georgec said:
^ I think people more or less have confidence in Abrams as a director.
For me, it just seems weird having the two major "geek" franchises having been rebooted by the same guy. I just want to see more variety, but from this perspective the Abrams pick feels too obvious and conservative.
SW isn't really sci-fi. SW is an action-adventure-drama that takes place in outer space. Nothing really in common with ST other than the inclusion of aliens, spaceships and such.
All the photoshops of SW+ST characters, or SW+Disney characters, or SW+ST+Disney characters, etc. are kind of funny at first, but then you realize that is actually what's happening. Each franchise is losing it's individuality. It's all blending together.
Maybe that's a pessimistic view. I don't know.
I think you made very good points here GeorgeC.
For the record, I was never against the idea of a reboot, and thought that the idea of this Star Trek universe taking place in a parallel universe was a smart idea to avoid messing with canon and being able to go wherever they wanted.
I also believe that after Voyager and Enterprise, the Star Trek franchise had become a little too "Trekkie" and was basically offering storylines to satisfy the hard-core fans rather than trying to make quality television that a wide spectrum of the population could enjoy (something I think that the Next Generation was able to do for a lot of its run).
I was hoping that Abrams would have breathed some fresh air into the franchise, but, as a long time Trek fan, I feel like he just missed the mark, not by a mile, but by a foot. And it's off by a foot throughout the whole film and that subtle "offness" just irritates me.
As far as Star Wars is concerned - it can't be any worse than the PT - but I can't see these new films being anything more than a mere curiosity. I love 77 Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back, but the rest is just padding.
In my own humble opinion of course.