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To Reboot or Not to Reboot....?
By Brannon

I, like a lot of others on this board, have been around long enough to remember the anticipation of hearing that NBC was going to air an original SF show. I remember watching the first show and then waiting to see if they showed anything about next week's episode, and I also remember running to the grocery store to get the next copy of TV Guide just to see if they mentioned anything about next week's episode that wasn't shown in the previews. Those of us that were into it were way into it.

Now I hear that JJ Abrams has been charged with pulling a few more dollars out of the old idea and maybe entrancing a new generation of Trek watchers. The current discussion seems to be the question of rebooting the franchise, to take what was good and interesting,throw away everything else and maybe add somenew elements. The problem with that is that EVERYTHING about the first runs of TOS were interesting. The real problem back then was-NOBODY WAS WATCHING.

You have to remember-this was the '60's. Only three networks. No cable, no VCR, no TiVo, no Internet. We had barely learned to use transistor radios. If you got 25% of the sudience to watch a series,that was bad. Unlike today, TV series regularly received more than four or five episodes to become popular. Some even got two years-and a reprieve for three when so many people (in 1960's terms) protested.

But that is old news.

If JJ Abrams thinks he is going to change things around and make things different...if he thinks he is going to change premises and characters and everything else that has been reported then I say...Good!!! It is about time.

The run of TOS was a different time, a different demeanor, a different watching audience. If he can breathe new life into an old idea, if he can get us excited about "..boldly going...." again, then I say let's boldly go.

At this point in time I don't care about canon. I care that someone will make something that is actually watchable and inspiring.

We all know that Trek died after the first year of DS9, (Yes it did, too) and although there were intriguing ideas and individual episodes after that, the main reason they made them was..
1. Paramount thought they could get blood from a stone.
and...
2. Because Berman and Braga had no other talent except to convince Paramount that they knew what was best.

So I say, Boot, reboot, or whatever it is, "Go JJ! Blow us out of the water!"
(P.S. If you're worried about stepping on any toes, stop worrying. Not only do I want you to step on toes, I want you to STOMP on them!! Repeatedly!!)

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