all indications we're no closer to getting what we want.

The TOS fans taking a stand against the 11th film has about as much impact as me starting a website called - theresonlyonestarwarsfilmanditcameoutin1977.com

For me, what has always worked and always kept my angst & heartburn down to manageable levels, has been my method for most of my life......If you don't dig the idea of a certain film - don't go see it. Hating it doesn't change anything and seeing it only puts the images in your head.

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