So, how would Gene Roddenberry feel about the upcoming Trek XI movie, which is actually a prequel to the original Series but featuring his characters?
Apparently he would feel quite good about it. In his own words, from 1981 letter to the fans, taken from “Star Trek:Creator – The Authorized Biography of Gene Roddenberry”
"…I think it would be wonderful years from now to see Star Trek come back with an equally talented new cast playing Spock and Kirk and Bones and Scotty and all the rest as they say tomorrow’s things to tomorrow’s generations"
How much more perfect could it have been worded than that?
I am looking forward to this movie, definitely, and it is a great thing for Star Trek fans. However, I do not feel, as some others do, that if this movie does not do so well it could mean the end of the Star Trek franchise for some time to come. If anything it could help to find new fans, which in turn may seek out other fan efforts and keep all things Star Trek happening. So far it would seem that the possibility of the movie failing is nothing to worry about if it stays on its current course. While it is a fine line to please the hardcore fans and the general populace, I can't help to think that both the timing and the production crew are just right.
Aloha from the Beach,
greg
