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GrahamKennedy wrote:

Reliant121 wrote:

Rochey wrote:Aye, it wouldn't be too hard to explain away if its just the superficial look that's different, but if they have touchscreens and stuff it'll look pretty strange. Then again, that's just as easy to explain away.

i'd always done so that it was in vogue stylization. different periods had different popular styles etc.

Yeah, I loved how DS9 seemed to imply that in Trials and Tribbleations when Dax went on about the classic 23rd century tricorder design with chrome highlights and all. I can just see Sulu pushing his coloured buttons thinking "touchscreens... they're so 2350s..."

Yeah, i'd always picked up on that

Like I said, it's easy enough to explain away stuff like the design of the bridge.

Is it a reboot, Graham? I haven't heard anything to suggest that, thought admittedly I've only been reading the odd bit about the movie. If it's a reboot then I'll probably be a lot more forgiving of any continuity errors.

It's a Re-imagining, from what I've heard.

GrahamKennedy wrote:maybe a parallel NewDITL site or something.

Great. I barely have time to keep up on ONE DITL forum.

It's a Re-imagining, from what I've heard.

Ah, alright then.

Rochey wrote:

It's a Re-imagining, from what I've heard.

Ah, alright then.

From what I understand, there's a time travel element involved causing some sort of divergent timeline where the movie and subsequent sequels will take place. Literally a "New" Trek. New, but with the spirit of the old it seems. This doesn't make established Trek canon any less valid, it just neatly sidesteps whatever issues they would normally have w/ a prequel.

Which, I have to admit, is preferable to simply trodding all over everything that's come before. *cough*ENT*cough*

I don't think I've seen anything officially saying "reboot", but with them all together at that point in time I can't see that they mean it to be part of the established continuity.

Need a cough drop there Mikey? You seem to have something caught in your throat.

Well, even if it isn't a reboot, the time-travel angle allows us to explain away most inconsistancies due to the "alternate universe" theory of time-travel.

Rochey wrote:Well, even if it isn't a reboot, the time-travel angle allows us to explain away most inconsistancies due to the "alternate universe" theory of time-travel.

Thats what I've been saying (or trying 2 say) all along.

Ah, understood.

me,myself and I wrote:Need a cough drop there Mikey? You seem to have something caught in your throat.

Yeah, something was stuck there in my craw, but I think I'll be alright.

My hopes for this movie are improving.

Even if this starts a new time line due to the timeline being messed up it would still have to follow ENT canon...